Monday:

WV Studies:  Finished Ch. 4 WV and the global Economy.  Our summary was a poster activity to be completed on a peice of copy paper.    It is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.  Students copied the instructions. 

Language Arts: Introduction to argumentative writing. Discussed values. Read sample essay and discussed. No homework.
   
            5th period: Read chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men. Quiz tomorrow.

Science: 8th period needs to recheck Edline for their test scores. Today we worked on our atomic scientists projects and turned them in at the end of class. If you turn it in tomorrow (and you weren't absent on Friday), the best score you can receive is half credit. No homework tonight.

Reading-  Today we started A Tell-Tale Heart. We went over a little background on Edgar Allen Poe.I took up last weeks reading log and gave out the new one for this week.  All students need to be finishing up their AR books and taking their test on it.  THEY are running out of time!

Good Friday:
WV Studies: Ch. 4 Economics-  Worked on 21st century occupations.  Graphic Organizer.    No Homework.  Have a great weekend!

Math-  Math 1 has a test Monday Sept. 30.

Reading-  Bell Ringers will be checked Monday Sept. 30.   and will start the Tale Tale Hart.

Language Arts-  Finished descriptive essays today.

Science: The 14.1 Notes were due today. Students started their atomic scientists project (newspaper articles, letter to John Dalton or a booklet on the atomic scientists). It is worth 30 points and is due Monday at the end of class. Since students have two days to work on it (plus the weekend), the 10% off rule doesn't apply.

Have a great weekend , see you Monday!!!

Happy Thursday:

Good luck to our volleyball and football teams tonight!

Science: Students turned in their 14.1 notes interactive worksheets for half credit before class today. We finished the 14.1 notes on page 15 of our notebooks. I modeled the correct way to write the questions in their notes. Students need to finish those up, write their 2-3 full sentence summary and decorate their notes before tomorrow. I will be checking those while students are working on their atomic scientists projects (which are due at the end of class Monday).

Reading:   Finished play from scholastic magazine.   Bring AR books tomorrow to return to library and get a new one.

Math-  Math 8 Begin Pythagorean Theorem tomorrow.  Math 1-  Test Monday-  finish your study guide for tomorrow.

WV Studies:  Continuation of Ch. 4 Global Economics and WV.  No Homework.

WV Studies:  Today we worked on timelines on global trade.  Timelines will be due tomorrow Sept. 26 at the beginning of class along with their 5 sentence paragraph summary on the history of global trade.  All homework for those who did not finish in class.

Science:  Students turned in their 14.1 notes interactive worksheets before the bell. Today students received their test scores. Many did well, but some did not. Students were reminded of their daily participation points as well as the daily assignments that would help to improve their grades. We took notes on section 14.1 and watched a video about John Dalton. There is no homework tonight.

Reading:  Do your home reading and fill out your log.

Math:  Math 1 Test on Monday Sept. 30.

Reading:  Scholestic Magazine, Took up reading log and gave out new one, do your home reading and fill out your logs.

Science:  Mrs. Conner was out today see tomorrow's blog for an update.

Language Arts: Students continued rough draft work for their second descriptive essay: peer review and revision. Some students needed to finish their rough draft altogether. Students who still don't have it completed need to finish it for homework.

WV Studies:  Today i handed back their chapter 3 test.  They were better than the chapter 1 test.   I am glad about the progress.  We continued with chapter 4 on global economics.  We finished the power-point and began a time-line activity.   We will work on those tomorrow.

Happy Monday-

Today, as you probably know, we went to the Catlettsburg oil refinery for a career fair.  The students did a great job and all went well.  This afternoon we stayed in homerooms and did an activity dealing with career choices.  Tomorrow we will resume our regular  schedule.  Students will be visiting the Cabell Co. Career and Tech. school at the end of October.  Students will be registering for H.S. in December.

Language Arts: Rough drafts are due tomorrow for the essay where the students pretend they work as an usher at a famous arena.

Math:  No Homework.

Science:  Tomorrow during lunch is the last chance to makeup last weeks test for those who have not done so.

Reading:   Don't forget your reading logs.

WV Studies:  Last weeks test are graded and will be returned tomorrow.  Grades will be put on ed-line and will be uploaded by Ms. Underwood Wednesday.  

Have a great evening!

Reading:  Finished video- Flowers for Algernon, Turned in T-charts, reading log due Monday, don't forget!!!

WV Studies:  Continued with chapter 4  global economics-  we will not have a test on this chapter we will do alternate assessment with a project at the end.

Science: Pre-assessment on Atoms and the Periodic table for participation. Introductory cheesy video on chemistry. Notebooks were due today for a bellringer check. No homework!

Language Arts:  No homework.

Math:  Ms. Holmes was at training today and had a substitute.  no homework. 

Monday our team will be going to a career fair at Marathon Oil at Catlettsburg.  We went last year and found it very beneficial for our students in preparing to register for highschool.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS TO GET THE MARATHON OIL PERMISSION TRIP AND PHOTO RELEASE  FORM TO US BY TOMORROW!

WV Studies:  Finished activity on the constitution for Constitution day.  Began Chapter 4 global economics.  The last map quiz, map quiz 6 is tomorrow Sept. 20.  

Math:   Math 8 quiz tomorrow, scientific notation.

Science: Students turned in their study guides today to get some of their points back OR if they got all of their points yesterday, they received extra credit! I should have the tests graded this weekend, so be looking for the grades to show up in Edline when Mrs. Underwood uploads grades. NO HOMEWORK :)

Reading:  Compare/contrast story and movie Flowers for Algernon .   Complete home reading and fill in reading log.   

Have a great Thursday evening, see you tomorrow!

Math:  Math 8 quiz on Friday.

Science: Study Guides were due today before the bell. We went over the answers and students will need to study tonight for the test tomorrow. They will need to turn in the study guide before the test to get extra credit or some of their points back. Quite a few students did all of it! Good job!

Language Arts: PowerPoint/Discussion/Notes on appositives. 5th, 7th, and 8th period had a worksheet on appositives that is homework if they did not complete it in class. Due tomorrow.

Reading:  Video - Flowers from Algeron.   Do your home reading and fill out your reading log.

WV Studies-  Passed back Ch. 2 assessment stories(175 pts.) today, 25 or our 108 students did not turn in their assessment and will recive a zero grade.   I will put them on gradequick today.  Look for grades on ed-line after Friday Sept. 20.  Map Quiz 6 Friday Sept. 20.  Today we went over story grades and worked on our constitution day activity from yesterday. 

Have a great Wednesday evening!

Reminder: Tomorrow is a 2 hour late start

Hello, here are your class updates:

Science: Today we went over the Controls and Variables worksheet (Spongebob). Students will have a question "like" this on the test Thursday. We worked on our study guides all class. A few students managed to finish today! The study guides are due tomorrow before the bell and we will review for the test tomorrow. The test is Thursday.

Math 1: If they did not finish the sloving for the varible worksheet, then that needs to be completed before tomorrow.
Math 8: They had a worksheet on sicentific notation that needs to be completed by tomorrow. Also they have a quiz coming up on Friday September 20.

Language Arts: Finished the dead verb group project. No homework.

WV Studies-  Ch. 3 test today.  Then we looked at the constitution for constitution day and will finish that tomorrow.

Math: All classes no homework

Science: We did a tic tac toe vocab strategy and started working on our study guide. No homework tonight. Tomorrow we will go over the Spongebob sheet that students turned in today and will also work on the study guide. Study guides are due Wed and the test is Thursday.

Reading:  Test tomorrow-  Flowers from Algeron. 

Language Arts:  Began group project on Dead Verbs-- No Homework.

WV Studies_  Test tomorrow-  Ch. 3.  Study Guide posted on this blog on Friday Sept. 6.  Map Quiz 6 will be this Friday on the last 5 counties and the 5 largest cities.  After test, we will address constitution day.  STUDY!!!

To whom it may concern:

Language Arts: We took a vocabulary quiz and worked on a dead verb worksheet. No homework. Students who have not turned in their descriptive essay need to do so as soon as possible. They can still receive partial credit.

Science: Students finished up their labs for points off. We went over controls and variables in preparation for next week's test (on Thursday Sept 19th). Students then did a spongebob controls and variables worksheet that is due on Monday before the bell.

Math:  No Homework - have a great weekend!

Reading:  Study guide for Flowers for Algernon must be completed by Monday.  Read 20 Minutes and fill out reading log- due Monday.   Test Tuesday Sept. 17th.

WV Studies-  Map quiz 5 was today-grades will be posted on ed-line next week.  Last day ( 5th day late to turn in 175 pt. story due Monday Sept. 9. for 1/2 credit.  We will finish early industries Monday and go over study guide and review Monday for Tuesday's test on Ch. 3. It will be worth 100 pts.   I am grading stories and will also post those grades on ed-line next week.

Have a great weekend !!!

Hello, here are your class updates:

Science: We went over the rubric for the notebook check tomorrow. We also did a paper airplane lab. Students need to finish it tonight and make sure that they have all of their stuff for the notebook for the check tomorrow. Labs are due before the bell.


Math 1: Class has to finish the cleaning scenario and be ready to work in their groups tomorrow and present with the rest of the class. Math 8 class copied their homework from the board and that needs to be completed to be ready to go over tomorrow. It's on scientific notation.

WV Studies- Map Quiz tomorrow 20 points. Today we started early industries which is the last section for the test. The test on Chapter 3 is Tue. Sept. 17 the study guide was posted on this blog Friday Sept. 6. All material on the test will be covered with notes and activities from class. So they will have material for every question on the test.

Have a great Thursday evening!

Hello, the other teachers ducked out before we could get our blog so I am posting what I know :)

Reading: Students did a reading packet for the sub.

Science: Students turned in their wanted posters and their Mothman notes before the bell. We went over scientific notation, sig figs, and conversions (once again) to better prepare for the test which is September 19th (next Thursday). There is no homework tonight.

Have a great evening!



~Mrs. Conner~

Hello! Here are your class updates:

Science: We learned about the silver bridge collapse and watched 15 minutes of a documentary. Students also worked on their "wanted posters". The worksheet is due tomorrow along with their notes before the bell tomorrow. Also, I sent out a reminder via Remind 101 and a link for a Youtube video. I would put the link on here if Youtube was working here at school, but you can just search: silver bridge collapse (posted by wcpo) and it is actual footage from 1967 in which they interview bridge survivors.

Social Studies: Finished Sec. 1 of chapter 3 economic concepts. Began Sec. 2 resources-
test for chapter 3 will be Tuesday Sept. 17. Students have study guides and will utilize their notes and graphic organizers for study for the test. They do not have a text so i connot send home text for students to study. The few extra text are for checkout for those who have missed school, etc. Map quiz Friday Sept. 13 10 counties.

Math: no homework. will finish in class tomorrow.

Language arts: Worked on leads, opening paragraphs, pairs activity - no homework.

Happy Monday!!!
WV Studies:  Map quiz 5 counties were given today, quiz is Friday Sept. 13.  175 point assessment was due today for chapter 2.  Many did not turn it in.  We are working on Ch. 3 economics, we will have a test with this chapter sometime next week. I will set a date for the test tomorrow.  See- post Friday Sept. 6 for the study guide.

Reading:  New reading logs were handed out today.  Grades are going down because students are not turning in and filling out their reading logs. 

Science: Due to problems with Youtube, we watched a part of the "Eyes of the Mothman" documentary on Netflix. Students learned about the curse of Chief Cornstalk. added to their notes and also got started on their Mothman "Wanted" poster. Also, I set the date for their first test which is Thursday Sept. 19th. Students will receive a study guide monday and we will review this week as well.

WV Studies Chapter 3 Study Guide.

Study Guide  Chapter 3 The Economy of WV                      Date:

 

Resources:

1.                  Difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources (  examples-  )

2.                  _____________ landowners were not  concerned with the future of natural resources in WV.

3.                  WV is the largest natural gas producer east of the _____________________.

4.                  3 non-fuel resources of WV – name them.

5.                  Biomass can be used for...

6.                  WV – most important mineral-

7.                  The largest consumer of WV natural gas is …

Basic economic questions

8.                  First – What to produce          Second- how to produce         Third- how much to produce 

Forth-  for whom to produce. 

Economic systems

9.                  Difference between traditional – command- and market economic systems.

10.              What system does the us use?

11.              In the traditional system decisions are based on …

Industries of WV

12.              Iron-  1^st iron furnace in western VA – located at ______________

13.              Steel industry decline in the 1970's and 80's due to _________________.

14.              Economies use 3 types of resource, they are...

15.              The group that profited the most from WV coal were those who owned _____________

16.              “Nail City”-  was____________________

17.              Railroads contributed to the decline of the WV salt industry because salt could now easily be shipped from the ________________.

18.              WV- first oil producers were William and John________________.

19.              The first major industry of western VA was the ___________________.

20.              The salt industry was aided by the _________________ which cut off the foreign supply of salt to the US.

Economic Concepts

21.              goods  demand           profit   wants   needs   supply  scarcity            services            producer trade-off            consumer)        Difference between providers of services and producers of goods.

 

            Essay:   Answer in a paragraph using a topic sentence re-stating the question, then support your topic sentence with detail to answer in a paragraph with complete sentences.

Explain how the law of supply and demand works.

Hello and a happy Friday to you!

Science: We finished up the Mothman documentary and added to our notes. Students read an exerpt from John Keel's book "Mysterious Creatures". We are running a little behind schedule and was supposed to have the lab today. It is postponed until next week. No homework this weekend!

Reading: Renew and check-out library day. Remember Reading Logs due Monday Beginning part 2 of Flowers from Algernon. Literary elements quiz - next week.

Math: No Homework - Have a great weekend!

WV Studies- Chapter 2 assessment stories due Monday Sept. 9- late policy will apply after Monday- 10% off the grade for each day late up to 5 days with 50% off. Study guide for Chapter 3 test given out today. Date for test will be posted next week.

Have a great weekend, see you Monday!!!

Happy Thursday!!!
WV Studies:  Map quiz 4 tomorrow, Ch. 2 Assessment story due Monday Sept. 9.  Today we continued Ch. 3 Economics,  today we took notes.  Test date forthcoming.

Language Arts: Continued typing final drafts in the computer lab. Due by end of class on Monday.

Science: Yo :) Today students in my 8th period turned in their Cornell notes. A few stragglers turned in their notes today for 10% off. We did a half sheet on urban legends and started our study of the Mothman (scientific method). We watched some of a documentary and cited "evidence" and a "description". This weekend I am going to try to make it to Point Pleasant to shoot some video footage of the area to show in class. No homework :) GOOD LUCK TO OUR LADY PANTHERS  (VOLLEYBALL) AND TO OUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO PLAY AGAINST HURRICANE TONIGHT!

Math 8 class has homework if they did not finish their practice worksheet 8-3 negative exponents. They also have a quiz on Friday on exponents. The y will be able to use their foldable so that needs to be completed by Friday as well so it can be turned in with their quiz.
math 1 class has no homework tonight. they will however have it tomorrow doing a study review on chapter 0 in their book.

Science: Students finished their Cornell notes and we talked a little bit about urban legends. The students also turned in their conversions worksheet before the bell today. There is no homework except for my chatty 8th period who had to finish their Cornell notes! They are due tomorrow before the bell!

WV Studies:  Today we began Ch. 3 Economics.  We will have a test on this chapter.  I will be providing a study guide in the next few days.  Map quiz 4 Friday Sept. 6.  Ch. 2 assessment due Mon. Sept 9 , 175 points. 

Have a great Wednesday!

To whom it may concern:

Language Arts: Worked on peer review for the first descriptive essay. Students who did not have their rough draft completed worked on that and will need to complete peer review activities tomorrow. No homework unless students need to finish their rough draft before tomorrow.

Reading:  Complete reading log.  Continue to read Flowers for Algernon.

Math:  Math 8 Quiz Friday on exponents.     Math 1- finish 4 problems for homework if not fininshed.

Science:  Conversion  worksheet due tomorrow.  Safty quiz -makeup during lunch detention.  Lab makeup for save Fred lab. makeup during AA time tomorrow. 

WV Studies:  Students worked on their ch. 2 Assessment stories and graphic organizers associated with the story- all worth 175 points. The rest will need to be finished outside of class.  Tomorrow we start ch. 3 economics.  We will have a test for this chapter. See post for Friday Aug. 30 for link to instructions.  Map Quiz 4 counties given today- quiz Friday Sept. 6,  Assessment due Mon. Sept. 9
Have a great evening!!!