Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Wed. - August 26th

ALGEBRA
In class: Handed in assignments, reviewed and took the quiz.
Assignment: Read pages 24-26, on page 27 complete 1-13 for Thursday.

Pre Algebra
In Class: 2nd and 3rd period classes met today, reviewed mean, median, mode, range, and stem and leaf plots in preparation for the quiz. Assignments were organized to be handed in on Thursday.

Assignment: Finish corrections in the packet to be handed in on Thursday, be able to explain how to find the mean, median, mode and range.

English
Bell Work: Students filled out a self-evaluation on their life maps.
In Class: Students discussed personal narratives. We read samples of personal narratives and did a brainstorming activity for a personal narrative.
Assignment: Life Maps due Today! Brainstorming worksheet due. Begin reading Independent Reading books for 1st quarter points.

The HISTORY Experience
In Class: Students should be able to describe crime and punishment during colonial America. We read section 4.5 in the textbook and looked at web sources for the Salem Witch Trials.
Assignment: Chapter 4 Vocabulary: Word, definition, picture, sentence (6 words total).

SCIENCE
In Class: All gridding was finished on the HR Diagram. We worked on parts 4,5, and 6. All questions should be finished and the packet ready to hand in.
Assignment: All grids should be done. Finish answering the questions.
Get out and look at the stars!!
Journal: Entry #3. See attached sheet. All parent constellation letters should be in by now.


YOU HAVE TWO DAYS FOR EACH DAY YOU ARE ABSENT TO TURN IN YOUR MAKE-UP WORK.