Thursday, March 25, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Decline of an Empire challenge is nearing completion.
- Graphic organizer should be fully completed.
- Students should have written two paragraphs describing most and least significant factors that affected the fall of the Aztec Empire.
- Pie charts will be due after the break.

SCIENCE
- finish writing up inclined plane lab

LA
- complete chaps 10-11 Venn Diagram
- complete chaps 12-13 Reading Response (Choose your own prompt)

Friday, March 19, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Preparing expert information for Decline of the Aztec Empire
SCIENCE
- finish inclined plane lab
LA
- complete chaps 4-5 Extended Response activity
- complete chaps 6-7 Purposeful Word Choice activity
- complete chaps 8-9 Theme assignment and Reading Log of your choice

IMPORTANT:
- Report cards were distributed. Please return signed envelopes as soon as possible.
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing
order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Looking at the reasons for the decline of the Aztec empire
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due
- students designed labs to test the effect of the effort arm on the required effort load
LA
- complete chaps 4-5 Extended Response activity
- complete chaps 6-7 Purposeful Word Choice activity
- complete chaps 8-9 Theme assignment and Reading Log of your choice

IMPORTANT:
- Report cards were distributed today. Please return signed envelopes as soon as possible.
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing
order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
-March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet). Students who do not rturn forms will be responsible for delivering them to the highschool.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Looking at the reasons for the decline of the Aztec empire
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due
- students designed labs to test the effect of the effort arm on the required effort load
LA
- complete chaps 4-5 Extended Response activity (8A and 8C)
- complete chaps 6-7 Purposeful Word Choice activity (8A)

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received. - School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
March 16 - High School Open House (7 - 8:30 p.m.)
March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet). Students who do not rturn forms will be responsible for delivering them to the highschool.

Friday, March 12, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
- Letters due Monday.
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 2 due
LA
-Finish 1st reading log if you did not finish in class

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
March 16 - High School Open House (7 - 8:30 p.m.)
March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
- Letters due Monday.
SCIENCE

-Workbook Topic 2 due Friday
LA
-Beginning to read The Giver. Students should each have a duotang and loose leaf for reading logs

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed. If interested, please see the information on the form.
March 16 - High School Open House (7 - 8:30 p.m.)
March 19 - Return Grade 9 Course Planner (Green Sheet)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
- Letters due Monday.

SCIENCE

-Workbook Topic 1 due Thursday
LA
-Beginning to read The Giver. Students should each have a duotang and loose leaf for reading logs

IMPORTANT:
- Parent/Teacher Meeting forms were sent home with students today. Please have these forms returned as soon as possible. Meetings are scheduled in the order that these forms are received.
- School clothing order forms were also distributed today. If interested, please see the information on the form.

Monday, March 8, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
- Began historical letter writing and researching specific details.
SCIENCE
-Workbook Topic 1 due Thursday
LA
- Finished The Giver vocabulary

Thursday, March 4, 2010

SOCIAL STUDIES
-Began "Preparing for the Voyage" graphic organizer
-Should have first three columns completed for tomorrow, as well as a written explanation for the order of the motivations in the first column.
- Began letter writing and researching specific details.
SCIENCE
-Vocab poster due Monday
LA
- Finished The Giver vocabulary

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

ALL TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 4TH TO BE INCLUDED ON REPORT CARD.
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Began "Preparing for the Voyage" graphic organizer
-Should have first three columns completed for tomorrow, as well as a written explanation for the order of the motivations in the first column.
- Began letter writing and researching specific details.
SCIENCE
-Vocab dueThursday
LA
- Students have until Thursday to make any changes to their Short Story Unit tests
- Nonconformity posters due tomorrow
- Began The Giver vocabulary

Monday, March 1, 2010

ALL TERM 2 ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 4TH TO BE INCLUDED ON REPORT CARD.
SOCIAL STUDIES
-Began "Preparing for the Voyage" graphic organizer
-Should have first two columns completed for tomorrow, as well as a written explanation for the order of the motivations in the first column.
SCIENCE
Unit 4 Title Page due Wednesday
vocab will be dueThursday
LA
Lottery Letter due Tuesday (with rubric)

Students have until Thursday to make any changes to their Short Story Unit tests