8th Grade Language Arts February 13-17

Monday	· Overview of the week · Practice Scenes
	Rehearse your part in Wednesday’s play
Tuesday	· Practice Scenes
	Rehearse your part in Wednesday’s play
Wednesday	· Set up/Perform scenes from play
	Write 1/2 page describing your contributions to both the play and the movie versions of your scene. Offer your opinion of how well you did and also highs and lows of the whole performance overall.
Thursday	Begin To Kill a Mockingbird.
	Read to page 16 and answer the questions handed out in class.
Friday	Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird.

7th Grade Language Arts February 13-17

Monday	· Overview of the week · Pirate Letters and Treasure Hunt
	Read ch. III & IV.
Tuesday	· Writing day: Begin a new 2-3 page rough draft, due Friday. Note: By the end of March you will owe me two essays and one paper of your choosing.
	Work for 3o minutes on your paper. Bring updated work on Thursday.
Wednesday	· Independent Reading & Binder Check
	Read V & VI
Thursday	· Writing Day: Continue working on your rough draft, due tomorrow.
	Completed 2-3 page paper due Friday.
Friday	Pirate Party… (We be readin’ some more o’ the book, me hearties!)

6th and 7th grade Science Feb. 13 - 17

Mon & Tue: Fill out the Background Research Worksheet  handout (or print one from this link).

Thur:
Period A: Finish writing the "Observations/Results" section of your "Color of Flame" lab report.
Period B: Finish writing the "Materials" section of your "Color of Flame" lab report.
Period C:
Period D:

Nicole's Math Classes: Homework for 2/13-2/17

It's the last week before vacation! Valentine's Day is Tuesday! It is finally my birthday on Wednesday! Hip, hip, hooray!

6th Grade:
Monday - pp. 253-254 #11, 18-24 even, 32-38 even; pp. 261-262 #10-14, 24-27, 33-34.
Tuesday - What is the Difference Between Unlawful and Illegal? worksheet. Quiz tomorrow on ordering, adding, and subtracting positive and negative numbers!
Wednesday - Investigative activities on p. 272 (multiplying integers) and p. 278 (dividing integers)
Thursday - Prepare your HW notebooks for grading. Use the grading rubric as a checklist to make sure you have a perfect notebook!

Pre-Algebra:
Monday - Finish your "math dragon" packet. Review our notes from class and do all the practice problems.
Tuesday - Finish the U.S. Holiday Candy Sales worksheet. Quiz tomorrow on adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions, as well as simplifying fractions into decimals and percents.
Wednesday - Follow this link to the scavenger hunt questions that we started on Friday. Don't worry about the large numbers on the top half of each clue.
Thursday - Working with 2 dice (or a dice app or playing cards), roll the dice to create a fraction (one die = numerator, one die = denominator). Write your fraction down in your HW notebook. Then roll the dice again to create another fraction. Choose to multiply or divide the two fractions. Create 15 equations in your HW notebook. You may not use an operation (multiplication or division) more than 10 times. **Also complete today's in-class activity.

Algebra 1:
Monday - No HW - Grace is playing in the tennis match!
Tuesday - Finish your Sweethearts Candy activity questions. Quiz tomorrow on writing and solving linear equations.
Wednesday - Follow this link to the scavenger hunt questions that we started on Friday. Remember, get yourself through all 12 clues!
Thursday - Finish the Monopoly activity that we started in class. Question #10 asks you to repeat questions #1-3 and #9 for a different column on the rent table.

8th Grade Science: February 13-17

Monday

Waves

·         Waves – what are they? 

·         http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/waves/

·         Anatomy of a wave

·         Measuring frequency and period

·         Metric system and wavelength
Homework:   Science fair experimentation

Tuesday

Waves

·         Wave calculations involving frequency, wavelength, and period

·         v = f x wavelength;

·          f=1/T

·         Wave energy=h x f ; h= plank's constant..6.6 x 10^-34 Js so, energy = h x (c/wavelength) ; c= speed of EM radiation (light)..3x10⁸ m/s

·         Homework:  Science Fair experimentation 

Wednesday

Waves

·         http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/waves/U10L2d.cfm

·         Review for quiz: Waves

·         Homework:  Science fair experimentation

Thursday

Waves

·         Warm-up and practice

·         Quiz: Waves

·         Question to answer about water waves at the pool

·         Homework:  Science fair experimentation

Friday

Waves

·         A trip to the pool – wave properties explored

·         Homework: none

Mac's 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies - Week of Feb. 13 - 17

Monday, Feb. 13 - Today we'll do an activity about the geography of the Middle East.  Homework, due Friday:  Have your 15+ notecards ready to turn in to me.  Be sure to check the Macspage RP page if you have questions about the format.  I will collect them in your RP folder on Friday.  Tuesday and Thursday are work days, so be sure to have your RP folder and your sources and books at school. 

Tuesday, Feb. 14 -  RP Reading and notecard work day.  Homework, due Friday:  Have your 15+ notecards ready to turn in to me.  Be sure to check the Macspage RP page if you have questions about the format.  I will collect them in your RP folder on Friday.  Tuesday and Thursday are work days, so be sure to have your RP folder and your sources and books at school. 

Wednesday, Feb. 15 - Today we'll start an activity about the life of Muhammad.  Homework, due Friday:  Have your 15+ notecards ready to turn in to me.  Be sure to check the Macspage RP page if you have questions about the format.  I will collect them in your RP folder on Friday.  Tuesday and Thursday are work days, so be sure to have your RP folder and your sources and books at school. 

Thursday, Feb. 16 - RP Reading and notecard work day.  Homework, due Friday:  Have your 15+ notecards ready to turn in to me.  Be sure to check the Macspage RP page if you have questions about the format.  I will collect them in your RP folder on Friday.  Tuesday and Thursday are work days, so be sure to have your RP folder and your sources and books at school. 

Friday, Feb. 17 - Today we'll finish our activity about the life of Muhammad.  Homework:  Have a great break!

6th Language Arts and Social Studies

Week of February 13 - 17

BRING YOUR LAPTOPS ALL WEEK!!!

IR POSTER DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 9th - in 4 weeks!

Language Arts
Monday: Finish typing essay! Due Wednesday!
Tuesday: Finish typing essay! Due Wednesday!
Wednesday: Type Final Draft of Myers letter! Due Thursday!
Thursday: BRING YOUR IR BOOK!!!

Social Studies
Monday: Write Introduction on Research Paper Outline handout.
Tuesday: Write Conclusion on Research Paper Outline handout.
Wednesday: None...
Thursday: Finish writing Body Paragraph #1. Think of baby advice for Mac! SHHHHH!

OVER BREAK: Please spend some time reading your Independent Reading book!