Friday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- What are your plans for the weekend? (Post)
2. News- Post about 2 people in the news right now.
3. PLATO English-Language Arts-->Reading Comprehension-->Reading Directions--> 20 minutes
4. Power Plant Model
5. Lunch
6. Poetry and Dance with Strings
7. Finish your power plant model
8. Post a poem about the event
9. No computers!
Biology pgs.138-143
Define the vocabulary
Answer the Checkpoint
Answer the Section Assessment
10. Clean up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How has your family shaped who you are? What good and bad thing have you learned from your family?
2. Poetry practice- My mom is...My dad is...I look up to...I was disappointed when...
3. PLATO Mathematics 20 minutes
4. World History p. 590

Read Focus on Everyday Life

Answer Connecting to the Past on p. 591
5. Lunch
6. No PE
7. No computers!
Biology pgs.138-143
Define the vocabulary
Answer the Checkpoint
Answer the Section Assessment
8. You can use a computer for this-
Research the different types of power plants: wind, geothermal, solar, hydroelectric, and fossil fuel. Write 1 paragraph describing each with advantages and disadvantages of each.
9. Bus passes
10. Clean up a little better than usual for the poetry show with Jim the poet tomorrow.

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Why is "snitching" viewed so negatively by some people? If your friend was in danger, would you tell the proper people?  Why or why not?
2. News- Post 2 paragraphs about 2 news stories happening right now.
3. Please print out any finished projects (i.e. powerpoints, essays, and poems) to get credit for them.
4. PLATO Mathematics (20 minutes)
5. Finish the Hawaii Video
6. Lunch
7. Power Plant Project
8. Clean Up

Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-What are your favorite board games?
2. PLATO Mathematics- 30 minutes
3. Define each of the following:
Morals
Taboo
Rebellious
Drenched
Criticize
4. World History p. 590
Read Focus on Everyday Life
Answer Connecting to the Past on p. 591
5. Lunch
6. Power Plant Short Educational Video
7. Power Plant Project
8. Clean Up

Soak City Videos

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Soak City from Tim Kobayashi on Vimeo.




Soak City from Tim Kobayashi on Vimeo.

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend? (Post)
2. PLATO Mathematics-->Algebra and Functions-->Order of Operations
3. Finish your Animoto
3a. Independent Math Assignment
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Biology
7. Clean Up

Happy Friday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal: How was your day yesterday?
2. News- Post two paragraph on two news stories.
3. PLATO Mathematics-->Mathematics Number Sense-->Square Roots of Perfect Squares
4. Independent Math Assignments
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Animoto


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Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-What would be your dream house? (Post)
2. News- Read 2 news articles and post 2 paragraph summaries
3. PLATO English-Language Arts-->CAHSEE Language Arts Reading Comprehension--->Finding whats important in information
4. Read Short Story

Tuesday

Good morning class. Here are the assignments for today:
1. Read an article about your favorite music artist at: http://www.vh1.com/
Post 2 paragraphs about what is going on in that artist's life right now.
2. Jim the Poet
3. Lunch
4. PE
5. World History
6. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend?
2. Poetry Practice- I am. . .When I am mad. . .The world would be better if. . .When I let my imagination go. . .
3. Fractions Review
4. Math Measuring Up-Chapter 1 Lesson 2
4a. Geography
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Biology
8. Clean Up

I LOVE MY STUDENTS extra SCHOOL THE REST OF THE WEEK !!!!

Have fun guys .

Friday

Happy Friday!
Here are the assignments for today:
1. Poetry practice- When it rains I. . .Warm summer days remind me of. . .When it's hot. . .
2. Journal- Is it important to be popular in school? Why or why not?
3. World History- Ch.13 Sec.3 pgs.625-630
Complete the Reading Checks
Complete the Section Assessment #1-7
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Geography
7. Blogosphere
8.PLATO Math
CAHSEE Mathematics 
Algebra and Functions
Order of Operations
9. Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Poetry Practice: When I dream. . .I hate it when. . .I don't sleep well when. . .I woke up to. . .
2. Journal-What are your favorite hang out spots? What makes them your favorites?
3. PLATO CAHSEE Math
Number Sense
Adding Fraction (Alg. 1.2)
4. Fractions Worksheet on the Lunch Table.  Copy the problems down and work them out.
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. TBD
8. Presentations
9. Clean Up

Torrey Pines Trip

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Earthquake!!!

Define each of the following using Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake

1. Plate tectonics
2. Pacific Plate
3. Moment Magnitude
4. Tsunami
5. Epicenter
6. Aftershock
7. Seismologist
8. Soil Liquefaction

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Nothing ever stays exactly the same. Think of a person, place, or thing that is an example of this idea. Think about what someone, someplace or something was like in the past and how differences now exist. How has this change affected you? Write an essay explaining how this person, place or thing has changed. Three paragraphs. (Post)
2. Finish editing your earthquake video and PowerPoint.
3. News- Watch the CNN Student News. Post 5 notes.
4. Lunch
5. Presentations
6. Clean up

Tuesday

1. News- Post a story about the oil spill.
2. Journal- What are your school goals for the upcoming school year?
3. Earthquake Preparedness Video
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Finish Video
7. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-What was your favorite part of the field trip? OR How was your weekend?
2. Quote Response:

"All life is a chance. So take it! 

The person who goes furthest is the one

who is willing to do and dare."

- Dale Carnegie 

Can you succeed if you don't take chances? Why or why not?

3. Measuring Up Mathematics pgs. 60-62 #1-6 all

4. Earthquake Preparedness: Read the webpage http://sandiego.about.com/od/livinginsandiego/qt/earthquake_tips.htm

Prepare a script for a short skit on how to prepare for an earthquake.

5. Lunch

6. PE

7. Finish skit

8. Clean up

Thursday

Here are the assignment for today:
1. Journal- Do you like the weather? Why or why not? What would be your perfect climate?
2. Quote Response:

Remember that time is money.

Benjamin Franklin

Is this quote true? How much money is 1 hour of your time worth?

3. Fraction Worksheet

4. Pre-Algebra Chapter 11 Section 2     p. 564-568   #2-32 evens

5. Lunch

6. PE

7. Biology

8. Clean up

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Who is going to win the FIFA World Cup and why? (post)
2. News- Post a story about immigration.
3. PLATO Math 20 minutes.
4. Torrey Pines Project- We are going on a field trip to Torrey Pines State Park. Go to http://www.torreypine.org/ and create a 7 slide PowerPoint about the park.
5. Lunch
6. No PE
7. PLATO Language Arts 20 minutes
8. Finish your PowerPoint
9. Present
10. Clean up

Tuesday

Hope you had a great weekend! Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How did you celebrate your Independence Day? (post)
2. News- Post a story about immigration or the oil spill.
3. PLATO Math 20 minutes.
4. Torrey Pines Project- We are going on a field trip to Torrey Pines State Park. Go to www.torreypines.org and create a 7 slide PowerPoint about the park.
5. Lunch
6. No PE
7. PLATO Language Arts 20 minutes
8. Finish your PowerPoint
9. Present
10. Clean up

Happy Friday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Five Paragraph Essay-All of us have favorite people in our lives. We tend to like them because of specific qualities they have or because of specific things they have done. Why has one person you know become one of the favorite people in your life? Write an essay explaining the qualities and interests that make you like this person. (Spell check and Post)


2. Finish your assignments for the week.  You will graded on the following:

4 journals, 2 quotes responses, 2 news summaries

3 slide Pollination PowerPoint

Math Algebra or pre-algebra Ch. 4

Flower Dissection

Vocabulary

Dictator PowerPoint

Algebra Ch.1 Section 7

Scroll down on the blog to see all of the assignments for the week. If you have any questions or do not know what to work on. . . LMK!!

3. Lunch

4. PE

5. Who am I?

6. Clean Up

What happens when you don't listen to the teacher!!

"Which way to the beach??!!"

Thursday

Good morning.  Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-Is music a good or bad influence to kids? Why or why not? (Post)
2. Quote response-

"You are the average of the five people 

you spend the most time with." 

- Jim Rohn

Who do you hang around with? Are you the average of these people? Or are you better or worse?

3. Fractions Practice

4. Algebra 1-7 Simplifying Expressions #2-7all and #20-36 evens

5. Lunch

6. PE

7. Operation Samahan

8. Clean up