Monday

Half day today!

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend? (Post)
2. CNN Student News- 5 notes
3. PLATO Mathematics 8:30-9:15
4. Earth Science or World History
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. What were your favorite games/toys growing up? If you could invent a toy what would it be? (Paper and pencil)
2. CNN Student News 5 notes
3. PLATO Mathematics
4. Earth Science
pgs. 317-324
Answer Reading Checkpoints and Section Assessment #1-7
Draw the San Andreas Fault Map on page 325. Make sure to label the different faults and main cities
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. TBD

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Are you on a college track or a vocational (job/career training) or undecided? How have you come to your decision?
1/2 page
MS Word
2. PLATO Mathematics 8:30-9:15
3. CNN Student News (5 notes)
4. World History
Practice using the internet to research.
Create a timeline of events occurring in the Middle East right now. Include the following countries:
Tunisia, Egypt and Libya

OR
Create a 7 slide PowerPoint on Libya

5. Lunch
6. Complete assignments from this morning
7. PE
8. Clean Up

Friday

No School Monday!

Here are the assignments for today:
1. How is life going to be different when you are 18? (Post)
2. PLATO Mathematics (8:30-9:00)
3. CNN Student News 5 notes
4. Select a topic from:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history-month


Create a 5 slide PowerPoint, Glogster or other presentation about Black History Month.

Make sure to include a slide about how your topic affects you today, even if you are not black.

5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Finish Black History Month Project
8. Clean Up

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. How has the last 2 years of your life changed who you are?  What challenges and hard times have you overcome or are still going through? Would you take back the hard times, as if they never happened?
-5 paragraph essay
-Paper and pencil


2. CNN Student News- 7 notes
3. Finish Earth Science AND World History
4. Lunch
5. Video
6. Clean Up

Happy Friday!

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- What are your plans for this weekend? (Post)
2. CNN Student News- 5 notes in complete sentences
3. What does it take to be a news anchor? "Stay classy San Diego." --Ron Burgundy.
Watch: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/education/2011/01/02/sn.cc.anchor.cnn

Use Word type 1/2 page on what it takes to be a news anchor/journalist and if you would do it?

4. PLATO Mathematics/ Independent Math
5. Lunch
6. Educational Video
7. Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. CNN Student News take 5 notes (Paper and pencil).
2. World History
pgs.501-506
Create a PowerPoint
Vocabulary Slide
Reading Checks Slide
Section Assessment Slides

3. Lunch
4. PE
5. Heart Project
6. PLATO Mathematics/Independent Math
7. Clean Up

Pancake Wednesday

Early Day
Excused @noon

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-Who would be your perfect celebrity husband/wife? Why? School Appropriate. Paper and pencil. 1/2 page.

2. Finish World History/ Earth Science or work on PLATO Mathematics
3. Lunch
4. CNN Student News
5. Clean Up

Tuesday

Alec's Speech for his Scholarship


Alec at Dollars for Scholars 2011 from Tim Kobayashi on Vimeo.


Here are the assignments for today:
1. World History

pgs. 688-692

Create PowerPoint to review the section. Include the following slides: Vocabulary Slide, 1 slide per Main Idea w/5 bullets summary, 1 Slide Reading Check Questions and Answers.

2. PLATO Mathematics or Independent Math

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3. Lunch

4. PE

5. Finish Glogster/PowerPoint or other projects. OR PLATO Mathematics.  Work on something!!!
6. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend? Paper and pencil. 1/2 page
2. Earth Science

pgs. 308-313

Answer Reading Checkpoints and Section Assessment #1-8

3. PLATO Mathematics or Independent Math
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. World History

pgs. 688-692

Create PowerPoint to review the section. Include the following slides: Vocabulary Slide, 1 slide per Main Idea w/5 bullets summary, 1 Slide Reading Check Questions and Answers.
7. Clean Up

Happy Friday!

Here are the assignments for today:
1a. CNN Student News- 7 notes

1b.
Go to: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/03/africa.mideast.protests/index.html

Watch a video and read an article about what is going on in the Middle East.  Create 1 slide for each country they talk about. Summarize what is going on in each country.  The countries are: Egypt, Jordan,Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon, and Algeria.

Include Pictures and animations

2. Finish Volcano Glogsters or PLATO
3. Lunch
4. PE
5. Finish Projects
6. Clean Up

Thursday

Congratulations Alec on receiving the Janet Thomas Memorial Scholarship!
Here are the assignments for today:
1. Earth Science
pgs. 289-292
Answer Reading Check Points
Section Assessment #1-6

2. CNN Student News

3. Glogster on Volcanoes or PLATO

4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Finish Projects
7. Clean Up

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Earth Science
pgs. 280-288
Answer Reading Check Points and Section Assessments #1-7
2. PLATO Mathematics- 30 minutes
3. Finish Glogsters on Egypt
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Volcanoes Video
7. Clean Up

Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Do you like going to school here? Why or why not? MS Word 1/2 page.
2. Earth Science
pgs. 258-264
Answer Reading Check Points
Section Assessment #1-7
Draw figure11 on page 261

3. PLATO Algebra 1 or Independent Math (Book)
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. CNN Student News
7. Egypt
8. Clean Up