Friday

Happy Friday!
Here are the assignment for today:
1. Journal- How important are first impressions? Have you ever been wrong about someone? (Post)
2. CNN Student News- Post a paragraph about whats happening in the news
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. Finish Frog Video
5. Serious talk. . .seriously.

Thursday

Hello Class,
Here are the assignments for today:
1 .Journal- How was the class and sub? (Post)
2. News- CNN Student News click here Post 5 notes about the news today
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. Biology- Parts of a frog
Virtual dissection (Groups of 3)
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Frog Diagram
8. Comment on 3 other blogs
9. Clean Up

Friday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-How was the sub yesterday?
2. Post 2 paragraphs about the news. click here
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. World History Chapter 15 Section 1 pgs.677-685
Section Assessment
Reading Checks
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. News letter
8. Personal Development
9. Clean up

Thursday

If you are just going to sit around and socialize, I'm going to ask you to leave right now with a suspension...
I am not going to assign any new work today. Use this time to complete any make up or extra credit assignments.
Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- What grade do you feel you earned this report card period? How did your attendance improve or get worse from last report card period?
2. Blog Review- Post comments on 3 other student blogs.
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. Make up work
5. Lunch
6. PE (Don't break anything!)
7. Last chance for make up work
8. Clean up

Pancake Pictures

The Chef is hard at work. That's a pretty professional looking pancake! 

@the Lunch Table getting to "work". 

"And a white milk on the side too!" 

 Showing some skills in decorating.

Happy Birthdays!!

Pancake Wednesday

Make sure to take advantage of any free time and do make up work!!!!

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Would you rather have a lot of money or a lot of friends? Why? (Post)
2. News- click here and read the article about "Super Bugs". Post a summary about it.
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. Make up work
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Journalism
8. Clean Up

Tuesday

The report card period ends this week!  Make sure you have the work done and turned in by Thursday, if you want a grade for it...

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Read the article about the H1N1: click here
Post a summary about the Swine Flu and your opinion about why it was so hyped up in the news.
2. Fractions Work sheet on the Lunch Table.
3. Make up or extra credit work.
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Make ups or extra credit
7. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend? (Post)
2. Post about 2 news stories? http://news.yahoo.com/
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. Area- Lecture and notes
5. Use Paint to create your floor plan.
Add measurements to your floor plan and calculate the area.
6. Lunch
7. PE
8. Independent Reading
9. Power plant presentations
10. Clean up

Friday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-What are the things that really matter in your life? Why? (Post)
2. Post a 1 paragraph summary of how your week was.
3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
4. Finish fish assignments
Use the picture of a fish on p. 774 to create a poster of a fish using construction paper.  Make sure to label the different parts of the fish.


Biology pgs. 771-781
Answer the Checkpoints
Key Concepts
5. Lunch
6. Design your dream house. Use paper to draw a floor plan for your dream house.  Include square footage and measurements.
7. Personal Development
8. Clean up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-Do people deserve second chances? Have you ever received a second chance? (Post)
2. News- Post a story about Gay Marriage in California
3. PLATO Mathematics (20 minutes)
4. Biology
Use the picture of a fish on p. 774 to create a poster of a fish using construction paper.  Make sure to label the different parts of the fish.


Biology pgs. 771-781
Answer the Checkpoints
Section Assessment-->Key Concepts

5. Lunch
6. PE

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- What is the point of music or art or painting or dancing? Why is some of it more enjoyable than others?(Post)
2. News- Post about 2 people in the news right now.
3. PLATO Mathematics (25 minutes)
4. Biology
Use the picture of a fish to create a poster of a fish using construction paper.  Make sure to label the different parts of the fish.
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Biology pgs. 771-781
Answer the Checkpoints
Section Assessment-->Key Concepts
8. Clean up

Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- Why do people get involved with gangs? (Post)
2. News- Post about 2 news stories
http://news.yahoo.com/

3. PLATO Mathematics-->CAHSEE Mathematics Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability-->Computing Graphical Data-->Using Line Graphs
4. Independent Math Assignment (Get your math book)
5. Lunch
6. World History pgs 583-589
Content Vocabulary
Reading Checks
Section 1 Assessment (p. 589) #8 Writing About History
7. Finish Power plant projects
8. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-How was your weekend? (Post)
2. News- Post about 2 news stories
3. PLATO Mathematics (20 minutes)
4. Power plant model
5. Lunch
6.Biology pgs.138-143
Define the vocabulary
Answer the Checkpoint
Answer the Section Assessment
7.World History p. 590
Read Focus on Everyday Life
Answer Connecting to the Past on p. 591
8. Clean Up

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.

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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