Team 8E

Team 8E
Welcome to Team 8E!  We are looking forward to a great 2012-2013 school year with our students.  It is our goal to help prepare students for the High School experience and provide them with the opportunity of traveling with a variety of students and not as a single block for their academic classes.  If at any time, you have questions...please contact one of your team members! Click on the name below to send an email; click on the picture to go to the web page of the teacher.
 
                                                                                                        
Tuesday - Bring in completed poster on the decade that you chose and have been working on.
Click on any of the pictures below to go to the 'teacher' page!

 Mr. Danner   Ms. Cady   Mr. Henkle   Ms. Portelance  

 

See below for each subject and homework assigned for the past 5 school days...email if you have questions!

Math: * Please ask about completing make-up work...check your grades online! Click here for the Decimal/Fraction/Percent Test: DFP TEST!
Check your grades....ask for any make-up work you need!

Friday, 5/10: Grades close today - make sure all homework is submitted on time! Taking the Smarter Balanced Performance Test today....

Monday, 5/13: Pre-Algebra - No homework. Algebra - Page 410, #17-55 odds.
Tuesday, 5/14: Pre-Algebra - No homework. Algebra - No homework.
Wednesday, 5/15: Pre-Algebra - Page #344 1-38 All.  Algebra - 7-4 Practice Worksheet.
Thursday, 5/16: Pre-Algebra - No homework. Algebra - Study for mid-chapter test tomorrow (7-1 through 7-4).
Friday, 5/17: Pre-Algebra - 7-3 Practice Worksheet.  Algebra - Test today - no homework.

Monday, 5/20: Pre-Algebra - Page 360, #1-33 All. Test tomorrow on first half of chapter 7. Algebra - No homework.
Tuesday, 5/21: Pre-Algebra - Test today; Bird Graph for homework. Algebra - Growth & Decay worksheet. Don't forget - you need a bag of M&M's or Skittles for Friday (or you can buy from me).
Wednesday, 5/22: Pre-Algebra - No homework. Algebra - Page 427 #10-19 Odds.
Thursday, 5/23: Pre-Algebra - 7-5 Practice Worksheet. Algebra -
Friday, 5/24: No homework - Enjoy the long weekend!!


Language Arts:Parents--students should be reading a book of their choice nightlyfor at least 30 minutes.
 
Please Note: Students should be reading independently at home  again. 
 
Parents: Please make sure your child has one three-ring binder and two thin spiral notebooks for this class.
 
 
Friday, 5/3: READ! Be sure to bring in individual reading book for Monday's class. In class: Finished gathering words and arranged them in poem form, gluing them to background paper. Hand in before leaving class.
Monday, 5/6: Draft 9-11 stanzas for Self-Portrait poem. In class: Collect Headline poems. In writing notebooks, drafted an autobiographical poem using a specific format as outlined on the Promethean board. Introduced the idea of a Self-Portrait poem. Read examples and discussed possible topics for stanzas.
Tuesday, 5/7: Revise Self-Portrait poem based upon class questions and feedback. In class: Ss answered questions about their drafts and then shared with classmates. Checked drafts.
Wednesday, 5/8: Read own book. In class: Information given about Filming for Terry Awards and Roberts' Writing Award. Began reading Roald Dahl's "The Landlady".
Thursday, 5/9: Answer questions 2, 6 and 8. In class: Finished reading "The Landlady". Took notes on Roald Dahl.
Friday, 5/10: Read. In class: Worked on completing questions for "The Landlady" in small groups. Began discussing as a class.
Monday, 5/13: Draft a bitterness poem. Get tests signed. In class: Went over format for bitterness poem. Finished answering questions for "The Landlady". Gave back vocab tests. 
Tuesday, 5/14: Revise a piece for combo book. In class: Classes shortened due to MAP testing. Went over vocab tests/checked drafts for bitterness poems.
Wednesday, 5/15: Complete Plan Sheet. In class: Shared some Bitterness poems. Discussed questions for "The Landlady".
Thursday, 5/16: Transformation poem draft. In class: Classes shortened due to MAP testing. Finished "The Landlady" questions.  
Friday, 5/17: None. In class: Took notes at Cutler Pond for sensory image poem.
Monday, 5/20: Type up combo piece and explanation. Must be doublespaced. In class: Pre-test on Poetry. Shared some Transformation poems.
Tuesday, 5/21: Work on "Elevator" WS. In class: Conference and edit combo pieces/explanation. Read "The Elevator". Fill out corresponding worksheet.
COMBO BOOKS DUE--Tuesday, May 28TH!
Wednesday, 5/22: Picture of "Fat Lady"; work on combo book. In class: In writing notebooks--excerpt for "The Elevator" ending. Work on note page.
 
Science:
 
Discovery Education: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
1. The username is GPSstudentid # and the password is discover.
a. Assignments:
 

Weekly Assignments from Last Week and Next Week 

Every student has received 3 astronomy packets and a textbook. Complete the astronomy packet by next Wednesday turn in at end of science class. Astronomy Packet

Monday, 5/20: Every student has received 3 astronomy packets and a textbook. Complete the astronomy packet by next Wednesday turn in at end of science class. Astronomy Packet

Tuesday, 5/21:  Every student has received 3 astronomy packets and a textbook. Complete the astronomy packet by next Wednesday turn in at end of science class. Astronomy Packet
Wednesday, 5/22: Last Day to complete the astronomy packet!
Thursday, 5/23: No Homework today: Bring healthy snacks in for homeroom movie in science on Friday.
Friday, 5/24: No Homework for Memorial Day Weekend



Social Studies:
Tues. - Complete the Decades poster you've been working on in school.  Bring the poster in tomorrow, Wed.  These are the things you will be graded on:
Title - May sure your "1960s" is on the poster in clear view so that I know the decade you are representing.  10 points
Wallpaper -