Thursday, October 28, 2010

Math Classes

Test chapter 2!

LA Classes

Stories that need to be fixed up must be passed in tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

LA Classes

Students MUST make three connections and pass in tomorrow. There must be a text-to-self connection, a text-to-text connection and a text-to-world connection.

Math 8C

Homework: Chapter 2 review

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

LA Classes

Possessive noun sheet for homework.

Math Classes

Sheets 2.1 and 2.2 for homework.

*Don't forget about the chapter 2 test.

Monday, October 25, 2010

LA Classes

Any stories that have yet to be passed in are past due. They were due on Friday.

Math Classes

Homework: #'s 4-14 practise from math book

* Test on chapter 2 this Thursday

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

LA Classes

Students should be working on their stories through the week to pass in Friday.

Math Classes

Homework: two sided sheet on rates and unit rates.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Math Classes

Section 2.2 rates numbers 4,5,6,7,8 and 9 page 60.

LA Classes

Story due Friday, see yesterday's post for details.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Math Classes

Read over section 2.2 to prepare for class.

LA Classes

Writing Assignment #2
You are traveling somewhere in the world and you can’t believe your eyes, it is him/her. You become nervous and excited, you have to talk to this person. You approach them and...

The assignment is to show how to use quotation marks through dialogue. In your story you have to have a very brief conversation with a person of your choice. The person and yourself should talk no more than four times each. Remember: every time you change speakers, you must change paragraphs.

The assignment should be one to two written pages and is due on Friday.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

LA Classes

Students are expected to complete a text-to-text connection between Resisting Hitler and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and pass it in Monday.

Math 8B

Students are expected to bring their car surveys to class with them Monday.

Math 8C

Choose an athlete or celebrity and find their financial earnings for 2010. Next find out statististics about that person and bring the information to class on Monday.

Example: A Rod was paid 33 000 000 for the 2010 baseball season. In that season he played in about 135 games, which meant he would earn about $240,000 per game.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

LA Classes

We are watching Boy in the Striped Pajamas to make text-to-text connections.

Homework for LA 7B, look over journal entries and correct grammar mistakes.

Math Classes

Homework: Pages 51, 52, and 53 #'s 5(a,c,d), 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, and 20.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

LA Classes

We are using a story, Resisting Hitler, to make text-to-text and text-to-world connections.

Math Classes

Homework: students are to use the glossary to write the terms for chapter 2 in their scribblers.

* FYI: I only have half the students coming to class prepared. Students need their book, scribbler, pencil and calculator for class.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Math Classes

Homework: Sheet 1.10 Ratios, Fractions, Decimals, and Percents.

Parents, please pick up a calculator for your child. They need them in class.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

LA Classes

No homework.

Math Classes

Students have their textbooks and are expected to complete the scavenger hunt sheet for homework.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Math Classes

Tomorrow we will get our textbooks and begin work in chapter 2, Ratios and Rates.

* Students had their first test, Integers, passed back to them.

LA Classes

Journal Entry: Two choices

1) First School Dance
2) Terry Fox, What He means to Me.