Mrs. Talarico’s Classes

Homework:  Ch. 11 Study guide due Monday 3/2.  Test Ch. 11 Tuesday 3/2.  Extra Credit due 2/27.  Study Island Assignment #2 due Friday, 2/27.

Monday: Worked on Study Island.  Assignment 2 due by 2/27.  Extra Credit due by 2/27. Ch. 11 Study Guide distributed.

Tuesday:  Reviewed Ch. 10 Test answers.  Westward Expansion.  Trails to the West.  Challenges to travelers. Quiz 11-1 tomorrow.

Wednesday:  Quiz 11-1.  Section 11-2 :  Texas

Thursday:  Vocabulary Activity 11-2.  War with Mexico.  Quiz 11-3 tomorrow.

Friday:  Quiz 11-3.  Instruction:  The Gold Rush.

Homework for week: Workbook pages due Monday 3/2. Study guide and Ch. 19 Test Tuesday 3/3.

Monday: Periodic table, electron levels, 2-8-8 rule, valence electrons. Ch. 19 Study Guides distributed along with blank periodic tables. Students can complete the tables and use on the tests for the next 4 chapters.

Tuesday: Practice using the periodic table. Ions, isotopes and ionic bonding.

Wednesday: Super Soaker Lab.

Thursday: Ion WS. Begin covalent bonding.

Friday: Dad’s Day. Work on Ch. 19 Study guide, workbook pages, and periodic tables.

Wednesday:  Video clips, questions and discussion about Andrew Jackson’s presidency from PBS. Quiz 10-3 tomorrow.

Thursday:  Quiz 10-3.  Video clips, questions, and discussion about Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal and the nullification crisis from PBS.  Review for test Ch. 10. Study guide and Test Ch. 10 tomorrow.

Friday:  Check Study guides for Ch. 10 for completion.  Ch. 10 Test.  Begin reading Ch. 11.

Wednesday: Reviewed Mechanical Advantage and Mechanical Efficiency ws. 6 types of simple machines instruction. Checked Ch. 18 Workbook pages.

Thursday: Six types of simple machines practice .  Inclined Plane Work Lab.  Study guide and test for Ch. 18 tomorrow.

Friday: Check Ch. 18 Study guides. Test Ch. 18. Finish lab reports from yesterday.  Begin reading Ch. 19 and working on workbook pages.

8th grade Dad’s in Mrs. Talarico’s homeroom:  Dad’s day will be on Friday 2/27 from 8:15 – 11:15.  Breakfast in the auditorium at 8:15.  Forms must be returned by Friday 2/13.  Please excuse the typo on the form which read Thursday, 2/27.  It is Friday, 2/27.

Extra Credit for February:  Black History Report due by 2/27.  Get directions from Mrs. T.  Your subject cannot be an entertainer or sports figure.

Homework:  Ch. 10 Study guides due Friday, Test Ch. 10 Friday.  Extra Help session Thursday & Friday morning at 7:20.

Monday:  Biography Packet.

Tuesday:  Discuss answers to Bio Packet.  Jackson v National Bank.  Jackson and economy.  Election of 1836.  Supreme Court & Capitalism p. 331.  Graphic Organizer p. 331 #5.  Quiz 10-2 tomorrow.

Wednesday:  Quiz 10-2.  Building Background p. 332.  Indian Removal Map Activity.  Jackson and Indian Removal.  Quiz 10-3 tomorrow.

Thursday:  Shadow Reading from 2 points of view on Indian removal & states rights.  Quiz 10-3.

Friday:  Check for Study Guide completion.  Test Ch. 10.  Begin reading Ch. 11.

Important upcoming dates for science: Ch. 18 workbook pages due on Wed. 2/18, Ch. 18 Study guide and test on Thurs. 2/19.  “In the Bag” Extra Credit due by 2/23.

Monday: Ch. 18 Vocabulary WS Open book

Tuesday: Work and Power. Instruction, practice, and activity on definitions and calculations for work and power.

Wednesday: 1st Period: CHS Assembly about registration. 2nd & 3rd. Straw Rocket lab.

Thursday: Graded WS on calculating work and power. Calculators allowed. I do not have a class set, students must bring their own simple 4 function calculators. Machines, mechanical advantage, and mechanical efficiency – instruction and practice.

Friday: Graded Worksheet on mechanical advantage & mechanical effeciency. 6 types of simple machine.

Homework for week:

Ch. 17 workbook pages due Wed.

Ch. 17 Study guide due and test Thurs.

Monday:  Inertia instruction, activities, and mini quiz.

Tuesday:  Newton’s 2nd Law discovery activity using computer animation.  Graded WS on force, mass, and acceleration.  Calculators allowed on all math problems in science.  I do not have a class set, students can bring simple 4 function calculators.

Wednesday:  Ch. 17 Workbook pages due.  Newton’s 3rd Law demos, simulations, and instruction.

Thursday:  Check for study guide completion.  Jeopardy test review.  Ch. 17 Test.  Begin reading Ch. 18 and working on workbook pages.

Friday:  Ch. 18 Vocabulary worksheet.  Work on Ch. 18 workbook pages and study guides.