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.
Monday: Ch. 9 Tests reviewed and returned. Study Island assignment #2 in computer lab. Must be finished by 2/27.
Tuesday: Chapter 10-1. Jacksonian Democracy. Timeline introduction. Expanded voter’s rights. Ch. 10 Study Guides distributed. Quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday: Quiz Section 10-1. Begin Section 10-2: Jackson’s Administration.
Thursday: Activity: Opposite views: Jackson and Webster. Finish Section 10-2.
Friday: Quiz Section 10-2. Seminole Indian Wars Geography Activity. Work on Study Guides.
Homework for Week: Work on Ch. 17 workbook pages and study guides.
Monday: Test Ch. 16. Groups work on Final Exploravision project. Due tomorrow – test grade.
Tuesday: Begin Ch. 17: Newton’s Beads Demo. Students write observations in notebooks. Gravity, and motion, terminal velocity. Computer animations.
Wednesday: Graphing Motion Lab.
Thursday: Free fall and projectile motion. Quicklab: Projectile motion in notebooks.
Friday: Force, Mass, Acceleration Lab.
Homework for week:
1. Ch. 9 Study Guide due and Ch. 9 Test on Friday.
2. Study Island Economics quizzes must be completed 1/30. studyisland.org
Monday: Read American Arts at the bottom of p308 – p. 311 and answer Analyzing Information question p. 311. Quiz 9-2: Nationalism and Sectionalism. Read Erie Canal and answer questions. Begin teaching 9-3 – American Culture.
Tuesday: Finish 9-3. Groups make graphic organizers about American visual art, songs, literature, education. If absent, do Graphic organizer on page 311 #5.
Wednesday: Pep Ralley
Thursday: Quiz on Section 9-3. Read excerpts from American Writers and discuss. TCAP practice. Review for test tomorrow.
Friday: Test Ch. 9. Start reading Ch. 10.
Study Island quizzes on Economics must be completed by 1/30. Students can do some at home by going to studyisland.com. They have thier usernames and passwords. They can do game or test mode.
Tuesday: Inauguration activities/discussion. Ch. 8 Tests returned and discussed. Ch. 9 Study guides distributed. TCAP practice p. 293. Timeline activity p. 294/5.
Wednesday: Discuss p. 293-295. Instruction on America’sforeign policy, Section 9-1. Groups make graphic organizers of Nations, Agreement/Doctrine, Issue and Effects (p.301 #4). Carousel Activity. Response system practice quiz on Sec. 1 tomorrow.
Thursday: 9-1 quiz using cps response system. Nationalism & Sectionalism. Anticipation guide followed by instruction. Change anticipation guide answers if needed.
Friday: Erie Canal p. 306-307. Cumberland Road Map Activity. Quiz on 9-2 Monday. Study Island questions on computers.
