HW/Daily Activities

(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.)

Parents, students have been encouraged to make up any missing assignments or any assignments where they scored low, so remind your children to turn in anything they would like to see improve. Students have time to make up any assignment but if I were them, I'd get my work done asap and turn it in sooner better than later. Also parents, please read the notes I wrote for Week 5 under Friday science, Friday language arts and Thursday and Friday Social Studies. If you can come in to my class in the mornings anytime from 7:35am to 10:24am or in the afternoons anytime from 12:30pm to 2:10pm, I could sure use your help. Having another adult in the room helping students stay on task when they are working in groups, or just answering their questions, and reminding students to pay attention when we are having a class discussion would be great! That way more kids can learn and everyone will have a good time being in school. If my kids don’t, or can't, listen then they won’t know what to do and won’t even know what questions to ask. That’s when it’s difficult for me to help. Thank you. Oh and if you can't come in and help, there is no pressure so please don't feel like you have to.

Math

Monday - We will finish problem 2.2 and share the answers. Then students will work on the Investigation 2 reflection.
HW - Finish the Investigation 2 reflection in your book, page 29.
Tuesday - We took the whole period to share and understand the Investigation 2 on page 29.
HW - Some students needed more time to finish the reflection on p. 29.
Wednesday - No math today because we have an early release. Last time we had an early release we had periods 1, 2 and 3 so today we will do periods 4, 5 and 6.
HW - None
Thursday - Today I will be helping train kids to use the Wynn Reader software that our Special Education department has purchased for our school so Mrs. B will be subbing for me.
The kids will do some Investigation 3 activities to familiarize themselves with the stem and leaf plot. (Students are very familiar already with bar graphs and line plots and I have gone over line graphs as well).
HW - None
Friday - First, we will review stem and leaf plots, then we will begin Investigation 4 with problem 4.1.
HW - None

Science

Monday - Today we will watch the video footage from the years prior videos to get an idea of what is expected of this year's students.
HW - None
Tuesday - Students will take a science questionnaire now and then another towards the end of the year. I use the information students give me to improve my science program.
HW - None
Wednesday - No science today due to our early release schedule.
HW - None
Thursday - Students will complete a Mt Saint Helens activity to catch up with what's been going on.
Today students will also get to view a slide show by our very own Mr. Thomsen (our 8th grade science teacher) about Mt Saint Helens' lava dome before the eruption! Mr. Thomsen, a Mt Rainier Ranger, was on the lava dome some years back.
HW - None
Friday - We will review yesterday's activity and check our timelines.
HW - None

Language Arts

Monday - The Giver Ch 14.
Then we will finish the Cispus storyboards.
HW - None
Tuesday - The Giver Ch 15.
Then we will work on scoring the Cispus storyboards. Here is the rubric kids are using to score their own storyboard.
HW - None
Wednesday - The Giver Ch 16.
Today we will finish scoring the Cispus storyboards. Here is the rubric.
HW - None
Thursday - I have a substitute today so the students will do some reading with my sub and then continue working on Cispus posters that they really wanted to do. (They read chapters 17 and 18.)
HW - None
Friday - The Giver Ch 19.
Dreamweaver Lesson 1 (we didn't get very far because of side conversations - for these type of step-by-step lessons I really need everyone's attention or at least quiet so everyone can hear).
HW - None

Social Studies

Monday - Today students will finish the review on p. 9, then they will continue with lesson 2. We will also correct the answers from p. 9.
HW - None
Tuesday - Today is our weekly Second Step lesson, which was cancelled as Marilyn, our counselor, was called away.
We finished and corrected p. 9, lesson 1, from our social studies textbook.
HW - None
Wednesday - I took the time to finish scoring the Cispus website storyboards that we started in language arts (it took me that long to score them all after the teams scored their own!).
Then I allowed students to take the time to work on their Cispus posters.
HW - None
Thursday - Students will begin lesson 2, pp 10 to 15, in the social studies textbook.
HW - None
Friday - Today is our library day.
HW - None