Week of Dec. 6-10

Math
Monday--Review page 180
Tuesday--Study for quiz and practice
Wednesday--Quiz
Thursday--4-5 Worksheet B
Friday--4-6 Worksheet B

Science
Monday--No homework
Tuesday-Worksheet on Section 2
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--No homework--Video on San Andreas Fault
Friday--No homework--Video on San Andreas Fault

History
Monday--Moodle Questions and vocab for the unit
Tuesday--Timeline questions on French and Indian War
Wednesday--
Thursday--
Friday--

Pop Culture--Finish up movie on Food Inc. on Tuesday. Finish movie and discussion on Thursday. If done early, we are looking at violence on TV and will be reading an article and then watching CSI or NCIS to discuss what is happening and what is wrong and what is right with what we see.

Week of Nov. 29-Dec. 3

Math
Monday--4-1 Worksheet B
Tuesday--4-2 Worksheet B
Wednesday--4-3 Worksheet B
Thursday--4-4 Worksheet B
Friday--No homework--calculator work again. Quiz next week Wednesday

Science
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--Worksheet on Section 1--Earth's Crust in Motion
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Worksheet on Section 2--Measuring Earthquakes--Due Monday
Friday--No homework-work on some online earthquake activities

History
Monday--Finish Notes on Parts of colonies
Tuesday--Finish Notes on Parts of colonies/Trivia for Monday
Wednesday--Review sheet for History
Thursday--Review for Test
Friday--Test--Finally :)

Pop Culture
We will be watching Food Inc. A movie about how our food is made. It brings out discussions about what we eat.

Week of Nov. 15-19 and 22-23

Math
Monday--3-4 Worksheet is assigned and due Tuesday
Tuesday--3-5 Worksheet is assigned and due Thursday
Wednesday--Gone on high school visit
Thursday--Review Sheet assigned.
Friday--Test Monday

Monday--Test
Tuesday--No homework--playing with calculators
No school

Science
Monday--no homework--watching video on Plate Tectonics
Tuesday--no homework
Wednesday--no homework
Thursday--Worksheet on Plate tectonics due Friday
Friday--Begin Review process for test next week Tuesday.

Monday--Review
Tuesday--Test

History
Monday--Finish research for Thursday survival quiz.
Tuesday--Moodle Questions 106-111 and 112-116 due Friday
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Survival Test--open note
Friday--No homework

Monday--No homework
Tuesday--No homework

Week of Nov. 8-12

Math
Monday--No homework--calculator lab
Tuesday--3-3 Practice B worksheet
Wednesday--Review from 3-1 through 3-3
Thursday--Quiz
Friday--No homework

Science
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--Worksheet on Sea Floor Spreading due tomorrow.
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday-No homework
Friday--No homework

History
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--Begin survival research
Wednesday--Must finish survival research
Thursday--Possible survival quiz if done with research--if not completed--next week
Friday--Quiz on 13 colonies and 9 towns--on a map and current event presentations.

Pop Culture--Continue watching the video on Global Warming with discussion.

November 1-5

Math
Monday--Review Sheet and pages 110-112
Tuesday--Continue review and go over sheets to get ready for test
Wednesday--Test
Thursday--3.1 Worksheet B
Friday--3.2 Worksheet B

Science
Monday--Finish worksheet on convection currents--couple of labs to show magnetic poles and convection currents
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Worksheet on drifting continents due Friday
Friday--No homework

History
Monday--No homework--going over quizzes and write answers of explorers
Tuesday--No homework--Indian visit and sickness problem in colonies
Wednesday--Begin next Moodle questions after test--due Friday
Thursday--Finish Moodle questions and current events people--25-30
Friday--No homework

Week of Oct. 25-29

Math
Monday--Assign 2-7 worksheet--due Tuesday
Tuesday--MEAPing
Wednesday--Assign parts of worksheet 2-8 due for Thursday
Thursday--Assign the rest of 2-8 worksheet
Friday--Begin review pages--110-112 from book.

Test next week Tuesday

Science
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--Science MEAP--so we are MEAPing
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Section 2 Worksheet on Convection Currents--Due Friday
Friday--No homework

History
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--No homework--may begin Moodle questions and reading if time. Sick town has work to do
Wednesday-No homework
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework--pop quiz on maps--make sure yours is up to date from last week.

Pop culture--We are watching the movie by Al Gore about Global Warming. Please, don't think I am showing it because I agree with everything he says. But, it is a way to portray what culture thinks about global warming.

Week of Oct. 18-22

Math--
Monday--2-6 Worksheet assigned for Tuesday
Tuesday--Review Sheet assigned for extra practice--Math MEAP
Wednesday--Quiz on sections 2-1 through 2-6--No homework
Thursday--No school
Friday--No school

Science
Monday--Worksheet on Section 1 assigned for Tuesday
Tuesday--No homework---Math MEAP
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--No school
Friday--No school

History
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--No homework--Math MEAP
Wednesday--Towns must be completed.
Thursday--No school
Friday--No school

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Reading an article and discussing about being In the World, but not of it. Tough thing for us to do.

Week of Oct. 11-15

Math-
Monday--No Homework
Tuesday--2-4 Worksheet Due Wednesday (and should be done with 2-3 worksheet)
Wednesday--No Homework
Thursday--2-5 Worksheet Due Friday
Friday--No Homework

Science
Monday--Carbon Cycle Discussion--Review other cycles
Tuesday--Review
Wednesday--Wow--barely have tests graded and now a Quiz on the three cycles
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework

History
Monday--Moodle Questions due Wednesday
Tuesday--Work on Towns
Wednesday--Work on Towns--Moodle and Vocab Due today
Thursday--Work on Towns?
Friday--Towns and Colony Worksheets due. Current Events as well.

Pop Culture
Tuesday and Thursday--Continue with 9-11 video.

Week of Oct. 4-8

Math
Monday--2.2 Worksheet is due Tuesday
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--2.3 Worksheet is due Friday
Friday--No homework

Science
Monday--Review Sheets due Tuesday. Map is Due Thursday
Tuesday--Study for Test
Wednesday--Test
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework

History
Monday--Vocab Unit 2 and pages 84-89 read. Handout worksheet is for pages 84-109
Tuesday--No homework--focus on Science test--although maps were handed out and colony sheet handed out on Monday. Due next week.
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Current Evens--No other homework
Friday--No homework

Pop Culture
Tuesday and Thursday--We are watching a documentary about 9-11. It is a very powerful movie from the point of view of the fire fighters.

Week of Sept. 27-Oct. 1

Math
Monday--Review for Test on Tuesday
Tuesday--Test
Wednesday--RtI test--nothing to study for--its on what you know.
Thursday--2-1 Practice B worksheet assigned
Friday--2-2 Practice B worksheet assigned--Will make due Tuesday--unless everyone gets done in class. Kind of depends on the student. If using time wisely--due Tuesday--if wasting time--due Monday.

Science
Monday--
Tuesday--Read pages 29-33 in Science books
Wednesday--Section 4 Worksheet on Topographical maps
Thursday--Pixel picture due Friday and complete maps due Monday
Friday--Hand in Pixel Pictures--time for maps in class--but they are due Tuesday

Plan on a test next week, probably Tuesday or Wednesday

History
Monday--Finish Moodle questions and reading and review sheet
Tuesday--Review for quiz
Wednesday--Quiz
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework

Pop Culture
Tuesday--If I can get the Simpsons to work, we will be watching and discussing an episode. If it doesn't work, see Thursday.
Thursday--Watching a 9-11 documentary from the point of view of the firefighters. Many students are either too young or have forgotten what happened that day. It is a powerful documentary about the event which shows people's emotions of the day.

Week of Sept. 20-24

Math
Monday--Review Papers
Tuesday--Quiz
Wednesday--1-8 Worksheet
Thursday--1-9 Worksheet
Friday--1-10 Worksheet (Should get done in class so no homework for the weekend)

Math Test Next week Tuesday

Science
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--Making a Pixel Picture--Due Wednesday?
Wednesday--Work on worksheet 1.3 on Maps in the computer age Due Thursday?
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework



History
Monday--Explorer Sheet is Due Tuesday. Moodle questions and reading due Tuesday
Tuesday--No Homework
Wednesday--No Homework
Thursday--Current Evens # 5-8 Moodle Questions 73-77
Friday--No homework

History Quiz next week Wednesday

Pop Culture-
Tuesday--Finishing the Truman Show with some discussion on our questions.
Thursday--Watching the Simpsons with some discussion. If I can't get internet TV at school, then we will be reading an article and answering questions.

Week of Sept. 13-17

Math
Monday--Worksheet 1-3 is due Tuesday
Tuesday--Worksheet 1-4 is due Wednesday
Wednesday--Worksheet 1-5 due Thursday
Thursday--Worksheet 1-6 is due Friday
Friday--Worksheet 1-7 is due Tuesday

Next week Tuesday--First math quiz of the year. Sections 1-1 -- 1-7

Science
Monday--No homework but we hope to finish maps with proper distances.
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--Worksheet on section 2 due Thursday
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework

History
Monday--Pop Quiz (open note) and explorer questions worksheet (also on Moodle)
Tuesday--Begin working on Explorer Map
Wednesday--Explorer Map due Friday
Thursday--Moodle questions Due Friday from 65-72 Current Events #1-4 Due Friday
Friday--No homework--prepare for Test next week and finish skits

History Test Next Week.

Pop Culture
Tuesday and Thursday--watching and discussing The Truman Show.

Week of Sept. 6-10

Math
Monday--No School
Tuesday--Practice 1-1 Worksheet Due Wednesday
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Practice 1-2 Worksheet Due Monday
Friday--Camp Geneva Day

Science
Monday--No School
Tuesday--Finish picture of four spheres
Wednesday--Worksheet on Section 1
Thursday--No homework, but we are beginning our map of the school playground and hill
Friday--Camp Geneva Day

History
Monday--No School
Tuesday--No Homework--review notes from last week
Wednesday--Explorers work
Thursday--Pop quiz on notes--open note--no homework
Friday--Camp Geneva Day

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Article on picking on good movie. Class discussion and questions to answer
Thursday--Begin watching the Truman Show. Interesting movie about what life would be like if you were on a TV show all day long.

Week of Aug. 30-Sept. 3

Wow! First week of school and is it hot!

Anyway--check out this blog for homework, information or other school related things.

Math-
Monday--no school
Tuesday--no homework--meet your teachers/classes/rules
Wednesday--no homework--but we are beginning to work on page 8
Thursday--no homework--are you kidding? First week of school, but we did work on problems in class
Friday--no school

Science
Monday--no school
Tuesday--no homework
Wednesday--begin looking at topography and no homework
Thursday--no homework but begin maps
Friday-no school

History--
Monday--no school
Tuesday--no homework
Wednesday-no homework, but explain project and take a information quiz
Thursday--Begin working on page 60 questions and vocab--but no homework!
Friday--no school

Pop Culture
Tuesday--no class
Thursday--We take a class survey on different types of music, TV and movies. Next week we begin studying movies.

Week of May 23-June 4

Last blog update of the year. Can you believe it!

Math--May 23-27
Monday--Page 35 ACE 5,6
Tuesday--Page 36 ACE 7-11
Wednesday--Investigation 2 Worksheet
Thursday--Quiz
Friday--Begin Project

Science
Monday--No homework if Metamorphic Rock worksheet is completed
Tuesday--Rock Cycle Worksheet
Wednesday--Review Sheet and Practice
Thursday--Open Note Quiz--that's right--open note. :)
Friday--Working on Project

Week of May 31-June 4
Monday--No School
Tuesday--Work on Project
Wednesday--Good times at camp
Thursday--Finish projects and present
Friday--No school for 8th graders (unless project needs improvement)

Enjoy your summer! :)

Pop culture
We are finishing our 911 documentary with discussion.

Week of May 17-21

Math
Monday--Page 17 ACE 9-12 and 18
Tuesday--Investigation 1 worksheet
Wednesday--Quiz
Thursday--Page 34 ACE 1-4
Friday--Page 35 ACE 5-6 (Due Tuesday)

Science
Monday-No homework
Tuesday--Sedimentary Worksheet
Wednesday--Rocks from Reefs Worksheet
Thursday--No homework
Friday--Metamorphic Rocks Worksheet (Due Tuesday)

Pop Culture--Tuesday we will finish Truman Show. Thursday we begin watching a 9-11 documentary from the perspective of the firefighters. Many kids know about 9-11, but the don't really remember what happened that day and why we are at war and why we have airport security.

May 10-14

Math
Monday--No homework
Tuesday--Page 16 ACE 4-7
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Page 15 ACE 1-3, 13-17
Friday--Create three hubcaps

Science
Monday--Worksheet on section 1
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Worksheet on Rocks
Friday--No homework

Pop culture--Watching the Truman Show and discussing what it would be like to live in a TV world.

May 3-7

Math
Monday--Investigation 4 sheet and Question Bank sheet for review
Tuesday--See Monday
Wednesday--Test
Thursday--No Homework-have fun
Friday--No Homework-have fun

Science
Monday--Friday--No homework. Monday and Tuesday we begin looking at rocks and the different types.

Pop Culture--Tuesday we finish our global warming movie.

Week of April 26-30

Math
Monday--Page 59 ACE 6-10
Tuesday--Page 60 ACD 12-16, 20-27
Wednesday--Investigation 4 Paper
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework

Science
Monday--Finish first review sheet
Tuesday--Begin and finish practice test
Wednesday--Go over review sheets and practice tests
Thursday--Review and study
Friday--Test

Pop Culture--Tuesday and Thursday--Global Warming Movie and discussions

April 19-23

Math
Monday--Review and practice--and everyone should practice
Tuesday--Redo Quiz
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Page 59 ACE 1-5
Friday--No homework

(Math test late next week)

Science
Monday--Waves worksheet
Tuesday--Wind Worksheet
Wednesday--Begin Reviewing for test
Thursday--practice test
Friday--No homework

(Science test early next week--Wednesday?)

Pop Culture
Tuesday--The History of Warren Reynolds and his Sunday's
Thursday--Finish and discuss Simpsons and article

Week of April 12-16

Math
Monday--No homework--review factored and expanded forms
Tuesday--Page 49 ACE 39-42
Wednesday--Investigation 3
Thursday--Quiz
Friday--No homework

Science
Monday--Review what had been done and then begin Glaciers
Tuesday--Worksheet on Glaciers
Wednesday--No homework but Waves
Thursday--Worksheet on Waves
Friday--No homework

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Article about adult cartoons that kids are watching.
Thursday--Watch "The Simpsons" and discuss the episode.

Week of March 29-April 2

Math
Monday--Finish Page 44 ACE 1-10 from last week. Add to that Page 45 ACE 13-18
Tuesday--Page 46 ACE 25-32, 35-37, 43-45. Forget the instructions in the book and just put the equations into simplest terms. (If they were not already) Also do 46 and 47
Wednesday--Page 51 ACE 52-57--be careful--only 6 problems but only a few have ever gotten them all correct the first time they tried.
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No school

Science
Monday--Worksheet on Water Erosion
Tuesday--Begin Section 3 on Page 85
Wednesday--Finish Section 3 and Worksheet is due
Thursday--No homework--video on Glaciers (our next section in science)
Friday--No school

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Finish and Discuss Survivor
Thursday--Don't know yet--Depends how many students are here :)

Week of March 23-26

Math
Monday--Page 27 ACE 4-12, 19-22
Tuesday--Investigation 2 Paper
Wednesday--Page 45 19-24
Thursday--Page 44 ACE 1-9
Friday--Page 44 ACE 10, 13-18

Science
Monday--Changing Earth's Surface Worksheet
Tuesday--Survey
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Worksheet--Water Erosion
Friday--No homework

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Finish watching the office and discuss.
Thursday--Begin watching Survivor and discuss.

Week of March 15-19

Math
Monday-Investigation 1 Paper
Tuesday-Quiz
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Page 26 ACE 1-3, 23-24
Friday--Page 27 ACE 4-12

Science
Monday-Review Sheets for Quiz
Tuesday-Review
Wednesday-Quiz
Thursday-No homework
Friday-Assign Worksheet--Due Tuesday

Pop Culture
Tuesday-Finish NCIS video and discussion
Thursday-The Office and discussion

Week of March 8-12

Math
Monday--Page 12 ACE 1-5, 18-22
Tuesday--Page 13 ACE 23-28
Wednesday--Page 12 ACE 6-17
Thursday--Page 14 ACE 29-42--look for special instructions (lots of practice)
Friday--Continue working on ACE questions

Science
Monday--Work on answering questions from Weathering website
Tuesday--Finish up questions--Due Wednesday
Wednesday--No homework
Thursday--Section 2 Worksheet
Friday--No homework--possible lab on erosion

Pop Culture
Tuesday and Thursday--We begin on Tuesday discussing how to make a Pop Star. Then we begin watching NCIS. We will discuss what the show is about, why it has been so popular and what could be different on the show.

Week of March 1-5

Math
Monday--No school--No homework
Tuesday--Review Sheets and ACE questions due Wednesday
Wednesday--Review for Test
Thursday--TEST
Friday--No homework

Science
Monday--No school--No homework
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--Worksheet on Weathering
Thursday--No homework
Friday--Worksheet on video due after video

Pop Culture
Tuesday--I forgot to do this earlier! We are watching super bowl ads and discuss what they are trying to do to catch our attention and get us to buy their products.
Thursday--Article on How to Create a Pop Star. We will discuss how the music world portrays new artists to make them the next star.

Week of Feb. 22-26

Math
Monday--Page 65 ACE 4-6, 24-25
Tuesday--Page 67 ACE 18-23 (Didn't get to this-finish worksheet instead)
Wednesday--Page 67 ACE 18-23
Thursday--Page 69 ACE 31, 34, 36-40, 42, 46, 47, 57
Friday--Investigation 4 Worksheet and Question Bank Worksheet Due Wednesday--Test Thur.

Science
Monday--Bring in pop bottle and/or materials for making volcano
Tuesday--Work on Volcanoes
Wednesday--Work on Volcanoes
Thursday--Work on Volcanoes
Friday--Hopefully, and I mean hopefully, make our volcanoes explode

Pop Culture change for Thursday--we are watching the new "We are the World video and then we are watching the Dove Project. Some have seen these before, but it is worth discussing again.

No school Monday--Math test on Thursday of next week

Week of Feb. 15-19

Math
Monday--Finish ACE questions from last week and Investigation 3 worksheet
Tuesday--Review
Wednesday--Quiz
Thursday--Page 64--ACE 1-3
Friday--No homework

Science
Monday--Finish Three types of Mountains-Due Wed. Last day for time in school?
Tuesday--Review Sheets--Practice test and Review sheet
Wednesday--Turn in Three types of volcanoes/Review time--not much time because of math quiz
Thursday-Review-
Friday--Quiz/Test on Volcanoes

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Discuss the article from last week. Then listen to Queen. Interesting group about what songs are really about.
Thursday--Hip Hop article--history of it and why it is here to stay.

Week of Feb. 8-12

Math
Monday--Page 44 ACE 3, 5-8, 20-22
Tuesday--Page 46 ACE 9-11
Wednesday--Page 47 ACE 17-19, 41-46
Thursday--Page 48 ACE 23-35, 38, 49 EC 48 and 50
Friday--Investigation 3

Science
Monday-No homework
Tuesday--Worksheet on Section 3
Wednesday--Begin project on volcano research
Thursday--Volcano research
Friday--volcano research

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Carrie Underwood--listen to some country music and what her music is saying
Thursday--Article on violence in television--which leads also to video games--and what that does to young people's minds.

Week of Feb. 1-5

Math
Monday--Page 33 ACE 40-42
Tuesday--Page 33 ACE 43-47, 49, 62-64
Wednesday--Investigation 2 Paper
Thursday--Quiz
Friday--No homework


Science
Monday--Internet Worksheet on Volcanoes is due Tuesday
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--Section 2 Worksheet
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework

Pop Culture
Tuesday--We are going to listen to Black Eye Peas.
Thursday--Sean Kingston is our topic.

Week of Jan. 25-29

Math
Monday--Page 32 ACE 23-28
Tuesday--Skill worksheet--Writing Expressions in Expanded Form
Wednesday--Work on factoring--Page 29-30
Thursday--Continue with factoring--Assign skill sheet--Factoring Expressions
Friday--No homework--play with calculators--please check your batteries

Science
Monday--No homework--review exams--discuss.
Tuesday--No homework
Wednesday--Section 1 Worksheet about volcanoes
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework--small lab needs to be finished.

Pop Culture
Thursday we are going to listen to a popular Christian group called Skillit.

Week of Jan. 18-22

Math
Monday--Review
Tuesday--Review
Wednesday--Exam
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No school

Science
Monday-Review
Tuesday-Review
Wednesday--Math Exam and review if time
Thursday--Exam
Friday--No school.

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Finish the 9/11 video.
Thursday--All the students are having a little party and watching Holes.

Week of Jan. 11-15

Math
Monday--No homework--taking quiz
Tuesday--Page 30 ACE 3-15
Wednesday--Page 31 ACE 16-21
Thursday--No homework
Friday--No homework--get ready for exams.

Science
Monday--Work on lab
Tuesday--No homework--worked on lab
Wednesday--Worksheet on Plate Tectonics and worksheet on Sea-Floor spreading
Thursday--worksheets and continue review
Friday-- Quiz or review time for exam next week. (Students voted to have a quiz)

Week of Jan. 4-8

Welcome back! I hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Math
Monday--Review and Finish up ACE 3-5 on page 12
Tuesday--Page 13 ACE 6-7
Wednesday--Page 14 ACE 8-13 Extra Credit page 16 ACE 28-29
Thursday--Investigation 1 Review Paper
Friday--Quiz has been moved to Monday--review sheet due Monday

Science
Monday--Review Pangea--no homework
Tuesday--Drifting Continents Worksheet will be assigned
Wednesday--Begin Work on Question 13-25--Will need to be finished Friday
Thursday--No homework--watching a video on parts of the earth--but finish worksheet 13-25
Friday--No homework

Pop Culture
Tuesday--Finish up the Truman Show.
Thursday--I have a 9/11 documentary planned. After some discussion during class last year, many students don't really know what happened that day. Hopefully, it brings some light to what is going to with our country and in the world today. This might change, but for know I have this planned.