daily update – January 9
English 7
Collaborative Writing
Activity: Students continued drafting collaborative writing stories. Due: January 28.
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Activity: Chapter 4 Quiz
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Assignment: An Interview with Napoleon (ongoing). Due: January 17
Reminder: Upcoming Chapter 4 Quiz – Tuesday, January 15
daily update – January 8
Science 7
Rocks ‘n Minerals
Activity: Read pp. 179-183
Assignment: 7.1: Minerals – Building Blocks of Rocks; do “Check Your Understanding” p. 183 #1-4
Math 7
Percent
Activity: p. 178 #1-8
Assignment: 4.6 – Solving % Problems that Involve Decimals
Social Studies 9-A
Napoleonic Era
Activity: Notes/Lecture: Napoleon’s Peninsular Campaign and the Invasion of Russia
Assignment: An Interview with Napoleon – Due January 18
Reminder: Upcoming Chapter 4 Quiz on January 16
daily update – January 7, 2013
Happy New Year!
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Activity: Napoleon’s Peninsular Campaign and Invasion of Russia
Assignment: An Interview with Napoleon – due January 17
Reminder: Upcoming Chapter 4 Quiz – January 15
English 7
Collaborative Writing
Activity: Students continued drafting collaborative stories – due January 28
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Activity: Chapter 4 Review – Quiz on Wednesday, January 9
daily update – December 21
Merry Christmas!
Just a quick update before we break for the holidays.
Social Studies 9
Napoleonic Era
NOTE: Upcoming Chapter 4 Quiz will be some time in mid-January. Stay tuned.
Science 7
Ecology
NOTE: Endangered Species Brochures (Term Project) is now past due.
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
NOTE: Upcoming Chapter 4 Quiz January 9
English 7
Collaborative Writing
NOTE: We have established the due date for this project as January 28.
Math 7
Percent
NOTE: Anticipate having a Chapter 4 Quiz the 2nd week of January.
Merry Christmas Everyone! Wishing you a restful and enjoyable holiday. See you in the New Year!
daily update – December 20
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Activity: view Khan Academy lecture series on the Napoleonic Wars: War of the 1st & 2nd Coalition, War of the 3rd coalition, War of the 4th Coalition.
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Assignment: A Lawless Society
Reminder: Students should be prepared to write a Chapter 4 Quiz (Mesopotamia) in the first week after Christmas break.
English 7
Collaborative Writing
Activity: Students continued working on collaborative story writing project.
daily update – December 19
Social Studies 9-A
Napoleonic Era
Activity: view Khan Academy lecture series on the Napoleonic Wars: War of the 1st & 2nd Coalition, War of the 3rd coalition, War of the 4th Coalition.
daily update – December 18
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Activity: skim text pages 102-109
Assignment:Profiling Napoleon Bonaparte
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Activity: class discussion of laws in Mesopotamia
Assignment: A Lawless Society
English 7
Collaborative Story Writing
Activity: Students continued with collaborative story writing project. They should be well into the drafting phase by now.
Reminder: All Science 7 Endangered Species Projects are now due.
daily update – December 17
Social Studies 9-A
Napoleonic Era
Activity: skim text pages 102-109
Assignment:Profiling Napoleon Bonaparte
Math 7
Percent
Activity: text pages 172-173 #4-12
Assignment: 4.5 – Calculating with Percents
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Assignment:Innovations of Mesopotamia Think/Pair/Share
daily update – December 14
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Activity: view video, “Life Under Napoleon: A Social History”; collect 10 facts and ask 3 intelligent questions.
Science 7
Ecology
Project Work: Students spent a double-block wrapping up their Endangered Species brochures.
Due: Monday, December 17
daily update – December 13
Science 7
Ecology
Project Work: Students continued work on Endangered Species projects. The research phase should now be complete and students should be assembling their informational brochures.
Math 7
Percent
Activity:text pp. 165 #3-10
Assignment: 4.4 Using Percents to make Comparisons
Social Studies 9-A
Napoleonic Era
Activity: view video, “Life Under Napoleon: A Social History”; collect 10 facts and ask 3 intelligent questions.