November 24-25, 2014

Math Skills
Monday and Tuesday- Math Facts in a Flash


Science
Monday- Complete Plate Boundaries information and questions
Tuesday- Plate Boundaries Lab


Happy Thanksgiving!!!

November 17 and 21 , 2014

Math Skills
Monday- Subtracting Mixed Numbers with regrouping
Friday- Math Facts in a Flash and Farkle

Science
Monday- Begin Divergent, Convergent, and Transform Plate Boundaries with Passing Plates II - Who's Fault?
Friday- Continue plate boundaries with page 5 and questions

November 11-15, 2014

Math Skills

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday- Accelerated Math, and Math Facts in a Flash
Thursday- Subtraction with Mixed Numbers


Science
Monday- Two video clips on Mid-Ocean Ridges and a map of the ridges
Tuesday-Comprehension questions on Mid-Ocean Ridges
Wednesday- Reading on Magnetic Mapping of the Ocean Floor and comprehension questions, word search with vocabulary
Thursday- Complete illustrations of Magnetic Mapping and comprehension questions

November 3-7, 2014

Math Skills

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday- Math Facts in a Flash and Accelerated Math

Thursday- Subtracting Fraction in the packet


8th Grade Science

Monday-  "October Sky"  The students had asked to watch this as a tie into our study of the Earth's Layers and mining. I  like the message that through hard work you can reach your goal/dream and that it isn't necessarily easy.
Tuesday- "October Sky"
Wednesday-  Plate Tectonics- Earth's sources of heat and Pangaea- identifying the continents before and after the continental shift
Thursday- Continue with Wednesday's Learning Targets.

10-27-2014

Math Skills

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday- Math Facts in a Flash and Accelerated Math
Students work at their individual level in both programs.


8th Grade Science

TEST on Wednesday

Monday- Students will complete an illustration of the chemical composition of the Earth's Layers vs the physical properties.

Tuesday- Students will complete a set of flashcards to review for the test.

Wednesday- Test over layers of the Earth. This is a much shorter est and unit than the last one.

October 20-24, 2014

Math Skills

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday- Math Facts in a Flash and Accelerated Math on the Chrome Books
Wednesday- Continue division with fractions in the packets.


8th Grade Science

Monday- I am offering an extra credit opportunity on Monday. I will give the students a picture of the Carbon Cycle and/or the Nitrogen Cycle. They will have a choice of either labeling the drawing or writing a paragraph explaining the drawing. If time, we will go over The Layered Earth and I will collect the labeled drawing they did in class on Friday.
Tuesday- Bill Nye video on the Earth's Crust and two music videos on the same.
Wednesday- Worksheet over Bill Nye Video
Thursday- Read about Earth's Layers
Friday- Compare and contrast Earth's Layers by Chemical Composition and Physical Properties and oceanic crust and continental crust. Students will complete a "Double Bubble" on each.

More after the weekend!! Hope yours is full of sunshine!

October 13-17, 2014

Eighth Grade Science

Monday- Review for test
Tuesday- Review for test
Wednesday- Test
Thursday- Go over test. Begin Layers of the Earth. No homework
Friday- Continue layers of the Earth. No homework



Math Skills
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday- Math Facts in a Flash, Accelerated Math
Wednesday- Group lesson- Dividing fractions