SIGNAL MOUNTAIN

Please don't forget to turn in your practice record every week on Thursday or Friday.  It should show one hour of practice time, and should be verified by a parent signature.  7th grade band students need a pencil, their developmental notebook (band folder), and their instrument every day.

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8/31  will work on reading pattern maps HW; #6 and #7 p 39    We will be talking about Global Environmental Issues-  Safari Montage.  Test on chapter 2 on Thurs/Fri.

Mon 9/6 Labor Day

We are continuing with chapter 3 Human Geography. We will be taking Cornell Notes and have test on chapter 3 on Thurs/Fri.

Students are currently working on a literary essay in Writer's Workshop and nonfiction reading strategies in Reader's Workshop.  Reader's and Writer's Notebooks will be assessed this week.  Grades from notebooks as well as personal narrative grades will be reflected on the progress report on September 10th.

Reading logs are due Friday 9/10(Thursday 9/9for 1st block only).  They should reflect 4 hours of outside of class reading time for the two weeks.

Homework is posted on day/date assigned in class and due next time class meets unless otherwise specified.

9/9Thursday:

Period 1: Surprise Party, addition and subtraction of integers

Period 4: Comp 4 due friday, Algebraic expressions 1-33 odd

Period 5: Comp 4 due friday, finish textbook 2.4, Assignment 2.4, sections 2.1-2.4 in our textbookmust be completed by Monday

Period 6,7: Comp 4 due Friday, sections 2.1-2.4 in our textbook must be completed by Friday 

 9/8 Wednesday

Period 1:  Comp 4 due tomorrow, test on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of integers, Study!, Study! Study!

Period 5: Comp 4 due Friday, finish textbook 2.3, Assignment 2.3

Period 6,7: Comp 4 due Friday, finish textbook 2.4, Assignment 2.4

9/7 Tuesday:

Period 1: Comp 4 due Friday, p., 236, 22-25

Period 4: Comp 4 due Friday, Test Thurs., Study! Study! Study!

Period 6,7: Comp 4 due Friday, finish textbook 2.3, Assignment 2.3

9/3 Friday:

Period4: Textbook 1.10, Assignment 1.10, Test Thursday, Sept. 9th

Period 6,7: finish Textbook 2.2, Assignment 2.2

9/2 Thursday:

Period 1: pg. 236, 1-10,16-19, do on number lines

Period 4: Comp 3 due, finish Textbook 1.8, Assignment 1.8, Textbook 1.9, Assignment 1.9

Period 5: Comp 3 due, finish Textbook 2.2, Assignment 2.2

Period 6,7 Comp3 due, Lab

9/1 Wednesday:

Period 1: Cover textbook, finish Comp 3, error analysis and parent signature , p. 255, 1-4,9,10, do 1-4 on number lines

Period 5: Finish Textbook 2.1, Assignment 2.1, Comp 3 due Friday

Period 6,7: Error analysis and parent signature, finish Textbook 2.1, Assignment 2.1, Domp 3 due Friday

8/31 Tuesday:

Period 1: Cover textbook, continue working on Comp 3, due on Thursday

Period 4: Textbook: Finish 1.7, Assignment 1.7, continue working on Comp 3, due on Friday

Period 6,7: Start working on Comp 3, due on Friday  

8/30 Monday:

Period 1: Test tomorrow on material since the beginning of school Study! Study!, Comp 3 due on Thursday       

Period 4: Comp 3 due on Friday, Assignment 1.6, Testbook: page 31, Problem 1, A-D, page 32, Investigate Problem 1, 1-4

Period 5: Start working on Comp 3 which is due on Friday, Textbook: page, 43, Read the senario and do Problem 1, 1-8, correct test and get parent signature 

Online textbook:  my.hrw.com  username: hlv5u, password: x3s6m 

Week of 9/7-9/10

***Change in assignments:  Persuasive Essay due Fri. 9/10 for all classes 

Tues.- 1, 3, 4, 6-Review for test- Review sheet given and gone over in class 

Wed. 5th period-review for test as above, 1,3,6-seminar global warming 

Thurs. -Test on Photosynthesis, Respiration and the design cycle -1, 4, 5, 6 

Fri.-Test for 3rd period, Seminar 4, 5,   6th-special day! 

Week of 8/30-9/3

Day 1-Cornell Notebook AND P and R Coversheets due, return and go over frog lab

Day 2-Photosynthesis and Respiration/Carbon Cycle lab due

         Web site EPA.gov  Global Warming

          Homework:  Annotate 5 questions/answers from the Skeptic side of the handouts and 5 questions/ answers from the Advocate side of the handouts.  Pick questions/answers you understand and could use for sources for your Persuasive Essay   Due Day 3

Day 3-Vocabulary in glossary-photosynthesis, respiration (cellular), fermentation, anaerobic respiration, chlorophyll, stomata (stoma), transpiration  Due: Day 4

         -Also assigned Persuasive essay-Global Warming-Is it real? Due 9/10 for all periods.  1st period can turn them in Thurs. or wait until Fri. AM or during advisory.

Day 4-Work on essays in class, review of photosynthesis and respiration

All students will receive Nat'l Geographic articles on global warming as text for seminar next week.  These should be read with annotating by Tues. of next week.  

Week of 8/23-8/27

Day 1-Photosynthesis notes-No Homework

Day 2-Respiration notes  Homework-Photo. and Resp. flash cards finished and practice Due Day 4

Day 3-Begin coversheets for Photo. and Resp. unit in CNB   Due Day 1, Notebooks will also be collected for a notebook grade!!!!!  (rubric will be provided)

Day 4-Photo. and Resp. Lab with focus on Climate change/Greenhouse Effect

          Homework:  Conclusion/Evaluation of lab due Day 2

Block day-vocabulary words in glossary: control, dependent variable, independent variable, design cycle, and hypothesis  definition in own words and a picture in margin

Flash cards-simply write these terms on cards, need 15 cards

6CO₂ , 6H₂O, 6O₂, C₆H₁₂O₆, arrow (yields), picture of sun (energy), chlorophyll, ATP, lactic acid, alcohol, reactants, products, and 3 cards with + sign on them.  Optional: carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, glucose

Week of 8/16-8/20

All students must have Parent letter and Lab safety sheet signed by parent returned by Wed. to participate in labs.  

All students must bring Cornell Notebook EVERY DAY, as well as colored pencils and regular pencils.

Day 1-Took notes on Design Cycle,  HOMEWORK:  Worksheet Due Day 3

Day 2-Lab safety   

Day 3-Homework due, Lab-Paper Frogs , Finish lab conclusion/reflection for homework Due: Day 4

Day 4-go over homework, study design cycle 

Spanish 1A (7th grade) and Spanish 1B (8th grade): 

The online Spanish textbooks can be found at http://my.hrw.com.Students can use this

username: jsample103 /  password: r9y9j

Spanish 1B (8th grade): Lunes-Jueves 8/30-9/1: Worksheets and STUDY

Quiz viernes 9/3 will cover: querer p. 90, ir and jugar p. 100, tener p. 126, venir p. 128, verbs p. 140, stem changers p. 164 and p. 166, and possessive adjectives p. 162

martes 9/7: p. 198 Ej. 3 (#1-5)

jueves: worksheet on ser/estar; study for quiz

viernes: pruebita (short quiz on ser & estar)); begin flashcards for ch. 6 vocab 

 PROBLEM: To put an object (3 oz. minimum) into the air, lofts, and returns safely.

The LEVEL 5 DB shown below states what students are supposed to do; remember, I am looking for at least minimum I B points earned in order to receive a 10 for a HW grade.  This is not a grade for the DESIGN CYCLE/BRIEF.  This is a homework grade displaying that the student is working.  The COMPLETED DESIGN CYCLE/BRIEF will be graded at the end of 7th week of the quarter.  Ask your child what they are doing because they are the creator of their 'product' that will solve the PROBLEM.

Students are expected to have descriptor C started.

Students are expected to start descriptor D, Create . STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO WORK ON THEIR PRODUCT IN CLASS ALSO!

Questions answered? at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it > , I will at least POINT you in a "direction".

Level 5 DB

The following is the rubric that will be used to grade students on a weekly basis in both Writer's and Reader's workshop.