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Monday, February 13, 2012

English
-passback [G]
-turn in [G] and/or [H] if you haven't already

Science
1. c.r.c. [7]
2. More on balancing equations
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Friday, February 10, 2012
-lunch, attendance, envelopes
-passback [3]

English
1. Screen-Time Essay [H].  After its written, bracket the hook, thesis, & conclusion
2. Also turn in the "kit" (packet) = [G]
3. You can start Hyphen, Dash, Parenthesis if you have extra time (=I])

Science
1. Photosynthesis - Respiration processes (application of 14-2)
-energy flow, locations, components, chemical equation, balancing atoms
-using Lego's to demonstrate
-preview and start the back side of [?] (Photosynthesis & Respiration)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
-lunch & attendance 
-basketball vs. Bullis tomorrow at 4 @ Moreland Community Center 

English
1. Passback business letter
2. SteinBook list.  Not enough to do Charley or Grapes groups
3. Show me side 1 and 2 of [G]
4. Lets discuss the tone of a reflective essay, then do side 3.
5. Hyphens, Dashes, and Parenthesis (=[H])

Science
1. Science World current issue (online?)  
videos: 7 Billion & Biochemistry
2. What other guests can we get or trips can we take or things can we do to make science better?
3. Science demonstration calendar OR enter yours in the form... finally
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
-lunch & attendance
-report cards at end of the day (after math)

English
1. If you haven't, please enter your SteinBook preferences
2. Vocabulary:  easy day... any 4 from this list
3. Read "Screen Zombie" online or in magazine and start the essay kit

Science
1. Chiara & CandyGrams
2. Presentation by pilot
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
-lunch count & delivery

English
1. Sit in same places as yesterday
2. The purpose of today... learn about JS and make an informed choices between the 5 books
3. How is our Steinbeck doc doing?   (who added what, when, why?) Heumann, Stuart
4. "Speed dating", with the books... plot summary, characters, zip-stop-read, read reviews (online)
5. Use this form to enter your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices
6. Extra time?  Do a project check-in with your dystopian book group

Science
1. Any questions before test?  (22 mc's)
2. Marshmallow molecules
Monday, February 6, 2012
-new seats
-lunch people for the week

English
1. passback [B] and [C]
2. status of your dystopian book projects?
3. introduction to John Steinbeck and a few of his books
4. group bio sheet (research and add w/o copy paste... keep it readable) Heumann, Stuart, Sample

Science
1. passback [1], [4], and [5]
2. turn in [3] (mowers)
3. daylight savings time explained
4. sample simple experiment: study time vs test scores (=[6])
5. check out the questions at the end of 13-3 to see what you need to study
Friday, February 3, 2012
-I'm concerned that some of you are inflexible & disrespectful

English
1. Enter a 2x2 in your comp book, and choose 2 from each lesson
2. Do "Common English Errors".  Get my ok when you choose
3. If you haven't already, make a daily edit, enter it here and see others here 
4. Finish your business letter, print it, and turn it in.
5. Research year-round schooling

Science:
1. Finish the video then you do the "quiz"
2. Do one (or more) of the following things:
-get that project proposal (step 8) finished & approved
-read this chapter 13 enrichment page
-read (and watch animations) on this VisionLearning website
-download & "play" this element simulation

Block A:  
1. Writing up your public transit travel plan
2. Research year-round schooling
3. Preview one of the Steinbeck books
Thursday, February 2, 2012

English
1. Do "the other" list of words from yesterday's handout
2. Write a business letter... see literature textbook pages 330-333
3. Tonight: ask an adult to tell you about any Steinbeck books

Science
1. Take hand-written notes on chapter 13
2. 13-2 Ionic Bonding (video 1) (video 2) (video 3)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
-envelopes in

English
1. How does corporate news make money?  What if sponsor's interest are threatened by the news?  How does the public know what the objective truth may be?  This seems quite pertinent to the topic of these books.  Here is a video to stimulate discussion
2. Wordy Wednesday: Convivial or Cantankerous Clusters

Science
1. Greatest Discoveries in Chemistry... quiz @ end (=[5])
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

English:
1. Sit with dystopian groups
2. Book group interactions: 
Tact and respect, maintain topic focus, and the onus of responsibility for engagement lies with the students. 
3. Kids: engage with each other in meaningful discussion about the books
4. Come up with (or continue to work on) a project that you can get excited about regarding their book. Or, you can resort to the list of reading projects and do one of the lettered (3 hour) projects.

Science
1. Recap the process and product from yesterday.  How does it mimic "real science"?
2. What is the status of your science project?  What are your next steps?
3. Have you posted a demo yet?
4. The reading schedule in on the calendar (assignments page of website)
5. Publisher's packet for 13-1 (=[4])
Monday, January 30, 2012
-we need 5 lunch delivery people for the week
-Mrs. Stuart's astronomy night, courtyard 6:30

English
1. letters to you, grade by stamp, then back to me (if you want)
2. any more [B] to turn in? (for 60% credit)
3. Persuasive Media presentation/examples/discussion (Karen Gumaer)

Science
1. is your project important to you or others?  (video)
2. Intro to chemistry: Case of the Exploding Lawnmowers (=[3])
-the scenario and the resources
-what to document, how to participate
-drawing conclusions and supporting with evidence
3. Review the steps of the experiment and do what is next for you
Friday, January 27, 2012
-lunch & attendance

English
1. semester 1 grade sheets
2. turn in [B] if you're done
3. pathos, logos, ethos: video and worksheet
4. eats, shoots, and leaves
5. make a daily edit, enter it here and edit it here if necessary (email me for editing access)
6. non-fiction reading and form

Science
1. sample procedure... before and after
2. any last minute studying or hints before mr exam?
3. chapter 16 quiz... 22mc from publisher, 20 from you. Do both.
4. find a science demo to do for the class.  Enter it here.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
-lunch and attendance and envelopes
-tour guides to outside of office at 8:35 Khoi, Chiara, Alina, Claire, Avery, Audrey, Jenna, Maliaka, James, Carter

English:
-any more [A] for 80%
Intro to persuasive media
1. how and why is persuasion done
2. examples of commercials (Prezi)
3. Analyze 7 (BlackOps, Camero, CoverGirl, Inception, BestBuy, Dyson, Vics, Mustang)

Science:
1. blue clickers with publisher's questions
2. Get Science World binder, find 2nd September issue, read about procedure
3. Write yours (part of the proposal document)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
-envelopes in
-lunch process proposal

English
1. Turn in [A] now for full credit or tomorrow for 80%... not in between
2. Missing comp books
3. Vocabulary:  Use quizlet to create a set of vocab cards
-create account (understandable name) and join the class group (stucrew 2012 or heumannoids 2012)
-create a set of 10+ from this list, share it with group, and browse others
-play the scatter or (hard) space race 'games'

Science
1. Packets in for 1xc (or back from me)
2. Student-created test questions for chapter 16... enter here and view here
-I'll pick the "best" 20 to build Friday's test (=[2])
3. Science Experiment: Enter project and get approval OR write proposal for parents to sign
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
-full credit at time due, 80% within 24 hours, and 60% within one week
-use ART stickers for turning in work after being absent
-who wants to be a tour guide on Thursday?

English
1. sit with book groups
2. letters due tomorrow at beginning of the period
3. whole-class discussion @ e.o.p:  tell us about your book... plot, characters, tone, etc.
4. possible topics for discussion are on the "Dystopian" page

Science
1. my comments are on the spreadsheet (blue=do)
2. how the graph mimics decay & "half life"
3. how half-life is used to "date" rocks, fossils, etc (gum analogy)
4. Eyes of Nye on Nuclear Power (part 1, part 2, part 3)

Block A:  
SSR for 20-30 minutes, then any of these, in any order
1. the letter
2. chpt 16 notes
3. update comp-comp essay
4. write project proposal for science experiment (topic, overview, materials (& budget), procedure, data table)
Monday, January 23, 2012
-lunch person for the week
-changes to assignment credit for s2: full credit at time due, 80% within 24 hours, and 60% within one week
-use ART stickers for turning in work after being absent

English
1. Turn in comp book so we can check the past 4 vocab pages and TOC
2. Comp-comp essay edits and suggestions from Mitch Aronen
3. Friendly letter format... write one to Mr. Aronen (or someone else if you like)

Science
1. unit 4 packets in for 2xc
2. For chapter 16, read section 2 before section 1... test Friday
2. Do the nuclear decay model activity on page 447 in pairs, but each person make the graph (=[1])
Friday, January 20, 2012
-passbacks

Science
1. Packets in for 3xc
2. Categories of projects:  design/build/test/improve --- the effect of this on that --- quantitative comparison --- teaching model.
3. Science test:  21 MC questions @ .5 points each
4. Browse Sci World issues (second issue in September), and enter 3 possibilities on this form

English
StuCrew:  start the "Personal Writing" piece
Heumannoids:  enter the final 27 pages of the 1000 words book into the spreadsheet (then more of Xiao Dre)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
-envelopes back

English
1. Speeches: James, Juliann, Nakiyan, Tomer, Josh 
2. Show me your vocab page from yesterday and updated TOC
3. Read SCOPE article on brand-marketing and discuss as a class

Science
1. What did you learn from yesterday's online videos?
2. Two (or maybe three) more for today:
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
-envelopes to Mrs. Hellmann

English
1. Speeches: Malaika, Vernon, Kevin, Tony, Nikolai, ?
2. Vocabulary:  find out what your adjective is and means, any 4 into book

Science
1. YouTube videos on the Periodic Table
2.  Name that Element (from Science World)
3. Putting last year's elements into families & a table
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
-lunch person for the week

English
1. Speeches: Graham, Avery, Isaac, Keiko (& Sarah after lunch)
2. Book clubs: Dystopian meeting #2 (see discussion suggestions)

Science
1. Unit 4 Packet:  papers out & in order, location on cover sheet, comment, clip, turn in
2. Element group ETTC (each team teach class)... 3 minutes each group
3. What else can the Periodic Table iPad app teach us?
Friday, January 13, 2012
-passback chpt 11 test and food poisoning

English
1. if you can turn in [pi] right now, I'll give an extra point, otherwise e.o.d. = full credit
2. 3 speeches: Jacob, Danny, Justin -- Stephanie, Rachel, Keiko
3. Fictionary rules and points

Science
1. KD atoms Q & A also due today, e.o.d.
2. Periodic Table (formerly "strip")
3. ETTC on families... a few minutes for research
4. Bill on Atoms with my questions at the end
Thursday, January 12, 2012
-envelopes in
-my new plan for the stuff you leave in here:  garbage, Goodwill, giveaway, or extortion

English
1. last daily edit of the series:  MLK
2. put the 10 in order & turn them in
3. 3 speeches
4. CAPS packet

Science
1. Read 12-1
2. Put your strip into rows using Periodic Table app and 12-2
3. Groups of 3 people for an EOTO on 12-2... read, research, plan a presentation (use last year's sheets)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
-passbacks

English
1. Daily Edit:  Hobo Poet
2. 3 speeches
3. Vocabulary: get words from comp book or 1000 Words for High School

Science
1. Six minute video on elements and atoms
2. Chapter 11 Test (20 questions, 10 points)
3. KD on Atoms, partnered Q & A
4. More work on the other things (section "poster", element strip, stove)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
-lunch (Malaika) and attendance

English
1. turn in homework if done, if not, do/finish during block A
2. speeches
3. sit with new groups
4. plot prediction, deciphering dialog, and concocting conclusions

Science
1. passback Chpt 10 Preview EOTO from 12/12
2. sample test questions using blue clickers, but w/o right answers
3. continue with element strip
-number, symbol, name, open spots.
-add color for metal, non, nobles
4. get stove working if you haven't already.  For those who have, calculate calories in 5 ml alcohol
Monday, January 9, 2012
-attendance and lunch person for this week

English
1. Speeches 
2. Dystopian Books -- browse the ones on the list choosing your top 3
3. SCOPE article on food poisoning.  Read it and answer the questions (= [ Γ ])

Science
1. quick "basics" overview of atomic structure
2. putting elements in order on a strip of paper, and search for periodicity
3. plan for finishing stove, Q&A, posters, and cost of ice
Friday, January 6, 2012
-selective choices 8:45-9:15, P1 is 9:15-9:45, P2 is 9:45-10:15

English (StuCrew 9:20-10:15, Heumannoids 10:35-11:05)
1. First set of speaking sessions
2. Common English Errors session 5 part 2
3. Book preferences: top 3

Science (11:05-11:35)
1. short video on atoms and models
2. finish what you started yesterday
3. try the can stove

Thursday, January 5, 2012
-return envelopes
-movie theater atmosphere analogy
-anyone want to help dig dirt & move rocks tomorrow after lunch?

English
1. passpacks
2. Organizing your ELA papers
-get tabs and labels
-get all of your papers and sort them by category then chrono
-put into binder (heumann) or tray (stuart)
-topic ideas, add yours here, and view others here
-watch samples and find common positive assets
4. Browse book reviews and make your choice for top 3

Science
-interested in doing this?
four possible activities today and tomorrow... choose one and do it well
1. Kids Discover on Atoms (on PC's) in pairs (=[34]) 
-launch "KD on Atoms" pdf, view 2-up, full screen ("spread" view)
-read any parts and write questions
-get another pair to answer your questions
-you score their answers (+0, +.5, +1)
-turn it in
2. The Cost of Making Ice... how much money does it cost to make a pound of ice
-write or draw out your process and what you need to know, then find the info
-teach it to someone else who will teach it to me... you get the points if I "get it" easily
3. Make or draw a model that gives an understanding and appreciation of the structure of the atom
4. Section "posters"... continue where you left off yesterday
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
-lunch (Karim) and attendance
-Wednesday envelopes

English
1. Daily edit: Sir Isaac Newton
2. Abbi H on Uglies, Divergent, Matched, and True Sight
3. Vocabulary: do "the routine" with the sheets from week 20

Science
-impromptu class discussion
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
-sit anywhere
-attendance and lunch person for the week
-Wednesday 1/11 is the last day to turn in late, redo, or xc work

English
1. passback lots of stuff -- some scored, some commented, some both, some neither
2. tomorrow, we'll organize ELA papers 5 categories: vocab, grammar, read-respond, compostions, other and take time to go over essays & comments (so, bring any ELA work from home), but today...
3. Overview of utopian/dystopian genre, and who has read which samples?
4. reading groups (last time in these configurations): 
-get book projects (if possible) and your gift essay
-find a quiet place (in or out), 
-read "Gift" essays out loud
-show/play projects and get parent comments
-discuss book choices from dystopian genre

Science
1. passback
2. time (and format) for test recovery Q.A.R. -- have to do & turn in today
3. unit 5 overview sheets (11x17), as tables and for points this time (xc! but allocated by contribution)
Winter Break
Friday, December 16, 2011
-lunch, attendance, passback

Celebration (8:30-9:20)
-food & drink... thank (and help) the parents when you can

StuCrew ELA
1. turn in book projects by filling out this form and putting them in tub, shelf, or on wall
2. turn in Gift I Gave essay:  final and outline

Science & English (10:35-11:30)
1. finish science test as needed (I marked wrong ones with a dash or dot... fix 'em)
2. turn in book projects by filling out this form and putting them in tub, shelf, or on wall
Thursday, December 15, 2011
-lunch, attendance, passbacks
-food & supplies list for tomorrow... bring gift for gift exchange if you want

English
1. Gift I Gave essay: show me draft if you haven't, then do iterative editing process directly to the doc
2. Book Projects: due tomorrow.  Remember, fill in the form to turn it in. See reading page

Science
1. Unit 2 packet order, clip, comment, and turn in
2. Chapter 10 test
3. Make a Track on any science subject for this year
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
-we need a person to do attendance today, Thurs, Fri, just to create a workflow
-envelopes out during science

English
1. Daily Edit:
2. Words:  get words from this SAT list, do comp book as usual, then "phone in" your best one (WDS)
3. GIG Drafts

Science
1. EOTO from Friday (=[32)]
-each side should be formatted into fourths
-my 4 questions OR one that the groups wrote
2. Race to thaw a cup-o-ice
3. Test prep discussion, geographically defined
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
-I still need an attendance person for this week
-start thinking about what you can bring for the gift exchange on Friday morning

English
1. Turn in [Λ] if you didn't yesterday
2. Gift I Gave essay:  show me your idea list, one expanded and the outline by the end of block A today
3. Any general questions about book projects?  Here is the turn in form and the list from last year.
4. Book group discussions & project feedback session

Science
-passbacks
1. Learn how any of thermal device following works (howstuffworks.com) 
2. Do the activities on the website for the Absolute Zero video
Monday, December 12, 2011
-lunch and attendance person for this week
-breakfast and gift exchange on Friday morning

English
1. Fragments and Run-Ons
-what does it take for sentence to be a (normal) sentence
-fragments and run-ons
-practice sheet as a table
-[Λ] Fragments & Run-Ons
2. Essay of the week:  The Gift I Gave
-overview and idea list today, outline by tomorrow, editing drafts Wed, final revisions Friday

Science
1. Remember... chapter 10 test on Thursday
2. Review of the e-o-t-o from Friday
3. History of heat (videos)
Friday, December 9, 2011
-lunch, attendance, Mr. Bier here today, I'm at Google learning about Chromebooks

English
1. Common English Errors session 5
-get form, find something good (new & useful), write good teaching part
-teach 5, they write name
2. Finish your Pixton comic
-post it using this form and check out some others here
-have a "draft" of your book projects ready for group on Tuesday

Science
1. Turn in [31] if you didn't yesterday
2. Each-One-Teach-One overview/extension of chapter 10 (Heat)
-need groups of 4, as table groups or other
-get handout or use this online version
-remember, in this process you have a responsibility to each other
-format blank paper as you did in the last EOTO
-read, learn, and take notes on your section
-teach it to the others and check for understanding as they fill in their notes
-meet as number-groups and come up with questions, but don't test your group
-turn in sheets so I can grade notes and approve questions
3. Extra time?  Go to scilinks and use the codes provided on the handout (pg 2 lower right)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
-attendance and lunch leads for each week, passbacks

English
1. What to do when you finish your comic
-enter info on the form, see others on the spreadsheet
2. Public Speaking
-the number one fear also is the number one trait of effective people
-there will be three sessions this year (Jan, Mar, May)
-first one... The 3i Speech:  Introduce, Inform, Inspire
-browse some examples of good speaking at TED's "Best of Web" page

Science
1. Enter the data from peanut-burning in this form, view is in the spreadsheet
2. Chapter 9 test... 32 questions @ .5 each, 15 points, no SA

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
-attendance, lunch, passbacks (comp books too)

English
1. Wordy Wednesday
-same idea as GoAnimate...
-but use Pixton (two tutorials)
-is it worth $1 for 2 months (or $1.50 for 4 months or $2.75 for a year)?
-get words from comp book or 1000 Words for High School, or other
-start here, finish at home, enter the address using this form
-print (in color?) @ home & ask parent their thoughts on the money
-due Friday for HR25 and Monday for HR26, on paper (for posting)

Science
1. Turn in the track [29] if you didn't yesterday
2. Conservation of Energy:  
-capturing (and measuring) the energy contained in a peanut
-how to set it up and what to be aware of
-for homework do the last 3 questions on the back side
-enter your data into this form and view the results in the spreadsheet
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
-attendance, lunch, passbacks, VOD: NASA Satellite Hits Car (prank)

English
1. Book clubs:  discussions of the book
2. Independent Reading Projects: ok to discuss your ideas and progress, but please don't use group time for your individual project work-time.

Science
1. Energy E.O.T.O. part 2:
1. Get with your same-number people and think of two SA questions for your section.
2. Return to your table and then each person shows the 2 questions.  
3. Others answer one of the two
4. Grade other's kids questions w/ +0, +1, +2
5. Find your score (4 for notes, 2 for each correct question) and turn it in
2. Do the Energy Conversion track on paper
Monday, December 5, 2011
-attendance, lunch (on your own from now on), passbacks

English
1. Daily Edit #5: 
2. Turn in Comp-Comp final today before 5 (add graphic if possible)
3. SCOPE assignments: choose 1 of the 5 (all results 30 minutes, ~300 words)
Pg 4-10 (Lexi): Read article, write story of recovery/perseverance
Pg 16-19 (Disasters): Read article, compare & contrast H & E's, then answer title question
Pg 20-21 (Editor): Fix the problems showing context, rewrite paragraphs 5 & 6
Pg 22-23 (Uniforms): Write 3 reasons yes, 3 reasons no, and persuasive paragraph
Pg 24 (Interview): Turn it into an article, as if you were a newspaper reporter

Science
1. finish Bill on Energy and take quiz
2. each-one-teach-one for this website
-each person reads a different section, takes notes, then teaches the others in the group.
-all write their own notes on what you were taught
Friday, December 2, 2011
-lunch, attendance, passback chpt 8 test, more outlines, and [X]
-SSR and waffles after lunch today

English
1. Examples of Independent Reading Projects
2. How to turn in "drafts", due by the end of today
-Use Mrs. Koshy, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. Aviananda as editors
3. Play a round or two of dictionary when done (see me for instructions)

Science
1. Review test and do corrections if you want
2. Constructing catapults and competing for distance
3. Bill on Energy
Thursday, December 1, 2011
-lunch, attendance, passbacks, envelopes

English
-passback outlines & how graded
-if you are on pace, outline is now a draft
-next deliverable is 3 iterative drafts (now due Friday)
-final can/should have a picture (now due Monday)

Science
-passback [25]... what to do if you're missing it
-chapter 8 test is 25 MC and (any) 5 SA
-Science World issue
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
-lunch, attendance, remember sci test tomorrow

English
1. Daily Edit: Giant Octopus
2. Sample outline (house)... write yours OR do the
3. Graham-er lesson: Types of Nouns ([Y])

Science
1. Doing the simulation, with a goal
2. Revising [26] since mass ≠ force
3. Bill on Simple Machines
4. Sample test questions
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
-lunch, attendance, 

English
1. sit with reading groups
2. daily edit: Fastest Sport
3. Group discussions (possible topics)

Science
1. preview 8-1 and 8-2 with me
2. pair up and tackle these work and power problems
3. spring scale and ramps... does f1 x d1 = f2 x d2 (online animation)

Block A: (any of these in any order)
1. missing work (and tests)
2. enter your CC topic into the spreadsheet
3. finish [26] (problems on work and power)
4. write your outline
5. chapter 8 notes and/or section reviews
6. independent reading projects
7. science section posters


Monday, November 28, 2011
-new seats by random entry order and my approval
-lunch, attendance, and passbacks

English
1. Daily Edit: The Slinky
2. Writing Coaches: parents who will choose you and meet with you (alone or pairs) and help improve your writing
3. The Composition Composition:  a one-page structured essay that describes the composition of something.  Do steps 1, 2, and 3 today and the outline as homework (before Wednesday)

Science
1. turn in [25] write-up and components if you are done
2. reading schedule for and preview of unit 4 on work, energy, and heat (chapters 8, 9, 10)
3. making posters, in pairs or threes, for each of the sections... informative and attractive
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
-lunch, attendance, VOD: Taylor Mali on The Inarticulate Generation

English
1. Groups at a table.
2. About the process of getting the book (or not)
3. Why you chose this book and what assumptions you are making.
4. Set a reading schedule for the book (we meet 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13).
5. You can discuss character, setting, plot, vocabulary, what-ifs, themes, predictions, etc.
6. Possible "Independent Reading Projects" but don't let them take over the session.

Science
1. Solids Separation status... compositions, methods, write-ups
2. Next steps and strategies for getting un-stuck
3. 2 Million Minutes

Block A
-Bridge to Terrabithia in 25, Story of Stuff &/or 2 Million Minutes in 26
Monday, November 21, 2011
-lunch, attendance, passbacks
-get galley gear & put it into your backpack
-what aspects, if any, of AoS do you see value in & want to adapt/adopt?

English
1. Bring your group reading book tomorrow
2. Quickwrite:  Samples and then 
3. List of missing animations, edits, quizzes

Science
1. What is the difference between an element, a compound, and a mixture?
2. Solids Separation Lab (=[24]): Tonight, create a mixture of small solids (powders, granules, etc) that could be separated by physical or chemical means (and you could/will do it).  Tomorrow, you'll trade with someone.
3. Chapter 4 test (16 MC and 2 of 4 SA)
Thursday, November 17 and Friday, November 18, 2011
Heumannoids:  Age of Sail
StuCrew:  lesson on theme with Mrs. Leftwich
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
-lunch, attendance, passbacks

English
1. last call for any daily edit sets
2. missing many NFFs, now worth 60% credit
3. post quiz link onto the InfoArticle spreadsheet
3. Use GoAnimate to...
-make an animation that demonstrates the meaning of 4 words (per person)
-use words from the "1000 Words" list
-free version allows limited situations, characters and 10 frames only
-post yours on this spreadsheet using this form

Science
-turn in the packet from yesterday
-quiz
Science World or BrainPop video & quiz (show me score)

Social Studies
-final prep for AoS trip (all-hands, deck mate, bowline, songs & verses, boat terminology)
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Announcements:
1. get your book within a week
2. galley gear?
3. missing many NFF

Science
To TheTech for Islamic Science Exhibit
1. 8:30 leave room, 8:40 leave school, 8:50 arrive station, 8:58 train leaves, 9:16 arrive SJ
2. do whatever parts of packet that Mrs. Stuart assigns
3. I'll write quiz questions too
Monday, November 14, 2011
-lunch, attendance, research some things to do near Hyde Street Pier
-Islamic Science @ TheTech tomorrow.  Light rail there and back

English
-passback [S] (2 parts)
1. Turn in non-fiction form
2. Daily Edit: today's (Copeland), all in order, staple, turn in to parents
3. Informational Article Reading Comprehension Test
-how to make one (with various question types) using Google-docs
-make one, post link at the bottom of article
-email it to 5 to 10 people

Science
-passback test
-chapter 4 test a week from today

History
-learning bell time
-planning the flag
-review your crew packet (online) or my copies
Thursday, November 10, 2011
-lunch, attendance, packets in for 1xc

English
1. Daily Edit: Sesame Street (bring all on Monday)
2. Vocabulary: SCOPE articles & worksheets
-one of each issue and the papers per table
-do worksheet for yours
-comp book entries from any of the 80 (4x20) words
3. Non Fiction form.  Do it over the weekend & turn in Monday
4. Turn-in and grading process for the NFA's (sign up for your choice of due date)

Age of Sail
1. Nautical terminology: directions, sailboat types, sailboat parts, knots
2. Setting up the rigging and sails on my little boat
3. Physics of sailing: the air foil
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
-lunch, attendance, tardies, packets in for 2xc, VOD: Open Market on Tracks
-crew packets for Age of Sail, and maybe some shuffling requests

English
1. daily edit: Montana
2. use a science world or a KD magazine to get into non-fiction mode (mind & voice)
3. Informational Article writing and improvement time (very quiet and focused)
-if there is no link to yours on the spreadsheet, lets fix that today
-if you are "done" then foist your skills & goodwill upon others

Science
1. Temp increase iPad app
2. Why don't you use the study-together-by-section scenarios that I set up?
3. Test is 30 M.C. questions @.5 ea. (15 points) and 5 S.A. questions @ 2 ea. (10 points)
4. When done, read a SW issue OR AoS packet (physical or online), OR Info Article
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
-lunch, attendance, packets in for 3xc, VOD: Pro Infirmis

English:
Book Club Choices
1. Enter any more additions
2. Show/plug book as I show it in the spreadsheet
3. Put your 3 post-its on book(s) and enter those numbers
4. Move the top 10 to tables with large paper
5. Put your name on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices
Elements of a story (literature book IN2 and IN3)

Age of Sail (after recess)
-overview/video of the trip
-the five crews and your preferences onto cards

Science
-vod: Levitating
-results of the melting point activity
-review sections for chapters 1 and 2 (per table)

Block A
-SSR: Non-fiction
-Age of Sail prep... knot tying
-choosing a mate
Monday, November 7, 2011
-lunch, attendance, VOD: Southwest Preflight Rap
-Age of Sail:  leave at 12 OR earlier (self-guided tour), page, groups

English
-review timeline and parameters of the informational article
-start your draft as a g-doc, make it viewable to anyone with the link
-enter it's address onto the spreadsheet
Book Choice Process
-for November-December
-give summary to class, make notes, prioritize top 3
-narrowing it down to the top 10

Science
-packets out, back tomorrow for 3xc
-results from the water heating session on Friday
-the heat-temperature progression... where does the heat energy go?
Gas Laws applied:
-liquid nitrogen & vacuum chamber
-syringe
Progression of Melting Points:  find 5+ household objects, predict then find M.P, then enter here.
Science World as examples of non-fiction articles
Friday, November 4, 2011
-lunch, attendance, pre Age of Sail opinions
-passback [21], [22], CEE 3, and misc

English
1. common English errors round 4, this time w/ 3 minute check-up
-enter topic and list (including survey suggestions)
-write outline and show it to me or Mrs. Koshy or Mrs. Lewis
-begin draft

Science
1. Documenting a phase change
-beaker on hotplate, with thermometer in, log temp every 20 seconds, graph
2. Water to ice (salt & sugar), (straw & lighter)

Block A:  GLC
-SSR
-overview of Age of Sail training
Thursday, November 3, 2011
-lunch, attendance, recap M-T-W
-passbacks

English
1. daily edit: Stellaluna
-create to-do list in writing section of comp book
-overview, idea list, choose one, expand it, do survey
-enter your topic here

Science
1. Circulatory system (in honor of my daddy)
2. overview & some detail
3. heart parts and vessel types
4. Bypass surgery videos
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
-lunch, attendance, Mr. Heumann gone today too

English
Wordy Wednesday
1. daily edit: Time Zones
2. get 4 words from the 1000 list into comp book
-write the word, then 2 sentences.  See if people can get meaning w/o hints
-then write the meaning
3. use this tool to find books of interest
-in the "Book Wizard" section click on the "booksAlike" tab and try it
4. try this word puzzle... starts easy, get to the hard level

Science
1. Half class log into BrainPop and watch the video on Phase Change and do sheet (=[22])
-Username: disccharter   Password: brainpop
-Headphones are in the metal cabinet in a plastic bag.
2. Other half:  play "Connect Four" 2 vs 2 at a table.  
-Get papers from Mr. Bier (one game board sheet, 2 sets of cards).
3. Switch at 11:00 (11:25 is the end of P3 today due to assembly)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
-lunch, attendance, Ms. Haag here
-my dad leaves the hospital today so I'll be home tonight... see you tomorrow

English
1. sit in groups of 4 (one person per edge), each parent (and Ms Haag) join a table
2. get out the two copies of your BTT essays
3. discuss what could make this an effective editing/upgrade process
4. each person's essay is the focus of the whole group... avoid pairing up
5. if you aren't ready (don't have essay), you can't start writing until all others have "gone"
6. you will have time to revise (or write) your essay after SSR during block A today

Science
1. Read 3-1 on phases of matter and do this directed reading sheet ([21])
2. Bill Nye on Phases of Matter

Block A: GLC (grade-level work time)
1. SSR, BTT essay, SCOPE worksheet, 3-1 worksheet
2. assignments from history and/or science

Digital Life
1. view tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleApps and practice some

HW: Finish BTT Final Essay
Monday, October 31, 2011
-lunch, attendance, & happy Halloween
-Shanna Haag is here today and maybe tomorrow

English
1. Get a copy of SCOPE magazine for 10/31/11 (treat them carefully)
2. Discuss what you know about Sarah Winchester then...
4. Get worksheet (2 sides) and do it with a partner (or alone if you like)
5. Work on your BTT final essay... you need to have a draft printed for tomorrow

Science
1. Turn in the "Pressure Track" if you haven't already... almost half the class is missing it. 
2. Define 3 regions in the room, each of which will focus on a section of chapter 2
3. Go to each of 2 regions for 25 minutes each and do the following in order...
1. read it (if you haven't) and take notes
2. discuss it with a few people within the group
3. do the section review questions
4. review any topics necessary

HW: Write BTT essay, bring 2 drafts to class tomorrow
Friday, October 28, 2011
-lunch, attendance, 
-conferences: Chiara, Khoi, Malaika, Karim, Riley, Nolan

English
-common English errors round 3
Book to film... interest, analysis, screenplay, actor-director interpretations, editors, marketing
-watch what we can, pause & discuss when necessary

Science
-science lab atmosphere needs to me more precise, focused, and productive
-more density calculations
-testing density of liquids & writing results on the board
-finish BTT if time
Thursday, October 27, 2011
-lunch, attendance, VOD: Spiders on Drugs
-conferences: Avery, Alison, Carter, Dominic, Jenna, Rachel, Juliann, Jacob

English
-HS Vocab week 9
-time to work on final chapters essay

Science
-passback [13], [18], and [19] and explain how graded
-preview unit 3's readings
-preview density, then find density of many solids

HW:  Find solid items for density testing
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
-Mr. Bier here for me, you are with Mrs. Leftwich for battle simulation
-conferences: Sarah, James, Alec, Rama, Danny, Tomer, Justin
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
-lunch, attendance, you are with Mrs. Leftwich tomorrow
-conferences today: Vernon, Alina, Claire, Graham, Douglas

English
-get into groups by numbers I gave you
-see discussion questions on BTT page
-discuss topic of final essay, fill in this form, start your pre-writing or outline

Science
-return m.c. test
-preview unit 3's reading schedule
-measuring density
-lets move that shed
Monday, October 24, 2011
-lunch, attendance, bring conference questions to conference
-today:  Abbi, Gunnar, Khoi, Audrey, Ian
-I'll be gone Wed (AM) and next Thurs & Friday
-the copying conundrum

English
1. sample BTT 7 and passback what I got
2. review punctuating titles and practice (pdf, site)
3. practice on scratch paper, then get second page of [S] 
4. finish reading BTT then propose topic for final essay

Science
1. turn in [19] of you didn't on Friday.
2. any discussion before test?
3. take test (20 MC/FIB and 3 SA)
4. when done, start the Pressure Track (=[20])
Friday, October 21, 2011
-lunch, attendance, yesterday

English
1. Turn in [?] "Punctuating Titles"
2. common English errors round 3... topic by approval
3. Turn in BTT 7 now for full credit (/10) or at e.o.d. for /8
4. Play Ghost, Pictionary, Scrabble, or Taboo

Science
1. Video of the Day: Eggsperiment
2. How to write-up the buoyancy experiment/experience
3. Bill on Pressure or Buoyancy
4. Chapter 7 test on Monday

Block A
-yearbook input?
-buoyancy experiment write-up
-conference questions (keep until your conference)

HOMEWORK:  Finish the  Buoyancy experiment write-up (=[19])
Thursday, October 20, 2011
-lunch, attendance, Mrs. Gaur here today

English
1. write your BTT 7 paragraphs and do peer edits
2. grammar sheet: writing titles

Science
1. continue buoyancy experiments
2. find ratio of mass of cargo to mass of boat
3. rewrite your (probably wet) notes together & write analysis & conclusion
4. Bill on Buoyancy
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
-lunch, attendance, the clean-up problem, and the "wasn't me" mentality

English
-daily edit
-vocabulary squares quality reminder
-weekly vocab (week 8)
-posting "best of" BTT 1-6 to your site (CS!)
-writing time for BTT7

Science
-making boats and testing how much they can hold
-how to document the results
-relate to 7-2
-Bill on Buoyancy (or Pressure)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
-lunch, attendance, b-day party money?

English
1. daily edit: Iceland
2. preview questions & write preference on board
3. new groups with one person per question
4. discuss with group the position and evidence... student lead
5. gather evidence and do pre-write in comp book (quotes, notes, order)

Science
-passback chapter 6 tests (3:1)... recovery process reviewed

Monday, October 17, 2011
-lunch, attendance, recap FF booths

English
-daily edit:  
-turn in BTT 1-6 if you didn't on Friday
Pair up and complete each of the following four online activities (keep that tabs open, then document/show me the results)
  1. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1314532.html (5 literary elements)
  2. http://www.quia.com/rr/136985.html (play as high as you dare then stop)
  3. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/idioms-game-slang-game/ (idioms & slang)
  4. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/word-play/match-and-make-oxymorons/ (oxymorons)
  5. Here is a link to a hiperurl that can open them all at once

Science
-any last minute studying?
-chapter 6 test
-some websites to explore:
  1. http://www.seed.slb.com/uploadedFiles/Science/Laboratory/Air_and_Space/Friction_Explorer/en/classes/FrictionApplet.html (pushing book across a table)
  2. http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/baseball/homerun.html (baseball hitting angle, force, and altitude)
  3. http://www.darvill.clara.net/enforcemot/friction.htm (friction types)
Friday, October 14, 2011
-lunch, attendance, and reversible future

English
-common English errors round 2
-turn in BTT 1-6 with your most-likely-to-post answer for each chapter circled
-more time for interview-to-article assignment
Speaking Session #1
-write a list of 3 people, why interesting, and what to ask
If Time: Lazy Editor: Stuffing Face in pairs

Science
-passback [14] NWP, [16], and [17]
-chapter 6 learning zones:  section and chapter reviews, reading & notes, online extras, enrichments & investigations

Block A
SSR (here are what Kids Discover issues I have)
PTS Conference Agendas
-make a G-doc and put it in the folder
-sample agenda items from last year
Thursday, October 13, 2011
-lunch, attendance, envelopes in

English
-passback NFF 10/7/11
-daily edit: 
-BTT 1-6 (just the half) is due tomorrow
Interview to Article
-your next writing assignment and your first speaking topic
-read the interview of Liz Hogan (SCOPE, 10/10/11)
-pair up and write article as a collaborative G-doc (Interview Article First First)

Science
-last call for [16] and [17]
-passback [15]
-physics of the iFly experience (iFly promo video & MythBusters)
-read article on orbital velocity and make a sketch of the information
-centripital (vs. centrifugal on page 2) force animations
-the physics of the hockey slap-shot (video)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, envelopes, cuss control

English
1. comp books back, grades up tonight (Heumannoids)
2. Get this week's words from the Calvin and Hobbes spreadsheet
3. Ghost game rules and document (make groups of 4 in order done with #2)
4. Answer the questions for BTT 1-6 on paper or doc

Science
Do the following activities in this order
1. Chapter 6 Q & A
2. Centripital vs. Gravitational force experiment and sheet
3. View some of last year's exhibit write-ups here, then enter any 3 of yours into this form.
4. Online textbook... account and work on chapter 6
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Exploratorium Trip
Monday, October 10, 2011
-lunch, attendance, seating, MacBook Wheel

English
1. BTT pace, non-plot notes, and assignment
2. Idioms: your lists (know, remind, learned), a website, a big list, the worksheet (=[O])

Science:
1. Preview the Exploratorium:  fight the fidget only syndrome
2. Make a centripetal force device
-experiment and document four things (some >1):
1. I notice that there is a relationship between ___ and ____.
2. When I ____, the result is _____.
3. I tested the effect of ____ on ____.
4. This activity makes me wonder ____.-cup and coin activity
Friday, October 7, 2011
-lunch, attendance
English
-passback [N] (missing many)
Daily Edit turn-in day
-today, Eleanor Roosevelt
-get all 10 sheets in order, staple, turn in
Common English Errors session 2 (on your own sheet)
-http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
-turn in comp book
Science
-passback chapter 5 test... how to do corrections
-turn in [15] if you didn't yesterday
Questions and answer sheets for one section of chapter 6 (=[16])
-write questions, someone answers, you grade theirs, I grade yours
HOMEWORK:  Finish questions of [16] and read 4-6 of BTT
Thursday, October 6, 2015
-lunch, attendance, envelopes in, respect the room!
-passback NFF, [J], and [K]
English
-turn in [N]
-finish yesterday's vocab activity on your own and by Friday EOD
-essay schedule will be every 2 weeks now that we're starting books
Bridge to Terabithia
-spreadsheet implications
-more than a sad story... it is a good portrayal of family, friendship, school, and hardships of youth
-read chapters 1 to 3 here and now
-look at The Bridge page for the first assignment
Science
-play with vectors
-introduction to a "track", and then doing mine on Forces & Motion
-preview of chapter 6
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
lunch, attendance, envelopes, washing machine
English
1. daily edit: Arthur
2. the "1000 Words for High School" book... add a page then
3. get 4 words from the 1000 list into comp book
-write the word, then 2 sentences.  See if people can get meaning w/o hints
-then write the meaning
Science
1. any more [13] or [14]?
2. any last-minute questions before the test
3. take test (quietly, please)
When done...
1.  finish [N] or [13] or [14]
2. do vocab for today
3. finish any unfinished pages from book
4. correct papers if you want to
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, use the ugly box, grade-level block, carpet & winter
-ok to turn in Thesis-Evidence essay during GL block today
English
1.  Getting into groups (random & this time only)
2.  Quick reciprocal interviews
3.  Get Reader Profile essays and read a paragraph to group.
4.  Discuss what type of grading/feedback system would best enhance your writing skills.  Suggestion list.
5.  Discuss the short story "Thank You Ma'm" and the questions to answer for homework.
Science
1.  Why only 14 graphs?  ([13])
2. Sample conclusions from yesterday's friction experiment
3. Did anyone use the surface-gradient activity outside of class
Gravity 5-4
1. When do things get attracted to each other?
2. Define the difference between mass and weight
3. What two things influence the level of gravitational force between two objects
4. Sample test questions OR Bill on Gravity
Monday, October 3, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, courtesy to adults, continents
-science test on chapter 5 is Wednesday
-passback HS vocab wk 4
English
-Heumannoids: turn in NFF form 9/30
-daily edit: Jimmy Carter
-organizer and essay check
-if ready for peer editing, you can (see types)
-if not, do some speedy serious silent work
-XC: read and respond to this article on boys & reading
HOMEWORK: Read "Thank You M'am" (just the parts w/ green background)
Science
-turn in your graph (=[13])
-how is the science reading and note-taking going?
-applications of accelerometer-ish devices?
Friction (5-3)
-experiment with spring scale pulling block of wood with various weights and/or on various surfaces
-organize your data then draw and support (using data) a conclusion (=[14])
Friday, September 30, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, bike/hike trip?
-passback NFF and HS Vocab
English
-daily edit: Lemony Snicket
-how to play and document the game Ghost
-all play for a few minutes, then you can continue OR...
-writing time for your Thesis-Evidence essay
Science
-any more packets for xc?
-chapter 5 test Wednesday... you can use any notes you write
-adding intervals and acceleration to your graph
-how did you use and improve your accelerometer?
-Bill on Motion (online) w/ questions afterwards
Block A and B
-SSR then games (board or card)
-Fall Festival booth shifts
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, FF meeting here @ lunch, envelopes in, Monday
English
-daily edit: Dr. Ballard
-a graphic organizer for your theme-evidence essay
-finish movie
Homework: finish the graphic organizer
Science
-packets in for 2xc
-making a time-distance graph of your (or someone's) run
Homework:  Make, test, and improve an accelerometer
Block A
-SSR and field trip picture and costs
Block B
-PE
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, envelopes
English
-c.r.c. [L]
-vocabulary for this week... same ol' same ol', but post 2 of your sentences here
-Theme and Evidence essay instructions
-watch a bit more if we have time
Science
-finished notes should be about a page per section... ok to use on chapter tests
-timing a 40 meter run with pairs of timers at 5 meter intervals
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, imminent maritime collision, booth action group
-anything (else) you want to accomplish in our remaining full days together?
-game day Friday... bring card and/or board game(s)
English
-c.r.c. [K]
-learning grammar and vocab through example & counter-example
-when to consult the rules
Lazy Editor: Bug Bites
-the big sheet in pairs (highlight final edits)
-start your individual assignments (only half per sheet here)
Next Essay:  Theme and Evidence
Science
-unit 1 packet (all, order, clip, confirms, comments)
-book assignments
-how to take notes from a book so they serve you then and later
-how to "call in" your homework
Block A & B
-SSR & HTTYD (start theme/message and evidence sheet)
-boxing up rocks, waterballon relays, or other outside game
HOMEWORK:  [L] Lazy Editor & Packets to Parents
Monday, September 26, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, what to do when disinterested?
English
-passback [G], CEE-1, My Name (Heu)
-any more C-C essays to turn in?
-passbacks and missing lists
-[K] Apostrophes
Science
-passbacks [8], [11], and missing work lists (last chance for late/missing work)
-packets tomorrow, so get all work here
-c.r.c. [12] (correct yours)
-overview of unit 2 and the reading schedule
Block A
-turn in NFF 3
-SSR
-15 more of HTTYD
Block B
-StuCrew:  Using Dragon for theme/message essay
Friday, September 23, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, issues of the week, Charlie's sound song
English
-common English errors "test"
-improving your essay (StuCrew Enter your compare - contrast essay topic here!)
-playing Taboo in small groups at a table
-how to play (and document) a game of ghost
Science
-turn in [11]
-testing and packaging up your attribute activity (=[10])
-measuring volume and displacement
-Measurement Scales (=[12]) and the "ish" digit
Block A & B
-Non Fiction form is homework this time
-Marina Shepherd & bullying
-Hiccup & Toothless (yes, there is some writing to do)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, envelopes, Conan's Thursday song
English
-vocabulary day:  use sheets for week 3
-writing your Compare-Contrast essay
Science
-what is the status of your [10]?
-Lab Safety picture and coded behaviors/situations (=[11])
-how to use a triple-beam balance 
-weighing rice and splitting the mass in half
Block A
-work time on any of the 5 things on my list
Block B
-P.E.
HOMEWORK:  Compare-Contrast Essay
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, homeroom until 11:30 today, glass musician
-passback [4], [5], [6], NFF 1, NFF 2
-school pictures at 8:55
English
-c.r.c. [J]
Compare and Contrast essay:  from chart to outline
-how-to from book (702-705)
-online resource list
-start it in class (as g-doc hopefully)
Science
Overview of the packet process
Attribute Activity
-the purpose and an example
-do as many of the 14 as you can as a group
-making your own (=[10])
HOMEWORK:  Write the outline for your C-C essay, and make an attribute activity
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, review selective sign-up process
-passback [A], [1], [2], [3], m.w. list, and how graded
English
-turn in [J] if you didn't yesterday
Science
Chapter 1 Test
-one person per edge
-quiet from 1st out to last in
-work on your informal experiment graph & conclusions
Block A & B
-SSR
-student council report
-Field trip discussion with Mr. Jones
HOMEWORK:  Turn chart to outline
Monday, September 19, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, selectives choosing tomorrow
English
-Daily Edit:  Iceman
Homophones, Homographs, Homonyms
-get the worksheet (=[J]) and the instructions
-half the class (2 people per table) do the [J]
-other half do this online activity (show Ms Miller when done)
Science
Scientific Methods Review
-get Science World of Sept 21, 2009
-read 2 of the 3 articles that start on pgs 6, 10, and 13
-do the "Science Fair 101" worksheet
Read/Review Chapter 1
-get book and review chapter 1 for the test tomorrow
-best to try to answer the questions in each section review
Block A
-turn in NFF sheet, do SSR and then Jessica on High School
-embed (not link, attach, or copy-paste) your Reader Profile onto Reading page
Block B
-Lefties access Google accounts and make their portfolio site
HOMEWORK:  [J]
Friday, September 16, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, group actions
English
Common English Errors session 1
1. Go to http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
2. Browse the errors and find one of interest
3. Write topic and explanation
4. Teach 5 others and test for understanding
5. Give it to me.  We'll test your learners next week
Calvin and Hobbes Vocabulary
1. Get a partner and a book
2. Find some great (real) words
3. Enter at least 4 per person into this form
Science
-C.R.C. [8] why show work?
-graphing you data and doing some analysis/conclusions
Chapter 1 sample test questions
Block A
-SSR then to Mrs. Stuart
Block B
-StuCrew log into accounts, make a website, add pages, embed your reader profile
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, envelopes back, 
English
Daily Edit: Neptune
-description of the next essay assignment ([I])
-Bieber & Beatles (from 9/19 Scope)
-read article and do chart (and puzzle if you want) = [H]
-today, start writing questions for someone at another middle school
-or propose another topic if you like
Science
-turn in [7] if you didn't yesterday
Dimensional Analysis
-setting up fractions in order to convert units...
-the two mathy things you need to know
-how to set up a problem, cross-cancel units, and solve
-group practice on scratch paper, then the animal race challenge
-start [8]
Block A
-SSR
Creating your website
-creating 5 pages and organizing the sidebar navigation
Block B
-PE
HOMEWORK:  [8]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, envelopes, disconnect
English
Vocabulary:  follow steps on the board
Science
-any problems on [7]?
-Bill on Measurement, or...
-read 1-1, 1-3, and 1-4 (chapter "test") on Tuesday
-what to do next for your experiment
HOMEWORK: [7] if you didn't turn it in today
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, Fall Festival booth
English
-daily edit:  desegregation
Reader Profile improvement process
-fishbowl of me and someone
-preview editing processes
-edit, (maybe) print, edit, print, submit
Science
-anyone bring in metric markers?
Measurement
-reviewing the metric advantages
-cutting up a meter
-Metric Mania (=[7]) do some together
Block A
-SSR
-logging into your DCS Google accounts
-enter "here" and a riddle into the Roll Call Riddle
Block B
-how to create the future
-physics challenge... moving a shed
-correcting [G]
-start homework
HOMEWORK:  [7] & [E] (if you didn't turn in final copy today)
Monday, September 12, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, undeliverables, student council 9 to 10, timed test
English (8:35-9:00 and 9:55-10:15)
-Daily Edit: Jesse Owens
-Double-double letters (=[G]), due Wednesday
Science
Measurement
-ppt, comparison chart, metric advantages
-cutting up a ruler, measuring mass, understanding volumes
-XC: tonight, try to find at least one metric unit approximation (read here).
Block A
-SSR and peer upgrading Reader Profile
Block B
-Cooperative Group Activity
HOWEWORK:  finish [E] and half of [G]
Friday, September 9, 2011
-Team building and challenges at Mount Hermon
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Meeting
-attendance, due-next poster, packing list, class meeting, video
English
-show me your final four
-how do you add color & character to your writing?
-20 minutes of quiet on-task writing time
Science
-c.r.c. [6]
-discussion/decision scenario
-Jeopardy Game
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, forms, envelopes, Tower Climbing
English
-any more non-fiction discussion sheets
-show me the pre-writing for "Reader Profile" and TOC entry
Vocabulary
-different sheet per person at your table
-put three of your 10 into your comp book with word, def, sentence(s)
-teach your best word to the others
-add 4th entry into book (yours or one of the best-of
Extra Time?... Reader Profile
Science
-next steps on your simple experiments... doing them & collecting data
-c.r.c. [5]
Divisions and Branches
-problem & professional activity
-the big 3 (book or me) and notes onto [6]
-how to do the rest
HOMEWORK:  [E] and [6]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Meeting
-lunch & attendance, history in 26 today, "due today" strip, gradebook delay, letter to aliens
English
-daily edit: Labor Day
-any "My Name" essays to turn in for 80%
-weekly essay: "Me As A Reader" (overview, sample, pre-write)
-Current Events Article:  Online Social Networking Culture
Science
Informal Experiment
-printouts of experiments submitted
-those who have done it, pair up with those who haven't
-fill out the "Informal Experiment" form
Timeline of (biological) Discovery (=[5]) (old online version)
-trends over time and reasons why
-what do you recognize
-how to do the assignment
Block A
-SSR & reading class agreements from 24 and 26
-organizing & taking next steps with our own
Block B
-PE (traded with Mrs. Leftwich)
HOMEWORK:  [5] and [E] (prewriting)
Friday, September 2, 2011
Meeting
-lunch, attendance, forms, overnight info, art
-class meeting
English
-from pre-writing to outlining
-revisions: mechanics, organization, style, strength, and making the sweet spots
Grammar "Game" if you finish early
Science
-c.r.c. [4]
Experimental design
-sources of error
-strategies for accuracy
-data collection & organization
-data representation
-drawing conclusions
Block A:  SSR non-fiction
Block B: 25 to 26, 26 to 22, 22 to 25
Name tags and cartoon drawing
HOMEWORK:  Your Simple Experiment 
-fill in this form and look at comments on this speadsheet
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Meeting:
-lunch, attendance, forms, v.o.d. (help desk)
-overnight final list
-social interactions and personal productivity
English:
-how pre-writing can look & sound
-show me yours when it is done-ish
-start rough draft on paper or online (G-doc?!)
Science
-c.r.c. [3]
-Forming hypotheses (=[4])
Testing the effect of ___ on ____
-drop height -- bounce height
-how do we get the most accurate results
-best way to collect and represent the results
-now, perform the test
Block A: SSR and moving rocks
Block B: PE
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Meeting: lunch, attendance, forms, AwarenessTest, remind101
English:
1. Vocabulary words from FreeRice
-after first word, set level to 10
-write down 4 intriguing or interesting or useful words in comp book
-define with simple word (from FreeRice) then look up a more comprehensive one
-write 2 sentences that, together, use the word and clarify its meaning
2. Heumannoids... play the jeopardy game about you
3. StuCrew... you need to make more questions (2 per person)
Science:
1. debrief the cricket chirp and the textbook section
2. science "habits of mind" definitions and examples
3. Superstitions (=[3])
4. start thinking about an experiment you could do this weekend... the effect of ____ on ____.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Meeting:  lunch, attendance, Q4 (2me), v.o.d. T-shirt Wars
-form for ropes course needs to be back by Friday (here it is online)
-tell me a password for your new mydiscoveryk8.org account
English:
-Input your questions for our Jeopardy-ish game
-Your Name (day 1)
Science:
-review the scientific method definition and steps
-review and turn in assignment [2] "Scientific Method"
-as a table, make a "story" that can fit into the 4 steps, shuffle it, rotate, sort, shuffle, rotate
-read pages 12 to 18 in the book (speaking of boat design: Hydoptere & Hobie)
-Online SciMeth sites
Block A:
-SSR
-take the Multiple Intelligences Survey and write down or print the results
Block B:
-PE with me
Monday, August 29, 2011
Meeting: lunch, attendance, Q3, v.o.d.  The Plastic Bag
English: Trivia Challenge Board then you write questions from your bios 
StuCrew: emails, set up comp book, go over [A], Aspects of Us (=[B])
Science: The Scientific Method
-the definition, the steps, and the examples
-start assignment [2] "Scientific Method"
-preview and start pgs 12-18 in the online text book
Math:  Dimensional Analysis
12:30 Lunch
1:15  SSR
1:45 Room 22 to 25, 25 to 26, 26 to 22 
In Room 25:  Word clouds and spreadsheet of books read
3:00 Clean up and closing
Schedule for Friday, August 26, 2011
8:20 Name card and Q3, lunch, attendance, 
8:30 Class meeting
8:40 Your comp book:  purpose, organization, TOC & sections
9:00 Write:  What type of atmosphere(s) help(s) you learn the best?
9:15 StuCrew ELA:  Spreadsheet of books you've read & the Humor "Test" (=[A])
10:15 Break
10:40 Secret Life at 118 Green Street (worksheet = [1])
11:30 Math
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Name tag for your drawer (basic, block, bubble, alphabet, GraffitiGen, etc) 
 How to Draw and another one.
1:30 Our group bio (=[B])
2:15  All-eighth outdoor game(s)
3:00 CoolDown, CleanUp, and Closing
Schedule for Thursday, August 25, 2011
8:20  Cards & question 2, lunch-count, attendance
8:35  Ropes course and optional overnight idea
8:50  Review [A]... and discuss the power of well-placed words
9:15  Heumann's class to 22, Stuart's class here (see yesterday)
10:15  Break
10:40  Marshmallow Tower (intro video)
11:10 Cool tricks and I Am First videos and "What I Wonder"
11:30 Math placement assessment
12:30 Lunch
1:15 The Hunger Game (global trading simulation)
3:00 Clean up & closing
Schedule for Wednesday, August 24, 2011
8:20 - 8:40   Name card, question 1, attendance, lunch
8:40 - 9:00   Similarities and differences sheet
9:00 - 9:45   Tagxedo about you, drop it to me
9:45 - 10:15 Spreadsheet of books you've read
10:15 - 10:35 Break
10:40 - 11:00 Class orientation ppt
11:00 - 11:30 Balloon towel toss
11:30 - 12:00 Twenty Questions, Charlie style
12:00 - 12:15 Sense of Humor "Test" (HW)
12:15 - 12:35:  Welcome assembly
12:30 - 1:10 Lunch
1:10 - 11:15 Room cleaning and release
11:15 -1:00 Get Hacked by Students
day, Month XX, 2011
Meeting
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English
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Science
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Block A
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Block B
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Teamwork Tasks
-8 scenarios, each with 8ish pieces of the puzzle
-distribute "clues" evently (if possible)
-each person's clues can only get to the group via their mouth
-monitor your group roles and processes

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