Homework
June 3, 2019
Grade 6- complete #41 in 2009 religion packet
May 23, 2019
Grade 6- Complete all parts of ADNY 2007 exam
Complete data packet through page 26
May 3, 2019
Grade 7- Complete Data Nugget packets on fish behavior
March 13, 2019
Grade 8-
1. Paraphrase the second paragraph in the the section "Meet the almost-immortal planarian"
2. Why are planaria good model organisms?
model organism-A model organism is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the organism model will provide insight into the workings of other organisms.
3. What is unique about planarian regeneration?
Test Friday
What is regeneration?
Differentiate between bi- and unidirectional regeneration
Regeneration in planaria
How was RNAi used to gather information about planaria?
How does conducting research on planaria inform our understanding of stem cells in humans?
What are stem cells and why is stem cell research controversial?
February 25, 2019
Grade 6 & 7- Assessment on electric currents and circuits on Weds.
Grade 8- Essays due on Friday
February 22, 2019
Grade 6- Complete packet
Grade 7- Complete packet
February 11, 2019
Grade 6- Complete take-home exam
February 8, 2019
Grade 6- Complete questions, if you didn't in class
February 7, 2019
Grade 6- Complete worksheet
Complete religion assignment (Identify a passage fro scripture that involves water, identify the book, chapter(s), and verse(s), explain its meaning, include a visual with color.
February 4, 2019
Grade 6- Complete class assignment, complete science worksheet
January 14, 2018
Grade 8- Complete articles and attached worksheet. Think about the following questions: What (if anything) should genetic technology be used for? How (if at all) should its use be regulated? Due tomorrow
January 11, 2018
Grade 6- What effect did the acid have on enzymatic activity? How do you know? Use the words ineffective, amylase, control group, and indicator in your response.
January 9, 2018
Grade 6- Explain the role of the "water" cup and the "water + starch" cup in the experiment. Use the term 'control treatment.'
January 8, 2018
Grade 7-Complete Discussion Questions, Complete newsela
January 4, 2018
Grade 7- Use evidence from the text to support the following statement: 'Karl Marx was a man of many contradictions.'
December 17, 2018
Grade 6- Religion test tomorrow
Bring in a glass jar by Thursday
December 14, 2018
Question: Does intestinal bacteria affect the development of obesity in mice?
Experimental Treatment: Non-obese mice exposed to microbiota from obese mice became obese, but then went back down to normal weight after fifteen days.
Conclusion: Non-obese mice exposed to bacteria from obese mice became obese, but
Given the information from the viewing, identify the hypothesis, independent, dependent, and controlled variables, as well as the control treatments, and follow up questions raised by the results of the experiment.
Why is it necessary to have two control treatments?
December 12, 2018
Grade 6- complete water symbolism projects
December 7, 2018
Grade 6-
Identify one example of an allusion in MLK's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Explain:
- What an allusion is
- What specific aspect of Moses's life Dr. King is alluding to
- What Dr. King means when he uses this allusion (What does it symbolize for him)
- Include evidence from the speech
- Projects should be visually appealing
Complete ReadWorks
December 5, 2018
Grade 7- Graphs due on Friday
December 4, 2018
Grade 6- Readworks packets due tomorrow
November 30, 2018
Grade 6- Hand-write your section of DAPL memo
November 29, 2018
Grade 6- Religion test on chapter 8 tomorrow
November 28, 2018
Grade 6- Complete graphic organizer
November 20, 2018
Grade 6- Test on Monday on the properties of water
Vocabulary:
- Electronegative
- Polar
- Hydrogen bonds
- Cohesion
- Adhesion
- Surface tension
Complete Brainpop worksheet
November 19, 2018
Grade 6- Complete worksheet
November 16, 2018
Grade 6- Complete Question, Hypothesis, and Identify Variables for surface tension experiment. Religion Test on Monday
Grade 8- Science Book Login
Username: ELIZAE61
Password: petetheCat123 or try petethecat123!
https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do
November 9, 2018
Grade 6- Graph averages and include an explanation of what the graph is showing. Record observations that you make of water wherever you see it.
Complete religion worksheet
Complete veteran letters
Complete packet
Grade 7- Complete pH cards
Complete packet
Grade 8- Complete worksheet
November 2, 2018
Grade 6- Complete questions 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 in Readworks
October 29, 2018
Grade 6- Science assessment on Friday
October 26, 2018
Grade 7- Vocabulary Quiz on Monday
Cell membrane
Selectively permeable
Passive transport
Active transport
Concentration
Concentration gradient
Solute
Solvent
Solution
Hypertonic
Hypotonic
Isotonic
October 25, 2018
Grade 7- Diffusion lab questions due tomorrow (in notebooks)
October 22, 2018
Grade 6- Religion Assessment tomorrow
Grade 8- Complete worksheet (due tomorrow)
October 17, 2018
Grade 7- Complete the visual check and the reading check in packets (page 288)
October 15. 2018
Grade 7- Complete density projects, due Weds. morning
October 12, 2018
Grade 6- Complete "Matter and its Properties" key concept builder worksheet (front and back)
Complete Religion allegory assignment.
October 5, 2018
Identify the independent and dependent variables in Hellmann's experiment on the behavior of daffodil cichlids. Identify three controlled variables that should have existed between the experimental and control treatments.
Research papers posted to google classroom due Friday
October 1, 2018
Grade 7- Complete 1 and 2 on Density Word Problems
Grade 8- Complete worksheet
September 28, 2018
Grade 6- Complete graphing assignment
Graphing test on Wednesday
Religion test on Monday
Grade 7- Complete #5 in Density workbook
Grade 8- Mitosis quiz on Wednesday
September 21, 2018
Grade 6- Get exams signed and make corrections to questions where you lost points.
September 20, 2018
Grade 6- Complete "We Respond" on page 37 (loose leaf)
Grade 7- Explain how the farm worker's movement intersected with the Earth movement during the 1960's. Use the word 'pesticide' in you response.
September 17, 2018
Grade 6- Assessment on variables on Friday
Grade 7- By Wednesday morning, graphs showing team member scores, and averages are due.
Complete yellow task cards
Grade 8- Complete worksheet
Test on writing hypotheses on Friday
September 14, 2018
Grade 6- Religion Test on Chapter 1 on Monday
Complete science homework as per the instructions given in class
Grade 7- Metric Olympics data tables need to be complete before class on Monday
Complete purple task cards
Grade 8- Complete projects up to "Data" by Monday
Complete packets
September 11, 2018
Grade 6- Identify the relationship between the 9/11 attacks and Bush’s declaration of war. Use two details from the text to support your response.
Grade 7- Per the article, identify two factors that contributed to the 9/11 attacks and explain how they contributed
September 7th, 2018
Grade 6- Write one page (wide-ruled loose leaf) about yourself
What are "wraparound services?" How do they contribute to the success of students? Why are they an important part of breaking the cycle of poverty?
June 5th, 2018
Grade 6- Complete religion packets
June 1st, 2018
Grade 6- Complete 2015 ADNY exam, complete only essay #4
May 21st, 2018
Grade 6- Complete climate change poem + visual
May 17th, 2018
Grade 6- Complete article comprehension questions 1-3
Grade 7- Complete multiple choice questions and short-answer questions based on Issue Overview: History of the Mexico Border
April 20th, 2018
Grade 6- Posted to GC
April 18th, 2018
Grade 6- Posted to GC
April 17th, 2018
Grade 6- Homework posted to GC; Questions also posted below:
- What is the main idea of this article?
- What is the purpose of including the section “Women in ancient Greece?”
- Contrast the rights of women of Ancient Greece with the rights of women of Ancient Egypt. Use details to support your response.
- Why did Herodotus say that “[Egyptians] exactly reverse the common practice of mankind?”
- What types of rights did the women of Ancient Egypt have? What types of positions were they restricted from? How did this result in their assumption of lower positions in society?
Grade 7- Homework posted to GC
February 15th, 2018
Grade 6- Religion Assignment #3 and Harlem Renaissance packet due on Tuesday (2/20/18)
Science test on Friday (2/24/18)
Grade 7- Complete social studies Assignment #2 on google classroom
Grade 8- Complete social studies Assignment #2 on google classroom
February 13th, 2018
Grade 8- Science Assignment #4 posted to google classroom
February 7th, 2018
Grade 6- Assignment posted on google classroom
Grade 8- Assignment posted on google classroom
February 5th, 2018
Grade 8- Assmnt. posted to google classroom
February 2nd, 2018
Grade 6- Complete "Antibiotics, Use Them Wisely" ReadWorks
February 1st, 2018
Grade 6- Complete "I, Too, Sing America" packet (due Monday, 2/5/18)
January 26th, 2018
Grade 6- Extra credit assignment posted to google classroom
January 25th, 2018
Grade 7- Is it ethical to use nuclear force in war? Is it ethical for the United States to restrict the synthesis of nuclear weapons in other countries?
January 22nd, 2018
Grade 6- Due Friday (1/26/18) Complete a labeled illustration of an organism that explains how it illustrates all six properties of life.
Grade 7- Explosive models due on Monday (1/29/18)
Vocabulary Quiz on Friday (1/26/18)
Atom
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Isotope
Radioactive decay
Chemical reaction
Nuclear reaction
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Types of models
Design process
How can a chemical reaction result in combustion?
Grade 8- Quiz on methods of genetic modification in plants on Wednesday (1/24/18)
January 19th, 2018
Grade 6- Crossover essays due Monday (1/22/18) on google classroom
Religion midterm on Friday (1/26/18)
January 18th, 2018
Grade 6- Complete Crossover first drafts in religion notebook
Rock cycle assessment on Monday (1/22/18)
Conflict mineral projects due Tuesday (1/23/18)
-Assignment is posted to google classroom
Grade 7- Explosive chart papers due on Monday
Grade 8- What is the relationship between Hitler's annexation of new land and the start of World War Two?
Summarize the last two paragraphs in "Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor"
January 12th, 2018
Grade 6- Identify an instance of figurative language in Dr. King's letter and write a paragraph explaining its meaning (do this with another instance of figurative language for extra credit)
Grade 7- Questions from 1/ 8 due on Tuesday (1/16)
Grade 8- Complete assignment posted to Google Classroom
January 10th, 2018
Grade 6- Complete rock cycle packet
January 8th, 2018
Grade 6- What is nonviolent direct action as described in the text?
Why does Dr. King use direct action?
Grade 7-What is nonviolent direct action? What does it entail? What is its goal?
What is Dr. King's rationale for using nonviolent direct action towards efforts to eradicate segregation in the South?
January 3rd, 2018
Grade 6- Complete New Years flip books
December 22nd, 2017
Grade 8- Assignment is posted on google classroom
December 19th, 2017
Grade 6- Religion test on ch. 11 on Thursday (12/21)
Grade 8-Answers to the following questions due tomorrow:
1. What is uniting the people of Jubilee Town as brothers and sisters? How does Pascal make sense of family in this instance?
2. How are the Bibbs using their white privilege to help the City family?
3. How is Pascal coming to make sense of freedom? What is limiting the freedoms of him and his family?
December 13th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete diagrams. Assignment Attached
December 12th, 2017
1. Summarize Justice Henry Brown's statement (2-5 sentences)
2. Why does Justice John Marshall Haran say that facilities separated based on race are unconstitutional? (RADDS)
3. How does the primary source help readers understand the culture of the United States during the time when it was written? (RADDS)
Complete multiple choice questions
December 11th, 2017
Grade 6- Differentiate between evaporation and boiling (notebook)
December 8th, 2017
Grade 8- What value does the primary source have to help readers understand the culture of the United States at the time when it was written (Primary Source: Plessy Versus Ferguson)
Quiz on what we've learned about sickle cell trait, review your notes and readings
December 6th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete worksheet
States of matter comics due on 12/18/17
States of matter assessment on Friday 12/7/17
Grade 7- Essay assmnt. is posted on google classroom and due on 12/12/17
Photosynthesis Test on Friday (Topic are posted on google classroom)
December 5th, 2017
Grade 7- Explain how climate change is impacting the culture of Alaska's indigenous people using two details from the text. Paraphrase the last sentence in the second-to-last paragraph
December 4th, 2017
Grade 7- Photosynthesis virtual lab posters are due on Monday, December 11th, 2017- Instructions are on google classroom
December 1st, 2017
Grade 6-Letters need to be complete by Monday
November 30th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete graphing take-home test
Research needs to be complete tomorrow (12/1)
Identify one example of an allusion in MLK's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. Explain:
- What an allusion is
- What specific aspect of Moses's life Dr. King is alluding to
- What Dr. King means when he uses this allusion (What does it symbolize for him)
- Include evidence from the speech
- Projects should be visually appealing
Grade 7- Due tomorrow (12/1)
Explain the positionality of the Native Americans in the Revolutionary War
Using text evidence, explain how the newly formed American government justified oppression of the Indigenous people
Add "Indigenous People" to your graphic organizers and detail their stakes in the Revolutionary War
Grade 8- How has emancipation affected the way that Pascal conceptualizes the idea of family?
November 29th, 2017
Grade 6- Test on research methods tomorrow:
- Identify keywords
- Assess the reliability of a source
- Differentiate between different types of sources and determine their appropriateness in relation to a research question
Grade 7- Complete worksheet "Energy Processing in Plants" (due Friday 12/1)
Grade 8- Complete worksheets at the back of packet (due tomorrow, 11/30)
November 28th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete religion worksheet (both sides)
Religion test postponed to tomorrow (11/29)
Graphing test on Monday
Complete brainstorming for research project
ELA-pp. 138-157, prepare for your test tomorrow (11/29), exit tickets
Grade 7- Construct a graphic organizer identifying the three stakeholders as detailed in the text. Explain their interests concerning the enlistment of Black soldiers in the Revolutionary War
Grade 8- Vocabulary quiz on Friday (12/1)
Homologous
Dominant
Recessive
Gene
Allele
Heterozygous
Homozygous dominant
Homozygous recessive
Genotype
Phenotype
November 27th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete worksheet
Religion Test tomorrow (11/28)
Graphing Test Weds (11/29)
Research Methods Test Thurs (11/30)
Grade 7- Write and illustrate a story/comic from the perspective of a plant about the process of photosynthesis. Your story/comic must include the following terms:
- chloroplast
- chlorophyll
- sunlight
- water
- carbon dioxide
- glucose
- oxygen
Grade 8- Create an illustration of an analogy for genes and alleles. For example, soda is a gene; Coke, Sunkist, and ginger
November 16th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete the multiple choice questions for "Culture and Society in Ancient Mesopotamia"
What was the relationship between Mesopotamian rulers and Mesopotamian Gods?
Complete religion assignment (choose a scene from the journey of the Hebrews to illustrate and include a caption)
Grade 7-Complete worksheet
Grade 8- Develop a graphic organizer explaining how Mr. Freedman, Pascal, Gideon, and Nelly conceptualize freedom. Use details from the text to support your claims
November 15th, 2017
Grade 6- Organize the data from table 1 in "Graphing Exercise" worksheet into a bar graph
November 14th, 2017
Grade 7- Make a T Chart detailing the powers of the state and the powers of the states and the powers of the US congress as outlined in articles I-VIII of the articles of confederation
Grade 8- Read chapter 2 in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Complete multiple choice questions on "The Freedman's Bureau"
Explain how the Freedman's Bureau provided the opportunity for equity. Why did Andrew Johnson say that it was unequal?
November 13th, 2017
Grade 6- Identify independent and dependent variables for chart #1 on worksheet
Grade 7- Respond to prompts 1-8 in "Cell Structure and Function" packet Complete #'s 1-2 op. 291 of the same packet
Grade 8- Quiz Wednesday. Define and identify the relationship between the following terms:
haploid, diploid, n, 2n, mitosis, meiosis, meiosis I, meiosis II
November 9th, 2017
Grade 6- Article presentations on Tuesday
Grade 7- Complete multiple choice questions from newsela
Grade 8- Complete multiple choice questions on "Primary Sources: Lincoln's emancipation Proclamation"
Read Chapter 2 in Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule and respond to the following prompt on loose leaf:
Based on the experiences of Pascal and Gideon, how did slavery affect families?
Login information for access to science textbook:
connected.mcgraw-hill.com
Username: ELIZAE61
Password: petetheCat123!
November 8th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete SS review sheet
Grade 7- Newsela questions due tomorrow on loose leaf
Complete Practice content A from packet- due tomorrow (11/9/17)
Get science tests signed
Grade 8- Mitosis/ Meiosis drawing due on Monday
November 7th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete worksheet on fossils
SS test on 11/9/17
Grade 7- Complete questions on Newsela
November 6th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete Chapter Test on page 106 in We Believe
Religion exam on Weds. (11/8)
November 2nd, 2017
Grade 6- Based on "Climate Change: The poor will suffer most," identify two effects the climate change has on dispossessed populations of people.
Grade 7- Science test on passive transport on 11/6/17 (Monday)
October 30th, 2017
Grade 6- Science test on variables on 11/1/17
Grade 7- Science test on passive transport on 11/1/17
Grade 8- Science test on mitosis/meiosis on 11/1/17
October 25th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete worksheet
October 17th, 2017
Grade 6-Complete readworks
Grade 7- Essays due on Monday, October 23rd Complete essays responding to the following prompt:
How do the epistemologies and axiologies of Pocahontas and John Smith differ? Use details from the film to support your claim.
One person from each group needs to bring a raw egg to class tomorrow
Grade 8- Based in the reading from class, respond to the following prompts in your pairs:
How and why did the racial cast system in America begin?
Identify three ways that the racial caste system was maintained. Why was it maintained?
October 12th, 2017
Grade 6- Religion Symbolism projects due on Monday
October 11th, 2017
Grade 6- Identify independent and dependent variables in "Marshmallow Muscles" on Spongebob worksheet
Grade 8- Complete worksheet
October 3rd, 2017
Grade 6- Write a paragraph detailing the point of view of people who believe the statue of Christopher Columbus should be removed from Columbus circle
Grade 8- Complete second draft of essay
September 29th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete interviews of family members
Grade 8- Essays (hand-written) are due on Oct. 3rd (Tues)
September 28th, 2017
Grade 6- Contrast anthropology and archaeology by completing the sentence "Whereas archaeologists use remains to imagine life in early civilizations, anthropologists..." Be sure to identify, not only, what archaeologists do, but how they do it.
The article quotes "Diffusionists and evolutionists both thought all cultures could be compared to one another. They also believed certain cultures were better than others."-- Why is this an example of practicing bad anthropology?
How does cultural relativism differ from the approach that diffusionists and evolutionists had to anthropology?
How has modern technology influenced the field of anthropology?
September 27th, 2017
Grade 6- Religion test tomorrow on chapter 2
September 26th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete paragraph on your identity
September 25th, 2017
Grade 6- Science Test on Wednesday covering appropriate units, estimation, and unit conversion. Study your Metric Conversion Task Cards packet.
September 22nd, 2017
Grade 6- Complete #'s 33 & 34 in "Metric Conversion Task Cards" packet, complete "Guiding Questions" based on "Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrates a Number of Different Cultures"
September 21st, 2017
Grade 6- Religion Test (ch. 1) & Story of Creation performances
Grade 7- Complete multiple choice questions from Newsela
Science Test tomorrow on units
Grade 8-Describe the reaction of Southern states to Lincoln's election.
Science test tomorrow on units
Describe the relationships that both the North and the South had to the institution of slavery.
How was westward expansion a contributing factor to the Civil War?
September 20th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete the following conversions on loose leaf, in pencil, and show all of your work.
3578ml=________L
.7854g=_________mg
6540cm=________m
8541m=_________k
1kg= ____________g
Religion exam on ch. 1 on Friday, Religion presentations on Friday
September 18th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete religion worksheet, complete # 27 in "Metric Conversion Task Cards" packet
September 15th, 2017
Grade 6- Write one paragraph detailing the causes of 9/11 as outlined in your reading. Write one paragraph detailing the effects as outlined in your reading.
Grade 7- Complete #'s 9-16 in "Metric Conversion Task Cards" packet
Grade 8- Complete "Metric Conversion Task Cards" packet
September 14th, 2017
Grade 7- Explain in 1-2 sentences what was ironic about the causes and effects of the 9/11 attacks
Grade 8- In two well-organized paragraphs, detail the causes and effects surrounding the 9/11 attacks as outlined in your reading (due Monday).
September 13th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete task cards 21-30
Grade 7- Complete questions 1-8 in "Metric Conversion Task Cards"
Grade 8- Complete questions 1-8 in "Metric Conversion Task Cards" (due Friday)
September 12th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete multiple choice questions on "A History of the 9/11 Attacks"
On loose leaf- Identify the relationship between the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror. Use two details from the text to support your response DUE TOMORROW
September 11th, 2017
Grade 6- Complete task cards #1-10 in science packet
Complete "We Respond" on page 21
September 8th, 2017
All homework is to be done on loose leaf. All questions are based on the article that can be found below.
Grade 6- Underline one proposed plan to revise DACA in the section "Legislative Options On The Table"
Summarize Obama's Facebook message in 2 sentences
Grade 7- What does DACA do?
Grade 8- What is the purpose of DACA? Whom does it protect? How has it changed? What changes might be made after six months?
trump-ends-DACA-34773-article_and_quiz (1) 2.pdf