Austin - Course 3

Today we finished the quarterly assessment.  We started to work on lesson 9.1 (square roots).

 

Homework-worksheet 9.1,  #1 - 4, 9 - 16.

Mercer-Humanities

What we did today:  Today we went over the homework about Confucius.  We watched a short video about China's geography and religions.

 

Homework: 1st and 5th hours have a current event due Monday.

Carter Course 3 4/28

What We Did Today  

Comparing and Finding Square Roots

Homework

WS 9.2 #1-21 odds

Amy Carter
Math Teacher
Norup International School
acarter@berkleyschools.org
248-837-8343

4/28

What We Did Today
Students jumped rope then had a choice of activity for the rest of the class period.

Homework

HEALTHY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COLLAGE

Objective:  Your task is to create a collage depicting what you think are healthy physical activities.  Your collage needs to be on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper.  Use pictures and  words cut out from magazines and/or newspapers to completely cover the sheet of paper. Your pictures and words cannot be larger than a playing card. You may not use multiple pictures of the same sport.

 

 Rubric for collage:

§         0 pts. = student show very little effort or did not turn in project.

§         5 pts. = student attempted project, 50% or more of paper is showing, project needs work

§         7pts.  = student covered 75% of the paper but not all, information meet the requirement of the activity.

§         10 pts. =student completely covered the sheet of paper with pictures and words that reflect absolutely the requirements of the activity.

 

COLLAGE is due on or before Monday, May 16th.

**Parents please remind your child to bring gym clothes to school on Monday and keep in their hall locker until needed for class.  This habit will help to alleviate the mark

 

 

 

 

 

Mercer-Humanities

What we did today: Today students received notes on Ancient India.  We read about Ancient China and wrote down some of the geographical influences on it's development.

 

Homework: All students needs to read pages 146-150 about Confucius.  Students need to write details about his life, his teachings, and his influence.

Austin - Course 3

Today we took the quarterly assessment.

 

No homework.

Mercer-Humanities

What we did today: Today we watched and discussed the news.  Then classes worked on their countries.

 

Homework: No homework tonight.

Mercer-Humanities

What we did today: Today we watched and discussed the news.  Then we went over the notes students took about Ancient India.

 

Homework: 2nd, 4th, and 6th hours have a current event due tomorrow.

Carter Course 3 4/26

What We Did Today  

Square Roots

Homework

Textbook page 472 #8-26 evens

Amy Carter
Math Teacher
Norup International School
acarter@berkleyschools.org
248-837-8343

Technology

"Investigate" was due today, this section of the Design Folder should include the bibliography to date (more will be added as images are found and put into the final Power Point) and any notes taken on the college of choice.  Project sheet and rubric are below.

 

Upcoming due dates:

Plan due Wed, May 4th - rough draft of power point...paper and pencil

Typing Test #4 - Thursday, May 12th - practice, practice, practice www.typingtest.com

Final draft due and presentations to begin - Friday, May 20th.

 

 

 

 

Ginger Kennedy
Technology Teacher
Norup International School
Berkley School District
(248)837-8314
vkennedy@berkleyschools.org

Mercer - Humanities

What we did today: Today students received my notes on Ancient Egypt (can also be found on the blog).  We went over the notes briefly.  I showed the students some interactive maps on early human migration, early human artifact remains, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.

 

Homework: Students need to gather information, like they have done for the previous two civilizations, on pages 108-113.  The information that they gather will help them answer the question "How did geography influence the development of Ancient India?"

Austin - Course 3

2nd and 4th hour

We worked on probability lesson (7.8).  Homework-worksheet 7.8, #1-11,13,15, 17-20 and a review for our chapter 7 test on Wednesday.  Students were given over 20 minutes to work in class.  TEST IS WEDNESDAY!!!

 

3rd hour

We went over lesson 7.8 and the chapter review.  TEST IS TOMORROW!!!

Mercer - Humanities

What we did today: Today we watched the students news and talked about current events.  Students worked on their class country.

 

Homework: No homework this weekend.

mercer-Humanities

What we did today: Today we talked about the influence of geography on the development of Ancient Egypt.

 

Homework: 1st and 5th hours have a current event due tomorrow.

Technology

We took our Third Touch Typing Test today, students are really working hard at their touch typing now that it is tested...great job.  I kept the grading scale at 20 WPM again, not sure when the required WPM will go up to 25, just keep working and practicing.  Students then had the rest of the hour to work on their Investigate section of the Design Folder.

 

College Research Project due dates:

Investigate (research notes and bibliography) - Tuesday, April 26

Plan (rough draft and design brief) - Wednesday, May 4th

Final Presentations will begin May 17th

 

 

 

Ginger Kennedy
Technology Teacher
Norup International School
Berkley School District
(248)837-8314
vkennedy@berkleyschools.org

Carter Course 3 4/19

What We Did Today  

Chapter 7 Review & Probability

Homework

Chapter 7 review sheet due Thursday.

Look over the study guide,  Chapter 7 Test Thursday, April 21st

Amy Carter
Math Teacher
Norup International School
acarter@berkleyschools.org
248-837-8343

Mercer - Humanities

What we did today: Today we went over the notes on Mesopotamia and talked about the different empires that formed there. 

 

Homework: Students were given about a ten minute start on the homework tonight.  Students were to write down information that would help them answer the question "How did geography influence the development of Ancient Egypt?"  They are to use pages 70-75 and 82-87.

Austin - Course 3

We did a lesson on finding simple interest.  Lesson 7.7.  Students then worked in class on worksheet 7.7, # 13-16, 20,21.

Mercer - Humanities

What we did today: Today we discussed the news and the students worked on their class country project.

 

Homework: All students need to finish the worksheet on the four Empires of Mesopotamia.

Austin - Course 3

We went over lesson 7.6.  Studnets had time to work on worksheet 7.6, evens in class.  If it is not finished, it is homework.  If you can not work on it tonight, have your parents initial it.