Monday, October 19, 2020

October 26-30th

 October 26 - 30th 

ELA   Social Studies        MathScience
We are working on our "Swallowing Stones" novel study all week. 

Work that should complete by the end of the week:

-Read Chapters 1-10
-Complete the bookwork for Ch 1-5, and Ch 6-10

All materials for this novel study are posted on Google Classroom, including:
-Digital workbook
-Audiobook
-Unit calendar
We are continuing our Justice unit. 

Work that should be complete by the end of the week:
-Political cartoons analysis
-Notes on Juries, Advocacy Groups, and Sentencing Circles
-Beginning a research project about the YCJA

All this work can be found in the Justice booklet. There is a digital version of thsi booklet, plus all videos and Powerpoints needed for the unit, posted on Google Classroom. 
We are continuing Surface Area of Composite shapes.


We learn to calculate 'overlap'

Check D2L for daily homework assignments, notes and examples. 


Unit Assessment will be November 9th.

We will be working to wrap up the Biodiversity unit this week. To include:

-continuous vs discrete variation

-nature vs nurture

-twin studies

-GMOs

-natural/artificial selection

-extinction/extirpation

-human activities and their effect on biodiversity

 

Students are strongly encouraged to bring their phones to class & headphones if they have them to support their research & coursework.

 

Heading in to the weekend, students will be tasked with researching sources both for and against genetically modified organisms.


At-home Learning

Dear parents/guardians; We hope you and your families are all doing well.  Due to our transition to online learning this week, we will be pa...