Mr. Morgan Room 113: Tuesday, 10/30/12

Academic Calendar

Writing: Rough Draft due Thursday, 11/1
Math: Pearson due Friday, 11/2
Writing: Wordstudy Packet due Friday, 11/2
Writing: Wordstudy Test, 11/2
Science: Chapter 13 Test, Monday, 11/5
Writing: Final Copy due Wednesday, 11/7

The 162/Hayes Calendar

10/31 Student of the Month Breakfast
11/9 Grade Cards go home with students

11/5/12 Student Council Meeting – 8:00 am – Room 184

11/5/12 PTA Meeting – 6:30 pm - Library
11/6/12 NO SCHOOL – Election Day
11/9/12 Veteran’s Day Celebration – Program begins at 10:30 with Flag Raising at 11:11
11/9/12 Grade Cards go home with students
11/12/12 Papa John’s Dollars for Dough Pizza Night
11/13/12 Papa John’s Dollars for Dough Pizza Night
11/14/12 White Christmas Canned Food Drive begins (thru November 30th)

11/14/12 Awards Assembly

11/15/12 Picture Retake Day

11/19/12 Parent/Teacher Conferences – 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm
11/21/12 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
11/22/12 NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Day
11/23/12 NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break
11/29/12 Student of the Month Breakfast – 8:30 am - Cafeteria
11/29/12 Skating Party – 6:30-8:30 pm – Skate America

BCO Work....

There are some assignments in Math that I call BCO work, meaning it should be turned in by the end of BCO.

I always give them time in class to work on it, in fact many finish it by the end of class. If they don't get it finished then students may work on it during BCO.

Students have anywhere between 1.5 - 5 hours of free time during BCO a week. So, like anything 'in theory' all Math should get done in that time.

It has always been my assumption that there is time to finish in class. From the looks of things it seems as though I may be wrong, because I'm not getting the best answers
(although, these people will be getting a point card tomorrow because they did a great job: Olivia, Kaitlyn, Miah, Raj, Andrew P, Sophia, Leah)....

Students, it's important that you do this to your best ability, not because it's an occassional grade but because it is used as a way for me to assess the class.I need to know if I can go on, and if you know it.

My fear is that you are finding these cumbersome and are rushing through.....I'm going to try and find away to tweak my system to get a more accurate view of ability and less of a workload in BCO...but until then, please give better effort.

Parents, in case you're curious, here is the BCO Work from Math II today...

Math Resiliency..............

Grade Cards....

I'm not really sure what the students and parents see on Infinite Campus, but I do know that our 9-weeks grades are finished and put in the system.

Reports cards will go home with students on Friday, November 9th.

Here are how the grades broke down...

Math I:
6- Pearson Assessments
5- Math Assignments
4- Quizzes
1- Unit Test

Possible Points: 132

Math II:
4- Pearson Assessments
12- Math Assignments
5- Quizzes
1- Unit test

Possible Points: 142

Science:
5- Science Assignments
2- Fed Ex Day Presentations
2- Lab Reports
1- Quiz
1- Test

Possible Points: 136

Writing:
1- Writing Assignment
7- Wordstudy Packets
8- Wordstudy Tests
1: Final Copy (Descriptive Journal)
1: Rough Draft

Possible Points: 151

In Class Today......

Science:
We went over the positive and negatives of our last Fed Ex Day. We read some in the book. Watched two videos on chemical reactions and density. Worked on a review.

Writing:
We worked on our Rough Drafts and Wordstudy Packets.

Math I:
Students got there Unit 5 Tests back. Students were introduced to our next book called 'Bits and Pieces' (Fractions, Decimals, and Percents). We tried some problems in groups.

Math II:
Students worked on Bits and Pieces: Investigation 2: Sharing and Comparing Fractions. We did some Think-Pair-Share with Problem 2.1.

My Weekend.....

It was the final weekend of good fishing up at Indian Lake. One of my good buddies has a house up on the lake (my trailer is closed for the season), so we had a guys weekend.

Went fishing. Watched the game. Lots of fun.