Mr. Morgan Room 113: Friday, 8/30/13

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Math I	Went to Computer Lab for Pearson. ACE Work PT p. 14 #8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Math Resiliency Question due tomorrow	Quarterly Assessment Pre-Tests * The Weekly Critical Times is due tomorrow.	Prime Time 1.3: The Product Game *ACE WORK p.16 #19, 20, 21		Fibonacci Numbers
Math II	Went to computer lab for Pearson.	Quarterly Assessment Pre-Tests * The Weekly Critical Times is due tomorrow.	Prime Time 1.2: How to Win the Factor Game *ACE WORK p. 14 #8, 10, 11, 12, 13		Prime Time Investigation 1 Quiz
Science: Culp	Observations AND Inferences	Introduction to Rocks and Minerals	PBL Day: Identifying Minerals		Fed Ex Day Groups and Brainstorming
Science:Morgan	Same as Science: Culp	Introduction to Rocks and Minerals	PBL Day: Identifying Minerals		Fed Ex Day Groups and Brainstorming
Writing	Read: What is a Writer's Notebook? From Ralph Fletcher.	No Writing due to Quarterly Assessments	Read from Ralp Fletchers "A Writer's Notebook" Chapter 1: Unforgettable Stories"		Writer's Notebook

Items typed in red denote that there is an assignment due the following day

Champions...
The first Champion of the year are from the PINK group!!
Congrats to Max, Abby, Ethan and Maddi.

Thanks Hannah and Family...
For lending a fan to our room. It's much appreciated.

Emily (Em-A-LIAH) and Brooke (Supergirl)......
AJ delivered a message to me today from 2 students I had in the past who are now 8th graders at Jackson. Obviosuly they remember how many group projects they did in 6th grade. :)

Remember how Supergirl (Brooke) got her name? Click the link:
http://stripgenerator.com/strip/568719/looking-for-creative-ways-to-present/

Calendar Tab...
Up top I have a tab labeled 'Calendars' please refer to that for all school calendar items.

Fed Ex Day....
Students got into Fed Ex Day groups and went to the computer lab to brainstorm ideas. I had them log on to my blog, click on 'links page' and then scroll down to 'Science/Fed Ex Day. Here's a direct link: http://hi.swcs.us/~matt.morgan/?OpenItemURL=S0829887B

Fed Ex Day Volunteer.....
Mrs. Grimm has volunteered to help our Science classes with Fed Ex Day. Thank you Mrs. Grimm, I look forward to working with you.

Fed Ex Groups.....
Culp--

Madison/Alana/Lizzie
Keegan/Samir/Aidan
AJ M./Kip/Tilden
Mary/Jessica/Cameron/Arica
Danielle/Ava
Nick O/Aaron/Ben/Blake
Cole/Kyle/Nick W

Morgan--

Jason/Julia/Michael/Molly
Chase/Joey/Greg/Juanez
Sydney/Nevaeh/Nick C/Anthony
Ethan/Max/James/Jared
Luke/Danny/Devon
Grant/Owen
Adeline/Caitlyn
Abby/Hannah/Maddi

Drive.....
My inspiration behind Fed Ex Day was the book 'Drive' by Daniel Pink. Here is a quick YouTube video of Pink's philosophy on what motivates us.

Fibonacci Numbers....
In Math I we worked on uncovering the mystery of Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Ratio. Here's a really cool video on it.

Class Chatter....
I worked on getting Topic Blogs up for Class Chatter. Students can log on and use the message boards. Here are the topics--

Assignments, Quizzes, Test Breakdown....
Here is how I plan on weighting Math work (please understand that any of this is subject to change).
Assignments (ACE, Critical Times, Resiliency)...2pts
Quizzes..................................................................15pts
Tests.......................................................................45pts

Friday Geocache Challenge.....
I spent a little time today showing students how to use Google Maps to find our Class Geocache. Here's a refresher:

1.) Get on blog and find geocache screen shots (I usually publish the Friday blog between 5:00 and 6:00 )

2.) Get on google maps ( https://maps.google.com/ ) scroll in and find Grove City.

3.) Search for certain patterns/pictures/etc around Grove CIty that match the screen shots on the blog.

4.) Once you find the spot, ask an adult to go with you and find it.

5.) Remember the Geocache is hidden within the red circle on the screen shot.