Wednesday, 8/28/13

	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
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
Science: Culp	Observations AND Inferences	Introduction to Rocks and Minerals	PBL Day:  Identifying Minerals
Science:Morgan	Same as Science: Culp	Introduction to Rocks and Minerals	PBL Day: Identifying Minerals
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"

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

Playing the Product Game in Math.....
Our Target today in Math I was to play the Product Game.  I gave out 100-points to those who won.  Students seemed to enjoy it.

James and the Giant Rock Collection...
James brought in his impressive rock collection today and shared it with the class.  It was so spectacular that he didn't get all the way through it.  He plans to share the rest tomorrow.

Math I Quia Review...
There are still some technical difficulties with Quia.  No assignments are due.


Products Game....
Here is the online version of the Product Game played in Math I.  For anyone who plays 3 games, and gets a note signed, or screen shots of each game will get 200-points.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=29

Out Tomorrow Afternoon...
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow afternoon, so there will be a substitute for Science and BCO.

PBL Day in Science...
Today we started PBL(Project Based Learning) Day.  Our first project is to build a Mineral Identification Kit.  For anyone who wants to read about it -- click on the listing folder (tabbed in gray at the top of the page) and download the powerpoint.