Ms. Hartig  English Language Arts |
Mrs. Benedict Mathematics |
Mr. St. Cyr Social Studies |
Mrs. McNiff Science |
Mrs. Robinson Special Education |
Mrs. Manning Developmental Reading |
SOCIAL STUDIES
MATHEMATICS
last updated:2/8/10
Math
CMP:
During the next few weeks students will have the opportunity to review and apply their understanding of volume and surface area of solids (including cones, spheres and irregular shapes) to a real-world application project. In this project, the fictitious Wrinkled Prune Juice Company is sponsoring a contest for a new package design to help improve their fruit juice sales. Students will need to consider the volume, cost-efficiency and design appeal as they work to complete and submit a package design and written proposal to the WPJ Company.
Algebra:
We will conclude our study of linear equations with a project. This project will have students identifying ìreal worldî linear relationships and using linear models to make predictions. In our next unit students will be using systems of equations to solve problems involving two unknowns.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Last updated: 1/11/10
Happy New Year to all! With the ringing in of this New Year, school finds us already half way through term 2. In the grammar portion of our Lang. Arts classes, we will be learning about Subject Complements. Students will learn to identify direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nouns, and predicate adjectives. Mastery of action and linking verbs is a must! We will also be learning the simple and perfect tenses of verbs.
Vocabulary Units are weekly, and homework is assigned nightly Monday through Thursday. We need to process nightly and keep our effort and quality high.
In Literature we will be reading short stories in our literature anthology. Open-ended response essays will be practiced diligently as well as literal and inferential comprehension of the stories.
SCIENCE
Last updated 12/14/2009
Students on 8 Blue are still examining the essential question, “How do scientists describe matter?” They have finished their study of properties of matter, and are incorporating this newly gained knowledge in their next unit on chemical and physical changes. In this unit our budding scientists are looking at the differences between chemical changes and physical changes. Their challenge is to combine materials and determine if there is a change at all. If a change is noted, students must classify said change as chemical or physical based on specific criteria. Our young scholars will also be balancing chemical equations, which aid in their study and application of the Law of Conservation of Mass. As always learning is accomplished through note taking and class discussion, lab activities and
demonstrations as well as corresponding lab reports and projects. Assessment is achieved through lab reports, tests and quizzes.
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