SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATE

Because of the meeting with Dunn High School students this morning:

8th graders should be prepared to WORK on their rough draft of their essay IN CLASS on FRIDAY. Rough drafts will be due Monday.

7th grade rough drafts are due Friday, as originally planned.

Good luck!

Mac's 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies - Week of Nov. 5-9

We will perform our Gilgamesh play on Tuesday for the 6th grade. Much of the week will be devoted to in-class work on an essay assignment about the story of Gilgamesh.

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Donna's classes Math HW for 11/5-11/9

Period 1: 6th grade pre-Algebra

Mon 11/5: quick review in class before Chapter 3 test, HW is on pp. 164-166 #1-38 all. This is a cumulative review of Chapter1 - Chapter 3 and will be due on Friday!

Tue 11/6: pp.175-176, #16-27,33-41,50-56,61-63,71,80

Wed 11/7: pp.179-181, #12-23, 28=32, 34=46,53,65

Th 11/8: skills review pg. 777, #1-12, then pg. 184, #1-10

Fri 11/9: in class work pp.185-186, #12-28,33-38, 44-53, 57-65





Period 2: 7th grade Algebra

Mon 11/5: test on Chapter 3 in class. HW: read pp. 203-205 then do pg. 206 #1-12, 13-17 odd.

Tue 11/6: finish test on Ch 3 in class. HW: pp. 214-216, #10-26 even, 1-9 odd,13-18, 21, 22, 28, 31-41 odd

Wed 11/7: pp. 215-217, #23, 25, 29,42-50 even, 52-55, 81-97 odd

Thu 11/8: HW: Quiz 1 on pg. 224 #1-10 all

Fri 11/9: In-class work pp. 221-222, #1-12,14-21,35, 39, 41-43, 44-48 even





Period 3: 8th grade Geometry

Mon 11/5: pp. 259-263, #1-11, 28, 41-43

Tue 11/6: pp. 267-270, #1,2,4-6, 8-10,10-12,19,26-29, 52-56

Wed 11/7: pp. 267-270, #16-18, 21-25, 30, 31, 39-48

Thu 11/8: HW: read and do activity 4.8 on pg.271

Fri 11/9: in class workpp. 276-279, #1,2,4,8,10-16 even, 26-31





Period 4: 8th grade applies Algebra

Mon 11/5: HW pp. 256-259, #1, 2, 6-10, 18-28, 29-35 odd, 40-46.

Tue 11/6: HW pp. 265-268, #1, 7-11, 13, 17-22, 37-41, 46-54 even

Weds 11/7: In class Quiz lessons 4.6-4.7 HW: pg. 269 #1-6

Thu 11/8: HW pp.271-274 #1-23 odd

Fri 11/6: Test Chapter 4

Dawn's Language Arts Assignments Nov. 5-9

Monday-Wednesday
Finish Ch. 5 and 6 of Call of the Wild by Thursday.
http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/CallOfTheWild/chapter5.html
http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/CallOfTheWild/chapter6.html

(Pace yourself: This should be about 17 pages per day. You should have a little time in class as well this week).

Thursday
Study for quiz on Ch. 3-5 on Friday
Read Ch. 7 by Monday

Lynne's Math Homework

Week of November 5-November 9


Math Course 2


Mon: Prime Factors
Homework: p. 156 “Getting Ready to Learn” p.156 #3-12
pp. 159-161 #13, 15, 17, 23-28, 46-49

Tues: Greatest Common Factors
Homework: pp. 166-167 #13-17 odd, 21-25 odd, 28, 33-35 all, #40-47 all
Extra Credit: #39

Wed: Equivalent Fractions
Homework: pp. 171-172 #14-26, 33-37

Thurs: Field Trip No Classes!
Homework: p. 172 #28-32, 40-50

Fri: Review Factoring and Greatest Common Factors
Quiz




Pre-Algebra

Mon: Multi-Step Inequalities
Homework: pp. 151-153 #10-17, 25-27, 35-43

Tues: Multi-Step Inequalities
Homework: pp. 151-153 #18-22, 28-32, 44-49

Wed: Chapter Review
Homework: page 158 “Chapter Test” #1-25 odd

Thurs: Field Trip No Classes!
Homework: Practice Page

Friday: Chapter 3 Test



Algebra

Mon: Rates and Ratios
Homework: pp. 180-182 #12-35, 44-47

Tues: Percents
Homework: pp. 186-188 #14-34 even, 42-49 all

Wed: Quiz
Classwork: Review Chapter 3
Homework: p. 193 #1-19 odd, 21-33 all

Thurs: Field Trip No Classes!
Homework: page 194 #1-11 all

Fri: Chapter 3 Test

Marc's Science Homework for the Week of Nov.5 - 9

"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and
in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap
the vigor of the mind."
- Leonardo da Vinci, "The Notebooks"

There's something NEW in the sky!
Your challenge this week is to spot Comet Holmes in the evening sky! It's the new "head" of the constellation Perseus in the northeast evening sky along the Milky Way below Cassiopia. This is a remarkable comet that has mysteriously brightened a million-fold over the last week. Bonus points if you can get a photo!

Monday, November 5
We all need an extra day after Halloween week to finish lab reports on measuring the porosity, density, and water retention of different materials. Final lab reports are due tomorrow. Be sure to ask for help in class today if you need it!

Here are the parts of a "classic lab report". You don't have to write this like an outline, but all of this should be in your final report:

Title, date, partners - always

Question - We started with marbles, how will your materials compare?

Hypothesis - What do you think – and why?

Equipment - Probably graduated cylinders and triple-beam balance, but maybe not?

Precedure - What did you do to measure these quantities?

Data: - Staple/paste worksheets into your report. Compare your material with the measurements we did in class with marbles:

• Pore space (%)
• Bulk density (g/cm3)
• Particle ensity (g/cm3)
• Water retention (%)

Analysis - How is your material different from the marbles?

Conclusion - How did your results differ from your hypothesis? What does it mean?

We will start an Excel spreadsheet to collect all our data so we can compare results. I'm most curious about pore space and water retention.

Tuesday, November 6
Lab reports on porosity, density, and water retention of different materials are due. We will share and review lab reposts in class. I will collect lab books, but I'll give you an extra day for re-tooling if you need it. I'll return lab books in your conference next week.

Be ready to share your results at the start of class. Be sure your data is on the computer.

Wednesday, November 7
Bring your calculator – or else you have to use my ancient wizard slide rule! We'll have some fun with calculator tricks and practice crunching real numbers for real results!

Thursday, November 8
No classes today – field trip to the UCSB Marine Biology Lab.

Friday, November 9
No Science class on Friday.
Next science class is Monday, November 26.
Enjoy the break!

Marc's Stumper for the Week:
A DMS student missed her science work time to measure the density of 3 different materials. In science class, we've been using triple-beam balances and graduated cylinders to measure mass and volume. She looked around at home and found a measuring cup to measure volume, but she had no accurate balance to measure the mass. Another student had the opposite problem. He had an accurate balance to measure mass, but he had no way to measure an exact volume of water. How did each student manage to complete the assignment at home?