Friday

Hey, class!

For homework this weekend... you have.... nothing, really (unless you didn't get your work done this week).

Math: POW challenge

Reading: Read (responses start back up on Monday)

Vocab: WW9 was due today -- it's due Monday if you didn't finish this week.  Next Friday you have your cumulative flocab exam for unit 7-10. You will get unit 10 words on Monday.

Science: Next week we will finish body systems and your project will be due on Friday.

Writing:  You will finish your prewrite on Monday and begin your draft next week.  I am anticipating that your final draft will be due the following Monday.

Have a nice weekend :).

Ms. Evans

Wednesday

Hey, class!

Math: POW due Friday, math homework (due tomorrow)

Reading: Read but no reflection

Science:  Tomorrow we will finish reading about the digestive system.  You will have time to write your paragraphs and start your illustrations.  This will be due next Tuesday.  Today, we learned about the nervous system... we talked about the brain and also paralysis today... Here is the ABC News video about the young man (who lived in Beaverton, went to all Beaverton schools and then moved on to Oregon State) I promised you.

Paralyzed man moves his legs
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/paralyzed-man-rob-summers-moves-legs-voluntarily-implanted/story?id=13641521

(The full story of everything -- quite touching!)
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7373090/rob-summers-former-oregon-state-beavers-pitcher-paralyzed-accident-never-imagined-impact-world-baseball

His website: http://www.robmsummers.com/ 

Topics you may want to look up:
Frontal Lobe brain development (decision making)
Different parts of the brain and what they are responsible
What you brain looks like at your age

Writing:  Your writing sheet we worked on today needs to be completed by tonight.  We will start our thesis statement tomorrow and our pre-write outline.

Vocabulary: Cumulative

Tuesday

Hey, class!

I hope everyone had a great three day weekend!  Thank you to those of you who came back ready to work hard!

For homework:

Math: P.O.W. due Friday, math quiz is homework (if you didn't finish it last Friday)

Class: Jack, Art, Fran, and Megan work as volunteers at the local kennel. Jack gives the dogs baths every 4 days; Art cleans out cages every 6 days; Fran feeds the animals in Section B every 2 days; and Megan helps the receptionist every 3 days. How many times in 12 weeks will all 4 helpers be at the clinic on the same day?

CHALLENGE: From 11 positive integer scores on a 10-point quiz, the mean is 8, the median is 8, and the mode is 7. Find the maximum number of perfect scores possible on this test. 

Vocab: WW9/Quiz due Friday (you will have a cumulative text next friday over 60 words... unit 7-10... don't procrastinate -- start studying now)

Science: We will continue our work on body systems tomorrow.  Be prepared! If you're on track, you should have your drawings and paragraphs done for the circulatory and respiratory system.  Tomorrow we will read about the digestive system.  You will be creating your final presentation this week (the poster board with your drawings/paragraphs).

Writing: We will begin our pre-write for our argumentative paper tomorrow.  Although we have already won the "This week in Rap" shout-out contest, please feel free to continue to tackle the "Challenge" prompts.

Cover a Week in Rap story.

In the Week in Rap, we summarize news stories in the lyrics and expand on each story in an info box. For this week's contest, pay attention to the news this week and select a news story to cover WIR-style. Write 2-4 lines summarizing the story in lyrics, and write an accompanying paragraph with additional details. Make sure to include a link to a news source for the story.

http://www.flocabulary.com/week-in-rap-contest/

Have a great evening!

Ms. Evans