Holly Ridge Middle School
8th Grade Cougars Homework Website
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Language Arts - Ms. Farmer
E-mail - jfarmer3@wcpss.net
Math Homework
Mr. J. Smith
E-mail - jsmith2@wcpss.net
Algebra
4/17/09
Objective: 2.01 Find the lengths and midpoints of segments to solve problems
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (11-3), guided practice
Homework: 11-3 Workbook
4/16/09
Objective: 2.01 Find the lengths and midpoints of segments to solve problems
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (11-2), guided practice
Homework: 11-2 Workbook
4/15/09
Objective: 8th 1.01 Develop number sense for real numbers
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (11-1), guided practice
Homework: 11-1 Workbook
4/14/09
Objective: 4.01Use linear functions or inequalities to model and solve problems and justify results. 4.02 Graph, factor, and evaluate quadratic functions to solve problems. 4.04 Graph and evaluate exponential functions to solve problems
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (Test Ch10), guided practice
Homework: None
Math8
4/17/09
Objective: 6th 1.02: Develop meaning for percents. 6th 1.04: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of non-negative rational numbers. 7th 1.01: Develop and use ratios, proportions, and percents to solve problems. 7th 1.02: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers.
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (Review Ch8), guided practice
Homework:
Block2:
Block3:
Block5:
4/16/09
Objective: 6th 1.02: Develop meaning for percents. 6th 1.04: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of non-negative rational numbers. 7th 1.01: Develop and use ratios, proportions, and percents to solve problems. 7th 1.02: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers.
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (Review Ch8), guided practice
Homework:
Block2:
Block3:
Block5:
4/15/09
Objective: 6th 1.02: Develop meaning for percents. 6th 1.04: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of non-negative rational numbers. 7th 1.01: Develop and use ratios, proportions, and percents to solve problems. 7th 1.02: Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers.
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (Review Ch8), guided practice
Homework:
Block2:
Block3:
Block5:
4/14/09
Objective: 1.01 Develop number sense for the real numbers. 5.03 Solve problems using linear equations and inequalities; justify symbolically and graphically. 5.04 Solve equations using the inverse relationships of addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, squares and square roots, and cubes and cube roots
Activity: Bellwork, review homework, instruction (Quiz Ch2), guided practice
Homework:
Block2: Ch8 Are You Ready? & Ch8 Review
Block3: Ch8 Are You Ready? & Ch8 Review
Block5: Ch8 Are You Ready? & Ch8 Review
Social Studies Homework
Mrs. Ward
E-mail - bward@wcpss.net
Monday 6/1 - None
Today students finished the study guide for Ch. 14 and we discussed Ch. 14. Next students worked on the reading guide for Ch. 15.
Tuesday 6/2- None
Today wer finished the reading guide for Ch. 15 and discussed. Next we worked on a packet and discussed the Iran Hosage Crisis.
Wednesday 6/3 - None
Today we worked on a packet and discussed teh Persian Gulf War.
Thursday 6/4 - None
Today we watched "It's a Wonderful Life" - Covers the time periods of the Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and WWII. Also a story of the difference one person can make in the lives of others adn the value of life.
Friday 6/5 - None
Today we watched "It's a Wonderful Life" - Covers the time periods of the Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and WWII. Also a story of the difference one person can make in the lives of others and the value of life.
Monday 6/8 - None
Today we finished "It's a Wonderful Life". Then we began working on a wordsearch dealing with state capitals.
Tuesday 6/9 - None
Today we continued to work on a wordsearch, crossword puzzle, and maps dealing with states and state capitals.
8th Grade Awards Ceremony
Wednesday 6/10 - Last Day of School!!!!
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Curriculum Assistance (CA)
Mr. Harrington
E-mail - sharrington@wcpss.net
Objectives for Monday, August 25th:
- Introduce the teaching team (Mr. Harrington and Ms. Keith)
- Introduce class to the goals and purpose of CA.
- Explain classroom rules and rewards.
- Explain rubric for daily grading.
- Explain daily routine.
- Review and practice fire drill procedures.
- Distribute Student/Parent Handbook and Agendas (students sign receipt for the handbook)
- Objectives for Tuesday, August 26:
-- Review Agendas (for homework or other assignments given this week for Core Classes.
-- Go over any assigned homework from Core Classes
-- Review grading rubric; collect rubric from Monday.
-- Collect any money for agendas.
- Wednesday, August 27th:
-- Review agendas for homework and projects.
-- Welcome a new student!
-- Review and collect rubrics.
-- Collect money for agendas.
-- Provide help with homework as needed.
Thursday and Friday, August 28th & 29th:
-- Review agendas for homework and projects.
-- Review and collect rubrics.
-- Collect money for agendas.
-- Provide help with homework as needed.
-- Grading Rubrics go home for parent signature on Friday for return on Tuesday, Sept. 2nd.
Tuesday, Sept. 2nd:
-- Collect any signed rubrics and pass out rewards for those kids who returned a signed rubric
-- Review agendas for homework and projects.
-- Provide help with homework as needed.
Wednesday, Sept. 3rd through Friday, Sept. 5th:
-- Review agendas for homework,quizzes, tests, and projects.
-- Provide assistance as required for all of the above.
-- Collect and review rubrics.
- Monday, Sept. 8th through Friday Sept 12th:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Distribute and collect grading rubrics.
- Monday, Sept. 15 - Friday, Sept. 19, 2008:
-- Remind the students about the Fundraiser collection on Tuesday, Sept. 16th and school pictures Sept. 18th.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
Sept. 22 - Sept. 26, 2008:
-- We'll continue to emphasize the need to update agendas with homework, quizzes, tests, and projects from the core classes.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
- Interims issued this week!
Sept. 29 - October 3, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
October 6 - 9, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
October 13 - 17, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
October 20 - 24, 2008:
-- Study and organizational skills review
-- We're going to discuss creating Data Notebooks for each student. These notebooks will contains graphs that each student uses to track their grades on a weekly basis, their personal and academic goals, and samples of their best work.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
October 27 - 31, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Start on Data Notebooks.
November 3 - 7, 2008: (Note: Monday and Tuesday are Teacher Workdays)
--We discussed and started on Data Notebooks. Each student will have one of these notebooks that contain the following: an academic and personal goal; a graph where grades for each subject area will be tracked; and a section where the student keeps copies of their "best" work.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
November 10th and 12th - 14th, 2008 (Nov. 11th is a holiday):
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
-- Sydney Simmons was our Student of the Month for September and Steven Dye was Student of the Month for October!
November 17 - 21, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
- November 24 - 25, 2008:
-- Last week, we discussed the need for each student to enter assignments from each class while they are in class (versus trying to remember the assignment). While we keep a master list in CA (on the dry erase board), we emphasized the need for the class to do this as a habit. We'll review this again Monday!
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Continuing to work on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
December 1 - 5, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
December 8 - 12:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
- December 15 - 19, 2008:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
January 5 - 9, 2009:
-- We're going to discuss a new grading rubric for CA which will emphasize entering assignments from core academic classes into agendas and getting started in class with minimal prompting from staff.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
-- D.J. Lowe was our Student of the Month for December!
January 12 - 16, 2009:
-- Study and organizational skills review
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
January 20 - 23, 2009 (No school Monday, Jan. 19th, due to the MLK Holiday):
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Study and organizational skills review (there are two Mid-Terms this week: one in Social Studies on 1/21 and one in Science 1/23)!
January 27 - 30th (Monday 1/26 is a Teacher Workday):
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
--We will continue to work on on Data Notebooks (the class works on updating these after they are done with work for their core classes).
February 2 - 6, 2009:
-- Study and organizational skills review
-- We're going to update Data Notebooks for each student (These notebooks will contains graphs that each student uses to track their grades, their personal and academic goals, and samples of their best work.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
February 9 - 13, 2009:
- The class did so well the past week that they earned a big reward from Mr. Harrington and Ms. Jackson on Monday, Feb. 9th!
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
February 16 - 20, 2009:
-- We'll continue to emphasize the need to update agendas with homework, quizzes, tests, and projects from the core classes.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
Monday, Feb. 23rd through Friday,Feb. 27th:
-- The class earned another positive performance award!
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Reinforce study skills
March 2 - March 6, 2009:
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
Monday, March 9 - Friday, March 13:
** I'm implementing an after school tutorial/make-up work session starting this Wednesday, March 11th, from 2:30 - 3:45PM. Parents/providers will be notified and must agree to pick up their child at 3:45 PM.
-- Study and organizational skills review
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
March 16 - 20, 2009:
*** I've started running an after school tutorial every Wednesday from 2;30 - 3:45 PM. The purpose of the tutorial is to help students do make-up work or provide any other assistance (e.g., remediation, help with current projects, homework, etc.) that is needed. I've already made contact with some parents. All I need is verbal or written confirmation that the parent (or a person designated in writing) will pick up their child by 3:45 PM in the front office.
-- We'll continue to emphasize the need to update agendas with homework, quizzes, tests, and projects from the core classes.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
March 23 - 27, 2009:
-- I held another After School Tutorial Session this past Wednesday, March 18th, from 2:30 - 3:45 PM. I'll be contacting additional parents to see if their child can attend the next session this coming Wedsnesday, March 25th. Parents/providers will need to pick up their child in front of the school at 3;45 PM.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
March 30 - April 3, 2009:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- I held another After School Tutorial Session this past Wednesday, March 25th, from 2:30 - 3:45 PM. I'll be contacting additional parents to see if their child can attend the next session this coming Wednesday, April 1st. Parents/providers will need to pick up their child in front of the school at 3:45 PM.
Monday and Tuesday, April 6th & 7th:
*** Parents: I will be restarting my Wednesday After School Tutorials the week we return from Spring Break. I postponed the one last Wednesday (as the kids and some parents know) due to my mother going into the hospital.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
- Tuesday, April 14th - Friday, April 17th, 2008:
-- After School Tutorial will be held Wednesday, April 15th, from 2:30PM - 3:45PM. I'll be contacting parents Tuesday to see if they want their child to participate and to confirm that the child can be picked up.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
- April 20th - April 24th:
**Parents and Providers: my mother remains hospitalized and I will not be able to hold my After School Tutorial this week - thanks for understanding.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1:
*** Assuming my mother's medical condition remains the same. I plan to hold the After School Tutorial this coming Wednesday, April 29th.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
--- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
Monday, May 4th - Friday, May 8th:
**Parents and Providers: Due to my involvement with NC Extend 2 Testing Monday - Wednesday and the paperwork associated with the testing at the end of each day, I will not be able to hold my After School Tutorial this week.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- We continue to emphasize the need to enter assignments in the agenda while in the core class.
Monday, May 11th - Friday, May 15th:
- We're supporting the core classes with EOG reviews as well as our normal CA support.
-- EOG Surveys are Tuesday AM; the EOG Reading Test is Wednesday, followed by Math on Thursday and Science on Friday.
Monday, May 18th - Friday, May 22nd:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Review organizational skills.
- Tuesday, May 26 - Friday, may 29th:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
- Monday June 1 - Friday, June 5, 2009:
-- Review and initial agendas to confirm assignments, quizzes, and tests.
-- Provide assistance with homework and other assignments.
-- Reinforce study skills
Monday, June 8 - Wednesday, Jue 10, 2009:
-- The class will be working on reading and math exercises designed to reinforce grade-level skills these last three days of school.
-- I've enjoyed working with each of the kids this year!
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