Week 3:  Humanities: Human Centered Design; Science: Engineering

 

Announcements (Important – please read):

  1. Girl’s Empowerment Day for 8th Grade Girls:  Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9th from 9~1pm the Rotary Club & local leaders are again putting on the program the “Empowerment Project” http://www.empowermentproject.com/  for all the 8th grade girls in Antioch. Our 8th grade girls will join the program at 9am.  The rest of our class will have a normal school day starting at 8am.
  2. Several of our Cause Groups are currently running Fundraisers and/or Drives.  Please check the NETWORKings for details.
  3. 2nd Trimester ends this Friday, which means report cards will be emailed home to you next week.  This report card will include the Shakespeare & Archaeology units.

Assignments/Homework: not inclusive – assignments maybe added.  Class assignments not finished during class become homework.

  • Freckle: do daily assignments/practice; assorted due dates
  • Vocabulary: 8 words from your literature book + 2 from the Suffix/Root Lists, create your own quiz on your words; assignment due Thursday, quiz on Friday
  • RJW:  read assigned pages in Habits of Highly Effective Teens, then answer question (write at least 3 paragraphs): RJW #10 due Friday
  • Literature Book: read assigned pages (pacing guide)
  • HCD Journal:  daily journal entries 
  • Writing Assignment: 2 week assignment – take research from last week, and answer assigned questions – this is a Team assignment; due on Friday
  • Duolingo: XP due Friday
  • Math: CPM, Khan, POD, Exit tickets (daily) pacing guide with due dates, assessments on Fridays
  • Science: participation, journal, assignments; due on Science day
  • Human Centered Design (HCD) Project: weekly assignments both as a team & individually, and daily journaling…everyone must do their part!  Ask your student what they are doing to help make their project a success!

Middle School Schedules (Distance Learning):

 

M, T, Th, F Schedule

8-8:20am            CM (Classroom Meeting)
8:20-10:05am     Session 1 (Humanities, Math)
10:05-10:15am   Brunch
10:15-12pm        Session 2  (Humanities, Math/Science)
12 -1pm              Lunch
1-3pm                 Music Electives, Collaborative & Independent work, Read (45 minutes), Freckle

Wednesday Enrichment Schedule

Live Zoom Meeting Week Schedule  Alpha

8:00 – 8:30 – Music
9:00 – 9:55 – PE
10:00 – 10:30 – Art
11:00 – 11:55 – Personal Safety

Google Classroom Week Schedule  Beta
8 – 8:30am  CM
8:30 – 12pm  Enrichment Work in Google Classrooms.