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Week of May 5- May 9

What's Happening in the Classroom?

Business:
Keyboarding 9 Practice increasing our typing speed. Continue new learning on MS Word Menu bar.
Financial Math Topic will include Mortgage Loans and Total Interest on buying a home.
Math 7 Finishing up Topic on Quadrilaterals using our textbooks, worksheets, Glencoe Online, AAA Math and VMath websites.
Media Continue work on project for publishing business items needed for a newly created business.
Web Publishing Creating new link and collecting information for this site section.

English:
Check your student's daily planner (provided by the school) for the day's assignment. Discuss with the student that day's class activity. Call Mr. Farrell at school (624-2221, ext. 304) or at home (624-2501) with questions.

Grade 3:

Grade 6:
ELA: practice of the ten parts of speech that have been reviewed with a grammar quiz on Thursday, with focus on modifying adjectives and adverbs and the comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs
Writing: summary of Catherine, Called Birdy, character analysis of Catherine, persuasive speech
Spelling, pages 161-164 and sentences with context clues
Math: Lesson 9.5 on Combinations and Lesson 9.7 on Independent and Dependent Events, Study Guide and Review for Chapter 9, Practice Test on page 405 Chapter 9 Test on Probability on Friday
Reading: Vocab for reading, read "Mandela", pages 548-570 with comprehension questions on page 570, practice book pages on techniques of persuasion and vocabulary, pages186-188 and 191 & 192

*****Social Studies and Science will have a modified block schedule for the remainder of the year with two periods of Social Studies on Monday and Tuesday and no Science on those days and two periods of Science on Thursday and Friday, but no Social Studies on those days. Wednesday will have one period of each.*****

Social Studies: Read "West African Empires" and "Great Zimbabwe and the Coastal Cities" lessons and do comprehension questions 1-4 on pages 327 and 331. Chapter review questions on page 332. Practice book pages 67, 68 and 69. Chapter 10 Test on Wednesday. Reading of Castle Life in the Middle Ages on Thursday and Friday.
Science: Read Chapter 2.2 Atmosphere has Wind Patterns on pages 47-52 and then answer questions 1-3 on pg 54; Solar Heating Lab using the globe, flashlights, graph paper and a ruler; Read pages 52-54 and finish questions on page 54. Complete the note-taking guide for lesson 2.2; Make a map of the wind patterns on the western hemisphere; Condensation Lab and Lesson 2.3 on Friday, pages 56-63 with question 1-6 on page 63 and the note-taking guide for lesson 2.3

Math:
Math B1: Finish Chapter 22 Probability, Binomial Theorem 22.7
Math 8: Chapter 12 Statistics and Polynomials 12.7-12.9
Calculus: Chapter 13 Standard Deviation
Algebra: Start Review Extra Practice 1-1-2.5
Math B2: Barron's Review Chapter 6.1-6.5
Distance Learning Algebra: Review for Final Exam
AIS: Individual Student Help

Music:

Social Studies:
7th & 8th Grade Intermediate US History
We will be processing our Boston Trip and beginning chapter 10 which is the Jefferson Era Presidency. This will include the difficulties created by political parties and their ideas on how to interpret the Constitution.
9th Grade Global Studies I
We will review the Reformation and have a test on chapter 17 on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will start the expansion of the Muslim World in the 15th -17th centuries to end the week.
10th Grade Global Studies II
We are reading and discussing the independence movements around the world in the 20th century including Africa, Asia and Latin America. We will have a test early next week on chapter 34.
11th Grade US History and Government
We are reading and discussing the Cold War era after World War II and its effects on the development of the world and society in general from 1945- 1989.
12th Grade Economics
We are linking Chapter 5 ideas about business organization to Chapter 6 ideas about the development of big business, monopolies, competition and Government intervention.

PROM IS THIS WEEKEND MAY 10TH AT THE LONGVIEW LODGE RIGHT HERE IN LONG LAKE 

Technology:
Construction: Chapter 39: Thermal and Acoustical Insulation 
From this week's instruction students should be able to:

• Identify several types and forms of insulation.
• Interpret an insulator's R-value in determining its effectiveness as insulation.
• Identify the best uses for common types of insulating barriers.
• Explain the importance of vapor barriers.

Describe several types of wall construction that reduce noise transmission
The students are engaged in the construction of a shed for a community member. All the walls are up and braced. The students are currently building a gable-end roof truss. They hope to use this roof truss as a template/jig for manufacturing the intermediate trusses. As the trusses "roll off the assembly line" they will be placed on the shed.
Eighth Grade Introduction to Technology:
8th grade Intro to Technology - Teacher generated textbook: Design techniques; sketching, orthographic and isometric drafting.
The students are actively engaged in using the design process to create an individualized wooden clock housing. To date students have completed the orthographic drawings, as well as the CADD drawings of their wooden clock housings. All students are now engaged in the physical construction of their clock housings. One student has begun the finishing process of the clock housing. Safety lessons are given as equipment and/or tools are needed.
Principles of Engineering: Chapter 20: Large Scale Construction
From this week's instruction students should be able to:

• Identify the stress forces that are exerted on structures.
• Explain how roads, dams, canals, tunnels, pipelines, and bridges are built.
• Describe the seven types of bridges.
• Explain the challenges of construction in space.
  The students are currently problem-solving a means to correct a lawn-ornament-sized windmill with bearing/lubrication issues. 

CADD I & II (1st Semester - CADD I, 2nd Semester - CADD II)
Students utilize Chief Architect- 10 & 11TM software to design and draw virtual residential and commercial buildings.
Students will be starting to create computer-generated three-dimensional drawings of the first and second floors of our school. These drawings allow the participant to virtually tour the school.