6th Grade week of 4/27-5/1

We will not have Hangouts on Tuesday for my class.  I will “see” you Thursday.  If you have any questions about your assignments this week before then, just email me.  Grades are updated and posted in Plus Portal.  If you have a 0, you may still turn your work in for reduced credit.  

All Assignments are due Monday, May 4th by midnight.

Assignments:

1.  Chose a natural disaster that has occurred that you would like to research.  You may choose from floods (dates/location), tornado (date/location “nickname”), droughts, dust storm, earthquakes, tsunami or wildfires.  Details will be out later, but basically you will be a reporter for this event.  List your top 3 events in order.  First come, first chose.  Events may not be duplicated in each class. I must have your topic by Wednesday or I will assign a topic to you.

2.  BrainPOP -Password: sgriffith.       Password: Colts2020

Watch the movie Natural Disasters and take the quiz afterwards.  Email me the results of your quiz.

7th Grade 4/27-5/1

We will only have Hangouts on Thursday this week for my class.  If you have any questions about an assignment, please email me this week.  All grades have been updated and are posted in Plus Portal.  If you have not turned in an assignment, it is better to turn it in late than never.  Half credit is better than no credit!
All Assignments are due Monday, May 4th by midnight.
Assignments:
1.  Religion-Watch and complete questions for sections 10.1-10.3
2.  BrainPOP-Watch movie and take quiz on Body Systems. Email the results of the quiz.
Username: sgriffith.       Password: Colts2020
3.  Continue work on Body Systems project.  This week you need to list all the organs in your system and their function(s).  Depending on how you are going to present your final project, you may simply write this information down or you may start a Key Note presentation.  The choice is yours for now.  Remember you must use at least 3 sources for your project- you will have to show them to me at the end.  If you have not given me a system yet, I will assign one to you on Monday 4/27.
4.  Complete Input/Output on the Digestive System.  Below are the task cards as well as an answer sheet.

8th Grade Week of 4/27-5/1

Hangouts will only be on Thursday this week.  If you have a question about your assignment before then, please email me.  All assignments are due 5/4 by midnight.

Assignments:

1. Design your Rube Goldberg device.  Once you have done it successfully email me a video of it (10 points).  Afterwards, write a reflection piece of your work-what worked/didn’t work, how difficult/easy was it, etc (10 points).   Remember your device must have at least 6 steps to get full credit.  Have fun and get creative!

2.  BrainPOP-(BrainPOP.com)  user name:sgriffith.             Password: Colts2020

Watch the movie that goes with Newton’s Laws of Motion then take the quiz.  Email the results of the quiz.

Remember to check Plus Portal for your grades-late work is better than a 0!

6th Grade 4/20-4/27

All assignments are due Monday, April 27th unless otherwise noted.  Hangouts are Tuesday and Thursday.  Please be ready with the app open.
Assignments:
1.  Readworks-1 article.  You may ask me to reassign it as many times as yo would like before 3:00 pm Friday.
2.  Please watch the following video and list all the natural disasters that occur in the video.
https://goo.gl/BM7Fjn

3.  Input/Output Catastrophic Events

7th Grade Week of 4/20-4/27

All assignments are due Monday, April 27th unless otherwise noted.  Hangouts Tuesday and Thursday.  Please be ready.  
Assignments:
1.  Readworks- 2 articles.  You may ask me to reassign the articles as many times as necessary up until 3:00 Friday.  The articles are due 4/27.
2.  You will be starting a body systems project.  We will discuss it On Tuesday during Hangouts.  By Wednesday I need your top 3 (in order of preference) systems that you would like to do.  First come first choice.
3. Input/Output about the Circulatory System: Watch It, Research It, Read It, Write It and Assess It.  I have included an answer sheet if you would like to use it.

4.  Religion-Complete section 9.4, 9.5 and Crossword puzzle.

8th Grade 4/20-4/27

All Assignments are due Monday, April 27th unless otherwise noted.
Hangout Tuesday at your assigned time.
Assignments:
1.  Readworks-Crashing, Jumping, Falling.  You may redo the assignment as many times as you need up to 3:00 Friday.  Email me or send me a message in Hangout saying you need it to be reassigned.
2.  Twirling Penny lab.  Have Part I completed by Thursday so we can discuss in Hangouts.

https://classroom.iihs.org/twirling-penny/


3.  You will be doing a Rube Goldberg project.  By Wednesday, I want you to email me a list of ideas that you thought of for your final action.  This is a 10 point assignment.  You will get 1 point for each idea you list with a max of 10 points.  You also need to tell me what you decided to do for your project.  By Monday, April 27th, you need to have a rough sketch of your project.  It must have at least 6 steps.  You may add to it as necessary as you build your project.  I will discuss all other requirements Tuesday during Hangouts.
Here are some videos to check out and get some ideas.
https://youtu.be/qybUFnY7Y8w

https://youtu.be/Av07QiqmsoA

https://youtu.be/_ve4M4UsJQo

https://youtu.be/iemItSAT9Ew
https://youtu.be/7VODC7nFrYs

7th Grade Religion week of 4/13

All assignments are due by midnight, Monday, April 20th.

1.  Sunday was Easter, write a paragraph (that means at least 7 sentences) about what the empty tomb means to you.

2.  Complete Session 9.4 in Decision Point.  

6th Grade Week of 4/13

All assignments are due by midnight, Monday, April 20th.
1.  Hangouts tomorrow 6L 10:30 or 10:45.  6O 12:00 or 12:30.  Make sure the app is open and we are waiting on the call.

2.  Legend of Learning grades are posted.  If you made below a 10, you need to redo the assignment.  You must complete all 3 games in order to receive full credit.  If you made a 10, you do not have to do the assignment again, but you may if you want to.

3. Complete the web quest page below and submit when complete.

4.  Complete the Readworks articles (2).  You may ask me to reassign them as many times as necessary up to 3:00pm Friday.  I will reassign the articles after Friday afternoon.

7th Grade Week of 4/13

All Assignments are due by midnight, Monday, April 20th

1.  Hangout tomorrow 9:30 or 9:50.  Please have the Hangout app open and ready for the call.

  2. Your Legends of Learning grades are in Plus Portal. If you received a 10, you do not need to complete this assignment again. If you received below a 10 you must complete the assignment. All 3 games must be played to receive full credit.

3.  Complete the Punnet Square activity below.  Please submit all 5 pages.

4.  Complete IXL Q.5 and Q.6 for 7th grade.

5.  Complete Readworks articles.  You may have me reassign the article as many times as needed, but I will not reassign it after 3:00 pm Friday.

Punnett Squares posted again.

8th Grade Week of 4/13

All assignments are due by midnight Monday, April 20th.

1.  Hangouts tomorrow at 11:00 or 11:30.  Please have the app open and be ready for the call.

2.  Your Legends of Learning grades are in Plus Portal.  If you received a 10, you do not need to complete this assignment again.  If you received below a 10 you must complete the assignment.  All 3 games must be played to receive full credit.  

3. You are to choose one of the following to tell me about Newton’s First Law: video made by you, Tik Tok, meme or a comic strip.
I should be able to tell you know the first law by looking/watching your assignment.

4.  IXL G.7 for 8th grade

5.  Readworks article- Sir Isaac Newton and Lebrun James 
Let me know if I need to reassign it to you.  I will reassign it up until Friday at 3:00 pm.

6.  Penny Lab-Click on the link and follow the directions under the student tab.  Have fun with this!
https://classroom.iihs.org/penny-for-your-thoughts/


As always email me or text me on Hangout if you have any questions.

6th Grade Week of 4/6-4/8

Make sure all assignments from last week are submitted by midnight Monday night.
This week complete the Legends of Learning playlist by Wednesday.
Don’t forget Hangouts on Tuesday.
The cards are not in the right order, but it should be fairly easy to figure out.  Let me know if you have any questions.