Monday, January 31st

Math- Got back our Pairs Quizzes, made corrections

Spanish- More on nationalities, turned in dictionaries (66 words and up)

Theme- Work time

Lunch

Science- decryption and coded messages (get worksheet from Mr. B)

Math- new notes sheet (get worksheet from Ms. D), triangles and angles (intro to trigonometry)

Have a great afternoon! And, don't forget there is a math test tomorrow!! :)

Friday January 28, 2011

Geography test- Europe Africa Asia

Math- Pairs math quiz

LA- Worked on play wright

Science- Final lab

Sex ed- Talked about way to prevent pregnancy

PS.
All teams but the plutons got space balls fo next week

Thursday, January 27th 2011

Theme- worked on individual theme projects

Community jobs and study hall-

Worked on...

Sex ed

Math

pig autopsy homework and studied for

Geography test and pairs quiz

(all due tomorrow)

A&W (x)

Tumbling routines

Spanish (entrada, games, notes)

Science (x)

did lab #2

R.W

read! did WODs!

Wednesday January 26, 2011

Mission- Training

Math- Word problems

Lunch- Eat

Art- Work on Project

Science- Labs

Tuesday January 25, 2011

Social Studies- Watch movies and clips

Math- Word problems

Science- Science Labs

RW- Reading & Wods

A&W (y)- Games

Spanish (x)- Handouts

Monday January 24, 2011

Geography- practicing Test on friday Asia Africa Europe

Spanish - Watched Finding nemo in spanish

Math- Work on problems due friday

Science- Talked to pig science dude about autopsy

Theme- Work time

Lunch- We ate Food

Friday, January 21

Math: More work on system of equations, distribution, etc.

Science: Test! When finished, study hall

LA: Plays, guest speaker from Live Girls Theatre, read plays out loud

Lunch

A&W: Sex Ed with Marci (pregnancy and pre-test)

Mission: Looked at different NASA patches and discussed different NASA topics, started our own patches

Have an AWESOME weekend! Remember to study for the Geography Test on Monday. And happy birthday, Ms. A! :) See you next week!

Thursday, January 20th

Theme: Work time

Community Jobs/Study Hall: Work time, advisors talked with advisees about narratives

Spanish (Ys): Nationalities and entrada, got HW due Thursday (get it from Senora Appleyard)

A&W (Xs): Tumbling choreography (last day!)

Lunch

Science (Xs): Intro to bioethics and pig autopsy

LA (Ys): Work time

Don't forget: science test and LA Take Home Test is tomorrow! Plus, it's PJ Day! :)

Wednesday, January 19th

SJCU: went to Madrona and Thurgood Marshall and met with buddies

Art: debriefed Picasso, work time on projects, talked about the art show requirements

Lunch

Science: help with studying for science test on Friday

Math: checked over homework (34-40, 47, 51-52)

See you tomorrow- and don't forget your theme stuff!

Tuesday, January 18th

Mission: Learned about the Mission! Got new beautification groups and system, introduced Mission

SJCU: Presentations

Spanish (Xs): Worked on saying what country you were from

A&W (Ys): Tumbling routines and Mafia (last day of tumbling, on Friday we start Sex Ed)

Lunch

LA (Xs): Work time

Science (Ys): Introduced Bio-Ethics and the pig autopsy

Have a great day and see you tomorrow! :)

Thursday, January 13th

Theme-Wored on theme

Community Jobs and S.H

A&W
Tumbling and did tumbling routines

Spanish
Worked on learning numbers up to 1000

R.W
Read

Science
Soldering

Reminders!
No school on friday or monday!
DUE ON TUESDAY!
SJCU PRESENTATION

Friday:
LA take home test
Science quiz
WHAT WILL BE ON SCIENCE TEST!
Fill in the blanks
Diagram and label circuits
Analyzing series and parallel circuits
resistance and ohms law calculations

November - January 2011 WOD vocabulary list

Look up each word, note its definition (I’m looking for short, pithy definitions/synonyms) and then use it in a sentence that demonstrates that you understand the meaning of the word. You may use any form of the word you like.

Due: Tuesday, February 8th.

1. heinous
2. garrulous
3. obsolete
4. stipulate
5. furtive
6. sanctimonious
7. libel
8. vacuous
9. inertia
10. disparage
11. voracious
12. pallid
13. coy
14. galvanize
15. churlish
16. demagogue
17. obviate
18. repast
19. incontrovertible
20. euphoria

Tuesday, January 11th

Math- more notes and system of equations work (homework= problems 34-40, 47, 51-52 due by next Tuesday)

SS- discussed and read an article on the Arizona shooting

A&W (As)- tumbling and Mafia

Spanish (Bs)- check in w/ someone in that group

Science (As)- finished building our circuits, turned in Ohm's Law homework

RW (Bs)- WODs and reading, turned in Letter to a Peer

Monday, January 10th

Math- more notes and system of equations

Spanish- entrada, test on the city

Theme- turned in learning contract, started new themes!

LA- work time

SJCU- work time

See you tomorrow!

Friday January 7, 2011

A&W- Tumbling

SJCU- Work TIme

Math- Corrected HW

Science- Work on circuits

LA- BIe editing

Theme- bubble maps

Study hall

Spanish - prep for test

A&W tumbling

Science- prep for building on friday

Wednesday January 5, 2011

SJCU- Oral presentations next wednesday - Work time

Art- Talked about Picasso and went to Picasso exhibit at SAM

Institutional Racism Presentation

Here are the list of topics and corresponding articles:

Different treatment of historically black colleges
Separate Is Not Equal; Black Colleges Sue State

HBCUs Listed as 'Potential' Terrorist Hubs by Virginia's Fusion Center

The History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Cost of internalized racism

'Nerd penalty' holds some US children back in education

Do black girls play with white dolls for wrong reason?

Blanqueamiento

Doll Cultural Study Had Impact on 'Brown v. Board'

Educational achievement gap

Persistent achievement gap vexes education reformers: Six takeaways

Black boys score far behind white students

The Canary in the Mine: The Achievement Gap Between Black and White Students

Racist ads

Racist cupcakes? Duncan Hines 'hip-hop' video ad under fire

Sharron Angle ad: Is it racist?

Electoral Politics

The Willie Horton Ad and the Revolving Door Ad

Uncle Ben, CEO?: The strange history of racist spokescharacters

25 Most Racist Advertisements and Commercials

Racial health disparities

Insurance, Income Don't Explain 'Race Gap' in Breast Cancer Care

Health disparity gap widening for minority children

How Has Racial Segregation Affected Health Care?

RACE, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORICAL SURVEY

Employment discrimination

Anti-bias agency cracks down on the use of credit and criminal checks in job screenings

Appeals Court Again Rejects Racial Discrimination Claim

Racism in the Workplace

School segregation

In North Carolina, a racial uproar over schools stirs old echoes

Miss. Middle School Bars Black Students From Running For Class President

School Desegregation

The Strange History of School Desegregation

Overrepresentation of blacks in criminal justice system

Race is still an issue in America's prison system

Ensuring the promise of "Equal Justice Under Law"

Two state Supreme Court justices stun some listeners with race comments

The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercaste.

FROM LYNCH MOBS TO THE KILLING STATE: RACE AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA

Discrimination against minority farmers

Hispanic Farmers Feel Shortchanged by Settlement Offer

Justice delayed: USDA settles black farmers' claims, but Hispanics and women get a cold shoulder.

The real story of racism at the USDA

Twilight for Black Farms

Ethnic studies ban

Arizona ethnic studies ban goes into effect

AZ ethnic studies ban reignites old battle

Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal

By The Time I Get to Arizona

Black on asian violence

School District agrees to U.S. guidelines on South Philadelphia High

Dirty secret of black-on-Asian violence is out

Black-Asian Divide: Lessons From History

BLACK AND ASIAN (AND JEWISH?)

White caricatures of racial stereotypes

California Campus Sees Uneasy Race Relations

The Chicano Caucus responds to "cholo" themed fraternity party

The wrong history lesson

A Brief History of Blackface

America in Blackface: Photos from the Farm Security Administration

Racial profiling

Citing police abuse, Hispanics leaving Conn. town

Another Taxi Driver Murdered: Leader of NY Taxi Federation Urges Racial Profiling

The Roots of Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling - Should Police Practice Racial Profiling?

Black unemployment

Black unemployment rate slower to recover

Racial wage disparity shrinks in Memphis, but still remains too wide

African Americans in the Twentieth Century

Black or Biracial?

Why Biracial Means Black

Black by Choice

A Revealing History Of A Multiracial America

Tuesday January 5, 2011

Social Studies- got religion test back and presentation rubric

Math: Worked on problems 1-5 7-12 Homework 13 and 14

A&Wx- tumbling

Spanish y played battle ship and jeopardy

LA x- bie editing

Science Y-prep for friday