February 9, 2012
No Homework
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February 2, 2012
Grades 6 and 8 -- No Homework!
Grade 7 -- List at least 5 topics you would want to use to create a graph
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January 20, 2012
ALL recordings (Grade 8) must be finished by 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon.
Students may stay after to work on projects on Monday, but they will not be
able to record in the lab after school on Monday.
Students may stay after on Tuesday to work on projects and record in the lab.
Students may not stay after school on Wednesday.
Grade 8 -- All corrected Culture Projects and PSAs are due by 4:30 on Tuesday.
All This I Beleive Recordings MUST be completed by 4:30 on Tuesday.
Grade 7 -- All Corrected Concrete Poems and Digital Stories are due by
Tuesday.
Grade 6 -- All Clothing Graphs and Clothing Essays are due. All corrected
Autopoems are due by Tuesday.
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January 10, 2012
Eighth Grade Culture Projects are to be completed by Friday, January 13.
Seventh Grade has 3 projects to be completed by Friday, January 13. The 3
projects are fixed Digital Stories, Concrete Poems, and CD Covers for their
Digital Story.
Grade Six students must have graphs and corrected clothing essays finished by
Friday, January 13. The completed, decorated projects are not yet due.
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January 8, 2010
Grade 8 Completed Culture Projects are due this Friday, January 13th.
Grade 7 Concrete Poems and Corrected Digital Stories are due this Friday,
January 13th.
Grade 6 Corrected Clothing Essays are due Monday, January 9th by 4:30.
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January 3, 2012
Any student that needs to complete work should plan to stay after school some
day this week. Thanks!
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December 15, 2011
Grade 6 -- Autopoems must be finsihed before Christmas.
Grade 7 -- Stories must be finished before Christmas.
Grade 8 -- Completed PSAs are due before Christmas.
The first part of the culture project is due before Christmas.
Interviews and pictures of adult are due the first day back
from Christmas break.
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December 10, 2011
Grade 8 is working on a top secret project. Please be sure your PSAs and the
first part of your culture project are finished before Christmas.
Grade 7 is working on finishing their digital stories, and they are working
on their concrete poems. Concrete poems are also due before Christmas.
Grade 6 is working on their autobiographical poems. All pictures should be
in and the words should be on all of their pictures. Students are recording
and adding transitions and motion. If any students is
feeling behind or needs extra help, please feel free to come before school or
stay after school. Now is a great time for individual help.
Have a good week!
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December 4, 2011
Grade 8 is working on a top secret project. Please be sure your PSAs and the
first part of your culture project are finished before Christmas.
Grade 7 is working on finishing their digital stories, and they are working
on their concrete poems.
Grade 6 is working on their autobiographical poems. All pictures should be
in and the words should be on all of their pictures.
If any students is feeling behind or needs extra help, please feel free to
come before school or stay after school. Thank you!
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November 11, 2011
Grade 8 -- No homework -- Stock Market Club begins Monday
Grade 7 -- Bring in the object (if possible) on which they will create a
concrete poem
Grade 6 -- Pictures for Autopoem
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November 3, 2011
Students in Grade 7 that do not have all of their pictures for their Digital
Story need to stay after school on Monday or Friday.
Students in Grade 6 that have not completed their Islamic Art paragraphs must
stay after school on Monday or Friday.
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October 27, 2011
Grade 8, please bring in your stock market permission slips.
No student has homework unless he or she is behind. Enjoy a fun-filled
Halloween weekend!
Seventh graders that have not brought in their pictures, do need to have them
for Monday.
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October 24, 2011
Grade 8 Stock Market permission forms should be brought in on Monday. Thank
you!
Grade 7 needs to have all pictures from home for their digital stories
brought in for Thursday's class.
6P color-coded their note cards for paragraphs, and they wrote their
paragraphs on Islamic Art. These will be finished and printed in draft on
Thursday. If you are in 6P and you missed Monday's class, please see Mrs.
Buehler before Thursday's class. If you do not have enough information for
your paragraphs, that is homework.
6M broke down the main topics for their Islamic Art paragraphs. They color-
coded their notes and note crads, put them in order and numbered them to be
ready to write their paragraphs on Thursday. If you are in 6M and you missed
Monday's class, please be sure to see Mrs. Buehler before Thursday's class.
Also, please be sure to copy a classmate's notes from class to help you
organize your paragraphs. If you do not have enough information for
your paragraphs, that is homework.
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October 20, 2011
Grade 8 -- Video footage is due for class on Monday
Grade 7 -- Pictures for Digital Story are due for class on Monday
Grade 6 -- All research for the Islamic Art project is due for class on Monday
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October 17, 2011
Grade 8 -- Students will be video taping in class on Thursday. Please come
prepared with costumes and props.
Grade 8 -- Continue to bring in pictures to scan for Culture Project.
Grade 7 -- Pictures for Digital Story
Grade 6 -- All research for the Islamic Art project should be completed by
Thursday. Students should be able to write 2 paragraphs (rough draft) in
class on Thursday by using their notecards.
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October 13, 2011
Grade 8 -- PSA video footage is due by Monday, October 24th
Be Prepared to Film in Class on Thursday, October 20th
Grade 7 -- Pictures for Digital Story
Grade 6 -- 5 Examples of Islamic Art if You Did Not Finish in Class
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October 10, 2011
Grade 8 -- PSA video footage is due by Monday, October 24th.
Pictures for the Culture Project are due for Thursday's class.
Grade 7 -- Pictures from home for Digital Story are due on Thursday ... at
least 7 need to be real pictures, not Google images.
Grade 6 -- Continue bringing in pictures for your Autopoem.
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October 7, 2011
Grade 8 -- Find Pictures for Your Culture Project -- Use the Web we created
in class to guide you! The web should be in your notes!
Footage for PSAa will be due in two weeks.
Grade 7 -- Pictures for Digital Stories
Grade 6 -- Pictures for Autopoem
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October 1, 2011
Grade 8 -- Ask 3 adults what "culture" is/what it means to them.
Footage for PSAa will be due in two weeks.
Grade 7 -- Pictures for Digital Stories
Grade 6 -- Pictures for Autopoem
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September 26, 2011
Grade 8 -- Be thinking about whether ot not you want to tape some of your
footage for your PSA this weekend. Please be sure to make arrangements to
check-out the cameras.
Grade 7 -- Continue to look for pictures for your Digital Story
Grade 6 -- Continue to look for or take pictures for your Autopoem
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September 22, 2011
Grade 8 -- No homework unless your storyboard is not very far along.
Grade 7 -- Start looking for pictures for your Digital Story -- Finish
editing story
Grade 6 -- Look for Pictures for Autopoem -- Pictures may be saved to flash
drive, saved in e-mail, or printed pictures may be brought to class to be
scanned
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September 19, 2011
Grade 8 -- No Homework
Grade 7 -- Continue editing story
Grade 6 -- Typed Autopoem if not finished in class
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September 15, 2011
Grade 8 -- No Homework
Grade 7 -- Completed, typed, rough draft of story for movie
Grade 6 -- Storyboard for Autopoem, editing concrete and abstract nouns
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September 12, 2011
Grade 6 - Finish the rough draft of your Autopoem -- you have the sheet with
you
Grade 7 -- Write the rough draft for your digital story -- use your class
notes
Grade 8 -- BY WEDNESDAY -- turn in to Mrs. Buehler by Wednesday, your 3
choices for your PSA -- Be sure to include the names of the people in your
group, your 3 topics, the reasons why you would like each topic, and place a
star next to your top choice
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September 8, 2011
Students that have not brought in their AUPs or their surveys must do so by
Monday!
Grade 7 -- Think of a life-changing event on which you would like to write a
story/create a movie -- this event must have taught you some kind of lesson
8W - Generate a list of 10 social issues
Think about with whom you might want to create your PSA
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September 6, 2011
6P and 6M -- Parent Inventories are due Thursday, Sept. 8.
8C - Generate a list of 10 social issues that eighth grade students might use
to create a PSA. Please have the list ready when you come to class on
Thursday. This is a rough draft, and it should be in your computer notebook.
All Students -- AUPs are due for any student that has not yet turned it in to
Mrs. Buehler.
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August 29, 2011
Student Inventories and AUPs are due for all students this Thursday,
September 1.
Parent inventories are due next Thursday, September 8.
Enjoy the weather.
