Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Wachusett Regional School District is Closed.
Online Educational and Enrichment Activities can be found by clicking this link.
Friday, March 13, 2020. Day 5
Wachusett Regional School District is closed March 16-27.
As the district leadership works with our building administrators, educators and the state Department of Education, we will make decisions about distance learning for our children.
Parents will receive notification from the superintendent when programming decisions about student instruction have been made.
Thank you for your patience.
Thursday, March 12, 2020. Day 4
Prep:
Homeroom:
Morning Advisory:
Grade 7 Agenda:
Do Now:
Please get out your data from our 10 meter sprints.
Homework:
no homework
Lesson:
Use FDSS format to:
Calculate the speed of your best sprint time.
calculate your KE during this sprint.
See me with your neat calculations to enter class data.
Finished?
Read energy transformations (393-397 in the text)
work on completing the lesson outline
Afternoon Advisory:
Grade 8 Agenda:
Do Now:
Homework:
Lesson:
Dismissal:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Day 3
Prep:
Homeroom:
Morning Advisory:
Grade 8 Agenda:
Do Now:
Obtain and turn on a chrome book
log in please.
Homework:
Complete the “Making of the Fittest” packet fully for tomorrow.
Lesson:
ESS2-2 CA Question
Complete this in Google Classroom
It will be graded
After completing this, watch the Making of the Fittest video on you tube again
Use the information in the video to answer the questions on the last page of the packet.
do not lose this packet - you may use it on an open note quiz on Friday about this lab
Afternoon Advisory:
Please remind your students that Pennies for Patients will end on Monday 16th.
Thanks,
Jen
Grade 7 Agenda:
Do Now:
obtain a chrome book
have a calculator ready
Homework:
Lesson:
Forms of Energy Quiz
Online portion
Problem Solving to follow after finishing online.
When finished - calculate the speed of your best run in FDSS format.
Use S=d/t as a formula where:
s = speed, d= distance (10 meters), t = time (seconds)
Dismissal:
Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Day 2
Prep:
Reset alarm time
Homeroom:
Morning Advisory:
Grade 7 Agenda:
Do Now:
Do Now Vocab Practice Quiz
Homework:
ENERGY AND FORMS OF ENERGY QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY
STUDY GUIDE
Lesson:
Review Study guide
Measuring the KE of a thrown object.
Afternoon Advisory:
Grade 8 Agenda:
Do Now:
Write the name of each substance in the boxes arranged from least dense to most dense.
Homework:
Lesson:
pass back
gene to trait quiz
NOVA video worksheet
fiinish making of the fittest
THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST - STUDENT HANDOUT
GROUP ASSIGNMENT
PASSING OUT MATERIALS
STUDENT PACKET - 1 EACH
GROUP PACKET - 1 PER GRP
ASSIGNMENT EXPLANATION
COMPLETE PART 1
Dismissal:
Monday, March 9, 2020. Day 1
Prep:
Reset alarm time
The Making of The Fittest - Student Handout
70 individual packets
26 group packets
STUDY GUIDE (35 copies gr7)
forms of energy summary table (70 copies gr 7)
Homeroom:
Morning Advisory:
Grade 8 Agenda:
Do Now:
Homework:
No Homework:
Lesson:
The Making of The Fittest - Student Handout
Group assignment
Passing out materials
Student Packet - 1 each
Group packet - 1 per grp
Assignment explanation
Complete Part 1
Afternoon Advisory:
Grade 7 Agenda:
Do Now:
Homework:
Energy and Forms of energy quiz on Wednesday
Lesson:
Around the world format
forms of energy summary table
Answer Key
Dismissal:
Friday, March 6, 2020. Day 6
Homeroom:
Morning Advisory:
Grade 7 Agenda:
DO NOW:
PLEASE GET OUT YOUR:
EXTREME ICE WORKSHEET (TUESDAY)
LESSON OUTLINE
CONTENT PRACTICE A AND B
HOMEWORK:
No Homework.
LESSON:
KE - GPE Quiz
Go over
EXTREME ICE WORKSHEET (TUESDAY)
LESSON OUTLINE
CONTENT PRACTICE A AND B
Finish Extreme Ice
Afternoon Advisory:
Grade 8 Agenda:
DO NOW:
HOMEWORK:
LESSON:
Watch Darwin’s Dangerous Idea part III
Fill out video worksheet
Stop and discuss as video progresses.
Dismissal:
Thursday, March 5, 2020. Day 5
Homeroom:
Morning Advisory:
Grade 8 Agenda:
DO NOW:
Pass in any late cell posters
Please place the following worksheets on the table:
Last Human Standing (From Tuesday)
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (from Wednesday)
Variations, Natural Selection, and Adaptations (Friday and Wednesday)
HOMEWORK:
Poster corrections due tomorrow.
LESSON:
Pass back incorrect Gas Particle” Do Now Questions
Student’s to complete Google Classroom Assignment for tomorrow.
Why did some student’s pass in superboy HW but most did not?
Take the VAriations, Natural Selection, Adaptations Pop Quiz using your worksheet as notes.
collect Last human standing wksht
Assess status of Darwin’s Dangerous Idea
Hand back posters that need correction.
Apply natural selection to produce adaptations from variations in the population.
Show Darwin’s Dangerous Idea to make up for technical difficulties
discuss as time permits.
Afternoon Advisory:
Grade 7 Agenda:
DO NOW:
Please get out your:
Potential Energy Worksheet (Friday - due Monday)
Extreme Ice worksheet (Tuesday)
Lesson Outline
Content Practice A and B
HOMEWORK:
Calculating KE and GPE quiz tomorrow
LESSON:
Makeup - no submission of “Heat Energy and Bicycling in New York City”
Emails sent.
Students who were marked absent that day will not be penalized
Students not marked absent need to account for not submitting
Post GPE solutions on the board
go over
Calculating KE and GPE quiz tomorrow
Formulas provided
“g” provided
Go over:
Extreme Ice worksheet (Tuesday)
Lesson Outline
Content Practice A and B
Dismissal:
Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Day 4
Homeroom:
please remind students that they must bring back unsold tickets and money for the graduation fundraiser spaghetti dinner.
Morning Advisory:
please clean tables and chairs with Clorox wipes.
Grade 7 Agenda:
DO NOW:
we will correct the potential new energy worksheet when I returned to class. Do not lose it.
HOMEWORK:
finish worksheets for homework as needed.
FORMS OF ENERGY READING ESSENTIALS (TEXT)
complete the lesson outline
complete content practice a and B
Afternoon Advisory: with
LESSON:
short quiz: NOVA extreme ice
students should get out there worksheet from yesterday's video
get a chrome book
click this link to take the quiz – open Notes
put away your chrome books after taking the quiz
take out your copy of the FORMs OF ENERGY PACKET.
FORMS OF ENERGY READING ESSENTIALS (TEXT)
complete the lesson outline
complete content practice a and B
Afternoon Advisory:
you may use this time to work on homework.
Grade 8 Agenda:
DO NOW:
Students: Please take out your copy of the Variation, Natural selection, Adaptation wksht
HOMEWORK:
finish watching Darwin's Dangerous Idea part three and worksheet as needed.
watch from minute 16 until 33 minutes on the video
LESSON:
Review the Variation, Natural selection, Adaptation wksht
click and open this answer key
discuss answers for while students check and edit their work.
Have them put this away in a safe place
Ask the students to please take out their “Superboy HW
inform the merrier going to take a short comprehension quiz
They may NOT use the original article.
Pass out this quiz - it helps to disperse them around the room/lab so they are not sitting next to one another.
Collect the quiz and the homework from all students.
When they are finished they may get a chrome book and watch "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" part three.
Have them watch on chrome book
watch from minute 16 until 33 minutes on the video.