Thursday, March 30, 2023. Day 5

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

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Work Opportunities today:

Science: Vocab Quiz - study flashcards

Spanish: quiz today - online games to be turned in…

SciTech: WOD quiz today

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Homework to be completed:

Complete BrainPOP Mutations Assignments in Google Classroom if not finished in class

Today’s agenda:

Complete the  “Understanding Heredity Final Vocabulary Quiz” in Google Classroom as a 1st priority.

  • This quiz is No Notes or flashcards.

  • It must be completed during the class period - no exceptions.

  • You will do the “Punnett Square” portion of the quiz tomorrow.

After the quiz, work on and complete the BrainPOP Genetic Mutations assignment in Google Classroom.

  • follow the instructions in the assignment.

  • If it is not finished in class it is to be finished as homework.

DNA and Genes

Protein Synthesis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Day 4

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

TO SIGN UP - SEE ME.

this week’s schedule.

  • Today - MCAS in AM. Grade 8 with STEM in afternoon.

  • Wednesday - MCAS in Morning. Grade 8 with humanities in the afternoon.

  • Thursday - Normal Classes

  • Friday - Normal Classes

Work Opportunities today:

Do Now:

Please get out your homework

  • The Structure of DNA (worksheet)

Homework to be completed:

Quiz Thursday - Heredity Vocabulary

Today’s agenda:

  1. Review the structure of DNA Answer Key

    • Whole Class Discussion

  2. Complete this comprehension check.

    • Use your copy of The Structure of DNA RaTN worksheet as notes.

  3. Correct and review the BrainPOP DNA Challenge Activites

    • Students open BrainPOP DNA assignment in Google Classroom

    • Open BrainPOP DNA on white board

    • Open Challenge Activities

      • Choose Review Challenge

    • Complete Challenge 1 - students to volunteer answers and correct their own work.

      • Ditto Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4

    • Students to resubmit.

  4. Open the BrainPOP Review Quiz (whiteboard) and Review as a Class

    • Students to provide answers - call and response

    • Click and Check/correct on quiz

  5. Time to study for Quiz - Options

    • Paired Flashcard Work

      • pair up with partners and reciprocal flashcard practice

    • Around the World format

      • Students seated across from each other at tables around perimeter of class space

      • work for 2 minutes with partner

      • everyone switches on seat to the right

      • work with new partner

      • repeat

    • Student Survivor

      • Random student choice

      • Stand a take quiz questions from Flashcard list

      • Sit if wrong, stand if right

RC activity

Do Now

Decode Challenge

slides and notes

DNA and The Gene Slideshow Video

Monday, March 27, 2023. Day 3

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

TO SIGN UP - SEE ME.


this week’s schedule.

Monday - regular classes.

Tuesday - MCAS in AM. Grade 8 with STEM in afternoon.

Wednesday - MCAS in Morning. Grade 8 with humanities in the afternoon.

Thursday - Normal Classes

Friday - Normal Classes

MCAS Tues/Wed

  • Chrome Books

  • Charger Poll

  • Expectations


Work Opportunities today:

  • ELA: MCAS Planning Sheet

  • Science: Flashcards due today. Quiz Thursday. Study.

  • Spanish: Games on GC. Post scores in comments and turn in. Quiz Thursday.

  • Civics: Mock Trial

  • SciTech: Slides due

Community service Opportunities

  • Trim handouts

  • Clean magnetism diagrams off walls

Do Now:

Punnett Sq. Problem

  1. Make a Punnett Square to model this problem.

  2. Write your responses in the boxes provided.

  3. Label each Genotypes either heterozygous or homozygous.

Homework to be completed:

Decoding Dragons to class Tuesday

Quiz Thursday - Heredity Vocabulary

Today’s agenda:

Review Do Now

Decoding Dragons - Collect Tuesday

  1. Data

  2. dominant Phenotypes

    • can be heterozygous

    • can be homozygous

  3. Recessive phenotypes

    • can only be homozygous

  4. letter used to represent allele

  5. Prepare table, paste on, pass in

The Structure of DNA

Friday, March 25, 2023. Day 2

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

TO SIGN UP - SEE ME.

Work Opportunities today:

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Homework to be completed:

Flashcards Monday

Today’s agenda:

Review Practice Worksheet

Pass Back test - review

Dragon lab

  1. Handout

  2. Procedure

  3. Draw Cards

    • 1 from each set

    • record

    • replace face down

  4. Draw dragon

  5. Log Dragon Data here

  6. Analyze results

  7. Wrap Up due Monday

Thursday, March 24, 2023. Day 1

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

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Work Opportunities today:

Do Now:

Please get out your copy of the homework

Homework to be completed:

  1. Practice Worksheet - due tomorrow

  2. Expand your flashcard deck from 14 cards to 18 cards. Add/include:

    • Incomplete dominance

    • Codominance

    • Multiple Alleles

    • Polygenic Inheritance

    Term on front/definition on back

    Add Color illustration for (more) extra credit

    Due Monday

  3. Here is a link to the original 14 terms with answers!

Today’s agenda:

Review Comprehenion Quiz

Complex Patterns of Inheritance Slideshow

Practice Worksheet - due tomorrow

Wednesday, March 22, 20023. Day 6

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

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Work Opportunities today:

  1. Spanish: -ER/-IR verb worksheet

  2. SciTech: WOD Quiz Today!

  3. Science: Finish Punnett Square Problems

Do Now:

get out Punnet Practice II

Complete this “Do Now worksheet” while I check your HW

Homework to be completed:

Complex Patterns of Inheritance Reading companion

  • find the Text Reading here

  • due tomorrow

Today’s agenda:

Sexual versus Asexual Reproduction Quiz Today

Review Punnet Practice II

Quiz

Complete “Complex Patterns of Inheritance” Reading and Worksheet - due tomorrow

Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Day 5

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

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Work Opportunities today:

  • ELA: Group slides due end of class today

  • SciTech: EdPuzzle due today

  • Science: Punnet Square Practice

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Basic Punnett Square Skills Practice

Homework to be completed:

Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction - Quiz Wednesday

Punnet Practice II - due tomorrow

Today’s agenda:

Review Punnett Square Practice I

Punnet Practice II - due tomorrow

Study for Quiz

Monday, March 20, 2023. Day 4

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

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Work Opportunities today:

Science: Could your spit solve a crime?, Asexual vs Sexual reproduction quiz Wednesday.

SciTech: OR due for SciTech

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Homework to be completed:

Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction - Quiz Wednesday

Today’s agenda:

Check and Collect - could your Spit Solve a crime

Review Quiz Results

Review Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction Quiz Study Guide

Review BrainPOP DNA

  • Challenge Worksheets

  • Quiz Responses.

Punnett Square Practice I

Complex patterns of inheritance

Friday, March 17, 2023. Day 3

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

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Work Opportunities today:

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Homework to be completed:

Finish Could your spit solve a crime?

  • Due end of day.

Today’s agenda:

  1. Quiz - located in Google Classroom

  2. Could Your Spit Solve a Crime -

    • Read and complete questions on paper.

    • Complete the comprehension check in Google classroom

    All work due by end of class. Finish as homework if not done in class.

Thursday, March 16, 2023. Day 2

Homeroom:

YOU MUST:

  • COMPLETE 2 DAYS OF SSR IN HOMEROOM PER WEEK.

    • SSR counts if you have a book ready and read 20 minutes on your own free from distractions.

    • USE THREE DAYS FOR CLASS WORK AND PREPARATION.

  • YOU MAY ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AS SHOWN BELOW

CLASSROOM SUPPORT - COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

TO SIGN UP - SEE ME.

Work Opportunities today:

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Homework to be completed:

Finish GC BrainPOP activities and Quiz if not done in class.

Today’s agenda:

DNA BrainPOP

  1. Whole Class watch the BrainPOP DNA Video

  2. Go to Google Classroom and Complete Challenge Activities

    • Then review/correct them in BrainPOP

  3. Complete the Quiz in google classroom for credit.

  4. Use remaining time to study for the vocabulary quiz with your flash cards.