Classroom Reporter 2/10/2015

Science Class  2/10/15

-Today we finished notes on chapter 9, section 4

-We reviewed expectations of our science project

-We watched a video inside the Powerpoint 

-We took an Open Note Quiz on Chapter 9 Sections 1-4

-We had the rest of class for (you pick) assignment

Homework: Chapter 9 You-Pick due on Thursday Link Here

Chapter 9 Test on Friday

Social Studies: 

LT:  I can explain how did the scarcity of the great depression affect people’s financial choices

In class today we finished the family budget activity, which included the chart  and discussed the 5 questions with our families/group and wrote them down in our interactive notebook. We also started on the ripple chart we did it as a group as well. The families/groups are presenting them tomorrow in class. 

Review Questions:
To complete for Homework (4th Period)

1. What changes did your families make?

2. Did your quality of life (or standard of living) change?

3. Which changes were greater - changes in income or changes in expenditures?

–Income- Money you get
–Expenditures: Money you spend.

4. Over which did you feel you had more control - income or expenditure?  Why?

5. If your families are representative, what has happened to the overall level of income in Butcherville?  the overall level of expenditure?

Classroom Reporter 2/6/2015

Social Studies 

LT: I can explain specific reasons that led to the the Great Depression.

We, the students, took notes and finished our Unit 7: Emerging America Primary Source Activity.

At the end of class we took a 6 question quiz and then graded it.

No Homework.

Science

2-06-15

                 Today we took our benchmark test.

Classroom Update 1/23/2015

Social Studies:
Today we started with  a few notes on the end of WWI.  Mr. Grove collected the Writing Sample Quarter 2: Life in the Trenches writing prompt. We then completed a short peer edit activity on writing samples. Then we had a short quiz on WWI.

 Eric's Notes:

Lt:How were debate and negotiation used by nations as they sought an end to WWI?

Turning points of WWI-

1917-Russian Revolution[Russia becomes a communist]

-Result: Germany increases its attacks on the western front against the allies

1918-American Expeditionary Force arrive in France to help the Allies stop the German assault on the Western front

1919-Armistice ends the War

The Big Three [Britain, France, and the U.S]will decide what the peace treaty will be

Treaty of Versailles[1919]

Germany is punished by the treaty

Germany forced to accept war-guilt clause, disarm its military, pay reparations to France and Britain.

League of Nations is created 

Science: 

Ocean Currents Part 2:

LT: I will explain how currents circulate nutrients and organisms throughout the ocean

Open text to page 162

We read together page 162 to 166 in our science book

Then we made a scatter plot about the buoys of the Atlantic Ocean. We made a correlation between temperature and water density. 

Antebellum Era, Westward Expansion and Reform