Week of Mar 28th–Apr 1st

Highlights for the week:

  • TEKS for this week – 4A, 5A, 7F, 8B, 8C, 11A

Monday 28th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. Agendas out and copy the highlighted sections of Part 3 below
  2. Logon to your Google Docs so the other links for today will work
  3. Check your Gmail for a message about TAKS Vocabulary word selection

- Part 2) New

  1. View the updated Combined TAKS Vocabulary Spreadsheet (if you have problems with any links, logon to your Google Docs account and check the view folder for your class period!)
  2. All Glogs and screencasts must be completed this week!  (8th Grades TAKS Math and Reading tests are next Mon and Tues)

- Part 3) Do

  1. Continue working on your TAKS Vocabulary Glogs. Use the Student Links Map to help you find what you need for your Glogs

- Part 4) Through?

  1. Check out the Eagle Cam

    Tuesday 29th:

    - Part 1) Review

    1. Agendas out and copy the highlighted sections of Part 3 below
    2. Logon to your Google Docs so the other links for today will work
    3. Check your Gmail

    - Part 2) New

    1. Tomorrow is an early release day!
    2. Try this Vocab Photo builder:  PicLits
    3. View the updated Combined TAKS Vocabulary Spreadsheet (if you have problems with any links, logon to your Google Docs account and check the view folder for your class period!)
    4. All Glogs and screencasts must be completed this week! (8th Grades TAKS Math and Reading tests are next Mon and Tues)
    5. When you complete a Glog, please send me an email to let me know so I can add a link to the spreadsheet 

    - Part 3) Do

    1. Continue working on your TAKS Vocabulary Glogs. Use the Student Links Map to help you find what you need for your Glogs

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. View this Google Sketchup Guide
    2. Try this 3D Warehouse link for Sketchup
    3. If you have made something cool in Google Sketchup, save some screenshots of it to your Google Docs folder and add me as a viewer so I can create a slideshow which includes your work!

      Wednesday 30th: Early Release Day (check the bell schedule in the Student Links Map)

      - Part 1) Review

      1. Agendas out and copy the highlighted sections of Part 3 below
      2. Logon to your Google Docs so the other links for today will work
      3. Check your Gmail

      - Part 2) New

      1. Today is an early release day.  There’s a bell schedule in the Student Links Map
      2. Complete this review form for SCIENCE TAKS Glogs made by other classes only!  This is a graded event (5-12 Science Glog Review Form)
      3. Try this speed reading test 

      - Part 3) Do

      1. Continue working on your TAKS Vocabulary Glogs. Use the Student Links Map to help you find what you need for your Glogs

      - Part 4) Through?

      1. Try the FlamePainter experiments ‘Fluid-Fire-3’ and ‘Fluid-Water-3’

        Thursday 31st:

        - Part 1) Review

        1. Agendas out and copy the highlighted sections of Part 3 below
        2. Logon to your Google Docs so the other links for today will work
        3. Check your Gmail

        - Part 2) New

        1. View this page to read reviews of your Glogs.  I’ll demo this in class, but to find reviews for your Glogs, use the ctrl+F keys and type your Glogster user name (this will highlight your Glogs everywhere on the page).  Here’s a link to the reviews page (copy and paste the green text into your browser): spreadsheets.google.com/a/bastrop.isd.tenet.edu/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AlJ3MHR052StdGQ2N0c3Qnc4VDlRNjhVb3diNFNaWFE&single=true&gid=0&output=html

        - Part 3) Do

        1. Complete this review form for MATH TAKS Glogs made by other classes only! This is a graded event (5-13 Math Glog Review Form)
        2. Continue working on your TAKS Vocabulary Glogs. Use the Student Links Map to help you find what you need for your Glogs

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. Check out these Tsunami Before/After Images (use the slider under each picture)

          Friday 1st:

          - Part 1) Review

          1. Agendas out and copy the highlighted sections of Part 3 below
          2. Logon to your Google Docs so the other links for today will work
          3. Check your Gmail

          - Part 2) New

          1. Watch TED talk about Google’s Driverless Car (and a brief News Clip about it) and this one on Human Exoskeletons

          - Part 3) Do

          1. Complete this review form for Language Arts TAKS Glogs made by other classes only! This is a graded event (5-14 LA Glog Review Form)
          2. Complete your TAKS Vocabulary Glogs. Use the Student Links Map to help you find what you need for your Glogs

          - Part 4) Through?

          1. Try this Word Pyramid Game
          2. Check out the Media Shows from this Week!

            Additional Help and Information:

            1. YouTube How-to Videos for this class
            2. G-Apps How2 Videos
            3. Prezis
            4. TED talks (browse TED talks list)
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