Happenings for February 26th – March 2nd
8th Grade: This week students are working on their career brochures. Students should refer to the previous iblog entry to find the brochure template. The next unit will be on learning how to use the Google sketchup program which will be used in a later assignment. Take a look at the example of the brochure […]
Career activity for 8th grade
Today we begin the Careers unit in class. We will start the unit with some videos on careers in technology. You will be given a packet for this unit and below are the links you need for the career choices as well as the template to create the brochure and one for the activity sheet. […]
Happenings for February 12th – 16th
8th Grade: This week we are rapping up our unit on measuring with watching our classmates power points in class. We will do this on Monday and Wednesday and on Tuesday and Thursday students who are eligible will be WIDA testing during our class time. Students need to turn in their measuring unit packet by […]
Happenings for February 5th – 9th
8th grade: This weeks focus is reviewing measuring skills. Measuring is a skill used in not only construction but also in the home. Consider how measuring is used at home. Can you think of reasons why you would need to be able to measure in inches, feet and yards in your home? 7th grade: As […]
Happenings for January 29th – February 2nd
7th and 8th grade: This week we have a new semester and new classes in technology. Welcome to all of our new students! Below is a link to our classroom procedures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GeS5vdkBDhP–JPkXDCWPFzP08ei_iOId89JDFCqvDQ/edit 7th and 8th grade Computer lab procedure activity (Wednesday January 31st) A part of learning about technology involves the use of computers in […]
Happenings for January 22nd-26th
8th Grade: Students in this class are completing their trays this week. They look fantastic! All assignments are due by Wednesday, clean up is on Thursday and then a half-day on Friday. Notebooks are due on Tuesday! 7th Grade: This is our final week to complete the house models! Models and unit sheets are due […]
Happenings for January 15th-19th
no school on Monday! MLK day! Wednesday is a late start! 8th Grade: Students will continue to work on their tray projects. Students are learning about sanding with the grain of the wood, how to apply stain and attach handles this week. Our goal is to complete our trays by Friday, including turning in all […]
Happenings for January 8th-12th
I hope everyone had a restful break! Sorry I forgot to do this past weeks blog. We continued to work on units we began before break so no new assignments. 6th grade class is the only one to make a change from the board game unit to our final unit, floor plans.
Happenings for Dec 18th – 22nd
8th Grade: This week we are building our sanding blocks and then beginning construction on our serving trays. Students may bring in handles to add to their trays if they do not want to use ropes as handles. 7th Grade: Students. this week, are designing floor plans using smallblueprinter.com. They should complete their plans by […]
Happenings for December 11-15
8th grade: The students are excited this week because we are going to start using the tools and machines we were talking about last week. The safety test is on Wednesday so study hard! 7th Grade: We finish up on Monday with our unit on fonts which include a poster displaying our unique alphabets as […]