Content Info For The Week

Math (Carver, Beasley, and Meeks):

Students will be constructing a robot using three dimensional shapes. They will be using cones, cylinders, and spheres. After they draw and design their robot, they will calculate the total volume of their robot.

Algebra I (Meeks):

Algebra one will review exponent properties with integer exponents and begin using rational exponents. On Thursday, we will move into polynomial classification and operations with polynomials.

Read 180 (Styron and Barker):

This week in R180 students will continue working on a DBQ (document based question) activity titled Meaning & Metaphor: What is Frost Saying?. The main objective of the activity is that students will conduct a short research project in order to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

ELA (MacArthur and Lee):

This week in Mrs. Lee's class, we will begin preparing to read our next in-class novel, Hidden Figures. We will work this week to gain background knowledge on the time period, including the Civil Rights movement and the Space Race. We will be focusing on theme, indirect/direct characterization, and other plot elements over the course of our novel study.

This week in Mr. MacArthur's class, we will begin working on our first performance task of the new semester! Students will continue to practice with text structures, and learn how to conduct credible research. Additionally, students will begin conducting their own research in order to create their very own newspaper.

9th Grade Lit (Lee):

This week in Mrs. Lee's class, we will be continuing our study of our whole-class novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Students will continue to analyze the novel for elements of theme, direct/indirect characterization, plot development, and connecting To Kill A Mockingbird to mentor texts. We will take a quiz on Wednesday, January 12, over chapters 6-11.

Science (Winkworth and Herndon):

This week students will develop the understanding of energy transformations using mechanical energy, electrical energy, and magnetic forces. Students will learn how magnetic forces work and how we use those forces to affect our lives. They will learn the basic principles of how to create and use electromagnets, generators, and motors. Electromagnets use electrical energy to create a magnetic force. Motors use magnetic forces to transform electrical energy into mechanical energy. Generators use magnetic forces to transform mechanical energy into electrical energy. They will begin Reviewing for their Natural Forces Unit Final.

Social Studies (MacArthur and Collier):

As we enter into the second week after the holiday break, the Georgia Studies classes will continue learning about the "New South Era." We will spend next week taking an in depth look into the Jim Crow Laws and Disenfranchisement of voters in the south.