Lord you have RISEN and given us New Life each day - help us to make the RIGHT CHOICES - use our Free Will - to achieve YOUR PURPOSE.

8th graders  ~ 
Good morning - As we approach the weekend -  which should mean a time away from our devices to enjoy God and family maybe out in nature - think about the schedule you are developing and how the weekend is/should be different than the weekdays.  It puts life in a rhythm.  Complete today's assignment and we'll continue to develop a schedule that helps us accomplish a balanced life, which will include all 4 aspects of us so that we can be the "best versions of ourselves."

4/20:Happy Easter Season - I hope you have had a peace-filled break and are looking forward to getting back into a routine.  I think some of us discovered that we weren't getting up in time to do well in school during our first 31/2 weeks at on line learning.  No matter the situation, some things need to happen regularly in order for life to flow smoothly - especially as we don't live in complete isolation - and that means things not in our routine will need our attention.  In order for all of us to successfully finish this school year this needs to be addressed.  You will be doing that in your various classes today.

4/19: Please join us today for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at Our Lady of Mercy School Chapel on line at 1:00.
 I welcome all to post the below link for people to view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5A7maWApw&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5A7maWApw&feature=youtu.be


Calendar: 
Monday, April 20: Classwork online and in Google Classroom
Tuesday, April 21: Classwork online and in Google Classroom
Wednesday, April 22: Classwork online,Google Classroom
Thursday, April 23: Classwork online,Google Classroom
Friday, April 24: Classwork online,Google Classroom

 ? of the Day:
​4/24: Read opening!  Check for Zoom classes - arrive a few minutes early! Complete Sunday readings due Monday!! See Classroom.
4/21: Due to many of us missing assignments I have adjusted our plans.  Please catch up and go forward.  Remember to check ALL classes for assignments. Many of you are behind - see missing work on optionC.

8th Grade Homework: Check ? of Day - EVERY day
Religion:
4/24: Many of you did not do yesterday's physical aspect of your schedule - please do today (you'll regain full points) and EVERYONE needs to put your schedule in 24 hour increments -this will help you record and really see your use of time.  Some of you are already commenting on areas needing change.  Next week we'll look at our mental, spiritual, and emotional areas. 

4/23: Today we are focusing on the physical aspects of humans: food, shelter - hygiene: dwelling, clothes, body, exercise, and sleep.  If these are all in place we are usually very healthy creatures.  Check your schedules and bold all the physical aspects of your day - you may need to add some in and look at the times - some of you are not really aware of time. This is going to become the schedule for the "best you."

4/22: Yesterday I asked you to think about a schedule - for the next three days we will develop that.  Today you need to divide up your day with the "musts" - must get up, clean myself, eat at various times, do my "job" - yours is school, and any items that your family has you do as a routine - I have to fit in time cook food and to feed and care for my animals - these are musts every day for me.  Each day I will resubmit your schedule in classroom and I will ask you to think about and add another aspect. You will eventually include things that address all 4 aspects of humanity: spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional to create a well balanced life. [One of my first musts is talk to my Creator, God, BEFORE I start my day - we will think about this.]
4/21: Today as you accomplish school - be thinking about a schedule that works for you - a schedule is the SAME ROUTINE every day - school days are 5 a week.  Go to wau.org and read the first reading from Acts of the Apostles.  It is appropriate to our world AND situation today - why?  Share in classroom.
4/20: Please read the opening letter today.  In classroom make 2 columns with the headings: Keep and Change.
In the "keep" column list the things that you felt positive about during break and our first 31/2 weeks of online school.  In the "change" column list things that were not good during these times.  We will be using these.  This activity will also count for attendance today.  Be thinking about a schedule that makes you successful.
​Google Classroom 8 Religion code: dx57cjo

U.S. History:
4/24: IXL: New Today: Government: the Judicial Branch and Checks and Balances. Some of you have not done IXL at the 8th grade level so your optionC score is missing - please check your IXL to be sure you completed the 12 assigned areas at 8th Grade Level: Government: the Legislative Branch and the Executive branch. Begin brainstorming - looking into areas of interest about the US Civil War 1861-1865

4/23: IXL: New Today: Government: the Legislative Branch and the Executive branch. Some of you have not done IXL at the 8th grade level so your optionC score is missing - please check your IXL to be sure you completed the 10 assigned areas at 8th Grade Level: Government: purposes of government and state and local government Begin brainstorming - looking into areas of interest about the US Civil War 1861-1865
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4/22: IXL: Many of you have not done IXL at the 8th grade level so your optionC score is missing - please check your IXL to be sure you completed the 8 assigned areas at 8th Grade Level; New Today: Government: purposes of government and state and local government
Begin brainstorming - looking into areas of interest about the US Civil War 1861-1865
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4/21: IXL: The Articles of Confederation, The Constitutional Convention
4/20:  History is about how humans have interacted with each other and our surroundings.  Most of you were sharing negative news prior to break.  A few of you share positive stories.  Today find a positive news article, in classroom summarize it,  and explain what was the human element in that story  that made it positive. 
Google Classroom US History code: snj75yk

Physical Science:
4/24: Zoom group #31-41 and anyone who is confused about the 5 page assignment of 3 types of atoms for the first 20 elements due Monday at 8:00am  (should be completed by end of day today!) Have your Cornell Notes from all  of science chapter 12 with you at 9:45. See Classroom:  please draw neutral atoms, ions, and isotopes for the first 20 elements in 3  columns/1 element per row: 4 rows per page = 5 pages - you can be submitting these in classroom.  

4/22: Zoom group #11-20 Have your Cornell Notes from all  of science chapter 12 with you at 9:45. Students 1-10 please draw neutral atoms for the first 20 elements, complete ions (19) on Thursday, and isotopes on Friday (19)  - you will be submitting these on Friday in classroom.  21-41 practice diagraming ions atoms for elements 1-20.

4/21: Zoom group #1-10 Have your Cornell Notes from all  of science chapter 12 with you at 9:45. Students #11-41 practice diagraming ions atoms for elements 1-20.

4/20: Mrs. Blackburn would like me to take a screen shot of all of you during our Zoom class at 9:45 this week.  This means that we all need to be up and ready for class on the correct day. Students #1-10 will attend class on Tuesday; Students #11-20 will attend class Wednesday; students #21-30 will attend class Thursday; students 31-41 will attend class Friday.  If you can not be at this class time you must email me today so I can make adjustments to the screen.  Look for today's science in classroom.
Google Classroom code: pach33o

Algebra:
4/20 - 4/24: IXL for 30 minutes each day - first do diagnostics, then recommendations;  I will check your progress online.  Please make up for low minutes this week - at this point all of you should have completed 540 minutes of class - only 3 have.  Quite a few of you have done nothing - this is your grade. Check optionC.  Everyone has the ability to achieve and A - it is based on minutes.

7th Grade Homework: 
Life Science:
4/20-24:  See classroom.
Google Classroom code: r33m3u3 

World History:
​4/24: IXL: World Religions: Origins of Christianity; Zoom meeting for students 11:45 -12:45.
Google Classroom 7 World History with code: vw3d57l.
 
​Study countries of Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland (Eswatini), and Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and review: Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, and Benin, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia

Periodically review 50 Asian countries: Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, East Timor, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar(Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam  ; Review: Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Nepal, India, and 22 Middle Eastern countries for test tomorrow: Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, & Jordan 

 Periodically review all  52 European countries: Moldova, Malta, Crete, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom: Scotland, England, Wales, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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