CVHS 9th grade email update for April 24th, 2009

General Info:

• TAKS will take place on Tuesday – Friday. 9th graders will take a practice math TAKS on Tuesday and then some of those students will be tutored on Wednesday. The actual math TAKS test is on Thursday.
• We had a cancellation on the Australia & New Zealand trip for this July. If you are interested in going, please email me as soon as possible.
  

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre & Comm Apps):

 

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

• No assignments for next week. Video shown in class next week leading up to Friday’s guest speaker.

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

• Research Paper is due Friday, May 1st.
• Literary Term Project is due May 15th.
• Please refer to the English I website at: www.freewebs.com/hbullis
  

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

• Read chapter 18 for Monday. We begin a short chapter on Taxonomy on Monday.
• Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu
  

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

• We’ll continue with the lesson on Solutions.
• Long term projects that will be assigned are on:
  • Supersaturated Solutions
  • Acid-Base Indicators
• IPC website: www.freewebs.com/planetamy
  

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• TAKS math Exam for 10th graders is on Tuesday & 9th graders is on Thursday;
• We will have last review for TAKS on Monday. Please don’t over sleep & miss the bus;
• The class from Tuesday to Friday will be 20 min. long, it’s preparing time for exams;
• Sleep longer and eat less might be helpful.
  

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• Test Monday (we went over the test review in class on Friday)
• 9th graders will be taking a practice Math TAKS on Tuesday while the 10th and 11th graders are taking other TAKS tests. I will count this as a grade and it will also determine if a student is in extra tutorials on Wednesday while the 10th and 11th graders are testing.
• There is no official homework for Algebra 1 next week. Students should be preparing for TAKS. They have a TAKS review book and know what objectives they should be reviewing based on a practice test we took right after Spring Break.
• The week after TAKS we will start our last unit and I will assign the last project.
  

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

• Review, review, review.
  

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

• Students will review past learned material. Also, we will work on warm-ups throughout the week.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• The Latin 1’s have determined to get the Stage 16 multiple choice over with on Monday.
• We will have a variety of culture activities centered on Roman Egypt for the rest of the week
  

From Ms. Heno (French):

• French 1 is preparing an art project. French 2 is working on the fractured fairy tale about “Les Visiteurs”.
  

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

From Mr. Lamane and Ms. Terry (P.E.):

Health:

• Chapter 6: Managing Weight and Body Composition
• Test on chapter 5

Physical Education:

• Unit: continue on Volley Ball (bring gym cloths everyday)
• Wednesday Presentations on” The roots of Hooliganism in some sports”