CVHS 9th grade email update for October 3rd, 2008

General Info:

• Progress Reports were distributed today.
• No school on Thursday, October 9th.
• All 9th graders will be going on a field trip to the Museum of Natural Science on Wednesday, October 15th. Please email Mrs. Matsu if you’d like to chaperone (mmatsu@houstonisd.org)
• Grades are online for most 9th grade classes : https://snapgrades.net/login/school.php?16527
• RECYCLING: Please bring all paper recycling (we only do paper) to school and either drop it in the green and yellow dumpster in the back of the school or ask your child to bring it to the dumpster or to Mrs. Matsu. In order to keep our wonderful recycling dumpster, we have to hit our quota. Thanks for helping us.
  
• Mrs. Matsu is sponsoring a 12 day trip to Australia and New Zealand during July 2009. This will be her 6th trip with students and her 3rd trip with students to Australia . If you are interested in this trip please see this website for a detailed itinerary and price information: www.gradientphil.com/matsu/index.htm Students, Parents, and siblings are welcome to join us. Prices go up on October 1, 2008. So if you are interested, please let me know, or sign up to lock in the current price.


• The English department is planning a literary tour of Dublin and London next summer. For more information and to sign up, please visit www.educationaltravel.com and login. The username is carnegie and the password is rhinos.

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre):

• Please look at: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau
• Have your student practice what they learned in class with you or in front of you.
• Monday:
  • Students understand stage terminology through stage tic-tac-toe
  • Students will advance lesson by adding movements with directions
  • Students will practice audience etiquette
• Tuesday:
  • Students will form pairs and use blocking strategy to create a logical progression of movements on stage
  • Students will practice audience etiquette
• Wednesday:
  • Students will form pairs – facing each other – and concentrate on mirroring each other’s exact movements
  • One of each pair of students will be given a word and will sculpt the other into a position. (Critical thinking and use of movement)
• Friday:
  • As a class, students will participate in charades to develop realistic/believable movements on stage (grade)
  • Students will practice audience etiquette

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

• Test Tuesday and Wednesday Chapter 2
• Free Response (2 questions out of 5) and Map Tuesday
• 50 Multiple Choice Wednesday

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

• 10/6 - Quiz over Books I-XII from The Odyssey.
• 10/6 - Spot check for Dialectical Journals.
• Please refer to the English I website at: www.freewebs.com/hbullis/

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

• Microscope Lab is due on Monday.
• Students should begin reading chapter 3.
• Ecology Hierarchy drawings will be assigned Tuesday and due Wednesday.
• Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

• We will finish up with the Pendulum Lab on Monday. Please remember to do the word problems from the book using the GUESS method (practice problem on p104 and #7 on p105).
• The rest of the week will be spent on Chapters 5 and 6.

  Reminders:

• Start researching on your solar cookers.
• Start working on your Unit 3 packet.
• Check the class website: your online quizzes for Chapters 4 – 6 are already up, and they will be available for you up to October 10th.
• The test for the first part of Unit 3 will be on Monday, October 13th.

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• 2.6 and 2.7 for Reasoning and Proving on Mon. & Tue
• 3.1 and 3.2 for Parallel & Perpendicular Lines from Wed. to Thu.
• Friday (10/10/08) is the test for Chapter 2.
  

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• Test 2 is Monday. (students completed a test review for homework Thursday night and discussed it in class Friday)
• Project 1 will be assigned on Tuesday.
  

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

• Students will be doing TPR everyday with the exception of Presentation of La Bamba Visual Representations on Tuesday.
• This year's freshmen are better than ever!

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

• Go over present tense stem-changing verbs.
• Students will read the packet on A Succinct History of México and have a quiz on it on Tuesday.
• Students will go over the importance of the Spanish Civil War and how it relates to modern day history.
• We will work on various activities to strengthen communicative skills in Spanish during class.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin/Psychology/Yoga):

From Ms. Heno (French):

• French 1 will have an oral and written exam on the present tense conjugation of regular verbs.
• French 2 will have a quiz on the near future and the recent past.

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

• Art I students will have their first unit test on Monday.