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Instructional Agenda ~ Week of Nov. 5 - Nov. 9
Baylor College of Medicine Academy @Ryan
2610 Elgin St. ~ Houston, TX. 77004 ~ 713-942-1932
www.houstonisd.org/academyatryan
Studying Habits of Highly Effective Students
• Don't attempt to cram all of your studying into one session. ...
• Plan when you're going to study. ...
• Study at the same time. ...
• Each study time should have a specific goal. ...
• Never procrastinate your planned study session. ...
• Start with the most difficult subject first. ...
• Always review your notes before starting an assignment.
Please turn in money from candy fundraiser.
Fee notification for 8th Grade
End-of-Year (EOY) activities
Upcoming Events Nov. 8th – Coffee w/the Principal
8:45am – 9:30am
Nov. 9th – Early Dismissal @
12:30pm
NEXT 8th Grade PARENT
MEETING: Wednesday, Nov.
7th 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Important Announcements
See Pg. 8 for Gifted &
Talented Info.
NEW TRANSPORTATION
BADGE PROGRAM – SEE
PG. 2
*All students are
required to wear an
I.D. daily
$5 replacement cost
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Obey all safety rules on the bus.
NEW! STUDENT BADGE PROGRAM
Beginning October 22nd, BCM @ Ryan Will be included in the Transportation Services student badge program. Your students must now scan their personalized badges as they get on and off the bus.
Questions should be directed to Transportation Services Interim General Manager John Wilcots IV at 713-556-5934 or [email protected].
Important Reminders:
BUS ROUTES –www.houstonisd.org/transportation or call 713-613-3040.
Should you have any questions, concerns regarding the HUB, please don’t
hesitate to contact Interim Routing Manager Mark Canales at 713-556-5877.
• Susanne Coleman (Terminal Manager) [email protected], 713-
556-3421 (office) or 713-592-2708 (cell)
• Tiffanie Travis-Williams (Area Manager) [email protected], 713-
556-3419 (Office) or 713-933-7208 (cell)
Roslyn Lewis (Area Manager) [email protected], 713-556-3417 (office) or
832-506-3830 (cell)
School Bus Tracker- If your student will be riding HISD transportation,
please register on www.houstonISD.org/BusTracker to track your
students bus in the AM and PM time. The district’s account number
is 76647
Tutorials and Clubs
Mondays- ELA/READING
Tuesdays- SCIENCE
Wednesdays- SOCIAL STUDIES
Thursdays- MATH
The time will be 4:00pm-5:00pm. All students MUST be picked up by 5:30pm.
THERE ARE NO AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON FRIDAYS.
Questions? Contact your child’s teacher:
Ms. Obeid [email protected]
Mr. Figueroa [email protected]
Mr. Dabas [email protected]
Mr. Aguilar [email protected]
Mr. Barkhausen (TBA)
Ms. B. Brown
Ms. Heintzelman
Mr. Elegarle [email protected]
Ms. Espino [email protected]
Ms. Fielding (TBA)
Mr. Martinez [email protected]
Mr. Telle [email protected]
Mr. Eligio [email protected]
Ms. Masood [email protected]
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***SCHOOL RULES AND POLICIES***
❖ Before being dismissed for first period, ALL students MUST be in their assigned areas. 8th grade
students report to the CAFETERIA. No students are allowed to be in the hallways, classrooms or
restrooms WITHOUT PERMISSION.
❖ Locker times: Morning, after being dismissed from their designated areas; Before and After Lunch;
Between 4th and 5th Period.
❖ Dress code: Burgundy polo shirt with BCMA logo, khaki pants/shorts or skirts that are knee-length,
BCMA burgundy sweater or solid burgundy sweater. School I.D. must be worn around the neck at all
times.
❖ ONLY ON FRIDAYS: Blue or black jeans with no tears, cuts or holes, BCMA spirit
t-shirt or college t-shirt.
❖ When dismissed at 3:50 p.m., all bus riders must proceed directly and promptly to the bus ramps. School
buses will leave at 3:57 p.m. everyday. Car riders must proceed directly and promptly to the front of the
building.
❖ Be respectful to school personnel and fellow students.
SCIENCE
❖ Ms. Espino IPC Monday, November 5 ➢ Application of the Law of Conservation of Mass ➢ Balancing chemical Equation ➢ IPC, Mc Graw Hill Education
o Homework: Practice Exercises, 8.5 F Wednesday , November 7 Types of Chemical Reaction
(Synthesis, Decomposition, Replacement ) ➢ IPC, Mc Graw Hill Education
o Homework: Practice review STAAR questions 8.5 F Friday, November 9 Exothermic and Endothermic Reaction ➢ Any changes that accompany chemical reaction such as heat packs and cold packs ➢ IPC, Mc Graw Hill Education ➢ Homework: Practice review STAAR questions 8.5 F
o Homework: Types of Chemical Reaction worksheet # 2
❖ Ms. Espino & Ms. Masood Monday , November 5 Tuesday, November 6 ➢ Speed and Velocity ➢ Calculating speed ➢ 8th Grade Science , Mc Graw Hill Education
o Homework: Practice Exercises , speed and velocity 8.6 B Wednesday , November 7 Thursday , November 8
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➢ Differentiate between speed, velocity and acceleration ➢ 8th Grade science, Mc Graw Hill Education
o Homework: Practice Exercises. 8. 6 B STAAR review questions Friday , November 9 ➢ Graphing Motion ➢ Analyzing motion graph (distance /time graph and speed /time graph) ➢ 8th Grade science Graw Hill Education
o Homework : Graphing Motion worksheet #2 o STAAR review questions
❖ Biotech w/ Mr. Aguilar & Ms. Brown
Concepts:
The students will …
1. Present their 3D heart pumps and one-way valve(s) and relate the design to other prosthetics and
potential engineering projects.
2. Review and be assessed on the Unit 1 material: bioluminescence, medical imaging, the heart, and
prosthetics
Activities:
1) Independent Practice: Unit 1 Assessment
2) Cooperative Groups: Students will present their design of a 3D heart pump/one-way valve in class
3) Think-Pair-Share: Students will review unit one material
4) Cooperative Groups: Students will brainstorm ideas on how to design a 3D limb (arm or leg) prosthetic
Homework: All Classes
• Prepare for Unit 1 Assessment (bioluminescence, medical imaging, the heart, prosthetics) –
Wednesday, Nov. 14th (A Day) and Thursday, Nov 15th (B Day)
Reminders/comments:
Parents, please sign-up for Remind.com for communication and updates.
• Ms. Brown – Access code: Biotech143
• Mr. Aguilar – Access code: LABiotech
Parents and Students, please update your Scienteer accounts at: scienteer.com/auth/login
Students, please come to class prepared and ready to learn!
MATHEMATICS
❖ Mr. Elegarle /Mr. Dabas (Math 8th)
Monday, November 5th Tuesday, November 6th
➢ Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse ➢ Go Math 8
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➢ HW o Due Next Class period
Wednesday, November 7th Thursday, November 8th
➢ Pythagorean Theorem, Distance Formula Friday, November 9th
➢ Distance Formula ➢ Go Math 8 ➢ HW
o Due Next Class Period
❖ MR. DABAS/Geometry
Tuesday – Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles & Congruence in Right Triangles
Homework – Practice Form 4.5/4.6 Form K
Thursday – Congruence in overlapping triangles & Congruent Triangles Review
Homework - Practice Form 4.7 Form K
❖ Mr. Elegarle/Alg 1
Monday, November 5th Tuesday, November 6th
➢ Translation
➢ Algebra 1, Pearson
➢ HW
o Due Next Class Period
Wednesday, November 7th
Thursday, November 8th ➢ Reflection
Friday, November 9th ➢ Scatter Plot and Trend Lines ➢ Algebra 1, Pearson
➢ HW
o Due Next Class Period
❖ Math Lab w/Mr. Eligio Monday
➢ Evaluating functions: Linear and quadratic or cubic
➢ 3 topics mastered in Aleks
Tuesday/Wednesday
➢ Quiz on Introduction of functions
➢ Graphing a linear equation of the form y = mx
➢ 3 topics mastered in Aleks
Thursday/ Friday
➢ Graphing a line given its equation in slope-intercept form: Integer slope
➢ 3 topics mastered in Aleks
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Homework: Complete all the required topics every week due on Saturday midnight
8th Grade Math
Monday
➢ Solving equations involving vertical angles
➢ 3 topics mastered in Aleks
Tuesday/ Wednesday
➢ Quiz on parallel lines cut by transversal
➢ Introduction to the Pythagorean Theorem
➢ 3 topics mastered in Aleks
Thursday/ Friday
➢ Pythagorean Theorem
➢ 3 topics mastered in Aleks
Homework: Complete all the required topics every week due on Saturday midnight
ELA/WRITING
❖ Mr. Martinez & Ms. Fielding ➢ Students will go through the writing process by editing and revising their individual DRAFTS of personal
narratives.
➢ Students will type or write their final copies of their personal narratives.
➢ Students will explore the theme of global citizenship by examining a variety of informational texts.
➢ Students become critical consumers of nonfiction through analysis of author’s purpose, organizational patterns,
and claims and assertions.
➢ Students will differentiate between fact and opinion in a formal piece of writing.
➢ Students will identify, use, and understand the function of a variety of complete
sentences (e.g., simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed
modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent
tenses.
➢ Students will continue practicing the mechanics and use conventions of capitalization.
➢ Students will continue practice for recognition and use of correct punctuation marks, including commas after
introductory words and phrases and dependent adverbial clauses.
Homework:
➢ Students will study a list of identified persuasive appeals used in persuading an audience.
➢ Students should be reading 30 – 45 minutes per night.
SOCIAL STUDIES
❖ Mr. Telle & Mr. Barkhausen Monday
I Do: Grievances Addressed in the Constitution – Reading We Do: Vocab Acquisition You Do: Federalist Political Party Tuesday/Wednesday I Do: Anti-Federalist Political Party We Do: Arguments For/Against Constitutional Ratification
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You Do: Introduction to National History Day – Essay Thursday/Friday I Do: Independent Review We Do: Partner Review You Do: Unit 3 and 4 – PowerPoint Game Review
ART ❖ Mr. Figueroa
Monday/Tuesday:
Objective: Understand and apply the elements of art, including line, shape, value, form, texture, and color
as the fundamentals of art in personal artworks and using art vocabulary appropriately.
Teacher demonstrates the use of the elements art to draw an idea.
Topic: Draw the Human Heart/Human Anatomy.
Students will draw and human heart and other human anatomy and label these organs. Students will discuss
major functions of these organs. Students will write and present orally about their artwork.
Wednesday/Thursday:
Objective: Understand and apply the elements of art, including line, shape, value, form, texture, and color
as the fundamentals of art in personal artworks and using art vocabulary appropriately.
Topic: Draw Human Anatomy.
Students will draw human anatomy and label these organs. Students will discuss major functions of these
organs. Students will write and present orally about their artwork.
Friday:
Objective: Understand and apply the elements of art, including line, shape, value, form, texture, and color
as the fundamentals of art in personal artworks and using art vocabulary appropriately.
Topic: Draw Human Anatomy.
Students will draw human anatomy and label these organs. Students will discuss major functions of these
organs. Students will write and present orally about their artwork.
LATIN/SPANISH
❖ Ms. HEINTZELMAN Monday, 11/5/18
• TAG/Etymology
• Review all 2nd 6 Weeks’ TAGS
• TAG Illustrations
• Finish Latin Binder Checks Homework: Study for TAG Test next class
Tuesday, 11/6/18 and Wednesday, 11/7/18
• TAG/Etymology
• Kahoot – to review tags
• 2nd 6 Weeks’ TAG Test
• Review present, imperfect, perfect tense verb endings – memory game
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Homework: Study Verb tense endings QUIZ next class Thursday, 11/8/18 and Friday, 11/9/18
• TAG/Etymology
• Verb tense endings QUIZ
• Pick any story in Stage 15 to parse Homework: Study for Etymology Test (#21-40) next week
❖ Ms. Kirk Please e-mail teacher if you have any questions.
❖ Ms. OBEID Monday:
- Watch Coco and complete activities Wednesday - Finish watching coco Friday - End of unit activity
Gifted & Talented / Gifted and Talented Applications
www.houstonisd.org
The Houston Independent School District has one G/T testing window for students applying to grades 1st-12th.
Therefore, only those students who are already identified as gifted and talented in HISD may apply for a space
available placement at Vanguard Magnet campuses after December 7, 2018.
