February 24-28th

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Present County Ag projects/Alphabet soup/Cowboy inkblot and numbers activity/YE buck Auction
Tuesday: Shop Safety
Wednesday: Study Safety rules
Thursday and Friday: Take safety tests and draw blocks (front, side, top, 3-D)

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Zip Code Demographics Activity
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/Innovation Activity
Wednesday: Innovation Activity
Thursday: Invention Activity
Friday: Invention Activity

3rd Period: Animal Science
Monday: Finish Kahoot Ag Trivia
Tuesday-Friday: Common Digestive Diseases (Students will be choosing a disease and writing a research paper about the disease)


4th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Landscape Design (create design using iScape app on phone)
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/create supplies and materials list for 3-D landscape model
Wednesday-Friday: Create 3-D landscape model


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: Various GMAW welding joints and SMAW overhead welds


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday: Finish plans and decide type of wood to use/clean shop
Tuesday-Friday: Work in shop on various woodworking projects

February 17-21

1st Period: Junior High Agriculture 

Monday: Montana County Ag Project
Tuesday: Montana County Ag Project
Wednesday: Present Projects
Thursday: Labeling Activity and inkblot/numbers activity
YE Buck Auction
Friday: No School

2nd Period: Floriculture 

Monday: Floral Portfolio
Tuesday: Zip Code Look Up (Key Terms, PowerPoint and Guided notes) Introduce worksheet/research activity
Wednesday: Zip Code Look Up Worksheet
Thursday: Innovation Activity
Friday: No School

3rd Period: Animal Science

Monday: FFA Districts in Twin Bridges
Tuesday: FFA Week Prep
Wednesday and Thursday: Common Digestive Disease research
Friday: No School

4th Period: Greenhouse Management 

Monday-Thursday: Landscape Design
Friday: No School

5th Period: Ag Welding 
Monday-Thursday: Various GMAW welds and SMAW overhead welds

Friday: No School

6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday: Chapter 31: read chapter and answer questions 1-10 on page 818
Tuesday-Thursday: Work on various woodshop projects
Friday: No School

Feb 10-14

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Montana County Ag Projects
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/MT county ag projects
Wednesday: Montana County Ag Projects
Thursday: Montana County Ag Projects
Friday: CNN 10/present projects

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Finish Focal Point Activity
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/ Plant and Flower ID
Wednesday: Pick up flowers from Garden Shop
Thursday: Create Valentine's Day arrangements
Friday: Create Senior night arrangements

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Finish ruminant digestion PowerPoint/Avian Digestion PowerPoint and guided notes.    Start digestion collage
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/ Digestion collage
Wednesday-Friday: Make and sell dog treats 

4th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Landscape Design rough draft
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/landscape design rough draft
Wednesday and Thursday: Landscape design-choose flowers, plants shrubs and trees
Friday: Share Eye Spy and YE Buck Auction 

5th Period:  Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: SMAW vertical overhead and GMAW various joint welds


6th Period: Ag Woods 
Monday: Brainstorm/draw plans for next project
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/draw plans and choose wood type
Wednesday: Chapter 31: Design options for woodworking
Thursday and Friday: Clean shop

February 3-7th

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Present Livestock posters/Bridge Building Activity
Tuesday:-Thursday: Montana Counties Ag Project
Friday: PIT game/YE Auction

2nd Period: Floriculture 
Monday: Chapter 8: Flower Selection
Tuesday: Valentine's Day Arrangements-discuss flowers and make a plant/flower list and draw rough draft of design (look at page 356 of textbook)
Wednesday: Hydroponics: How does it work? Different designs and set ups/what does it require to be successful? Plant seeds and set up system 
Thursday: Focal Point Activity
Friday: Plant/Flower ID Notebooks

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Ruminant Digestion
Tuesday: Ruminant Digestion
Wednesday: Digestion Collage activity
Thursday: Digestions Collage Activity
Friday: Common Digestive diseases in animals (both ruminant and monogastric)

4th Period: Greenhouse Management 
Monday: Eye Spy Activity/ Careers in the Horticulture Industry
Tuesday: Careers in Horticulture Industry
Wednesday: Landscape Design
Thursday: Landscape Design
Friday: Share Eye-Spy Activity and Landscape Design

5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: GMAW (plate of beads and various joints)/SMAW (overhead vertical up and down)


6th Period:  Ag Woods 
Monday-Friday: Various woodworking projects

January 27-31

1st Period: JH Agriculture 

Monday: Finish working on Livestock Posters
Tuesday: Present Livestock Posters/Ted Talk Tuesday
Wednesday: Ski Day
Thursday: YE Auction/bridge building activity
Friday: No School

2nd Period: Floriculture

Monday: Personal Branding Project
Tuesday: Personal Branding Project
Wednesday: Personal Branding Project
Thursday: Personal Branding Project due at end of class
Friday: No School

3rd Period: Animal Science 

Monday: Vet visit with 2 dogs for check up and ultrasound
Tuesday: Monogastric Digestion (PowerPoint and guided notes)
Wednesday: Monogastric Digestion
Thursday: Ruminant Digestion
Friday: No School

4th Period: Greenhouse Management 

Monday: Types of Fruit
Tuesday: Horticulture Industry
Wednesday: Careers in Horticulture
Thursday: Share Eye Spy/Careers in Horticulture Industry
Friday: No School

5th Period: Ag Welding   

Monday-Thursday: SMAW-Overhead Vertical up and down/GMAW plate build up

Friday: No School

6th Period: Ag Woods 

Monday:-Thursday: Woodworking projects (students are staining, gluing and sanding projects)

Friday: No School

January 20-24

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Choose Livestock animal and introduce livestock poster project
Tuesday: Work on Livestock Poster
Wednesday: Ski Day
Thursday: YE Buck Auction Work on Livestock Poster
Friday:  Work on Livestock poster-due at beginning of class on Monday (the 27th)

Livestock Poster

Directions: Your poster needs to have LARGE print (so it can be read from the back of the classroom).  Use pieces of construction paper to back your text and pictures.  Your poster needs to have the following information:

**Title

**5 different breeds (pictures and names of each breed)

**Where did the breeds originate? (just type the place of origin for each breed)

**What are the traits of each breed? (describe key characteristics and what the breed looks like, key colors or color patterns)

**What is each breed used for? What is the purpose of the breed? List 2 purposes for each breed.  Include a total of 5 pictures. Example: a picture of steak if it is used for meat.

**Any other interesting facts you’ve found while researching your livestock animal

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Finish presenting Chapter 10 projects. Students will then choose a time era/design style they would like to make an arrangement for.  Create materials/plant/flower list and draw a rough draft of design
Tuesday: Plant/flower list and rough draft of floral design
Wednesday: Importance of brands/labels...why do we have them?
Thursday and Friday: Personal branding project


3rd Period: Animal Science
Monday: Conversions/make dog biscuits
Tuesday: Finish making dog biscuits
Wednesday-Friday: Ruminant digestive systems (PowerPoint and guided notes)


4th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday: Set up fruit ripening experiment/read "Growth stimulants, retardants and rooting hormones"/ "Eye Spy" Activity
Tuesday and Wednesday: Fruit Function and Anatomy/Types of Fruit
Thursday and Friday: Understanding the horticulture industry and exploring horticulture career options


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: GMAW and FCAW test/practice GMAW running beads
Tuesday-Friday: GMAW various joints and SMAW vertical and overhead welding


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Friday: Students are working on various woodworking projects

January 13-17-first week of 2nd semester

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Junior High Ag (8th grade) class overview/guidelines and course outline
Introduction to YE Bucks
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday
What is Ag? What interests you in Ag and what do you want to learn this quarter
Wednesday: Paper Airplane Factory
Thursday: Livestock Poster
Friday: Livestock poster 

2nd Period: Floriculture 
Monday: Chapter 10: Principles of Floral Design (page 258-267) Students will be choosing a Traditional Design Classification and creating a presentation to teach the class about their classification.
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/work on Chapter 10 presentation
Wednesday and Thursday: Chapter 10 presentation
Friday: Present Chapter 10 projects/play PIT game

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Visit to vet with dog for check-up and rabies shot
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/conversions in the vet industry-why are they important
Wednesday and Thursday: Conversions activity/homemade dog treats conversion for ingredients
Friday: Make dog treats

4th Period: Greenhouse management 
Monday: Plant physiology (photosynthesis and respiration)
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/ understanding light, temperature, air and water effects on plant growth
Wednesday: understanding light, temperature, air and water effects on plant growth
Thursday: understanding plant growth regulators
Friday: Market/trade  key terms and play PIT game


5th Period: Ag Welding 
Monday: GMAW/FCAW PowerPoint and guided notes
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/ GMAW/FCAW PowerPoint and guided notes
Wednesday: GMAW/FCAW review and quiz
Thursday and Friday: Practice running beads with GMAW


6th Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Shop safety/rules review and work on projects in shop
Tuesday: Ted Talk Tuesday/work on woodshop projects
Wednesday-Friday: Work on woodshop projects