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November 24, 2008 - November 28, 2008 Monday - go over questions on page 50 and introduce what natural forces are constructive forces and what natural forces are destructive forces. Tuesday - Unearth our "Mummy Apples" and finish the lab started last Wednesday. Wednesday - Teacher conference day - Enjoy your time with your children. Thursday - Spend some time discussing all the things you are thankful for and don't eat too much. Friday - Spend the day trying to find a good "Black Friday" deal and enjoy your children as much as I do. I am thankful for your children and the wonderment they show in their quest for knownlege. Happy Thanksgiving! V November 17, 2008 - November 21, 2008 Monday - Read pages 42 - 47 dealing with plate boundaries and the break up of Pangaea. Tuesday - go over the plate boundary material answer the first 10 questions on page 50 together orally and then write them out for homework. Wednesday - Since our students are studying Egypt and mumification we are going to collect data about mummification. I have a demonstration we do dealing with mummifying apples. Thursday - 1/2 day for students parent conferences in the afternoon and evening. We will take a practice ELA state exam today to see how we are doing 2 months before the actual test. Friday - 1/2 day for student parent conferences. We will have a guest speaker, Mr. Jeffrey Smith, who will talk about GEOTHERMAL energy November 10, 2008 - November 14, 2008 Monday - Last class day to work on Scavenger Hunts and project activities. Tuesday - Veterans' Day - Honor our Veterans Wednesday - In class read pages 33-39 and introduce vocabulary Thursday - Quiz #9 from above questions dealing with boundaries will NOT BE TESTED on this quiz, they will be given the answers to use as study guides for our next quiz Friday - Today the students will write their final copy of the letter they wrote in ELA earlier this week in science class. The students need to realize Language Arts do not stop when you leave room 111. While they are doing this one at a time we will play a hangman activity as a review. http://www.quia.com/hm/457772.html
I am still working with the "Quia Group" to fix the problem with the scavenger hunts. I retyped all of them and still get correct answers marked wrong, yet they can still get "You Win Certificates" if they do get the correct answers. I will continue this quest until all things are corrected on the "Quia" end. Thank you for your patience.
November 3, 2008 - November 7, 2008 Monday - Go over the 10 weeks' test and work on the continental drift maps we started with Dr. Wegener on Friday. Tuesday/Wednesday One of these two days Mrs. Rickert will come in and teach BUSINESS LETTER writing. The students will write a business letter to Dr. Wegener thanking him for coming and asking him for more information about continental drift. The other day will be used to finish up their maps and begin the quarter 2 mini-projects involving internet scavenger hunts and other earth science activities. (Language Arts does not stop when you walk out the door of room 111, Mrs. Rickert's room).
Thursday - review quiz (not in the study guides) this quiz is based on the 10-15 questions most frequently missed on our 10 weeks' test from last Thursday. Friday - to be determined.
October 27, 2008 - October 31,
2008 Monday - get back quiz #8 and go over it.
Remind students to be Tuesday - Pop Quiz #2 (owed work, if someone owes something) Those with all their work done may use one of my computers to review for the 10 weeks’ test tomorrow. Thursday
- 10 weeks' test based on quizzes 1-8 and pop quiz #1 Friday - Alfred Wegener comes to visit.
During his presentation the
October 20, 2008 - October 24, 2008 Monday – Review all the vocabulary
introduced in text pages 16 to 24 Tuesday - Read pages 25-27 and do the 5
questions on page 27. This Wednesday - Watch a video on Continental Drift. Go over
questions introduced about 2 weeks’ ago. 25 questions (see study study guides above) Friday – Reread pages 28-32 as a share
and pair group, going over the October 13, 2008 to October 17, 2008 Monday: No School Columbus Day.... In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue..... The Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Marie were his 3 ships. Tuesday: Correct the graphs the students have been working on this year Wednesday: Today is our first W.O.D. (writing on demand) lesson. Mrs. "P" will conduct class and do a writing lesson about our Monarch Butterfly adventure that we were able to witness. Thursday: Quiz #7 (all based on previously learned material, see study guides above.) Friday: Field Trip
Look Ahead: Pop quiz #2 is Tuesday after next....PLEASE TAKE A STUDY GUIDE and the 10 week is on the horizon...start to study old quizzes or go to the study guides above. October 20th Monday: Continue with our work on layers of the Earth talking about them and learning little details about each. Read pages 10-13 in their textbooks and discover the 3 ways scientist look for clues to Earth's history by detecting faults.
October 6, 2008 to October 10, 2008 Monday: Construct a circle graph dealing with Elements of the Earth from scratch. Tuesday: Check then correct all our graphs we have done so far this year. Wednesday: Begin our study of Planet Earth with our first textbook of the year. Please read pages 16-24 as well as all the captions under the pictures. Also, please cover the books by Monday if possible. I advised the students today that if they needed to finish any of their graphs, they could choose one of the following options: 1. come to me during Pull Out 9th period and finish them 2. let me know they wish to stay after school with me on a Monday or a Thursday (I need to know their intention to stay as I have 11 students who stay with me anyway and only have room to take 5 more on any given day, so if they ask I may tell them to stay the next time as I have a full house.) Thursday: Quiz # 6 Friday: Continue our study of Planet Earth from the textbook Class Notes Each classroom has a change can in it to collect spare change for the Hurricane Victims of Ike. If you have some spare change please send it in for this effort. Also, we are starting a food drive for the local food pantry that is very down on food at the present time. If you can please think about a food contribution as well. Thanks from Kids of America and Student Council. September 29 - October 3, 2008 Monday: Do our height graph from scratch. This graph will be done at
Wednesday: Circle Graph #1 done in class "Gases of the
Atmosphere"
Thursday: Quiz #5 see Science
Study Guides above Friday: 1/2 day of school only periods 1 and 2 will have science. This will be a catch up day for the students I have. RIA will meet period 3 as usual and period 4 I will plan the following week's lessons.
September 22-26, 2008 Monday: Today we discussed the word EQUINOX and the imaginary lines on the Earth that are created by the Sun's rays. We also constructed a double line graph dealing with the hours of day and night. Tuesday: We will complete our bean graphs for day 5 root growth. Wednesday: On our own we will construct a bar graph dealing with temperatures for 5 days in Albany, New York and collect data for our height graphs to be completed at a future date. Thursday: Quiz #4 see Science Study Guides above, and finish up any binder organizing we need to do. Friday: No school for students. Teacher conference day. Coming events: POP QUIZ #1 is Tuesday, September 30, 2008. (Study guides ARE available in my room to the OBSERVANT STUDENT. We will also do our first circle graphs next week. September 15-19, 2008 Monday: Rachel's Challenge assembly in high school and follow up discussions in period 1 classes. All other classes finished up their 4 bar graphs from last week or worked on the Review Activities from above dealing with graphing. Homework: Be kind to someone! Tuesday: All classes will collect data for a line graph we will be completing this week in class. Today we will write our first hypothesis (educated guess) on what will happen in this lab. Their homework is:
Wednesday Do part II of the bean lab together. homework: Be Kind to someone and study vocabulary sheet given on Tuesday. Thursday: quiz#3 from the Science
Study Guides and begin our first line graph
Friday: Complete our first line graph. Homework: Be kind to a sibling! ****************************************** September 8-12, 2008 Thursday is QUIZ day! Tomorrow they have their second quiz of the year, this one is a paper and pencil quiz. To see the quiz click on the Science Study Guides link above and practice it. All quizzes are online every week. Depending on what I get covered in a week, I alter the questions that are presently at the links listed in the study guide section. At the present time the first 5 quizzes have been updated for this school year. If you find a typographical error in a quiz please email me the information so I can go in and correct the "typo". Thank you for your cooperation. This week we will be working on double bar graph construction. We will make 4 double bar graphs based on the data collected from your families over the weekend. Those that still owe some of the materials that need to be returned please get them in as soon as possible. They include: the demographic information sheet, conduct policy and attendance policy information. Those that have returned them already THANK YOU very much. I also need a few phone numbers and or email addresses from some students. **************************** Welcome back to a New School Year! I am looking forward to meeting all of you and working together to educate your child. Homework for Friday, September 5, 2007 Tongue data collection due.
Homework for the weekend of September 6-7, 2008 Collect PARENT'S email address if they have one Collect the tongue rolling data from your brothers, sisters, and parents. Have a good weekend.
Computer Email and Snail mail BONUS: This is
a permanent feature. Your child may earn 5 bonus points OR sending me a small hand written note with the name of the student, the words snail mail bonus and your signature. They will receive a 5 point bonus each week I get an email or snail mail from you. One per student, per week, unless there is a pop quiz that week also . PLEASE
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