Gooooooooooooooood afternoon folks,
Science class on Wednesday's are normally "BrainPop Wednesday's" for each class.
With that being said, today was not any different for the grade 6 & grade 7.
Grade 6:
Watched two BrainPop videos during class today; The first being on galaxies & the other being on the Milky Way galaxy. You guys also completed a short follow-up quiz related to each of the movies. You were not assigned any homework for this evening.
Grade 7:
We watched four BrainPop videos during class today; Addiction, drug abuse, alcohol, & smoking along with the effects that each can have on the human body. You have the ongoing on assignments that are BOTH due this Friday. The brochure based on the risks of drug & alcohol abuse in addition to your mini-research report based on the drug of your choice, that will receive a quiz grade.
Grade 8:
Tomorrow is EXAM day! Chapter 17 & Chapter 18.
STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!
That's all for now folks!
SMALLS
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday 2.22.11
Hello out there!
Sorry that I missed you guys yesterday, but here is what is going on with each of the grades:
Grade 6-
You should research the term "interstellar medium" and form an understanding of the term. From there you should apply the meaning of the term to express how it may appear differently in each of the types of categories that were discussed in class yesterday!
Grade 7-
You guys should be completing your "foldable" for the different types of drugs and their effects and uses.
You guys also should be working on your brochures that were assigned yesterday that will be due on Friday!
Additionally, you should begin your research paper that is also due on Friday (instructions were given during class this morning).
Grade 8-
You should be studying for your upcoming exam (given Thursday) on chapters 17 & 18.
That is all for now!
SMALLS
Sorry that I missed you guys yesterday, but here is what is going on with each of the grades:
Grade 6-
You should research the term "interstellar medium" and form an understanding of the term. From there you should apply the meaning of the term to express how it may appear differently in each of the types of categories that were discussed in class yesterday!
Grade 7-
You guys should be completing your "foldable" for the different types of drugs and their effects and uses.
You guys also should be working on your brochures that were assigned yesterday that will be due on Friday!
Additionally, you should begin your research paper that is also due on Friday (instructions were given during class this morning).
Grade 8-
You should be studying for your upcoming exam (given Thursday) on chapters 17 & 18.
That is all for now!
SMALLS
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
2.15.11
Hello all,
Long time, no see! I apologize for my hiatus over the past few weeks and I want you to know that I am going to make a conscious effort to get back into the scheme of things going forward! With that said, today the homework for the classes were as follows:
Grade 6- You should be completing your reinforcement activity in which you will practice using the skills associated with the H-R diagram to understand how to find the distance of a star from our planet. It might also be a good idea to review the material you discussed in class based on the life cycle of a star as you prepare your "autobiography of a star" that will be due on Friday. Remember with your autobiography of a star assignment, YOU are the star and you are telling the world your life story from your "birth" and through your "death". You should include things such as, your appearance throughout each stage of your life, how you grew, your temperature, mass, etc.
Grade 7- As we begin to discuss nutrition and how it relates to healthful living, you guys also have a reinforcement activity associated with healthful eating options. Also keep in mind you will be recording your dietary intake over the next 3 days (including today), and you will need to analyze how healthful your food intake is when compared to the necessary components of healthful eating/living. You will also need to discuss how you could take steps to improve your dietary intake based on the results of your food log.
Grade 8- I know you guys have missed me, you haven't had to sit in my classroom yet this week! I understand your misery and assure you that I will be in full effect tomorrow! See you guys then! muahahahahaha!!
Feels good to be back with my adoring followers, I hope that I can be a lot more consistent for you guys! haha!
Signing off,
SMALLS
Long time, no see! I apologize for my hiatus over the past few weeks and I want you to know that I am going to make a conscious effort to get back into the scheme of things going forward! With that said, today the homework for the classes were as follows:
Grade 6- You should be completing your reinforcement activity in which you will practice using the skills associated with the H-R diagram to understand how to find the distance of a star from our planet. It might also be a good idea to review the material you discussed in class based on the life cycle of a star as you prepare your "autobiography of a star" that will be due on Friday. Remember with your autobiography of a star assignment, YOU are the star and you are telling the world your life story from your "birth" and through your "death". You should include things such as, your appearance throughout each stage of your life, how you grew, your temperature, mass, etc.
Grade 7- As we begin to discuss nutrition and how it relates to healthful living, you guys also have a reinforcement activity associated with healthful eating options. Also keep in mind you will be recording your dietary intake over the next 3 days (including today), and you will need to analyze how healthful your food intake is when compared to the necessary components of healthful eating/living. You will also need to discuss how you could take steps to improve your dietary intake based on the results of your food log.
Grade 8- I know you guys have missed me, you haven't had to sit in my classroom yet this week! I understand your misery and assure you that I will be in full effect tomorrow! See you guys then! muahahahahaha!!
Feels good to be back with my adoring followers, I hope that I can be a lot more consistent for you guys! haha!
Signing off,
SMALLS
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
11.10.10
Good afternoon ladies and gents,
I just wnated to shoot out a quick update about the happenings in Science for each grade level! First off, each grade has completed their tests (aside from a few individual students) and I must say the results were not bad, but always room for an improvement! Overall, I am pleased and I thank you guys for the effort and hope that it continues through the course of the school year!
Grade 6:
We have began our investigations of volcanoes! We began with an article about the recent volcanic eruption that took place in Indonesia and introduced what volcanoes are and the type of erutpions that can occur! Your homework was a word search with vocabulary words relevant to this material and defining the words on the back side of the same sheet of paper! Might be a good idea to review those words in case you see them again in the very near future! **hint hint**
You were also given a project that will be due on 12.3.10 about volcanoes and you were given the instruction along with a rubric for this project!
Grade 7:
We have began our studies of circulation and respiration and most of the things in between! We are starting in the cardiovascular system. We have been introduced to the heart, what it is, why it is so important, the major functions of it! Nice job on last night's homework assignments, your short stories were pretty good and I enjoyed hearing them! Today your homework was designed to be a little more playful and hopefully a little more fun for you guys! You were supposed to create a "valentine's day" card that you would be giving to your own heart thanking it and expressing your love for it and telling it why you were so thankful for it! You were also supposed to find out why the <3 heart is so widely used instead of a picture of a real heart and where this design came from. You also had an extra credit assignment if you chose to do it (NOTE: I will not repost that, because it's extra credit, if you want it, you should've written it down).
Grade 8:
I did not have you guys today, but this week when have began discussing chemical bonds as an extension of the Periodic Table of Elements. You guys had the electron trading card assignment that will be due tomorrow, along with the bonding basics worksheets.
SMALLS
I just wnated to shoot out a quick update about the happenings in Science for each grade level! First off, each grade has completed their tests (aside from a few individual students) and I must say the results were not bad, but always room for an improvement! Overall, I am pleased and I thank you guys for the effort and hope that it continues through the course of the school year!
Grade 6:
We have began our investigations of volcanoes! We began with an article about the recent volcanic eruption that took place in Indonesia and introduced what volcanoes are and the type of erutpions that can occur! Your homework was a word search with vocabulary words relevant to this material and defining the words on the back side of the same sheet of paper! Might be a good idea to review those words in case you see them again in the very near future! **hint hint**
You were also given a project that will be due on 12.3.10 about volcanoes and you were given the instruction along with a rubric for this project!
Grade 7:
We have began our studies of circulation and respiration and most of the things in between! We are starting in the cardiovascular system. We have been introduced to the heart, what it is, why it is so important, the major functions of it! Nice job on last night's homework assignments, your short stories were pretty good and I enjoyed hearing them! Today your homework was designed to be a little more playful and hopefully a little more fun for you guys! You were supposed to create a "valentine's day" card that you would be giving to your own heart thanking it and expressing your love for it and telling it why you were so thankful for it! You were also supposed to find out why the <3 heart is so widely used instead of a picture of a real heart and where this design came from. You also had an extra credit assignment if you chose to do it (NOTE: I will not repost that, because it's extra credit, if you want it, you should've written it down).
Grade 8:
I did not have you guys today, but this week when have began discussing chemical bonds as an extension of the Periodic Table of Elements. You guys had the electron trading card assignment that will be due tomorrow, along with the bonding basics worksheets.
SMALLS
Thursday, November 4, 2010
11.4.10
Hey guys (and gals if you're reading),
I just wanted to remind each grade that they will be having an exam tomorrow in Science class! Based on our in class reviews I feel like you guys are pretty well prepared for the exams! Now the only thing left to do is knock them out of the park tomorrow! Goodluck to each of you! Make me proud!
Smalls
I just wanted to remind each grade that they will be having an exam tomorrow in Science class! Based on our in class reviews I feel like you guys are pretty well prepared for the exams! Now the only thing left to do is knock them out of the park tomorrow! Goodluck to each of you! Make me proud!
Smalls
Monday, November 1, 2010
11.1.10
First off let me say that I CAN'T believe that it is already November! My how time flies (when you're having fun?!?!?!)..
Now on to bigger (& better) things!
EACH grade will have a test on Friday of this week (11.5.10) and should be actively studying bits of information each night rather than trying to cram it all it the night before the test, because I am aware that each grade will also have a math test during the week as well. Let's get it done men!
As far as Science is concerned, each grade compelted a vocabulary activity in class that should help refresh your minds on some of the information discussed during the units in which you will be tested on. So you have PLENTY of resources to use as study material for the upcoming exam, please put them to good use!
SMALLS
Now on to bigger (& better) things!
EACH grade will have a test on Friday of this week (11.5.10) and should be actively studying bits of information each night rather than trying to cram it all it the night before the test, because I am aware that each grade will also have a math test during the week as well. Let's get it done men!
As far as Science is concerned, each grade compelted a vocabulary activity in class that should help refresh your minds on some of the information discussed during the units in which you will be tested on. So you have PLENTY of resources to use as study material for the upcoming exam, please put them to good use!
SMALLS
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
10.27.10
Good afternoon gents,
I don't have much to report today, just wanted to give a quick update about homework for each grade! With that said, here we go as follows:
Grade 6:
This afternoon we continued discussing tsunamis to help develop a further understanding of the recent disaster that took place in Indonesia that should assist you in your newspaper story that is due and will be presented in class on Friday. You also have some BrainPop activities and vocabulary to complete as a part of your homework to help tie all of this information together and to serve as a reference for future assignments.
Grade 7:
You guys were able to watch TWO BrainPop videos this morning that were based on the concepts of development associated with human reproduction. You guys did a good job with this information and have really been doing a solid job over the past two weeks as an entire grouup, keep that up! You were given some BrainPop activities to help reinforce the content of the videos and keep in mind that you have "Life as a Fetus" short story due on Friday, as well as your brochure for stages of development after the point of birth.
Grade 8:
You guys will continue working with The Periodic Table of Elements information and the creation of a replica of the chart that will indiciate the number of electrons in each energy level of the element itself. Please keep in mind that you guys will need to have your element cubes ready to go for Friday as you guys will present them in class.
Also EACH grade should begin reviewing information for an assessment over the course of the next week (probably Friday for each grade).
Thank you all,
SMALLS
I don't have much to report today, just wanted to give a quick update about homework for each grade! With that said, here we go as follows:
Grade 6:
This afternoon we continued discussing tsunamis to help develop a further understanding of the recent disaster that took place in Indonesia that should assist you in your newspaper story that is due and will be presented in class on Friday. You also have some BrainPop activities and vocabulary to complete as a part of your homework to help tie all of this information together and to serve as a reference for future assignments.
Grade 7:
You guys were able to watch TWO BrainPop videos this morning that were based on the concepts of development associated with human reproduction. You guys did a good job with this information and have really been doing a solid job over the past two weeks as an entire grouup, keep that up! You were given some BrainPop activities to help reinforce the content of the videos and keep in mind that you have "Life as a Fetus" short story due on Friday, as well as your brochure for stages of development after the point of birth.
Grade 8:
You guys will continue working with The Periodic Table of Elements information and the creation of a replica of the chart that will indiciate the number of electrons in each energy level of the element itself. Please keep in mind that you guys will need to have your element cubes ready to go for Friday as you guys will present them in class.
Also EACH grade should begin reviewing information for an assessment over the course of the next week (probably Friday for each grade).
Thank you all,
SMALLS
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