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Week of November 30, 2009 Monday will involve seeing how are apples mummified over the past 7 days. Which desiccant works the best, baking soda, salt, Epson salts, or the combination of the 3. Tuesday through Friday will involve a look at earthquakes and how seismic waves travel from where the fault activity takes place. Quiz #10 on Thursday. Week of November 16, 2009 Monday - Earth's Crust in motion- tension, shearing and compression Wednesday - Introduce Measuring Earthquakes P waves, S
waves, Thursday - Quiz #9
Friday - I will be absent due to a doctor's appointment so my Sub will Monday, November 23, 2009 - What Makes the best Mummy?
A lab demo that mummifies apples. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Earthquake and Volcano video covering what was studied last week.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 No school Week of November 9, 2009 Monday and Tuesday work on information on Earthquakes and Volcanoes Wednesday Honor our Veterans with Veteran's Day No School Thursday 1/2 day for students parent conferences in the afternoon and evening Report Card distribution Friday 1/2 day for students the remaining conferences will be held in the afternoon Please send your child's signed report card envelope back to school. Thank you
Week of November 2, 2009 Monday - Finish Dr. Wegener's Continental Drift map Tuesday - Go over vocabulary needed to successfully complete this study Wednesday - Begin Internet scavenger hunts Thursday - Quiz #8 and scavenger hunts Friday - complete at least one of the 4 hunts Smile Coming next week: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 no school in
Week of October 26, 2009 Monday Read together in class pages 25-27. Discus HEAT TRANSFER Radiation, conduction and convection Tuesday Pop quiz #2 This is an open notebook quiz. If they picked up a study guide they may use it on the quiz. Wednesday 2 short videos on heat transfer Thursday 10 weeks' test This is a 50 question test that comes from their previous quizzes, 2,3,4,5,6,7,PQ1,and PQ2 Friday Dr. Alfred Wegener comes to visit and give the kids an
Week of October 19, 2009 Monday was a day to do our first circle graph. Gases of the Atmosphere Tuesday we continued with circle graphs and did Elements in the Earth's Crust. Wednesday will culminate our graphing unit. We will correct all the graphs together and show the kids what they need to work on when we do graphs down the road. Thursday will be quiz #5 from the study guides. Friday I will show a video on parts of the Earth. Check out the following site.
For each answer you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice through the UN
World Food Program to help end hunger.
And if you get the word wrong...it brings it back up for you to get it
right!!!
Week of October 12, 2009 Monday is Columbus Day. Tuesday to Friday - I will be back to teach my science classes. I think I am going to go back and do the 2 circle graphs that need to be done and one more bar graph. Things will get back to normal I hope very soon.
Week of October 5, 2009 This week's quiz is Friday. Because I am not their we got the kids into the books quicker than normal. This being said we have skipped over quizzes 5 and 6 in the study guides and moved on to quiz #7.
Over the summer I had rewritten all my lessons for the first 10 weeks. Quizzes 5 and 6 have more graphing stuff on them along with spreadsheets information. I will work these lessons in in the future..
Please note that the above quiz study guides are out of sink with the instruction. Since I am unable to update them at the present time they will have to rely on their worksheets done in class. I will catch them up when I return and get back with what I spent the summer planning and updating. I am sorry for the inconvenience. Mr. V The kids will continue their study of Deforming the Earth's Crust. pages 112-119. Followed by a study of earthquakes. I won't be in until at least next Tuesday and only for 1/2 days when I do return. I am progressing nicely. I will teach circle graphs upon my return. Smile Mr. V
Week of September 28, 2009 Here is a rough sketch of the week's activities. As you will find out I am not in school again this week. I shall return hopefully next Monday and hopefully this will be the last of my missing school. Last week I had a few problems which involved being in the hospital for a few days and a heart catheterization. I am doing well. I have to learn to live without caffeine and a few other things. I will.
Monday - Teach note taking strategies while listening
to a passage about Monarch Butterflies.
Tuesday - Pop quiz 1 ; then finish the questions
for the listening activity done Monday
Wednesday - Another listening activity using an
Introduction to the Earth Article.
Thursday - Weekly quiz work on what they have not
completed. graphs, butterfly questions, earth questions
Friday - Read about the Earth in the book.
Week of September 21, 2009 Monday - this is the Autumnal Equinox. We shall construct a line graph showing how the hours of daylight are decreasing and the hours of darkness are increasing. A line graph shows change over time. Tuesday - We shall finish up our Equinox graphs and begin our 2 bean data graphs showing the root growth of the beans we worked with last week. I have put 10 beans in a cool place, a warm place, and a hot place. Wednesday - We will finish the bean graphs and collect height data from each of the 4 homerooms for another bar graph construction. Thursday will be quiz #3 it is located in the study guides above. We shall also take a look at the Earth in terms of latitude and longitude and why we have all the imaginary lines on them. Why do we have lines at 66 1/2 degrees or 23 1/2 degrees? Latitude and Longitude is like a big sheet of graph paper covering the Earth. Friday- we shall work on any graphs not completed and grade the first 5.
Week of September 14, 2009 Monday we tallied all the tongue data collected over the weekend. We then set up a data table and then put the data into a spreadsheet. We then constructed a bar graph that shows Mr. Valentine's homeroom data together. Tuesday will be the construction of 2 more bar graphs using Mr. Hanna's class and Mrs. Ireland's information. Wednesday We will finish up with Mrs. Rickert's data and construct a bar graph for it. We will also do the initial bean lab demonstration and collect some data. Thursday will bring forth a 5 question quiz which is quiz#2 located in my study guide tab above. We will then see the results of our bean lab and continue to work on the rest of the lab. Friday we will take a break from graphing receive an introduction to the Monarch Butterfly. We had 37 caterpillars in my class room that are going into the chrysalis stage and the waiting game starts. 12 to 14 days from now we will have Monarch Butterflies flying around our room. We shall release them onto the flowers we planted in the Seed Folks Garden and then they may start their journey to Mexico.
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 11, 2009 Tongue data collection due Monday.
Homework for the weekend of September 12th & 13th, 2009 Collect PARENT'S email address if you have one. Collect the tongue rolling data from your brothers, sisters, and parents. Check out the email/snail mail directions below. Have a good weekend.
How cool is this???? Click on the link and watch the Lady Bug invasion.
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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