Grade 7: Week of May 9th to 13th

Since I did not see grade 7 at all for four days, I needed this Monday to understand what grade 7 had learned and completed, and what they had not. Both classes will take a test this Friday and receive a review sheet on Wednesday. Our test will cover composition of the atmosphere, layers of the atmosphere, CFCs (causes, effects, solutions), destruction of the ozone layer (causes, effects, solutions), and ozone in the form of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxide.

We are missing three blue Science books. Please check your house to see if you might have one in your house.

Students homework is the following:

Monday night: return the progress report signed.

Tuesday night: to be determined

Wednesday night: finish the review sheet; study for the test on Friday

Thursday night: study for the test on Friday

Grade 8: Week of May 9th to 13th

We are rapidly preparing for EOGs and finishing our microbe book. Grade 8s will have a fair amount of homework and studying this week but I will not assign homework next week because of EOGs. The Grade 8 Science EOG is on Thursday May 19th. Students have finished answers questions on microbes and are now putting these questions in paragraph form and printing or drawing pictures for each page. Please see the Microbes booklet worksheets which gives instructions on how to complete the book.

Homework for the week is as follows:

Monday night:
1. Complete lessons 31 to 34 and the EOG Review in the EOG book (Chemistry section)
2. Study for the quiz on geology (see EOG book) on Tuesday
3. Bring back progress report signed for a homework grade

Tuesday night:
1. Complete pages 1-4 of the Microbe book or more including drawings or print out of pictures
2. Complete the review sheet on Microbes and study for the Microbes test Thursday

Wednesday night:
1. Complete pages 5-9 of the Microbe book including pictures
2. Study for the Microbes test on Thursday

Thursday night:
1. Complete pages 9-12 of the Microbe book including pictures
2. Study for the EOG Chemistry Quiz on Friday(see Chemistry section of the EOG book)

Friday: Microbe book is due. We will take the EOG Chemistry Quiz and then begin a full length practice quiz in partners. Next Monday we will finish a real EOG test that Department of Public Instruction released.

Extend 2 testing and Progress Reports

We will have students Extend 2 EOG testing this week in the media center. This means we will have a different schedule than usual this week and I will only be teaching grade 5, 6a, and 8a. I will give all other work to supervising teachers for other classes.

Progress Reports will be given out May 6th. Please bring them back signed by Tuesday May 10th. Thank you!

Grade 5: Week of May 2nd to 6th

We will be reviewing for our EOG and learning about food webs and food chains this week. Students received a review sheet on Newton's Laws Monday and will take a quiz on it Wednesday. Students will receive a review sheet on Ecosystems on Wednesday (or possibly Thursday and will take their test next Tuesday. It is the last chapter test they will take. Students will also be writing sentences to prepare themselves for a Vocabulary Quiz on Column 3 and 4 words. Most students did very well on their last Vocabulary test!

Students will have the following homework:

Tuesday night: write sentences on Column 3 and study for Newton's Laws Quiz
Wednesday night: write sentences on Column 4 and finish part or all of the review sheet (review sheet might be given for homework Wednesday or Thursday)
Thursday night: study for the Column 3 and 4 Vocabulary Test, study for the Ecosystem test
next Monday night: study for the Ecosystem test on Tuesday May 10th

Grade 6: Week of May 2nd to 6th

Due to extend 2 EOG testing in the media center, I will only see 6a, but will give work to the supervising teachers of 6b. We will compare and contrast plants' physical and physiological adaptations and examine the causes of extinction. Finally, we will watch a video about one of the most famous case studies of adaptation: the Galapagos Islands. We will have a test next week.

Grade 7: Week of May 2nd to 6th

Due to Extend 2 EOG testing in the media center, I will not get to see Grade 7s this week, but have given work to supervising teachers. Students will be learning about two types of ozone and comparing and contrasting them. They will learn how ozone, volatile organic compounds, nitrous oxide, and other particles pollute our air. Then they will be presented with a case study about one of the dirtiest cities in the world: Linfen, China. We will have a test on the Atmosphere next week.

Grade 8: Week of May 2nd to 6th

Since we are having Extend 2 testing in the media center, I will only see 8a this week, but I have given work to other elective teachers and 8b will be expected to do the same work as 8a.

I have marked all of the EOG tests that were written before spring break and I will be communicating with you if your child received an estimated 1 or 2 (below grade level). I will also have tutoring this Thursday, next Monday and next Thursday. We will go over the most common errors during the 8a class.

All of Grade 8 will be working on their Microbes book this week, filling in information from their textbook and EOG book first. The goal for this week is to have all of the information filled in for every microbe by Friday. Our second job will come next week when we write the paragraphs and include a microbe for each page.

Homework this week is as follows:

1. Finish filling in information and answering the questions on the "Microbe Book" sheets by Friday May 6th.
2. On Tuesday night: Finish Lesson 25, 26, 27 in the EOG book
3. On Wednesday night: Finish Lesson 28, 29, 30 in the EOG book
4. On Thursday night: Finish Lesson 31, 32, 33 in the EOG book