Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Period 1--Get your papers signed. Your element project is due tomorrow.
Period 2--Get your Grand Canyon paper and test papers signed. Postcard project is due next Tuesday. Start to study your Grand Canyon worksheet and the highlighted notes on pp. 3, 4, 5, and 12.
Period 3--Get your papers signed.
Periods 4 and 5--Get your papers signed. Your map project is due tomorrow. Be sure to follow the directions on the grade sheet/checklist in order to earn as many points as possible.
Period 6--Get your papers signed. Study your Shape of Earth worksheet and Building Mountains notes. We will be having a test the week after Easter.
Homeroom Reminders--Lunch menu choices for tomorrow are pizza, turkey and cheese hoagie, and chicken wrap. Communication envelopes were sent home today. Spring pictures were sent home today. If you plan to purchase them, please send in the money ASAP. If you decide not to purchase the pictures, please return them to school ASAP. No school on Friday. There will be school tomorrow and Monday.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Period 1--No homework.
Period 2--Get your Grand Canyon paper signed. Postcard project is due on or before next Tuesday. Start to study the Grand Canyon worksheet and the highlighted notes on pp. 3, 4, 5, and 12.
Period 3--Get your project paper signed. Read pp. 18 to 21 and finish the Rivers worksheet.
Periods 4 and 5--Read pp. 3 to 6 and finish numbers 7 and 8 of the Maps and How They Are Made worksheet. Your Map project is due on Thursday. Be sure to follow the directions on the checklist/gradesheet in order to earn as many points as possible.
Period 6--Finish response sheet 35. Study your Shapes of Earth worksheet and your Building Mountains notes. We will have a test the week after Easter.
Have a great night!

Monday, March 29, 2010

Monday, March 29, 2010

Period 1--No homework.
Period 2--Get your Grand Canyon worksheet signed. Your Grand Canyon postcard project is due on or before next Tuesday.
Period 3--Get your Grand Canyon project paper signed.
Periods 4 and 5--Read pp. 1 to 3 of your Landforms book. Complete numbers 1 to 6 of the Maps and How They Are Made outline sheet. Your map project is due on Wednesday.
Period 6--Start to study your Shapes of Earth worksheet and your Building a Mountain notes.
Homeroom Reminders--Return communication envelopes to school. We do not have school on Friday, April 2. We do have school and Thursday, April 1 and Monday, April 5.
Have a great night!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

Periods 1 and 3--We took our test today. Several students still need to finish. Review your test materials over the weekend.
Periods 2, 4, and 5--No homework.
Period 6--Get your Mount Shasta paper and project sheet signed. We took our test today. Several students still need to finish. Review your test materials over the weekend.
Homeroom Reminders--Communication envelopes were sent home today. When we return to school on Monday, it will be Day 6-Art.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Period 1--Study your Investigation 4 study guide and element flashcards for your test tomorrow. Get your project grade sheet signed.
Period 2--Correct the Grand Canyon worksheet up to number 16. Get your test signed.
Period 3--Study for your test tomorrow. Study your Grand Canyon worksheet and notebook pages 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, and 16.
Periods 4 and 5--No homework. We continued our map making project in class today.
Period 6--Get your Mt. Shasta paper signed.
Homeroom Reminder--Phys. Ed. is tomorrow--Day 5.
Have a great night!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Period 1--Study your Investigation 4 study guide and element flashcards for your test on Friday.
Period 2--Get your test signed. Read pp. 11 to 14 and finish the Grand Canyon worksheet.
Period 3--Your postcard project is due tomorrow. Do 1 to 11 of the Rivers worksheet. Test on Friday.
Periods 4 and 5--No homework. We are working on a lab and project in school.
Period 6--Get your Shapes of Earth grade sheet signed. Study for your test tomorrow.
Homeroom Reminder--Phys. Ed will be on Friday-Day 5. Fundraiser pick up will be today in the NSE gym from 3 until 8.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Period 1--Study your Investigation 4 study guide for your test on Friday.
Period 2--Read pp. 9 and 10 and do 1 to 11 of the Grand Canyon worksheet.
Period 3--Postcard project is due on or before Thursday. Study Grand Canyon worksheet and notebook pages 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, and 16. Your test is on Friday. Get your test signed.
Periods 4 and 5--No homework. We started our 3-D model lab today.
Period 6--Finish the Mt. Shasta paper. Test is on Thursday. Study the Rivers worksheet, notebook page 23 numbers 1 to 6, erosion on notebook page 3, and deposition on notebook page 16. We highlighted items to study in your notebook.
Homeroom Reminders--Fundraiser pickup will be tomorrow in the NSE gym from 3 to 8.
Have a great night!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Monday, March 22, 2010

Period 1--Start to study your Investigation 4 study guide.
Period 2--Study Maps and How They Are Made notesheets and notebook page 3. Test tomorrow.
Period 3--Postcard project is due on or before Thursday. Start to study the Grand Canyon worksheet and notebook pages 3, 4, 5, and 12.
Periods 4 and 5--No homework. We set up our new Landform notebooks today in class.
Period 6--Shapes of Earth project is due tomorrow. Test on Thursday. Study the Rivers worksheet, items 1 to 6 on notebook page 23, erosion on notebook page 3, and deposition on page 16. We highlighted the items that will be on the test.
Homeroom Reminders--Return communication envelopes to school. Fundraiser pick up is on Wednesday in the N.S.E. gym from 3 to 8. Students are not permitted to take their items home on the bus.
Have a great night!

Friday, March 19, 2010

Friday, March 19, 2010

Period 1--No homework. If you did not hand in your Science project, Monday is the last day that it will be accepted. We will be presenting the rest of our projects on Monday.
Period 2--Study your packet "Maps and How They Are Made" and your notes on page 3. You will have a quiz on Tuesday.
Period 3--Postcard project is due on or before next Thursday. Get your Grand Canyon paper signed.
Period 4--No homework.
Period 5--Get your final Mixtures and Solutions test signed.
Period 6--Study pp. 23 and 23 of your notebook. Also study Shapes of Earth worksheet. Your project on landforms is due on Tuesday. You will have a test on Wednesday.
Homeroom Reminders--Communication envelopes were sent home today. When we return to school on Monday, it will be Day 1-Music.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Period 1--Today we started presenting projects, and we will continue tomorrow. Thank you, parents, for your support with this project!
Period 2--Study your Maps and How They Are Made packet for our test next Tuesday.
Period 3--Postcard project due on or before next Thursday.
Period 4--No homework.
Period 5--Get your final Mixtures and Solutions test signed. Finish your element poster.
Period 6--Study notebook pages 23 and 24 and study Shapes of Earth worksheet. Your Shapes of Earth project is due next Tuesday. Read pp. 30 to 32 and answer numbers 7 and 11 on the Mt. Shasta worksheet.
Have a great night!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Period 1--Your project is due tomorrow. Be sure to follow the grade sheet/checklist in order to earn as many points as possible. Your project proposal is in your orange folder. Remember Mr. Wolfe and Mrs. Barket checked your proposal and made changes to help you. Your question, materials, and procedures are on your proposal sheet.
Period 2--Your map project is due tomorrow. Be sure to follow the grade sheet/checklist in order to earn as many points as possible.
Period 3--No homework. A few students in class took the Grand Canyon worksheet home to make corrections.
Period 4--We are working on our Element posters in class. If you do not finish it in class tomorrrow, it will be homework. All posters must be done by Friday.
Period 5--We are working on our Element posters in class. If you do not finish it in class tomorrow, it will be homework. All posters must be done by Friday. Get your Final Mixtures and Solutions test signed.
Period 6--Study pp. 23 and 24 of your notebook. Also study your Shapes of Earth worksheet. Your Shapes of Earth project is due next Tuesday.
Homeroom Reminder--Spring pictures are tomorrow.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Period 1--Get your Element and Metals papers signed. Your project is due on Thursday. Be sure to follow the directions on your grade sheet in order to earn the most points possible. Also refer to your project proposal for the comments Mrs. Barket and Mr. Wolfe made on your question, materials, and procedures.
Period 2--Read pp. 3 to 6 and do 7 and 8 of Maps and How They Are Made. Your map project is due on Thursday. Tomorrow will be the last time we work on it in class.
Period 3--Read pp. 13 and 14 and finish the Grand Canyon worksheet.
Periods 4 and 5--No homework. We are working on our Element posters in class.
Period 6--Study pp. 23 and 24 of your notebook and also study your Shapes of Earth worksheet. Your Shapes of Earth project is due next Tuesday.
Homeroom Reminders--Students may wear their green Spartan tee-shirts tomorrow with dress code approved pants, shorts, etc. Spring pictures are Thursday. Mrs. Smith said it is fine if students are not in phys. ed. clothes this week due to pictures. Return communication folders to school.
Have a great night!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

Period 1--Get your Element quiz and Metals paper signed. Your final Mixtures and Solutions project is due on Thursday. Remember to follow the directions in your orange folder in order to earn as many points as possible.
Period 2--Read pp. 1 to 3 and do 1 to 6 of Maps and How They Are Made worksheet.
Period 3--Read pp. 9 to 12 and do 1 to 15 of the Grand Canyon worksheet.
Periods 4, 5, and 6--No homework.
Homeroom Reminders--On Wednesday students may wear their green Spartan shirts with their regular pants, shorts, etc. On Thursday we have spring pictures. This is also Day 5-Phys. Ed. Students are to dress for their pictures following the dress code. They may wear a Spartan shirt. If you are not dressed for Phys. Ed., that is fine.
Have a great night!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Friday, March 12, 2010

Period 1--Get your element quiz signed. Your project is due on Thursday. Be sure to follow the directions/grade sheet in order to earn full credit. A test on Investigation 4-Chemical Reactions is planned for later next week.
Periods 2, 3, and 6--No homework.
Periods 4 and 5--We will be finishing our final test on Monday. Review your final Mixtures and Solutions study guide.
Homeroom Reminders--When we return to school on Monday, it will be Day 2-Library. Communication envelopes were sent home today.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Period 1--Reminder--Your project is due next Thursday. Be sure to follow the directions in order to earn as many points as possible.
Period 2--Do map activity--all days and challenge question.
Period 3--Your map project is due tomorrow. Remember to follow the directions in order to earn as many points as possible.
Periods 4 and 5--Study your final study guide for your test tomorrow.
Period 6--Notebook pp. 21 and 22 are due on Friday. That includes the three questions related to your streamtable. Read pp. 25 to 27 and do numbers 12 to 15 of the Shapes of Earth worksheet.
Homeroom Reminder--Tomorrow is the last day that you can hand in your "I'm a Reader!" paper.
Have a great night!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Period 1--Element flashcard test tomorrow. Reminder--Your project is due next Thursday.
Period 2--Do map activity--all days and challenge.
Period 3--Your map is due on Friday. Refer to the grade sheet/check list to earn as many points as possible.
Periods 4 and 5--We are starting our final Mixtures and Solutions test tomorrow. Study your study guide. You will be able to use it during the test. We will be working on the test over the next three class periods.
Period 6--Notebook pages 21 and 22 are due on Friday. That includes your streamtable plan, your observations, and the three questions.
Homeroom Reminders--Your "I'm a Reader!" papers are due by Friday.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Period 1--Study your flashcards for your elements quiz on Thursday. Correct and finish your Metals worksheet.
Period 2--Do map activity sheet. Finish all days and the challenge question.
Period 3--Test tomorrow on "Maps and How They Are Made" and notebook page 3.
Periods 4 and 5--Do pp. 3 and 4 of your final review guide.
Period 6--No homework. We worked on our final streamtable lab in class today.
Homeroom Reminders--Signed midterm progress reports are due ASAP. "I'm a Reader!" papers are due by Friday. Tomorrow is Day 5-Phys. Ed.
Have a great night!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Monday, March 8, 2010

Period 1--Study your element flashcards for our test on Thursday. Correct and finish the Metals paper--numbers 1 to 10.
Period 2--No homework.
Period 3--Test Wednesday on "Maps and How They are Made" and the terms on notebook page 3. Your final Map is due on Wednesday.
Periods 4 and 5--Do pages 1 and 2 of the Final Mixtures and Solutions study guide.
Period 6--Read pp. 22 to 25 of your Landforms book. Do 1 to 11 of the worksheet.
Homeroom Reminders--Day 5-Phys. Ed-will be on Wednesday. Return your signed progress report by Wednesday. Your "I'm a Reader" paper is due ASAP.
Have a great night!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010

Period 1--Work on your project which is due on March 18. Study your element flashcards for your test next Thursday. You can also practice using the Elements Quizlet link to the left.
Periods 2, 4, 5, and 6--No homework.
Period 3--Test on Wednesday or Thursday on "Maps and How They Are Made."
Homeroom Reminders--Monday will be Day 3--Book Exchange. Return communication folders on Monday. Sign and return progress reports. Information on spring pictures is taped in assignment tablets. If you participated, "I'm a Reader!" papers are due next week.
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Period 1--Study your Element flashcards. Do Metals worksheet numbers 1 to 8. Work on your project.
Period 2--We finished our tests today. If you were absent, be ready to take your test when you return to school.
Period 3--Finish the map activity. The Challenge section is optional.
Periods 4, 5, and 6--We took our tests today. A few students did not finish their tests. If you did not finish, review your study guide. You will finish your test tomorrow. If your were absent, be ready to take your test when you return to school.
Homeroom Reminders--Tomorrow you may bring a snack and a drink to school for our February homework reward. Communication envelopes for the week were sent home today. Students also received their midterm progress reports. Please sign progress reports and return them to school.
Have a great night!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Period 1--Finish and study your element flashcards. Work on your project.
Period 2--Tomorrow we will finish your final Mixtures and Solutions test. Review your final study guide.
Period 3--Complete all days and the challenge of the map activity sheet.
Periods 4 and 5--Test tomorrow on Investigation 4. Study your study guide. You can also study using the Investigation 4 Quizlet link on the left.
Period 6--Study for your test tomorrow. Study notebook pp. 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, and 16 and your Grand Canyon paper. Finish notebook page 17.
Have a great night!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Period 1--Work on your final Mixtures and Solutions project. Remember your due date is March 18.
Period 2--Test tomorrow. Study your final Mixtures and Solutions study guide.
Period 3--Finish Map activity sheet. Do all days and the challenge.
Periods 4 and 5--Check your folder for papers that need to be signed. Some students need to get their Metals, Ask a Chemist, and Elements papers signed. Your test on Investigation 4 is on Thursday. Study your Investigation 4 study guide. Also check out the Investigation 4 Quizlet link to the left!
Period 6--Your test has been moved to Thursday. Study notebook pages 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, and 16 and the Grand Canyon paper. Get your postcard grade sheet and the Grand Canyon paper signed.
Homeroom Reminders--Today was Day 5-Phys. Ed. Tomorrow's main lunch menu choice was changed to hot turkey sandwich wtih gravy. Return communication envelopes to school.
Have a great night!