Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Math--Periods 1 and 2--No homework.
Science--Periods 3 and 4--Study your Investigation 3 study guide. We will have a test on this material next Tuesday.
Homeroom Reminders--Continue to study your VO every night for 10 minutes. We will continue PSSA writing tests tomorrow. The Phys. Ed. paper that Mrs. Smith gave you on Monday is due tomorrow. Tomorrow is Day 3--Computers.
Have a great night!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012

Math--Period 1--Finish and correct Lesson 44.
Math--Period 2--No homework.
Science--Periods 3 and 4--No homework.
Homeroom Reminders--Today we started PSSA Writing tests. They will continue tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday. Students are permitted to wear their Phys. Ed. uniforms during testing. Continue to study your VO daily for 10 minutes. There will be no Envirothon meeting after school this week. We will meet on Thursday during recess to go over information related to Friday's field trip to Locust Lake. Yearbook order forms were distributed this morning. Orders are due by next Friday. Students were given a paper to finish for Phys. Ed. class. Mrs. Smith will be collecting this paper on Wednesday. Tomorrow is Day 2--Music.
Have a great night!

Friday, April 13, 2012

Friday, April 13, 2012

Math--Period 1--Correct and finish Lesson 44.
Math--Period 2--No homework.
Science--Periods 3 and 4--No homework.
Homeroom Reminders--Next Monday to Thursday we will have our PSSA Writing tests. We will test first thing in the morning. Our special times have been switched to the afternoon so we will have specials every day during testing. On Monday, it will be Day 1--Phys. Ed. Continue to study your VO every night. Communication envelopes were sent home today. Congratulations are extended to our Envirothon teams on their EXCELLENT job at the competition today! Our students earned first and third place ribbons! Congratulations! You all worked very hard!
Have a great weekend!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Welcome Back!
Math--Period 1--Complete worksheet number 188-189 problems 2 to 10. Show all of your work on lined paper. Write your answers in simplest form.
Math--Period 2--Finish worksheet number 116B up to number 73. Correct Lesson 43.
Science--Periods 3 and 4--No homework. Today we continued our work with our first lab on chemical reactions.
Homeroom Reminders--Students in my homeroom should be reviewing their VO every night. Tomorrow is Day 5--Library Class. Tomorrow is also our Envirothon competition. Students must be at the gym entrance to the high school no later than 7:35 a.m. Remember to dress for the weather and to bring a bagged lunch.
Have a great night!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Math--Periods 1 and 2--Today in class we checked our homework and started our tests. We will not have any homework over the break.
Science--Periods 3 and 4--No homework.
Envirothon News--Our students who will be competing in the Envirothon on Friday, April 13 may stay after school on Thursday, April 12 until 5:00. Permission slips have been sent home for the Envirothon on April 13. Please return them to school after break. Team members don't forget to do some studying over break. Check out the links that we went over yesterday. See my homework helpline from Monday for the specific links. It has been great working with such enthusiastic students!
Homeroom Reminders--There is a menu change for Thursday, April 12. Regular will be chicken sticks, and the alternate choices will be a hot dog or a chicken wrap. When we return to school after break, it will be Day 4--Art.
Have a safe and fun break! We'll see everyone on Thursday, April 12!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Math--Period 1--Complete the Hockey and Chicken fraction worksheets. Complete the following problems from Lesson 44--1, 7, 17 to 21, 24 to 26 and 29 and 30.
Math--Period 2--Correct and finish Lesson 43.
Science--Period 3--Today we did our first experiment involving chemical reactions. There is no homework.
Science--Period 4--We finished our math connection today. We will carry out our first experiment involving chemical reactions in our next Science class. There is no homework.
Homeroom Reminders--Students received their quarter 4 VO lists today. They can begin to study suffixes and words 1 to 10. Tomorrow is Day 3--Computers.
Have a great night!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012

Math--Period 1--Complete worksheet number 362 Sets D and E. Show all of your work on lined paper and write your answers in simplest form.
Math--Period 2--Complete the following problems in Lesson 43--numbers 1 to 6 and 15 to 23.
Science--Periods 3 and 4--Study your Investigation 3 study guide on Concentrations. Today we worked on math connection activities in class.

Envirothon Links to Study--On the left you will find several Envirothon links. The following six websites will be useful in preparing for our competition:
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pennsylvania Wildlife
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fish of Pennsylvania
Macroinvertebrates in Pennsylvania
Common Trees of Pennsylvania
Homeroom Reminders--Tomorrow is Day 2--Music. Today Envirothon team members received their information letters and permission slips for April 13's competition. We also gave out information letters and permission slips for the Envirothon Club's Locust Lake field trip on April 20. Not everyone received one today because students were absent and at peer tutoring. If you did not get your letter and permission slip, see Mr. Wolfe tomorrow.
Have a great night!