Saturday, October 20, 2012

Week 8, 10/22 to 10/26


(This may change from day to day depending on how much we actually get done in class so check back often to make sure something wasn't changed at the last minute.) 
 Last updated on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, 4:00pm 

 Daily Schedule 
1st per - 7:45am to 8:37am 
2nd per - 8:41am to 9:33am 
3rd per - 9:37am to 10:29am 
Eagle Time - 10:33am to 11:00am 
Lunch - 11:00am to 11:32am 
4th per - 11:36am to 12:28pm 
5th per - 12:32pm to 1:24pm 
6th per - 1:28pm to 2:20pm
6th grade Science

Monday - Today 6th graders will be working on an energy activity to learn about the different types of energy. 

HW - Progress Reports are online if you want a preview of what we'll be talking about at the conferences this Thursday or Friday.

Tuesday - Today students will have time to complete their Lesson 2Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 blog assignments.

Those who have time can work on the Week 6 blogging challenge as well.

HW - None

Wednesday - Today we're going to finish what we started yesterday with an emphasis on commenting. Students need to read and comment on each other's work today.

HW - None

Thursday and Friday - No school Thursday or Friday.

Please plan on attending conferences this Thursday, Oct 25, or Friday, Oct 26! There are no regular classes on those days. All teachers will be set up “arena style” in the middle school commons. Stop by, pick up your child’s midterm progress report, and visit with any or all of the teachers. We do ask that you limit your conversations to five minutes per class.

Here’s the schedule:
Thursday, October 25: 8-11:30am, 1-4pm, and 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, October 26: 8-11:30am only

8th grade Science

Monday - Today we are going to start learning about our microscopes so that we can start investigating the microscopic world! 

We will be using our compound microscopes with 40, 100, and 400 times magnification (if anyone knows someone who can fix our broken microscopes for us please email me!).

Students will practice looking at some prepared slides.

HW - Progress Reports are online if you want a preview of what we'll be talking about at the conferences this Thursday or Friday.

Tuesday - Learning about microscopes continued!

We will be using the Diversity of Life Notebook on the iPads. We will start with page 9 then work on pages 11 and 12.

HW - None

Wednesday - Today we are going to continue working on the microscope lessons, specifically pages 11 and 12.

Then students can reflect on what they've learned about the microscopes.

HW - None

Thursday and Friday - No school Thursday or Friday.

Please plan on attending conferences this Thursday, Oct 25, or Friday, Oct 26! There are no regular classes on those days. All teachers will be set up “arena style” in the middle school commons. Stop by, pick up your child’s midterm progress report, and visit with any or all of the teachers. We do ask that you limit your conversations to five minutes per class.

Here’s the schedule:
Thursday, October 25: 8-11:30am, 1-4pm, and 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, October 26: 8-11:30am only


Email me with any questions.


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