Hello!!
Well, it looks like we will be a day or two behind schedule on the body system projects, but that is okay. We are working today on the last part to the study guide, so the kids will have two study guides in their folders. One is over sections 2 and 3 and the other is over section 1. I had a few things to go over with them about section 1 and then I gave them the study guide to start working on. We will have to discuss it tomorrow before I can give them the criteria sheet for the projects. It will be okay, though. We will work all next week, after we return from break, on the projects to get them completed. No problem. I just wanted to get on here and let you know what was going on. I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe spring break!!! Talk to you next week!!!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, March 21
Hello, All!!!
I am so sorry that I have not been on here in such a long time. Things have been a bit crazy around here. My son asked me to come to Arizona to help him pack up his house, so he could move back to Ohio, and bring back one of his cars. He texted me on a Monday during lunch and my husband and I left that afternoon, when I got home from school. We drove all the way through - 30 hours - and stayed the rest of the week. It has taken be so long to get my sleep caught back up! The end of the grading period was just around the corner and Terra Nova testing was the week I came back. The kids seemed pretty confident about the science part of the Terra Nova, which is good to hear. It is so hard to believe that we are in the last grading period of the year!!!! Spring break is upon us, too!!! Conferences are this evening and next Tuesday from 4-7 in the evening. We have been working on cells - plant, animal, and unicellular. Next week, the kids are going to be working on the body systems project. Each group will be given a body system and they have to find certain criteria for the project. I will be giving them a sheet on this on Monday and going over it with them. It will take about a week to complete. I am going to try to attach the directions to this blog site. It will be at the top of the home page under the heading "Body", in case you want a copy, too. Oh, I am still working on their cell models, so be looking for those grades in the computer soon. They will be the first grade of the last nine weeks. I was very happy with those models!!! I have some really cool ones with some very creative organelles!!!! It is so interesting for me to see what the kids can come up with each year. Well, I think that is about it for now. I will probably be back on here the week we come back from spring break. Have a great break and I will talk to you soon!!!
I am so sorry that I have not been on here in such a long time. Things have been a bit crazy around here. My son asked me to come to Arizona to help him pack up his house, so he could move back to Ohio, and bring back one of his cars. He texted me on a Monday during lunch and my husband and I left that afternoon, when I got home from school. We drove all the way through - 30 hours - and stayed the rest of the week. It has taken be so long to get my sleep caught back up! The end of the grading period was just around the corner and Terra Nova testing was the week I came back. The kids seemed pretty confident about the science part of the Terra Nova, which is good to hear. It is so hard to believe that we are in the last grading period of the year!!!! Spring break is upon us, too!!! Conferences are this evening and next Tuesday from 4-7 in the evening. We have been working on cells - plant, animal, and unicellular. Next week, the kids are going to be working on the body systems project. Each group will be given a body system and they have to find certain criteria for the project. I will be giving them a sheet on this on Monday and going over it with them. It will take about a week to complete. I am going to try to attach the directions to this blog site. It will be at the top of the home page under the heading "Body", in case you want a copy, too. Oh, I am still working on their cell models, so be looking for those grades in the computer soon. They will be the first grade of the last nine weeks. I was very happy with those models!!! I have some really cool ones with some very creative organelles!!!! It is so interesting for me to see what the kids can come up with each year. Well, I think that is about it for now. I will probably be back on here the week we come back from spring break. Have a great break and I will talk to you soon!!!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Thursday, Feb. 14
Happy Valentine's Day to you all!!!
It has been another wild and crazy week. We have started our next lab activity - LAB #4. This one is one travel and we will be creating a speed vs. time graph. Last week, we had a lab activity that allowed us to create a position vs. time graph. These are the two graphs that the state wants us to use to describe the motion of an object. This LAB #4 is fun because we are researching travel destinations. The kids are in pairs and get to pick their own starting point and ending point. They will be checking out driving, flying, and either trains or buses. It has been pretty fun, so far. Based on the graphs and charts, with our information in it, we will decide which mode of travel is the fastest. There are some other factors to consider, which we have discussed already, and had lots of fun with!!! With the completion of this lab, the kids will have 20 extra credit points in their folders to put toward their grade at the end of the grading period.
Interims are due out tomorrow, but with the dance in the afternoon, I will most likely get mine out next Wednesday. Don't forget that there is not school on Monday and the kids do not go on Tuesday because of the Teacher in-service day. Enjoy their four days off!!!
Well, I hope you have a great weekend! Remember, you can email me or call me, if you ever have any questions about what we are doing.
It has been another wild and crazy week. We have started our next lab activity - LAB #4. This one is one travel and we will be creating a speed vs. time graph. Last week, we had a lab activity that allowed us to create a position vs. time graph. These are the two graphs that the state wants us to use to describe the motion of an object. This LAB #4 is fun because we are researching travel destinations. The kids are in pairs and get to pick their own starting point and ending point. They will be checking out driving, flying, and either trains or buses. It has been pretty fun, so far. Based on the graphs and charts, with our information in it, we will decide which mode of travel is the fastest. There are some other factors to consider, which we have discussed already, and had lots of fun with!!! With the completion of this lab, the kids will have 20 extra credit points in their folders to put toward their grade at the end of the grading period.
Interims are due out tomorrow, but with the dance in the afternoon, I will most likely get mine out next Wednesday. Don't forget that there is not school on Monday and the kids do not go on Tuesday because of the Teacher in-service day. Enjoy their four days off!!!
Well, I hope you have a great weekend! Remember, you can email me or call me, if you ever have any questions about what we are doing.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013
Whew! What a week we have had! We finally got to show the voice threads. It took a few days, but we got them all in. Overall, they were good. I gave the kids a classroom blog assignment and asked them which of the four computer tools we have used this year they liked the best and why. I am curious to see what they have to say. We have started our last physical science topic and it is on motion. For this, we will be using graphs to look at position and speed of objects. This is basically going to be an extension of last year's math skills on graphs. Students will be finding how fast an object is moving - its motion, and then looking at its speed. There are two different graphs we will use for this. They are the position vs. time graph and the speed vs. time graph.
I have two lab activities the students will complete to help them use these graphs. One lab is completed here in the room using two different balls, a meterstick and a stopwatch. The next lab will be one using internet sources. They will be researching travel times between a starting point and a destination. It looks to be really fun. Well, that is all we have been doing for this week. We will be working on these two labs into next week. Have a great weekend!
I have two lab activities the students will complete to help them use these graphs. One lab is completed here in the room using two different balls, a meterstick and a stopwatch. The next lab will be one using internet sources. They will be researching travel times between a starting point and a destination. It looks to be really fun. Well, that is all we have been doing for this week. We will be working on these two labs into next week. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Hello!!!!
It has been a while since I talked to you and I apologize for that, but we have been very busy here at school. The kids started a new project that was designed by the state, so it is very different from what they are used to doing. I have been right there with them and helping them get through it, since it is so new. They are researching upset tummy remedies to find a chewable tablet and liquid with the same active ingredients, but different brands. They want to find out which one will get rid of the upset tummy the fastest and why, using information found on the internet and what we learned in class about solids and liquids. It has been a very interesting project for all of us and we have actually enjoyed it. The hardest part has been to find out why. When we discussed the solid vs. liquid part of why, they could figure that one out, but there is not information on that part on the internet. We did find out that sugar plays a role in medicines and how the help you get better. It was very exciting. We will be finishing up with these tomorrow and playing them in front of the class on Friday. I am waiting for our technology director to email directions on how they can email their voice threads to me. There were some steps to follow that I was unclear on how to do, so he is going to figure it out for me. These voice threads can be accessed from the internet, so you will have to let your child show it to you!!! Next week, we will be working on speed, time and position. It will be involving graphs and looking at them to decide on the speed of an object. The students will get velocity and acceleration in high school. I will be back on here next week to tell you what is going on with speed. Have a great rest of your week and weekend!!! Remember, if you need anything, please email me or call me. My available time is 8:45 to 9:25.
It has been a while since I talked to you and I apologize for that, but we have been very busy here at school. The kids started a new project that was designed by the state, so it is very different from what they are used to doing. I have been right there with them and helping them get through it, since it is so new. They are researching upset tummy remedies to find a chewable tablet and liquid with the same active ingredients, but different brands. They want to find out which one will get rid of the upset tummy the fastest and why, using information found on the internet and what we learned in class about solids and liquids. It has been a very interesting project for all of us and we have actually enjoyed it. The hardest part has been to find out why. When we discussed the solid vs. liquid part of why, they could figure that one out, but there is not information on that part on the internet. We did find out that sugar plays a role in medicines and how the help you get better. It was very exciting. We will be finishing up with these tomorrow and playing them in front of the class on Friday. I am waiting for our technology director to email directions on how they can email their voice threads to me. There were some steps to follow that I was unclear on how to do, so he is going to figure it out for me. These voice threads can be accessed from the internet, so you will have to let your child show it to you!!! Next week, we will be working on speed, time and position. It will be involving graphs and looking at them to decide on the speed of an object. The students will get velocity and acceleration in high school. I will be back on here next week to tell you what is going on with speed. Have a great rest of your week and weekend!!! Remember, if you need anything, please email me or call me. My available time is 8:45 to 9:25.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Monday, Jan. 14
Hello!!!!
Well, it is the start of the 3rd grading period! I still cannot believe that we have been through half the year already. We are still working with solids, liquids, gases and plasma in class. There will be a quiz on Wednesday over the material they have been given. I gave them three handouts they are to use to study from. Today, I gave them song lyrics that went with the lesson, so they can even use those to study from! They have a few vocabulary terms, as well. After they quiz, we will be starting a new project. It will be a different type of project. For this project, the kids will be given a situation and a question they have to answer. They will be using the internet to find a solution to that question. The good part about this project is that there is not just one right answer. We will be using voice thread for this project. It is one we have not used yet this year. The students will find images and then record their information. It will be played back to the class, so they will not have to be in front of the class for presentations. I hope they like this tool. Have a great week and if you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Talk to you next week!
Well, it is the start of the 3rd grading period! I still cannot believe that we have been through half the year already. We are still working with solids, liquids, gases and plasma in class. There will be a quiz on Wednesday over the material they have been given. I gave them three handouts they are to use to study from. Today, I gave them song lyrics that went with the lesson, so they can even use those to study from! They have a few vocabulary terms, as well. After they quiz, we will be starting a new project. It will be a different type of project. For this project, the kids will be given a situation and a question they have to answer. They will be using the internet to find a solution to that question. The good part about this project is that there is not just one right answer. We will be using voice thread for this project. It is one we have not used yet this year. The students will find images and then record their information. It will be played back to the class, so they will not have to be in front of the class for presentations. I hope they like this tool. Have a great week and if you have any questions, please email me or give me a call. Talk to you next week!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013
Hello, and Happy New Year to everyone!
What a week we have had! I was sick last week and was not able to come back to school when everyone else did. We spent the first part of the week getting our folders cleaned out and LABS ready to turn in for extra credit. I told the students they could turn the LABS in either Wednesday or Thursday, so they would have plenty of time to get them all together. We had six of them this grading period. I told them to keep the vocabulary we have been working on all year in their folders, the new vocabulary on matter should stay in their folders, the syllabus (if they still have it) should also be in there, any sheet with web addresses on it and that is about it. They need to take all the other papers out and put them somewhere in their rooms and not throw them away until the last day of school. We now have added to their folders two sheets they will use as notes on matter, since we do not have a book they can take home and LAB #1 for the new grading period. These are the materials they will use to study from when it comes test time. I will be giving them a short quiz over matter next week and then they will be working on a project over matter. I will give you more information on the project next week. Well, that is the end of this week's blog. Have a great weekend and I will talk to you next week!
What a week we have had! I was sick last week and was not able to come back to school when everyone else did. We spent the first part of the week getting our folders cleaned out and LABS ready to turn in for extra credit. I told the students they could turn the LABS in either Wednesday or Thursday, so they would have plenty of time to get them all together. We had six of them this grading period. I told them to keep the vocabulary we have been working on all year in their folders, the new vocabulary on matter should stay in their folders, the syllabus (if they still have it) should also be in there, any sheet with web addresses on it and that is about it. They need to take all the other papers out and put them somewhere in their rooms and not throw them away until the last day of school. We now have added to their folders two sheets they will use as notes on matter, since we do not have a book they can take home and LAB #1 for the new grading period. These are the materials they will use to study from when it comes test time. I will be giving them a short quiz over matter next week and then they will be working on a project over matter. I will give you more information on the project next week. Well, that is the end of this week's blog. Have a great weekend and I will talk to you next week!
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