Hello!!
What a busy week we have had! This week has been an igneous rock week for us. The students have been taking notes on igneous rocks, so you can look for those in their folders. They got to see various examples of felsic and mafic, and fine-grained and coarse-grained igneous rock. Students are now working on a small research project about an igneous rock formation called a volcanic neck. There are three of them in the United States. I put the students into pairs and assigned the pairs on the the three. We are going to put the information onto a glog. This is a new computer tool that I started using last year. It lets the students create a poster and customize it to fit their purposes. There are even animation graphics! It is a very cool tool!! We will have a test over igneous rocks one day next week. Students will study from the notes that I have given them this week. I will let you know what day the test will be next week. It will not be Monday or Tuesday because we have to review for the test and present the volcanic neck glogs. The students will be setting up accounts on the glog and will then be able to show you what they have been doing. I think you will really like it! Well, have a great weekend and I will talk to you again next week! Until then.....
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Thursday, Sept. 12
Hello!!!
What a busy past couple of weeks we have had!!! We have not stopped or had a break! I am sorry that I was not on here last week to talk to you. The students have been learning about minerals and all the properties needed to identify a mineral. They got to test several different minerals for hardness, streak, cleavage/fracture, magnetism, and even looked at calcite's double vision! I had them listen to a song on you tube that a 6th grade teacher had written about minerals. They were singing it in the halls and have asked to see it again. The teacher is Mr. Parr and he has several songs out there that I let the kids listen too on our topics. They are really cool!!!
The students are taking an open book quiz today over minerals. The quiz has the headings from the book on it with the page numbers listed, too, so they can follow in the book exactly where they need to go to find the answers. I went over it with them to show them how it works. Sometimes, I will have an open book quiz like this. Other times, the students will use the notes we take in class to study from. If they don't get finished with the quiz today, then they can finish it up tomorrow. I was going to pick up where we left off yesterday, with igneous rocks, but I think we will show a video and look at some clips on United Streaming and Brain Pop. To me, that sounds like a good idea for a Friday. We can hit things again on Monday. Well, I think that gets us all caught up with our science class. I hope everyone has a great weekend!! Talk to you next week!!!
What a busy past couple of weeks we have had!!! We have not stopped or had a break! I am sorry that I was not on here last week to talk to you. The students have been learning about minerals and all the properties needed to identify a mineral. They got to test several different minerals for hardness, streak, cleavage/fracture, magnetism, and even looked at calcite's double vision! I had them listen to a song on you tube that a 6th grade teacher had written about minerals. They were singing it in the halls and have asked to see it again. The teacher is Mr. Parr and he has several songs out there that I let the kids listen too on our topics. They are really cool!!!
The students are taking an open book quiz today over minerals. The quiz has the headings from the book on it with the page numbers listed, too, so they can follow in the book exactly where they need to go to find the answers. I went over it with them to show them how it works. Sometimes, I will have an open book quiz like this. Other times, the students will use the notes we take in class to study from. If they don't get finished with the quiz today, then they can finish it up tomorrow. I was going to pick up where we left off yesterday, with igneous rocks, but I think we will show a video and look at some clips on United Streaming and Brain Pop. To me, that sounds like a good idea for a Friday. We can hit things again on Monday. Well, I think that gets us all caught up with our science class. I hope everyone has a great weekend!! Talk to you next week!!!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Welcome! 2013-2014
Hello to everyone!!!
It is hard to believe that summer is over and a new school year has begun! I am so excited to have your children in my class. We have so many new subjects to cover and tools to use! This blog is one way that you can get in touch with me. I use this to let parents and students know what is going on in class. I post assignments, projects, and tests on here. I, also, use this blog to simply talk about my classes. They can be so funny and say the cutest things. I look forward to talking with you, too. Please feel free to contact me with any question, whenever you need. It is going to be a great year!!!
It is hard to believe that summer is over and a new school year has begun! I am so excited to have your children in my class. We have so many new subjects to cover and tools to use! This blog is one way that you can get in touch with me. I use this to let parents and students know what is going on in class. I post assignments, projects, and tests on here. I, also, use this blog to simply talk about my classes. They can be so funny and say the cutest things. I look forward to talking with you, too. Please feel free to contact me with any question, whenever you need. It is going to be a great year!!!
Monday, May 13, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Good Monday morning to you all!
I can't believe that school is almost over! This is going to be a week of review and final exams. We are finishing up the bank of questions for our final exam today. There may be a few left we have to go over tomorrow, but they can still study what they have tonight. My final exam will be Thursday and Friday of this week. There are 58 questions that will be taken from the bank of questions that they are studying from and this is why I am giving them two days to take the test. I want to make sure they have plenty of time to take the test in a relaxed atmosphere. Next week, on Wednesday, we are taking a field trip to Shawnee Forest. The last day of school will be a day for the award assembly and games. The rest of the week I will spend with the kids on Whyville. It is a virtual world where they can live in the town of Whyville and interact with the characters there. The town is set up so that the students can only interact with the Whyville characters and my students. It is really fun and safe. I had to be verified that I was a teacher here before I could set up an account. This will be a good way to end the year. Well, it has been so much fun being a part of your child's life this year. If you need anything, please let me know! Have a great and safe summer!! I look forward to seeing your child this fall, when he/she is in 7th grade!!!
I can't believe that school is almost over! This is going to be a week of review and final exams. We are finishing up the bank of questions for our final exam today. There may be a few left we have to go over tomorrow, but they can still study what they have tonight. My final exam will be Thursday and Friday of this week. There are 58 questions that will be taken from the bank of questions that they are studying from and this is why I am giving them two days to take the test. I want to make sure they have plenty of time to take the test in a relaxed atmosphere. Next week, on Wednesday, we are taking a field trip to Shawnee Forest. The last day of school will be a day for the award assembly and games. The rest of the week I will spend with the kids on Whyville. It is a virtual world where they can live in the town of Whyville and interact with the characters there. The town is set up so that the students can only interact with the Whyville characters and my students. It is really fun and safe. I had to be verified that I was a teacher here before I could set up an account. This will be a good way to end the year. Well, it has been so much fun being a part of your child's life this year. If you need anything, please let me know! Have a great and safe summer!! I look forward to seeing your child this fall, when he/she is in 7th grade!!!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Friday, May 3
Hello!
Wow, what a week it has been!!! I was out four days last week sick. Man, I would not wish that on anyone!!! This week was spent getting caught up and finishing what was started with my sub last week. We finally got the test over mitosis taken on Wednesday. It was supposed to be Friday, but I didn't want to the kids to take it with me not here to review with them and remind them of what to study. I was able to tell them exactly what to study and give them a couple of days to go over it before the test by giving it on Wednesday.
We have started our last project for the year this week. It is over microbes and using them for either an alternative energy source or as an environmental clean-up agent. I let each group decide which one they wanted to do. These projects should be completed by Tuesday of next week, so that we can present them on Wednesday. I will not be here on Tuesday because I have a science meeting downtown with other area science teachers. Once this project is finished, we will be working on reviewing for the final exam. This test will be on Thursday, May 16. I will give the kids a test bank of questions to study from and the final test will come from that bank. We will go over all the correct answers to the bank of questions. They will have a few days to study for the test.
Once their final is over, we will getting on a virtual world site called Whyville. It is so much fun! Well, I think that gets us all caught up. Have a great weekend! Talk to you next week!
Wow, what a week it has been!!! I was out four days last week sick. Man, I would not wish that on anyone!!! This week was spent getting caught up and finishing what was started with my sub last week. We finally got the test over mitosis taken on Wednesday. It was supposed to be Friday, but I didn't want to the kids to take it with me not here to review with them and remind them of what to study. I was able to tell them exactly what to study and give them a couple of days to go over it before the test by giving it on Wednesday.
We have started our last project for the year this week. It is over microbes and using them for either an alternative energy source or as an environmental clean-up agent. I let each group decide which one they wanted to do. These projects should be completed by Tuesday of next week, so that we can present them on Wednesday. I will not be here on Tuesday because I have a science meeting downtown with other area science teachers. Once this project is finished, we will be working on reviewing for the final exam. This test will be on Thursday, May 16. I will give the kids a test bank of questions to study from and the final test will come from that bank. We will go over all the correct answers to the bank of questions. They will have a few days to study for the test.
Once their final is over, we will getting on a virtual world site called Whyville. It is so much fun! Well, I think that gets us all caught up. Have a great weekend! Talk to you next week!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tuesday, April, 16
Hello, to everyone!!!
Well, it has been a very busy last couple of weeks. We have presented our body systems projects and taken our test over cells. The kids will be able to correct the questions they missed on that test. I am passing them out today - except for 1st period - so they can start corrections today. They will have until Friday to get them returned to me. They will need to put the corrections on their own paper with the question or statement and the correct answer, then staple it to their test. It needs to be numbered just like the test, too. I will go over all the directions with them in class, too. This will give them half their points back. First period will get theirs tomorrow.
This week, we are working on a new project - diverse body systems. We are looking at the different body systems of other organisms and how they compare to ours. There is four parts to this project, so it is not a very big one. We will be finished with it tomorrow and have presentations on Wednesday. We are finding some very interesting things!!!
Don't forget that the OAA is next week. Monday will be the reading and Tuesday is the math. Those are the only two subjects tested in the 6th grade. Have a great week! Talk to you later!
Well, it has been a very busy last couple of weeks. We have presented our body systems projects and taken our test over cells. The kids will be able to correct the questions they missed on that test. I am passing them out today - except for 1st period - so they can start corrections today. They will have until Friday to get them returned to me. They will need to put the corrections on their own paper with the question or statement and the correct answer, then staple it to their test. It needs to be numbered just like the test, too. I will go over all the directions with them in class, too. This will give them half their points back. First period will get theirs tomorrow.
This week, we are working on a new project - diverse body systems. We are looking at the different body systems of other organisms and how they compare to ours. There is four parts to this project, so it is not a very big one. We will be finished with it tomorrow and have presentations on Wednesday. We are finding some very interesting things!!!
Don't forget that the OAA is next week. Monday will be the reading and Tuesday is the math. Those are the only two subjects tested in the 6th grade. Have a great week! Talk to you later!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Thursday, April 4
Hello!
I hope everyone had a good break! This week we have been working on the body systems project. It has been going very well!! We will be finished by tomorrow and be able to have the presentations on Monday. Since the kids are using a computer tool to put their information on, you will have to get them to show you what they have put together with their group. What I am seeing is pretty good! There will be a test next week over cells. It will be next Friday. We will start reviewing for the test on Tuesday and review for two days. I have a worksheet and Smart board lessons to go over with them. Don't forget that they have their study guides from chapter 1 to study from, too! On Thursday, we will begin a new project on different body types. It will include various animals and plants. We are doing this project to compare the different body types. Testing for the OAA will begin the week of April 22. The 6th grade only tests Math and Language Arts. Well, I believe that this gets us all caught up on what we are doing. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! Talk to you next week!
I hope everyone had a good break! This week we have been working on the body systems project. It has been going very well!! We will be finished by tomorrow and be able to have the presentations on Monday. Since the kids are using a computer tool to put their information on, you will have to get them to show you what they have put together with their group. What I am seeing is pretty good! There will be a test next week over cells. It will be next Friday. We will start reviewing for the test on Tuesday and review for two days. I have a worksheet and Smart board lessons to go over with them. Don't forget that they have their study guides from chapter 1 to study from, too! On Thursday, we will begin a new project on different body types. It will include various animals and plants. We are doing this project to compare the different body types. Testing for the OAA will begin the week of April 22. The 6th grade only tests Math and Language Arts. Well, I believe that this gets us all caught up on what we are doing. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! Talk to you next week!
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