Wow! We have been very busy the past few weeks! Students have been learning about metamorphic rocks and the rock cycle. They even wrote a song about it! We have started soil this week. Yesterday, they worked on a lab activity on soil types. I gathered three types and had them look at the characteristics, then identify them. We will finish that identification today. It will be our LAB #4. This lab will be worth more extra credit at the end of the grading period, since it is so big.
Today is our veteran's assembly. I will not get to see my last two periods, so we will have to complete their activity on Monday. It will not be a problem, though. I gave the students copies of information on soil that I got off the internet. This way, they would not have to write all those notes off the board. There is nothing in our textbooks on soil. These papers should be in their folders. They need to keep these so use for reference and to study for their test. We will finish going over those on Monday, too. I have a really exciting project for students to complete on soil. It will be a small group project. They will start it next week. Once I give them all the details, I will put it on here for you. I want it to be a surprise!!! Well, I guess that is about it for now. Have a good weekend!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Hello!
Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be having a test over metamorphic rocks this coming Friday, October 25. The kids will need to study their notes, LAB #1, and bellwork over metamorphic rocks. I have been telling them since Monday about the test, but wanted to make sure that I got this test put on the blog site. The test will not be a very long one, since there were not very many notes we took on this rock. Thanks for helping out with the test!!!
Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be having a test over metamorphic rocks this coming Friday, October 25. The kids will need to study their notes, LAB #1, and bellwork over metamorphic rocks. I have been telling them since Monday about the test, but wanted to make sure that I got this test put on the blog site. The test will not be a very long one, since there were not very many notes we took on this rock. Thanks for helping out with the test!!!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Monday, Oct. 21
Hello!
I am so sorry that I have not been on here sooner. Time is just going by so quickly and we are so busy in class. The kids are working very hard to learn the three types of rocks. We are now working on metamorphic. We had the test last week over sedimentary. So far, grades are looking pretty good. I will let them correct these, just like I did the igneous rocks test. We are starting the project for metamorphic rocks today. I hope 7th period will be able to, at least. They are a little behind with all the other activities going on at school. We have missed a couple of class periods and are just getting to view their voicethreads. Oh, the voicethreads turned out really good! I am so excited about them. For the metamorphic project, we will be using the glogs again. The project is a small one and the glog is very well suited for it. I put the students into pairs and gave each pair a mineral that helps to create metamorphic rocks. The pairs will find out how the mineral is formed, what we use the mineral for in our lives and get some pictures. This just screams glog, since it is so much like a poster. I am thinking that the test over metamorphic rocks will be on Friday. The last part of rocks to cover is the rock cycle. We need to see how these rocks are all connected. Well, I guess that is all for right now. Have a great week!!!
I am so sorry that I have not been on here sooner. Time is just going by so quickly and we are so busy in class. The kids are working very hard to learn the three types of rocks. We are now working on metamorphic. We had the test last week over sedimentary. So far, grades are looking pretty good. I will let them correct these, just like I did the igneous rocks test. We are starting the project for metamorphic rocks today. I hope 7th period will be able to, at least. They are a little behind with all the other activities going on at school. We have missed a couple of class periods and are just getting to view their voicethreads. Oh, the voicethreads turned out really good! I am so excited about them. For the metamorphic project, we will be using the glogs again. The project is a small one and the glog is very well suited for it. I put the students into pairs and gave each pair a mineral that helps to create metamorphic rocks. The pairs will find out how the mineral is formed, what we use the mineral for in our lives and get some pictures. This just screams glog, since it is so much like a poster. I am thinking that the test over metamorphic rocks will be on Friday. The last part of rocks to cover is the rock cycle. We need to see how these rocks are all connected. Well, I guess that is all for right now. Have a great week!!!
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Thursday, October 3
Wow! How time flies by! It has been a very busy week for us. We finished up the notes on sedimentary rock and I even put them on this blog. They are on the home page listed under link "Sedimentary". Just click on the word and all the notes will come up. You can print them off, if you need to. We, also, completed Lab #5, so the students will have this sheet in their folders. They can use this for extra credit at the end of the grading period AND we will be using it as part of their study notes, when we take the test over sedimentary rocks.
Today, we started our projects for sedimentary rocks. Each group of students will be researching something related to that type of rock. I have not decided what computer tool I want to use with this project. I want the kids to focus on the research first and not the tool to put the research on. I hope that makes sense.
We are going to be starting science fair projects, too. These projects are voluntary. I do NOT make then a requirement. Students get extra credit if they complete a project and follow the scientific method. I will be talking to the students to get a count of how many will be completing one and give them the packet. I have additional information to give them, as well, when I find out how many are completing a project.
We are still doing bellwork at the beginning of each class, so you should be seeing bellwork in your child's folder. I collect those at the end of the week. Oh, don't forget that we need the entrance money for the Bob Evan's field trip next Friday. The money is due by next Thursday. That is one week from today. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Well, I think that is about it for this week. Talk to you next week!!!
Today, we started our projects for sedimentary rocks. Each group of students will be researching something related to that type of rock. I have not decided what computer tool I want to use with this project. I want the kids to focus on the research first and not the tool to put the research on. I hope that makes sense.
We are going to be starting science fair projects, too. These projects are voluntary. I do NOT make then a requirement. Students get extra credit if they complete a project and follow the scientific method. I will be talking to the students to get a count of how many will be completing one and give them the packet. I have additional information to give them, as well, when I find out how many are completing a project.
We are still doing bellwork at the beginning of each class, so you should be seeing bellwork in your child's folder. I collect those at the end of the week. Oh, don't forget that we need the entrance money for the Bob Evan's field trip next Friday. The money is due by next Thursday. That is one week from today. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Well, I think that is about it for this week. Talk to you next week!!!
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Tuesday, September 24
Hello!
Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be having a test over igneous rocks on Thursday. I will be telling all the classes today so that they can study tonight and tomorrow night. They will need to study all the notes that we have taken in class. We will be reviewing tomorrow, too. If they need to take any additional notes, then they will be allowed to do so. The students need to know the vocabulary that goes along with igneous rocks. We took down several words, so make sure that they go over those. The vocabulary will be a matching. If you have any questions, please let me know. They have finished their blog assignment on volcanic necks. It was really fun! You should have your child show you what a blog looks like!! Once the test is over, we will be starting sedimentary rocks. Talk to you next week. Have a good one!
Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be having a test over igneous rocks on Thursday. I will be telling all the classes today so that they can study tonight and tomorrow night. They will need to study all the notes that we have taken in class. We will be reviewing tomorrow, too. If they need to take any additional notes, then they will be allowed to do so. The students need to know the vocabulary that goes along with igneous rocks. We took down several words, so make sure that they go over those. The vocabulary will be a matching. If you have any questions, please let me know. They have finished their blog assignment on volcanic necks. It was really fun! You should have your child show you what a blog looks like!! Once the test is over, we will be starting sedimentary rocks. Talk to you next week. Have a good one!
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Thursday, September 19
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.....
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 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!!!
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