Friday, November 20, 2009

The Test

The Unit 3 Test is Tuesday, November 24th for all of my classes! STUDY! STUDY! STUDY!

Honors: Needs to finish their study guide and Math Analysis this weekend. They are both due on Monday 11/23. On Monday we will review the whole period.

Regular Physical Science: They should have a completed study guide that they should be studying this weekend. They also should have an organized notebook ready to be graded on Monday.

EVERYTHING my students need to know for a test is in their study guide. Please encourage them to study!!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

What's Coming Up?

November 16th - 24th (the days before Thanksgiving Break)

We will be finishing up Unit 3, reviewing for their test, grading notebooks, and taking the Unit 3 Test. I don't have exact dates, but we will complete all of these things before Thanksgiving Break.
- The Daily Questions are due Tuesday 11/17. As of 11/13 they should have 18 questions with 18 answers on their pink daily question sheet.

Summary of November 9th - 13th

Regular Physical Science:
We completed:
-Element Puzzle
-Element Symbol Quiz
-Graphing Guide
-Questions & graphs from Electroplating Lab & Changes in State Lab
-Boiling Point Virtual Lab
-Notes 1-4
-To Salt or Not to Salt Lab (not the graph or questions yet)

Honors Physical Science:
We completed:
-Questions & graphs from Electroplating Lab & Changes in State Lab
-Graphing Guide
-Notes 1-7
-Virtual Boiling Point Lab
-To Salt or Not to Salt Lab
- Reviewed Labs & graphing rules

****** If you did not attend conferences I sent home a grade report on Friday (11/13) so you could review the details of your child's 1st quarter grade. Please sign and have your child return it by Tuesday 11/17.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Parent Teacher Conferences

Please come meet with your child's teachers during Parent Teacher Conferences next week.
Tuesday 11/10: 5-9 PM
Thursday 11/12: 5 - 8:30 PM
Please be mindful that I currently have 145 students. Please try to limit each conference to 5-10 minutes so the teachers can meet with as many parents as possible.
I am in room 301, the old Ag room that has a greenhouse attached to it. I hope to meet with a lot of you next week!

November 2nd - 6th

11/2 - Teacher Grading Day - Parents you should have received your child's progress report in the mail today. Please come visit with me next week at Parent-Teacher Conferences if you have any questions or concerns.
11/3 - Started Unit 3, organized notebooks, completed States of Matter w/s, & made an Element Puzzle (regular science only)
11/4 - Changes in State Lab
11/5 - Electroplating Lab
11/6 - Green Friday