For the week of August 29 through September 2 we will be finishing up our first weeks of learning. Monday we will discuss INFERENCES and begin HYPOTHESES. Tuesday we will continue hypoteses and finish up all the material for THURSDAY's exam. I can not stress how important it is for your child to bring their folders home EVERY night and STUDY. Wednesday, the students will receive a study guide that reinforces all of the concepts and we will discuss the answers to make sure of understanding. THURSDAY is the tes and on Friday we will begin Renewable and Nonrenewable resources. The students will have 2 videos to view on Friday with questions to be answered from the material.

This week we will be following up on our gummy worm activity - there are many concepts to learn from it. The students should have their folders set up and organized with 5 pieces of work in the brads. They are held responsible for this folder material and it will be graded towards the end of the six weeks. Everything in their folder is material that will be covered on their exams. They need to bring this folder home every night and STUDY! We are covering OBSERVATIONS, the SCIENTIFIC METHOD, VARIABLES, INFERENCES, PREDICTIONS, and HYPOTHESES. We are in the process of discussing and performing activities related to these topics. Test on this material will be sometime next week. I will let you know exactly what day on Monday.

Welcome to Good Hope Middle School. We look forward to a great year. Everyone is trying their best to get organized. Students are learning their schedules, getting to know their teachers, locker numbers, where the gym and cafeteria are, etc. It will take time, but it will all come together soon, I promise. Remember, there are many things to take care of:
Instructional fees - $30.00
Sciene fee - $5.00
School supplies
Students need to return all kinds of forms - I need one signed copy of the science letters I sent home on Wednesday. (there were two copies - one for you and the other one to return)
Thursday - we began working on our "senses" and Friday we will work with gummy worms
Stay informed of your students homework and tests through our website.

Monday - Friday we will be working in our new booklet of the circulatory and respiratory systems of the body. Students will highlight material necessary for the test. There will be in class activities related to this material. I will notify you of the test date in an update later this week.

Monday - clean out binders of all information EXCEPT systems of the body chart, Let's eat booklet and students will receive booklet on skeletal and digestive systems. They will complete the last 7 pages on digestive system in class and if not they will need to have it ready for tomorrow!
Tuesday & Wednesday - continue working on skeletal and digestive booklet - test on sksletal system only tomorrow
Thursday - test on Skeletal system part of booklet
Friday - ZOO day - field trip

Monday - continue nutrition notes and discussion.
Tuesday - test on vocabulary, digestive tract and food pyramid, students will be assigned groups and materials to be brought for Friday. Please send necessary materials by Thursday for your child's group!
Wednesday - video on nutrition and digestion
Thursday - test on booklet information
Friday - Shake it up baby activity

Monday April 18th - Students will received their activity booklet on nutrition and digestion.
Tuesday - Using dictionaries, they will define their vocabulary for this topic in class.
Wednesday April 20th through Friday April 29 - we will discuss booklet, go to the computer lab, perform in class activities, and test on booklet Thursday, April 28
Friday April 29th "Shake it up baby" (making ice cream)
activity

MONDAY - 4/11 - Welcome back, only 30 more school days! then final exams. We will continue discussing cells this week, pp. A6-A9. We will be drawing a plant and animal cell - which on the test, students will have to label the parts drawn and discussed.
Hopefully, by Thursday we can review and have our test on Friday. Friday is the end of the 5th six weeks grading period.
TUESDAY - is pizza pig out @ Johnny's pizza on Warren Drive from 5 - 8 p.m.
FRIDAY - test day

Mood:  celebratory
Tuesday 3/29 - get binder organized, vocabulary for cells - 14 words
Wednesday 3/30 - go over vocabulary definitions, video on cells
Thursday 3/31 - SIGN AND RETURN PAPER DAY! please to your best to get these test papers back to me on Friday since we are out all next week, review vocabulary for tomorrow's exam, make a cell - in class project
Friday 4/1 - Activity schedule due to faculty/student basketball game, Vocabulary Exam - cells
NEXT WEEK:
SPRING BREAK

March 21st - 24th
We will be out this Friday, March 25th and next Monday, March 28th for Easter. We will begin Classification of Living Things this week. How far we get is a mystery to me. We will definitely start on vocabulary Monday. There are 22 words, of which the students will only be responsible for finding 6 definitions. The other they will only have to copy. They will be held responsible for all 22 words/definitions on the exam. We will begin discussing the material from pp.A42-A49 and A52-A57. IF at all possible, there will be an exam on Thursday, March 24th covering vocab and notes. Please encourage your child to do their best because when we come back we are only here for 4 days and then we have SPRING BREAK!!