Monday we will begin Magnetism and Electricity. The students will receive 20 vocabulary words to read pp. E84-E89 and define during class. If this is not completed, they will need to do this for homework. (remember a quiz can easily follow the next day from this work) We will begin discussion of these pages on Tuesday - Thursday and there will be an exam on Friday. We will be having an in class activity pertaining to this information probably on Thursday. Please encourage your child to study their notes as much as possible to be prepared for the test. Sign and return papers come home Thursday and I need them back on Friday, PLEASE.
Thanks for all your cooperation.

Summary for the week of 10/17-10/21
Monday we will begin working on notes and discussion of pp. E76-E79; we will perform an in class activity demonstrating potential and kinetic energy; information will be discussed from our Glencoe MF&E book from pp. 126 - 130; there will be an exam this week on Friday. Students should START studying Monday with the notes taken in class. Remember, Thursday is sign and return paper day. Thanks for your cooperation.

Monday and Tuesday we will be working on measuring matter and graphing information from a chart. Wednesday students will be given their vocabulary for pp.E76-E79. There are 14 words. Thursday while I am giving out progress reports with signed papers attached, the students will have an open folder exam from these 14 words. So please be sure they have completed their work! We will begin discussion of material on Energy Friday. Be sure and look at your child's progress report from all of their teachers, sign them and return them on Friday. Thanks for your cooperation.

Just to update this week's agenda. We will continue on Matter as I have told you and make presentations of elements assigned to students. Please encourage them to bring something from home that has their element in it. Also, we will be having an exam on THURSDAY on notes that are completed today. They need to study every night as recommended. Sign and return papers on Thursday also. Picture retakes Thursday. Honors Breakfast Friday is your child made honor roll.Thanks for your cooperation.

REPORT CARDS COME HOME MONDAY!!!!
Picture retakes are Thursday.
We will continue discussing our information on Matter which comes from pp. E46-E53. Physical and Chemical properties and changes. The students will hopefully present their element in common substances on Monday. If not Monday they will still have an opportunity on Tuesday if they choose. We will be having another exam this week also to conclude this lesson. Please encourage your child to study EVERY night. They should know by now how important this is. Thanks for all your cooperation.

This week we will be working on Matter. Students will be in the computer lab Monday. Tuesday - Thursday we will be working on pp. E22 - E35. There will be an exam on Friday. Remember, Thursday is sign and return paper day. Pizza Pig Out is Tuesday, September 27th at Johnny's on Warren Drive. Hope to see you there.

BREAKING NEWS - WE WILL BE HAVING AN EXAM FRIDAY ON ATOMS - STUDENTS NEED TO STUDY THEIR VOCABULARY AND NOTES ON ATOMS. THURSDAY, WE WILL BE DOING RESEARCH ON AN ELEMENT THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO YOUR CHILD AND FOR EXTRA POINTS ON THEIR TEST FIRDAY THEY CAN BRING IN AN ITEM THAT CONTAINS THEIR ELEMENT. THIS RESEARCH AND THE TEST FRIDAY WILL BE COUNTED FOR THE 2ND SIX WEEKS.

We will begin our discussion on atoms pp E6-10 and the periodic table pp. E16-17. The students have checked their vocabulary and will be taking notes on these sections along with classroom discussion. There will be a folder check on Wednesday for a grade. The evaluation list was put on the board Monday for the students to get prepared. This grade will be the last one for the 1st six weeks grading period. Signed papers will come home Thursday. Make sure your child has been returning them every week. Remember, your child can study every night on vocabulary and notes. Thanks for your cooperation.

We will continue working on Resources. Monday we will have an in class activity on recycling. Tuesday the students will receive a study guide for tomorrow's exam. The study guide will be answered and discussed to check for accuracy. The study guide is to reinforce material not as a guide for what is on the test. The information for the test was completed Friday - notes and vocabulary (the same 13 words that were assigned last Tuesday and I gave an open folder exam on, but this time they will NOT use their folder for the test) Wednesday is test day. Thursday we will begin atoms, elements, and compounds. Remember, Thursday's are sign and return paper day!

Tuesday we will begin a new topic - Renewable and nonrenewable resources. The students were given 13 vocabulary words to define while reading material from the Harcourt textbook AND a section from their Energy, Force & Motion book.(they received their textbooks on Tuesday as well). There will be an open folder exam on Wednesday with the students using their work completed in class or completed for homework on Tuesday. Following the open folder test, they will work in small groups to complete a worksheet for discussion. We will continue working on this topic throughout the week and they will be tested sometime next week. I will let you know more specifics later. THURSDAY the students will receive their progress reports which indicates we are half way through the first 6-weeks. Please look over the reports given out by ALL teachers. The students need to have them signed and returned on Friday. Thanks to everyone who came to open house. It was a pleasure to meet you all.