Hello concerned parents. We are near the end of our 3rd nine weeks!!! Man where has the time gone. We will be working on
Veterbrates and Invert. for the next weekand a half and moving into plants and my favorite genetics.
*********With 30 school days until the CRCT we will start the "big push" within the next few weeks. I'll be asking your child to make
flashcards and vocab. picture books in an effort to enhance their recall of key concepts and terms.These are
very important and will prove invaluable in the effort to help your child be as successful as possible
on this exam.********** Saturday school help will be offered from now until the end of the year.It's free but there
is no bus service for students. We would like to see as many students as possible attend.
This week we start with the turning in of the Human Body project. We have been working on them in class
and I am very happy with the progress of some of our students.*****We will have a test on the Human Body systems on Friday the
the 6th of Feb.******Next we will move on to an analysis of the six biological kingdoms.
For those of you that want to work with your child on this strand there are several different web sites
that might help. They will be listed below. Please let us strive to be proactive instead of reactive in our
childrens' education.
We will take a test on parts of the cell Tues. and begin our next section on human body systems and cellular organization.
Students that fail to perform up to expecations will be asked to create models/labled drawings of the plant and animal cells
which will be due on the 21st of Jan. This is the only extra credit opportunity students will be given for this assignment.
Details for our next project will be given out on Friday.If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me with your concerns
and as always thank you for your support!
The biome Wheel was due on 12/02. Many students Have made little effort in completing this assignment
ese assignments are important and are used to access their mastery of the subject matter. With their biome booklet being due
12/4 and their test over biomes on 12/4 as well it is my ideal goal that the students would
take the opportunity and use these projects as a study guide. Next week we will start to work on the cell.
________ There are about 2 weeks left in this nine weeks and in this semester. I am very concerned about
the overall academic performance of our students.Please be mindful of their performance and encourage them to
turn in all assignments on time.
This week we are finishing up the terrestrial biomes. Students will be working on several hands on projects as we bring this section to a close. I encourage you to talk with your student about these ecological developments.
On Tuesday they will be working on a biome wheel. This will allow them the opportunity to put the information learned into an efficient study/reference tool. They will also start to put together their biome booklet which will be due after thanksgiving. Thursday and Friday they will begin work on their biome snapshot. This should prove to be an interesting project because it includes research, artistic creativity and peer colaboration. This will run through next Tuesday.
Hello! Hope your students did well the 1st nine weeks. Please contact us if we can help explain some of the comments on the student report card especially the comments. This week we continue to work on the biomes of the world. Last week we worked on the Coniferous and Deciduous forest biomes. We will examine the plant and animal life found in these biomes as well as the characteristics of each biome. This will continue to be our main focus for the next 4 weeks or so. There are several websites that can be used to enhance student potential. Please ask your student about them and have them show it to you.
Welcome! It's that time again progress reports!! I have issued out progress reports for the past two weeks. Please ask your child about the grades and help them to get focused for this last week of assignments before report card grades go in. ****** We are continuing to work on food webs as well as animal and plant adaptations. Students are learning about the different types of adptations and why they are effective. I was pleased with the overall effort students exhibited on the last exam but I must continue to state that students should study daily in order to maintain the effectivness of the instruction. *****
SOCIAL STUDIES:
I have decided to put our "Praise Project" on hold until next week. I'll give you more information on that. We have just finished our study on China. I was not pleased with our outcomes so we will continue to work with this country as we start to examine Japan. Students will need to bring their books home to study the information reviewed in class.
Feel free to contact me if you have any concerns and thank you for your continued support.
This week we will be preparing for our first major test which will be given on Wed. It is of the highest importance that our students prepare for this exam. They have been given a study guide to help prepare them for this exam. These guides should be completed by Wed. and turned in along with their symbiosis organizer. *****Thursday we will resume our focus on food chains and webs as well as introduce the concept of biomes. *********** Our final project for this nine weeks will involve the creation of a food web by the students. They will have to create the environment/ name the organisms /describe the relationship between the organisms and explain if they are a producer,consumer,or decomposer. They are also to find the classification of the main P/C/D in their webs. This assignment puts together all the mini projects I've asked them to do so far this year.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We are preparing for our first major exam on Tues. included in this exam will be the countries of China, Mongolia, and Taiwan. We will move from China to Japan and North/South Korea. With our present economic problems and upcoming elections this is an excellent time to introduce these interesting and often politically complex countries to our children.
PROJECT ALERT
Social Studies students will be given a "PRAISE" project to do at the completion of the study of each major country or reigon. Students will be given the criteria for each assignment. Ask them about their countries and the information they are researching
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