Tuesday September 30, 2014

Today we worked on test review in class.

Click HERE to get the test review in case you have misplaced yours.

Monday September 29, 2014

Today the students worked on finishing their lab reports.  We also started working on a quick textbook review that took about 5-10 minutes over matter.

We will be working on a test review tomorrow and then playing a review game Wednesday.

Extra Credit

For a free 100 homework grade or 10 extra points on a test grade do the following virtual lab from the digital lesson, write down the answers to the questions and either email the answers to me or bring them in for the credit.

MIXTURES AND SOLUTION VIRTUAL LAB DIGITAL LESSON #3

Mixtures & Solutions Video

Wednesday September 24, 2104

Today we went into the lab to do a lab over mixtures and solutions.  We will be continuing the lab tomorrow.

Tuesday September 23, 2014

Today the students worked on a reading and writing passage over mixtures and solutions.  They were due at the end of the class period.

Monday September 22, 2014

Today the students finished working in their textbooks and then completed a unit 3 lesson 2 assessment.  I will be grading those and entering the grades later.

We are beginning to talk about mixtures and solutions and if you need more help in figuring out what each is and how to tell the difference in the two please click on the links below.

MIXTURES HELP LINK

SOLUTIONS HELP LINK

Friday September 19, 2014

Today the Physical Properties booklets were due.

We spent time in class going over mixtures and solutions through the textbook unit over it.

Notebook Quiz

Sorry it's late but click on the link below to preview the notebook quiz tomorrow.

Notebook quiz 9/19

Thursday September 18, 2014

Today the students went over a digital lesson over mixtures and solutions.  If you would like to go over it again to further drive home the important concepts please click on the link below.

MIXTURES AND SOLUTIONS DIGITAL LESSON

Physical Properties booklets are due TOMORROW

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Density Column Answer Key

Click the link below to get the answer key for the density column

DENSITY COLUMN ANSWER KEY!!!!

Wednesday September 17, 2014

Today the students had a work day for their physical properties booklet project.

Tomorrow we will be going over a digital lesson on mixtures and solutions.  You can go over it before hand by clicking the link below.

MIXTURES AND SOLUTIONS DIGITAL LESSON

Rubric for Physical Properties Booklet

Physical Properties Booklet Storyboard Teacher Name: Mr. Reynolds Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY	25	18	12	8
Writing - Organization	Each section in the storyboard has a clear beginning, middle, and end.	Almost all sections of the storyboard have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Most sections of the storyboard have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Less than half of the sections of the storyboard have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Attractiveness & Organization	The storyboard has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The storyboard has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The storyboard has well-organized information.	The storyboard formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the brochure are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.
Writing - Vocabulary	The authors correctly use seven words and define words accurately.	The authors correctly use five words and define words accurately.	The authors correctly use three words and define words accurately.	The authors do not incorporate vocabulary.

Tuesday September 16, 2014

Today we went over the physical properties booklet project and the students started working on it.  They have today and tomorrow to work on it in class and it will be due Friday.  It can be turned in before if finished early.

Bill Nye Helpful Video

Monday September 15, 2014

Today the students worked on the writing portion of the lab we did last Thursday and Friday.
Tomorrow I will be introducing the physical properties project to the class.  You can get a sneak peek of it HERE

Friday September 12, 2014

Today the students continued working on the physical properties lab.  I also introduced the lab report requirements to the students.

The students will have half of the class to be able to finish the paper Monday.

Requirements for the lab report:  Due Monday

Must be written
Must contain 8 paragraphs
     * Introduction
     * one paragraph for each physical property observed ex: mass
     * Conclusion

I also told the students I would embed a Bill Nye video they could watch

Thursday September 11, 2014

Today we did a portion of a lab over physical properties and will be continuing with that tomorrow.

Wednesday September 10, 2014

Today we had the vocabulary quiz and I will have quizzes graded and entered into the gradebook system soon.

Tuesday September 9, 2014

Today in class we went over the digital lesson and the students then completed a short 5 question assessment over the lesson.

We then studied as a class the vocabulary for the vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

For 10 points extra credit on the vocabulary quiz write down the 8 words and a sentence using the word in it properly.

Digital Lesson for 9/9/14

Click the link below to see the digital lesson we will be covering tomorrow in class.


UNIT 3 LESSON 1 DIGITAL LESSON

Monday September 8, 2014

Today in class we went over how to complete warm-ups and then completed notes over changing states of matter.

CLICK HERE to get the presentations over it.

CLICK HERE to get to the quizlet over the vocabulary for the the quiz Wednesday.

Science September 4, 2014 Thursday

Today the students finished up thier work out of the textbook and then we graded it.  The students then completed the 8 vocabulary terms from the book.  If they didn't finish that they had to complete it for homework using the link below.

If you want to practice the terms for the vocabulary quiz next week please follow the link below to the quizlet over the terms.

QUIZLET FOR VOCABULARY OVER MATTER

Math September 4, 2014

Today we went over adding and subtracting whole numbers and the students worked on a math handout to reinforce the concept.

They had time in class to work on it and if they did not finish during that time it was homework.

CLICK HERE to access a helpful page on how to add and subtract whole numbers.

Science Wednesday September 3, 2014

We continued working in the book for the small amount of time we had over physical properties.

Math Wednesday September 3, 2014

Today we took a beginning of the year exam and some finished but some didn't.  We will be finishing those tomorrow.

Science Tuesday September 2, 2014

Today we went over physical properties of matter.  We will be discussing it further this week and doing a small project that will be presented to the students tomorrow.

Math Tuesday September 2, 2014

Today we went over the K.F.C.S word problem strategy for math.

CLICK HERE to get the powerpoint we went over in class.

For practice try using the KFCS strategy on the word problem below and turn it in for extra credit tomorrow.

Suzanne has 8 pairs of white socks and 6 pairs of blue socks.
Her sister has 12 pairs of white socks.
How many pairs of socks does Suzanne have?