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January 29, 2008

6th grade

Today we are showing our labs on water.  Oceanography work will be due on Friday unless time runs out. Please check blog on Wednesday to check due date for oceanography due dates.

7th grade

oops Our speaker is coming on Wednesday not Friday.

Continue working on circulation.

January 28, 2008

6th grade

Today was our quiz on 11-3 water underground.

This week we  will begin 14-1 and study oceanography.

The following items will be done:

1. Exploring the ocean floor visual p. 462

2. Major ocean currents p. 447

3. Oceanography vocabulary Exercises

4. Oceanography study guide

5. The shape of the ocean floor p. 465 

Our goal is to finish all of the above and turn it in on Friday.

Have a good week. Ms s

7th grade

This is our last week on circulation. Then we move on to respiration.

Your take home quiz is due on Friday.  Remember it has two parts.

Our guest speaker will be here Friday to talk about the heart and good cardiac health.

Be sure to complete your cardiovascular system packet.

Turn in all work on the circulatory system.

Let's have a great week. Ms s

January 25, 2008

Here is the  ppt on 11-3

Download water_underground_113.ppt

January 24, 2008

Friday the 25th is our digestion test on 16-2 and 16-3.

The circulation test on 17-1, 17-2, and 17-3 will be on Wed. January 30th.  The students are learning about the heart and the ciruclatory system

Many assignments are due.  If you look at iparent it will list the work that has to be turned in.  Workbook pages 167-176 are due by Monday.

Next we will be studying respiration and excretion.

As of February 8th our focus will change to kingdoms, dichotomous keys, and eventually genetics.

If you need me please email me. All the best. Ms s

This week has been a great week on chapter 11 on the water cycle, freshwater, and underground water. We have covered 11-1, 11-2, and 11-3.  We will have a quiz (open note orange sheet) on Monday on 11-3.

Many items are due The Incredible Journey, The water cycle visual, the river picture, and workbook pages 127-140.  Also every student has a pink word to complete.  We will have a guest speaker on Friday on geology and hydrology.

We are going to be studying 14-1 the ocean and chapter 13.  All of water will  be completed by February 8th with a cummulative test.

Remember to look at this updated blog each week to see what is going on.  Keep up the good work on your water labs with your partners. 

Next unit will be weather.

Have a good weekend. Ms s

January 18, 2008

This week has been our digestion week. We have read, looked at Bill nye, and used technology.

A few things are due: workbook pages 167-176, digestion poster, and digestion packet.

We will have a digestion test on Friday February 1st.

Next we will study circulation.  We will learn about the heart and the circulatory system

After that we will look at the respiratory and excretory system

Your projects are due on February 8th instead of February 1st.

I am so proud of all your hard work. You are fantastic. Ms s

This has been a very busy week working on the water cycle.  We had fun outside with our incredible journey lab.  We collected data and then constructed an inspiration web with the computer. Some of us enjoyed the same activity by doing a free hand web on white paper.

Also we completed 11-2 ppt and 11-1 ppt. Both assignments included notes to be turned in.

The water cycle diagram was completed and many students began to make their water cycle bracelets.

The river picture is still being worked on.

Today we had a quiz on 11-1 and 11-2.

The grades will be on I parent later today.

All students need to complete wkbk pages 127-140.

Remember next week is a different schedule for conference week.

All water labs are due next week.

We will be working on water until at least Feb 8th.

Have a great long weekend. Ms sussman

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January 11, 2008

Today was fabulous. We all made great grades on our 15-1 and 15-2 test. Next wednesday is our test on muscles.

We will begin the digestive system next week.

Be sure to work on your project over the weekend.

Have a great two days off. You surely deserve it. Ms sussman

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