Agenda Sept 30

1 Trade and Grade Chapter 1 Test Scientific Method and Safety
2 Review both Chapter 1 Test questions to see what you actually got wrong and what the correct answers were. (This activity requires a higher level of maturity that was, sadly, only exhibited by a few students) The participation and behavior during this time may prevent your class from doing the "hands on" portion of tomorrow's activity.
3 Journal 16 Physical and Chemical Properties
4 Work on Journals 14 and 15 in any remaining time (and yes there was time)

Should you detect a strained level of patience in the tone of today's blog then you got it right in one go. The stress that some students are putting on the classroom combined with the location of my prep in the day this year, wears me down and makes it so inviting to cancel Miniatures Club on a Friday. Having said that, I am planning on holding Miniatures Club this Friday. We will be learning NASCAR rules and maybe even playing a few laps.

Agenda Sept 29

1 Journal 15 Chapter 2 Constructing Meaning - How to do it
2 Journal 14 Vocab and Journal 15 Constructing Meaning will be due Thursday, October 7

Miniatures Club - The dance is in the quad which complicates our meeting. If everyone were to get a ticket to the dance it would help allowing students in and out of the room. If not enough of you are going to the dance I may need to cancel.

Agenda Sept 28

1 Chapter 1 Test Scientific Method and Safety Test
2 Finish Matter Worksheet (turn it in)
3 Journal 14 Chapter 2 Vocabulary (p55 in textbook) due date coming

Agenda Sept 27

1 Journal 13 Matter or Not Matter Activity - That is the Question
2 Characteristics of Matter WS (we will finish it tomorrow in class)

I am re-finding the NASCAR Rules. The website that normally carries the fan support is no longer active. I made need to find stuff and reprint it for you.

Agenda Sept 24

1 Formal Write Up of Journal 12 due today
2 HW Chapter 2 Reading Packet (No Target Reading Skills)due Tuesday, Oct 5
3 Trade and Grade CH1 Measuring Test
4 Chapter 1 Scientific Method and Safety Test Tuesday, September 28

Agenda Sept 23

1 Chapter 1 Measuring Test
2 Formal Write up of Journal 12 due tomorrow

What a beautiful full moon hanging over the mountains this morning with wisps of clouds to one side. Happy Autumnal Equinox

Agenda Sept 22

1 Chapter 1 Measuring Test is Tommorrow
2 Turn in Measuring Volume Activity Worksheet
3 Formal write up of Journal 10 (due at the end of the period)
4 Formal write up of Journal 12 (due at the end of the period Friday)
These are teaching us how to write lab reports

Miniatures Club is canceled this Friday. We will resume on Friday October 1 with a new game. Watch this site for information on the rules.

Agenda Sept 21

1 Trade and Grade Chapter 1 Homework Packet
2 Return Work

Agenda Sept 20

1 Journal 11 How to measure temperature or fun with Gabe and Andy
2 Journal 12 Activity Measuring Temperature Changes or fun with fire and (dry) ice

Chapter 1 HW packet is due tomorrow

I got to go to Educator Appreciation night at the Stanford game with some good friends. Stanford walloped Wake Forest. I also cleaned part of the garage. Yuck
Today is girls softball picture day. Tomorrow is a game vs Cupertino

Agenda Sept 17

1 Journal 9 Measuring Time
2 Journal 10 Activity Measuring Speed - How to use measuring time with measuring distance.

Miniatures is Catan. I need an ally to help me against four 7th graders today.

Agenda Sept 16

1 Journal 8 How to Measure the Density of a Liquid
2 Activity - Measuring the Density of a Liquid

Miniatures Club is still on tomorrow.

Agenda Sept 15

1 Activity - Density of Regular and Irregular Solids Day 3 Due today

Miniatures Club will be Catan for one more week. I just received the expansions so 4 more people can play. Remember to plan on staying to finish a game. Side note. A brown road piece was found on the road. Watch out for your pieces!!!

Agenda Sept 14

1 Journal 7 continued How to Measure the Volume of an Irregular Solid
2 Activity Density of a Regular Solid Day 2

See you at Back to School night tonight

Agenda Sept 13

Mrs Guerrieri was our guest teacher today
1 J7 How to Measure the Volume of a regular shaped Solid
2 Activity Calculating the density of regular solids Day 1

Agenda Sept 10

1 J5 Eureka (Gravity and Weight vs Mass)
2 Turn in Triple Beam Balance Activity
3 J6 How to Read a Graduated Cylinder
4 Activity Liquid Volumes Using Different Measuring Tools

Wow what a fire in San Bruno last night. When I lived in San Diego, I lived next to one of those kind of gas transmission lines. Nothing ever happened because that's the way it supposed to be.

Well the 8th Grade Girls Softball team played a really good game yesterday. It was really close until the last inning when Egan MS pulled away. We can beat them if we see them in the playoffs. Today is ice cream in my room.

Miniatures is still Catan then I get to go out for sushi.

I will be absent on Monday and Mrs. Guerrieri will be teaching volume of regular solids and density. BE GOOD. I will be moving my daughter into the dorms at Cal Poly SLO.

I hope to see many parets on Back to School Night on Tuesday.

Agenda Sept 9

1 Triple Beam Balance Activity Day 2 due tomorrow
2 Journal 5 Eureka Video notes

Miniatures Club is Settlers of Catan. We have enough games for 24 members. Plan on staying until between 5 and 5:30. Some High School students have been bringing other games to play and you are welcome to join in. Next week is the last week of Catan pending untoward circumstances.

Agenda Sept 8

1 Journal 4 How to use a Triple Beam Balance
2 Using a Triple Beam Balance Activity Day 1

Thank you to the PTSA for the approval of Miniatures Club operating funds
We will be play Settlers of Catan again. Thanks to Steven and Mr. Realini and Matt for their help in sorting the games we have. I am off to D&J to see if they have any more of the expansions for 5-6 players. High Schoolers are very welcome this Friday. Plan on staying until 5:30 to get in a full game unless you are playing against David.

Put it on your calendar. Star Gazing Party here at SMS on the night of Oct 13.

Agenda Sept 7

1 Collect HW Predator Prey Graph
2 Collect HW Metric Mania Measuring WS
3 Metric Measuring Activity Day 2 due at the end of the period
4 HW Directed Reading p11-37 No Target Reading Skills. Due Tues Sept 21

Agenda Sept 3

1 Metric Mania K H D B D C M review - due today
2 Collect HW Boiling Water graph
3 Journal 3 Measuring Length
4 Metric Mania Measuring Length due Tuesday, Sept. 7
5 Activity Metric Measuring Day 1

Miniatures Today is Settlers of Catan.

PTSA wants club sponsors to come and present on Tuesday night. See if you can come to tell them what a great club this is. Extra Aerodrome ammo will be provided.

Agenda Sept 2

1 Journal 1 Useful Work and 10,000 hours
2 Journal 2 K H D B D C M
3 Metric Mania WS for K H D B D C M (in class but due tomorrow)
3 HW Graphing Activity Boiling Water due Fri. Sept 3
4 HW Graphing Activity Predator Prey due Tues Sept 7

Agenda Sept 1

1 Trade and Evaluate Diagnostic Test
2 Trade and Grade String Frequency Graphing Assignment

Make sure you have a Journal by tomorrow.
Something I just learned today. Mike Myers (the voice of Shrek) plays historical miniatures.