Agenda Nov 30

1 Chapter 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Test, Standard 7 Periodic Table

Agenda Nov 29

1 Periodic Table Formative Assessment
2 Journal 54 Noble Gasses
3 Journal 55 Radioactivity (from pages 160-163)
4 Worksheet Mixed up Elements (due today completeness)

NOTE Chapter 4 Test tomorrow

Agenda Nov 23

1 Oral Reports for Element Project

As an after, everyone is to be congratulated for their patience in the presentations that went over into Brunch and Lunch. As a note, powerpoint presentations take twice as long to do due to set up. Note to self, preopen all for the period and have them on the computer ready to go.

Miniatures Club had about 25 kids playing until after dark. Next Friday will be "Challenge Friday". More info to follow.

Got to see Harry Potter last Friday and then had a tree fall in the back yard on Saturday. Lots of firewood to come and no damage to the house. Continuous lightning and rain on Saturday

Agenda Nov 22

1 Oral Reports for Element Project

Are school district has been under cyber attack this week. I have been unable to access the internet from school to update this blog. As a result, I have not been able to access Pinnacle consistently so I have not been able to update grades as related to attendance. This means if you had something due and were absent, I have no way connect the two and therefore would normally not excuse you from the assignment or give you a little more time for the same. Isn't technology wonderful? And the children still ask why I do not want them to rely on calculators.

Agenda Nov 19

TODAY IS MY 27TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

1 WS Alien Periodic Table (due before you leave class)
2 Check J44 Chapter 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 Vocabulary
3 Check J45 Chapter 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 Constructing Meaning

Miniatures Club: As I type, the final game(s) of the tournament are being played between Scott and Nathan. More info on Monday. Stay dry this weekend

Agenda Nov 18

1 WS Color Coding the Periodic Table (due at the end of class)
2 WS Family Ties (due at the end of class)
3 Review of Oral Report Requirements

Miniatures Club: Nathan beat Kento and will play Takuma next on Friday. Friday is also a school dance a students can go back and forth between the 2 activities if they check with me first. Scott says has a line on 200 packs of Mysterious Islands cards.

Friday must end at 5PM as I have tickets to see Harry Potter. There WILL be a game day on Tuesday next week because it is a de facto Friday. We will finish the tournament most likely on Tuesday and pass out prizes then.

Agenda Nov 17

1 Journal 50 Transition Metals/Elements
2 Journal 51 Metals in Mixed Groups
3 Journal 52 Lanthanides
4 Journal 53 Actinides
5 Video Braniac Alkali Metals in Water

Miniatures Club: Yesterday's match between Jeffrey and Nathan ended with Nathan the clear winner. His next match is versus Kento but it cannot be today because Kento has to go to Japanese school and Nathan has fencing after school.

Agenda Nov 16

1 Journal 48 Alkali Metals
2 Journal 49 Alkaline Earth Metals
3 WS Placing All Your Elements on the Table (due today)

Miniatures Club After a close match, Chris beat David. Next up is Jeffrey versus Nathan. Winner to play Kento.

My wife enjoyed the gift. Very practical. Mrs Bazzini would not approve. We are planning to go to Sonoma to look at property this weekend.

My swim goggles broke this morning right as I was getting in to the water. I ended up swimming with the kickboard for my laps. It was like doing sit ups for 20 minutes.

Agenda Nov 15

1 1st Trimester Agenda, Journal, Rules, and Procedures Check
2 Journal 46 Periodic Table
3 Journal 47 Metals
Today is the last day to turn in make up work for 1st Trimester

Miniatures Club had a great turn out on Friday. We are finishing the tournament after school this week. Prizes to be awarded at the end of the competition. It turns out that the competition was held on our favorite pirate author's birthday. Robert Louis Stevenson.

Today is the 35th anniversary of my first date with my wife.
I do not have enough time to write about how fortunate I have been.

Agenda Nov 10

1 Video Bill Nye Atoms
Reminders:
a) Agenda and Journal (1-43)check on Monday
b) Remember to bring your green rules paper and yellow procedures paper for extra credit)
c) Monday is the last turn in day

Miniatures Club meets today. We are building fleets and maybe playing today in preparation for Friday's tournament.
The tournament goes from 9:30AM to about 2PM

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day originally commemorating the end of World War One. The 11th second of the the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Real easy to remember when to stop shooting.

Agenda Nov 9

1 Change Seats
2 Journal 44 Vocabulary Chapter 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 due Friday Nov 19
3 Journal 45 Constructing Meaning Chapter 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 due Friday Nov 19
4 Check Homework Chapter 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5
5 Answer questions about Written Report
6 1st Trimester Agenda and Journal check on Monday Nov 15
7 Make up Test after School

Agenda Nov 8

1 Test Chapter 4.1 and 4.2
2 Work on Chapter 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 Homework packet
3 Bohr model trading cards WS due tomorrow
4 Make up test for 4.1 and 4.2, tomorrow after school

Miniatures Club Tournament for Friday: We have about 20 kids signed up. I am awaiting confirmation that we may use the facility from Mrs. Abreu.

Agenda Nov 5

1 Journal 42 Proton, Neutron Practice again(taking the questions from the formative assessment from yesterday and adding the notes about rounding to the most common isotope before subtracting proton number to find the number of neutrons)
2 WS Bohr Model trading cards (due Monday Nov. 8)
3 HW Chapter 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Directed Reading No target reading Skills (due Tues Nov. 9) This is really short but the packet is not too big and I gave all classes at least 30 minutes to work on it in class today.
4 J43 Test Review Chapter 4.1 and 4.2
a Know the location, charge, and mass of the parts of an atom (J27)
b Know what the atomic number represents (J27)
c Know what the atomic mass number represents (J27)
d Know the maximum number of electrons in the first three shells/orbits
e Know how to draw a Bohr Model of an element if you know the 4 above.
f Know how to write and identify an element by its symbol using the periodic table.
5 Test on Chapter 4.1 and 4.2 on Monday Nov 8

Pirates Cards sighted at Target but I am off to buy them.

Agenda Nov 4

1 Check Homework "Name that Element" and "Calculating the Number of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons" (completeness)
2 Formative Assessment Calculating the Number of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons
3 J41 Video: Video Quiz Atoms

Miniatures Club is Pirates.
Next week Miniatures Club will be Wednesday due to the Veteran's Day Holiday.
Mr. Realini wants to have a Pirates Tournament on Friday Nov 12. More details to follow. We are also scheduling the 6th Annual Aerodrome Tournament for Saturday Feb. 12 at a new venue. This time it looks like Hiller Aviation Museum will be hosting the tournament.
On an unrelated note, my mother-in-law is due to visit this weekend.

Agenda Nov 2

1 Review HW Chapter 4.1 and 4.2
2 Worksheet The Atom (completeness) due Wednesday Nov 3
3 HW Bohr Model Drawings due Wednesday Nov 3
4 Journal 40 Practice Findingthe number of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (students picked 5 elements and then worked on finding the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons and then came up and wrote them on the board to the acclaim and critique of their peers)
5 Art Supplies for Element Project available after school

Chapter 3 make up Test today after school

What a thrilling game last night. Congratulations San Francisco Giants for winning the 2010 World Series in 5 games (in Texas no less). Now, today, everyone is undefeated. Someone just told me "Only 150 days until pitchers and catchers report for Spring training".

Agenda Nov 1

1 J39 Element Notes. Today is the last day of in class internet research for the element project. It is unlikely that there will be another in class research day.
2 Chapter 3 Make up test is tomorrow after school

Today is All Saints Day. The day Martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg in 1517 starting the Protestant Reformation. He actually did it the night before but no one saw them until the next morning. (Maybe this was a Halloween prank?)
On another note I have already received 4 full trash bags of candy on the first day of collection for shipment to troops over seas. Way to go.