Agenda January 30

1 Check J70 CH7 Pre Reading
2 J71 CH7 Vocabulary due Friday, Feb 6
3 J72 CH7 Constructing Meaning due Friday, Feb 6
4 HW CH7 Directed Reading p123 - 136; Target Reading on p124 and 134;  due Friday, Feb 6
5 Marking the Text CH7 all sections.  Check section 1 on Monday, Feb. 2

Agenda January 29

1 Trade and Grade Chapter 6 Test
2 Mg + O2 => MgO
3 Al + HCl => AlCl3 + H2
4 H2 + O2 => H2O
All done as demo's
5 J70 CH7 Pre Reading check tomorrow

Agenda January 28

1 Chapter 6 Test

Agenda January 27

1 Activity Single Replacement.  Zinc + HCl => Zinc Chloride + Hydrogen gas
2 CH 6 Test tomorrow.

Agenda January 26

My Birthday!
Additionally this was an inservice day so I hope you enjoyed the day.  On Friday after 5PM, we set of 2 synthesis reactions.  Both were Hydrogen plus Oxygen yields water.  And this time, we had the Oxygen in the balloon with the Hydrogen.  Instead a "woomf" it was more of a "crack".  We are still working on the triggering mechanism.
My Family took me out for sushi and chocolate malts.

Agenda January 23

1 Decomposition and Catalyst Lab
2 Hydrogen plus Oxygen demo.

After school we lit off two balloons at 5PM.  They were a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.  I am certain folks took pictures.  Did you hear the bang?  No police came by this year.

Agenda January 22

1 Video Bill Nye Chemical Reactions
2 Hearing tests in the hearing test truck

Agenda January 21

1 Activity Silver Nitrate and Sodium Phosphate Chemical Reaction due today.
2 Return Work

I fear I am having a relapse.  No fever but congestion.

Agenda January 20

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Messner.
1 Turn in any out standing miniposters
2 Turn in the following worksheets:
WS Reactions; WS Types of Chemical Reactions; WS Classifying Chemical Reactions

CH6 Test looks like it will be next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Hearing Testing is on Thursday during Science which breaks up the day.

Santa Rosa looks nice.  Some wildflowers are blooming which isn't so good for winter.  Finishes are coming along.
I forgot,  I was never called in for jury duty.  The kept me in the wind until Friday at 11AM but at least I don't have that hanging over my head.
As a result, I am finally taking medications and have reduced my symptoms by a great deal.

MLK day January 19

Several times today I thought it was Saturday.  I was saddened to hear that the last Freedom Train in the US was not going to run next year.  I was a little proud that it was the train from San Jose to Sacramento.
The Christmas Lights are down and the trees are sprayed.  Now we need rain.

Agenda January 16

Last year January 16 was quite warm and dry.  This year, we have the dry but not as warm though it is supposed to get to 70 later today.
1 Check CH6 HW, J63 Vocabulary, and J64 Constructing Meaning
2 Video Chemical reactions from Ted Ed
3 Activity Chemical Reaction Miniposter using Paper and Ted Ed info
4 WS Chemical Reactions use Journal 69 to help  check on Tuesday
5 WS Types of Chemical Reactions  check on Tuesday
6 WS Classifying Chemical Reactions  check on Tuesday

Lab Safety.  In the upcoming labs, safety is the first concern.  Additionally, the labs increase in danger.  Because of this, class safety behavior in the early labs will determine whether the class gets to do the later labs or if I do them as demonstrations.

Thanks to all the teachers who showed up at the School Board meeting to show support for our bargaining team.

Agenda January 15

1 Trade and Grade Test
2 Journal 69 Types of Chemical Reactions
3 Make up test day on Thursday Jan 22
4 HW, Vocab, Constructing Meaning CH6 due tomorrow

Agenda January 14

1 Test Balancing Equations
2 Turn in the 2 worksheets about balancing equations since I gave you an extra day to do them and answered all the questions you asked.
Miniatures Club-Aerodrome Tournament.  Since I am not getting a very good response from the 8th graders, I will probably open up to applicants from the 7th grade.  Now is the time to think of your squadron tactics.
Still no jury duty for which I am grateful.  I have the whole cold except for the fever for which I am also grateful as it allows me to be here.

Agenda January 13

1 Balancing Equation Practice Test
2 Review Worksheets from yesterday
3 Balancing Equation Test tomorrow

Agenda January 12

1 J68 Balanced Equations using Beads
2 WS Balancing Act/Balancing Act Practice
3 WS Balanced Equations/Balancing Equations
All Worksheets checked tomorrow and turned in with the test on Wednesday
4 Balancing Equation Test tomorrow

Agenda January 9

1 J 65 Law of Conservation of Matter
2 J66 Characteristics of Matter (review)
3 J 67 What Happens During Chemical Reactions (white boards)
4 J68 Balancing Equations (if time)

Agenda January 8

1 Marking the Text CH 6 due today
2 HW CH 6 Directed Reading p105-122 No Target Reading Skills due Fri., Jan 16
Make Up Test today

Agenda January 7

1 J63 CH6 Vocabulary due Fri. Jan. 16
2 J64 CH6 Constructing Meaning due Fri. Jan. 16
3 Pass Out White Boards
4 Make up Test on Thursday Lunch from 12:40 to 1 PM or after school.

I am working on a, sort of, Aerodrome tournament for Saturday, January 31 at the South Bay Game Club meeting in Saratoga.  I was thinking about a 1PM start time to avoid the food issue.
Gaming Location 10 AM to 5 PM. Fellowship Hall - Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (12770 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga, CA)
Former students are encouraged to attend and either compete for the honor of their alma mater or to blast those up start whipper snappers into oblivion.  Please email me if you fall into the emeritus category so I can make certain you have a plane.  Remember, It is age and treachery versus youth and skill and you fall into the first category now.

Agenda January 6

1 Z Resolutions
2 J62 CH6 Pre Reading due today

Many students did not resolve their z's.  They will need to do this now on their own time such as before school, brunch, the beginning of lunch and possibly after school though appointments may interfere with that one.

Agenda January 5

1 Trade and Grade CH 5 Test
2 Turn in Activity Drops on a Penny
3 Progress Report - Lets get this done before the last minute.  Tomorrow is a day to bring in any Z's.
4 Test retake on Thursday, January 8

Vacation Grade Update

I have caught up with my grading and data entry (well, almost with the data entry)
I am distressed by all the Z's on the grade sheets.  To that end, Tuesday after break will be about filling in all the gaps.  I will be printing out a list of assignments for all students (if the school printer can handle it) to give to students tomorrow.  If a student was absent, or testing, or sick just for a bit, or left it at home, or on vacation early, or job shadowing or saving the free world from the diabolical scheming of a master super villain,  they can bring in that work on Tuesday.  I do not want anyone to come to me in the last week of the trimester saying, "What can I do to improve my grade?" 

Agenda December 19

1 Test CH 5
I am out today getting ready for my daughter's wedding.
Some things I have learned this year.
Just because you are 56 doesn't mean you still won't do stupid things.
Just because you have snow skied for 48 years doesn't you won't do something stupid.
Frozen Terrain Park features have a lower frictional coefficient than snow. 
Still, If your children want to do something and include you, do it.
Sweet Potato Fries are like eating a Taco Salad.  They SOUND like they are good for you and you get credit as if they are.
Prickly Pear (the tunas) taste a bit like passion fruit.  But don't bite down on the seeds.
Putting earrings and stockings on your wife because of her broken arm earn you "husband of the year points" which I have now used up.
Some rides at Disneyland change for Christmas making the lines a bit more bearable.
Exercising as a way to lose weight only works if you cut out dessert before bedtime. [Note: Some things I learned this year, I didn't like]
The word "fun" when used in the area of remodeling is just a short word for "expensive" as in, "This counter top would be fun."
Septic tanks, Flooring, Wiring, Woodpeckers, Tile, and Stacked Stone are all choices.
Bamboo board is expensive but antibacterial.
Practicing a wedding speech is best with notes and even though you practiced, still use the notes.
The father of your new son-in-law is your "bro".  Interestingly enough, so is the mother.
Croquet is fun on a golf course at night.
Traditions can change as long as you are the one to change them.