Agenda October 31

1 Pumpkin Chemistry Demo using Calcium Carbide and Water to make Lime and Acetylene.
2 J30 How to a Hero to a Little Kid on Halloween.

Agenda October 29 Friday

1 HW Directed Reading due Nov 3.  Do all Target Reading and all Marking the Text.
2 CH3 Marking the Text due today

Agenda October 27

1 J27 CH3 Pre Reading
2 J28 CH3 Vocabulary due Thursday Nov 3
3 J29 CH3 Constructing Meaning due Thursday Nov 3

I found the SAGA rules so that will be tomorrow in Miniatures Club.

Agenda October 26 (Wednesday)

1 CH2 Test Review
Learning how to learn from a test you already took

Agenda October 24

1 Extra Halloween Candy and donations
2 J26 (more) Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions (also known as "reteaching")
3 Where's the Evidence CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning)
4 Return Work
5 All Work that had been pushed to be due today is now due tomorrow 10/25

NOTE:  1st Trimester is coming to a close.  1st Trimester Agenda and Journal check will be Monday, Nov 1.

CHALLENGE:  Thursday is Twin Day for Spirit Week.  Any student wearing suspenders and a collared shirt on Thursday should see me for a Spartan Spirit Ticket.

Agenda October 21

1 CH2 Test (actually 2 different standards so there are 2 different tests inside the one test)
2 All the HW, vocabulary, Journals, and Worksheets that were going to be checked today are now going to be checked on Monday.
3 Monday is also Pajama Day.
4 Miniatures Club.  Eighth Graders will be learning SAGA.  This is a skirmish level game based in what is known as the Dark Ages.  6th Graders will be painting and playing Pirates.  7th graders can choose.

Agenda October 20

1 Activity Day 2 Where's the Evidence
2 Stamp WS Temperature Difference and CFA Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
3 Collect Activity Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
4 WS Mixtures Review due tomorrow

CH2 Test is tomorrow.  Bring something to read.
All HW, Vocabulary, etc due date moved to Monday
Monday is Pajama Day

Agenda October 19

1 Activity Where's the Evidence Day 1 Observing chemical changes
2 WS Temperature Differences/CFA Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions due Thursday Oct 20
Checking Activity from yesterday (Exo/Endo Reactions) tomorrow.
Checking Activity Heterogeneous to Homogeneous mixtures tomorrow.

Agenda October 18

1 J26 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
2 Activity Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
3 CH2 Test will be on Friday Oct 21
4 One student has finished her video project.  You have had 2 three day weekends so far.  Only one three day weekend left before the project is due.

Agenda October 17 Earthquake Day

After a weekend of 6.7 inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains at my house we have a sunny day.  No Earthquake today but then the Giants aren't in the World Series either.   Science teachers worked on Next Generation Science Standards though I have a question about some of the standards and how they are expressed.  Light is said definitively to act as a wave (according to the standards) but how come it is bent by gravity (like a particle)?
Well, on to next week.

Agenda October 14 (Friday)

1 Stamp Lego Activity WS

2 Activity Heterogeneous to Homogeneous Mixtures (stamp when complete)

Agenda October 13 (Thursday)

1 Activity Lego Models stamp tomorrow
2 Activity Heterogeneous to Homogeneous Mixtures Plan Day 1

Agenda October 12

1 Stamp WS Chemical and Physical Changes.  This will be recorded Oct 21
2 J23 Compounds
3 J24 Mixtures
4 J25 Characteristics of Matter
5 Still aiming at test for CH2 on Thursday Oct 20
6 Make Up Test day is tomorrow after school

Agenda October 11

1 Inquiry Activity The Sticky Situation Day 2 (Stamp today and checked on Fri Oct 21)
2 J22 Sticky Situation (modifications to the lab)
3 WS Physical and Chemical Properties (Stamp 10/12)
4 Aiming at CH2 Test on Thurs Oct 20)
5 Retake/Make up Test day is Thursday Oct 13 after school

There are lots of miniature figures to paint so we will be painting and pirating.

Agenda October 10

1 Inquiry Activity The Sticky Situation (Chemical properties and making glue)

Agenda October 6 and 7

Thursday
1 Journal 19 CH2 Pre Reading due today
2 Journal 20 CH2 Vocabulary due Fri., Oct 21
3 Journal 21 CH2 Constructing Meaning due Fri., Oct. 21

Friday
1 HW CH2 Directed Reading Target Reading Skills page 44 and 48   Do all Marking the Text due Fri Oct 21
2 Check p39 CH2 Marking the Text on Fri., Oct 21

Agenda October 5

1 Inquiry Activity: Is it a Physical Change? due today
2 WS Physical Change Frayer Model due today

This week is the Renaissance Assembly (Friday).  If you miss class for the assembly congratulations.  To get your missing work, stop by and we will have it out for you.

Miniatures will be painting and playing Pirates.  There may be a Star Wars game though ships are limited so no guarantee of a seat at that table

Agenda October 4

1 Safety Quiz
2 Information on Group Video Project - Metric Measurement.  The project is due on Friday Nov. 18.  If students miss that Friday, the project is due the day before.
3 WS Physical Change Frayer Model due tomorrow

Agenda October 4

1 Safety Quiz
2 Information on Group Video Project - Metric Measurement.  The project is due on Friday Nov. 18.  If students miss that Friday, the project is due the day before.
3 WS Physical Change Frayer Model due tomorrow

Agenda October 3

1 Trade and Grade CH1 Test
2 J18 Fire
3 HW Read CH1 Section 6 about Lab Safety to prepare for a quiz tomorrow on Lab Safety