Agenda April 30

1 Review Chemical Reactions
2 WS Video Exploring our Solar System
3 Check All HW, Vocabulary, and Constructing Meaning now due May 13, Wednesday
4 Check remaining Pre Reading tomorrow

Bring Colored Pencils etc next week.
Miniatures Club will be learning Race Day tomorrow

Agenda April 29

1 Review Things to put on the Periodic Table I gave you
2 WS Video Sun, Moon and Earth
3 WS Video Exploring our Solar System

Agenda April 27-28

1 Review Structure of Matter
2 The 6 Bill Nye Videos (Sun, Moon, Planets, Comets and Meteors, Seasons, and Outer Space) due Wed., May 13
3 Video Clip - Phases of the Moon
4 Activity - Phases of the Moon
5 Review Periodic Table
6 WS Video National Geographic Sun, Earth, and Moon

Today is a Period 1,3,5 Day.  Today's Agenda is the same for tomorrow.  Write in your journal on the day you have the class and on the day you did not have this class, write Block Schedule.

Agenda April 24

1 Review
2 J111 CH14 Pre Reading check today
3 J112 CH14 Vocabulary due  Mon. May, 4th (Star Wars Day)
4 J113 CH14 Constructing Meaning due Mon. May 4th
5 J111 CH15 Pre Reading check today
6 J112 CH15 Vocabulary due  Mon. May, 4th (Star Wars Day)
7 J113 CH15 Constructing Meaning due Mon. May 4th 8 HW Directed Reading CH12 - 15.  No Target Reading.  Still do all Marking the Text  Due Wed. May 13

Miniatures Club will be playing a variant of DBA today where you can build your own army with a point system.

Agenda April 23

Ok.  Take a breath and hold it.  We will come out on the other side on May 12.
1 Review KHDBDCM
2 J105 CH12 Pre Reading check 4/24
3 J106 CH12 Vocabulary due Fri May 1
4 J107 CH12 Constructing Meaning due Fri May 1
5 J108 CH13 Pre Reading check 4/24
6 J109 CH13 Vocabulary due Fri May 1
7 J110 CH13 Constructing Meaning due Fri May 1

Agenda April 22

1 Test(s) CH11.  Ok it is one test but 2 different standards so I divided it up into 2 tests.
P3 and P4 need to get work returned.
I am going through the video projects that have had some troubles but this will take awhile.
Miniatures Club - DBA if Ben brings back the materials
I am going to the Butter and Egg Parade (hopefully) on Saturday in Petaluma.  See you there.

Agenda April 21

1 Check CH11 Homework, Vocabulary, Constructing Meaning
2 Check Bill Nye Video WS for Pressure, Flight and Buoyancy
3 Return Work
4 CH11 Review

Agenda April 20

1 Activity Bernoulli Day
2 Lots of stuff due tomorrow (CH 11 HW, Vocab, Cons Mean, WS for videos on Pressure, Flight and Buoyancy)
3 CH11 Test on Wednesday

We had some bad news about the passing of Cathy Ericcson today.  She was one of our special ed teachers who worked primarily with 6th graders.  She was a wonderful gracious Christian lady and she will be missed.

Spring Break 2015

Just got back from Palm Desert (via Palm Springs) to celebrate my dad's 80th birthday.  Saw lots of family, old friends, and my elementary school best friend, (now a well to do realtor in the LA area).

31 assignments were entered into the system.  Some assignments were left at school because they were turned in late so have not yet been processed.  You now must be patient if an assignment was turned in late.

I managed to power through all the video projects and they should be online in Power School by Tuesday.  Some of them are hilarious and all showed a lot of effort.  Ask your friends or children to show them to you.  Many are on Youtube.

Agenda April 10

1 J104 Pascal's Principle
2 Activity Sink and Spill
3 HW WS Video Bill Nye Buoyancy due Tues. April 21
4 HW WS Video Bill Nye Flight due Tues. April 21

Agenda April 9

1 Activity Fountain in a Flask (yes we have done this before)
2 J103 Bernoulli's Principle

Miniatures Club will be Early Indian Armies.  Lots of Elephants

Agenda April 8

1 WS Video Bill Nye Pressure due 4/12
2 J102 Pressure

Thanks to all who came out last night.  I was reminded to encourage you to sign up for the PTSA Golf Tournament.  https://store.cloud501.com/store/smsgolf

Also, Stanford is having an open house at the Astro Physics lab on Saturday.
 https://news.slac.stanford.edu/announcement/kipac-invites-public-third-annual-open-house

Agenda April 7

1 J99 CH11 Pre Reading due today
2 CH11 Marking the Text due today
3 HW CH11 Directed Reading Packet p189-203.  All Target Reading due Tuesday, April 21
4 J100 CH11 Vocabulary due Tuesday, April 21
5 J101 CH11 Constructing Meaning  due Tuesday, April 21

Miniatures Club members will be playing Ancients at Open House tonight.

Agenda April 6

1 Check HW CH10, J95 CH10 Vocabulary, and J96 CH10 Constructing Meaning
2 Check WS Disney Video Friction and Trajectory
3 Check WS Newton's 2d Law Problems
4 Check WS Gravity and Friction Review
5 Return Work
6 CH 10 Retake test on Thursday

Agenda April 3 (or March 34)

1 Test CH10
2 All the work that was due today is being moved to Monday to insure students have enough time to finish the test today.

Agenda April 2

1 Activity Motion Stations

Agenda March 32

Yes, I know I did this last year but most of the "audience" are new this year.
1 WS Video Disney Imagineering Trajectory due Fri. April 3
2 WS Newton's Second Law Problems due Fri. April 3
3 WS Friction and Gravity Review  due Fri. April 3

Miniatures Club - DBA 3 reboot.  Going back to the beginning to get the basics down so we can grow from there.  The teacher part of me needs to rein in the gamer part of me.  We have room for a few more and Friday would be a good time to start.  If you are a former player, you may remember this game.