Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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.

Friday, November 5, 2010

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.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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".

Monday, November 1, 2010

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.