Weekly Update

A simple week this week:

Grade 7 Science: one more Solutions Experiment and study for your Unit test that will be next week. You can start by reviewing all of the notes and experiments on the website.

Grade 8 Science: Get back your unit test, take it up, and go outside for Predator/Prey!! Dress for the weather!!

Grade 7/8A Language: keep editing our work;  speech topics; get back your novel study projects; and, keep reading, "Out of My Mind."

Math Bridges: we will meet on Monday and Wednesday, from 3:15 to 4:30.
Remember, I have Math Facts Club every 1st nutrition break except Monday (day 3).

Weekly Update: March 24th to the 28th

Language 7/8A General Announcements:

• Please make sure you wear indoor shoes into the classroom. Our floors are so wonderfully clean; let's keep it that way!
• Daily Writing is happening: Monday evenings, Tuesday evenings and Wednesday evenings only. You don't have to write on Thursday night (unless you wish!) so you have more time to study for spelling.
• Spelling: remember: you don't have to hand in any assignments; you can study however suits you best. After the test, you will be responsible for following up with words with the exercises listed on the website.

Grade 7 Science this week:

Experiment: Freezing - how low can you go?!

Quiz: KNOW the 5 parts of particle theory; know the three states of matter; and, know the four (or 6!) changes of state:

Grade 8 Science this week:

You have a Cell unit test this week. Please study the notes and labs found on the website. The test will be multiple choice, check the right answers, and true and false.

Monday, March 24th - Day 3

Class 7B and 7C:  experiment and quiz (see above)

MAKE UP SCIENCE CLASS - SECOND NUTRITION BREAK.

MATH BRIDGES AFTER SCHOOL! See you in the library at 3:15

Tuesday, March 25th - Day 4

Class 7D: experiment and quiz (see above)

Wednesday, March 26th - Day 5

POWER OF POSITIVE CHOICES! Remember - you get a FREE pita!
MAKE UP SCIENCE CLASS - SECOND NUTRITION BREAK.

MATH BRIDGES AFTER SCHOOL! See you in the library at 3:15

Thursday, March 27th - Day 1
Class 7A - experiment and quiz (see above)
Class 8A - Cell Unit Test
Class 8C - Cell Unit Test

Friday, March 28th - Day 2
Class 8B and 8D - Cell Unit Test

Grade 7 Science: Condensation Experiment

Condensation Experiment
Please finish the Condensation Experiment write up. If you have time and WANT to learn, do the extension questions. You will be responsible for knowing this information for next class.
Click on the experiment:  Condensation Experiment

Watch these short clips to help you understand!
Condensation: Chapter 2 Lesson 3
or
condensation/evaporation
or, this
macro and microscopic view of condensation and evaporation

Language 7/8: New Spelling Words and Activities!

Let's do things differently now! You are on your own as to how you learn your words: you are not responsible to hand any activities in. On Friday, we will have our test. 

Any words you get wrong, THEN you have to do the following exercises:

1. -spell the word, 

 - write down the definition from the dictionary,

 - write down the part of speech

- write your own sentence below it that illustrates the meaning of the word.

Example: The word is SURE.
SURE: assured or certain beyond question. adjective

I am sure that I will get perfect on my test because I have studied so hard.

2. write each word 5 times, using blue for consonants and red for vowels.

Submit to me before the end of the day. This work will be done during Friday's nutrition breaks.

Here are your words:

Blue words


Green Words

Purple Words

March UPDATE: In like a lion!!!

Science:  Here's the line up for MARCH:

Week of March 3rd:

Grade 7's: 
Quiz: Particle Theory and Mixture Review (same as last week's - STUDY PLEASE!)
Experiments: Evaporation and Condensation, finish Rate of Dissolving.

Grade 8's:
Quiz: All plant and animal organelles and function.
PRACTICUM: I will ask each student to prepare a wet mounted slide of a plant specimen and irrigate it with iodine. Watch for times to sign up for your individual PRACTICUM!
Experiments: Animal Cell lab and Osmosis (hypo/hypertonic) finished.
Theory: Learn about active and passive transport. Read this LINK to a note on my website.

Week of March 17 - March 28th
Grade 8's:
Looking at the major concepts in our Cell Unit and wrapping up with World connections and a unit test.

Grade 7's:
Two more weeks of Mixtures and Solutions and then one week in April to finish up with a test and a project ... THE GUMMY BEAR PROJECT!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!

Language: For the Month of March

Where did February go? We are steaming ahead, but we somehow missed our speeches! Novel studies will take up the first week of March. Make sure to hand them in completely by March 6th. I will mark them over the March Break and hand them back the first week following. That week, we will look at Public Speaking, descriptive writing and COMMAS!!!

7A, B, C and D: The Bridge Question!

Read the following and answer the question, using words like: molecules, solid, vibrate, etc.

THE BRIDGE QUESTION

Weekly Update: February 24th to the 28th

SCIENCE:

Class 7 b & c: you will have your since quiz on Day 1 instead of Day 3. STUDY!

Grade 7: 

• Continue to be able to give me the definition and an example of: solute, solvent, solution and mechanical mixture.
• Continue to be able to draw a 'normal' substance and water at a molecular level.
• KNOW: The Particle Theory of Matter 
•  All matter is made up of tiny particles.
•  These particles are always moving… they have energy. 
•  There are spaces among particles. 
•  There are attractive forces between the particles. 
•  The particles of one substance differ from the particles of other substances. 

Grade 8:

• Know the important organelles of cells and their function, including: cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, stomata, chloroplasts, vacuole, mitochondria, lysosomes, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum (what's the difference?) and ribosomes. Use this PAGE to help you. Make sure you know which are found only in plant cells, only in animal cells, or found in both.

7/8A Language Novel Study Assignment:

Novel Study Assignment: Due date - MARCH 6TH

You may read your novel at home, but all work must be done in class.
EACH STUDENT must:

• create a title page for your novel study

• create a prediction paragraph

• read each chapter

• do 3 summaries per book. Divide your pages by 3 and you have to do one summary for each third. Make sure to include the characters’ names, the main problem and the setting(s). Each summary should be 1 to 3 paragraphs long, containing important information that includes details from the text.

• 25 vocab words decided on by the group per book.

• Facebook page for one of your characters.

• One big project due on the last day to orally present. The choices are:
• Dust jacket
• Cereal box
• commercial for book
• comic book - bitstrips
• ????????? Make a suggestion! I'm open to new ideas!

Weekly update: Tuesday, February 18th to Friday, February 21st

SCIENCE

ALL grade 7's: be able to give the definition and an example of:

• solute
• solvent
• solution
• mechanical mixture

ALL grade 8's: be able to identify 

• the basic components of a plant cell, and their function, including:  cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, stomata, vacuole, chloroplasts, cytoplasm.
• the definition of diffusion and osmosis, and an example of each.

This week, we will continue on with grade 7's experimenting to create solutions, including super-saturated solutions. Grade 8's will finish plant cells this week and be ready to move on to animal cells.

7/8A apostrophe and media literacy assignment!!!

Apostrophe and Media Literacy Assignment:

• Due February 20th and/or 21st
• Find 5 correct pictures of apostrophes on the internet
• Tell me if they are showing a contraction, possession or plural
• Find 5 incorrect pictures of apostrophes on the internet
• Tell me WHY they are wrong, and what they should be, then
• Tell me if  they are showing a contraction, possession or plural
• Take 5 to 10 pictures (around town!) of apostrophes with you IN IT!
• Tell me if they are correct or incorrect
• If incorrect, what should they be, then
• Tell me if they are showing a contraction, possession or plural
• These pictures need to be presented in a form of a slide show or another type of app, and shared with me on the Cloud. Some examples of apps are ShowMe, Haiku Deck, etc.

Check out this note to see apostrophe rules.