Ms.McLemore’s blog

General News: ( 1)  Two clubs begin meeting this week.  Book Club meets Tuesday afternoon until 4:00 in Mrs. Greenburg’s room.  Students must have a note to stay.  They are to bring their favorite book & a snack.  Scrabble Club also meets Tuesday afternoon until 4:15.  They also will need a note to stay, and girls are to bring cookies and guys are to bring sodas so they can share for a snack.  (2) Children’s Identity Cards are coming home Monday – they are free picture cards where you can store identifying information about your children.  (3) CHS FOOTBALL RULES – all CMS students going to the high school football games on Friday night must be accompanied by an adult – see letter from Mrs. Warren that comes home Tuesday.  (4) On Thursday, students are bringing home a note from the room moms (THANK YOU Mrs. Lunsford, Mrs. Brewer, & Mrs. Burns) about the parties, treat days, $5 gift cards for our reward ticket drawing for the end of the nine weeks, and a form to be on the class list.  Please read the information and fill out the forms for what you would like you and your child to participate.

Science 9/15 – 9/19

Mon. 9/15  CW:  (1) Test over chapter 2.  If you were absent today plan on taking it tomorrow.  If you are still absent tomorrow, see me to schedule your make-up test.  (2) finish chapter 2 vocabulary review (3) read lab pp. 546-547  HW: none – if you want to get ahead we will be working on chapter 4 next.

Tues. 9/16  CW:  (1) Lab – Saving the Wild Bean -we did this in class in our lab groups  (2) Science World magazine article about world’s largest forest being destroyed.  HW: none

Wed. 9/17  CW: Pollution Problems chapter 4 lesson 1.  We discussed problems that exist on Earth, mostly due to humans.  HW: review chp. 4 lesson 1 tonight.  Discuss with your family what kind of pollution problems existed when your parents/grandparents were kids.  BONUS: Write in your agenda the one of the pollution problems you all discussed & have your parent sign your agenda book beside the pollution problem you wrote in the agenda.  I will check for it tomorrow and add bonus points to a quiz grade.

Thurs. 9/18  CW: (1) We reviewed the pollution problems from yesterday. (2) We talked about some Pollution Solutions – chp. 4 lesson 2 and determined over 15 ways to reuse a plastic shopping bag. (3) We saw a bird’s nest Danielle brought into class that has plastic in it.  (4) students began on pp. 104-105 – they will finish in class tomorrow.  HW:  begin thinking about a Pollution Solution idea you would like to do (see p. 99 for some ideas) that will impact your family, neighbors, and/or community.  More information to come next week.  We will learn how to make Power Points to help with this project.

Fri. 9/19  I was not here today, so this was not posted until Monday 9/22.  CW: (1) finish Science World sheet (2) finish from yesterday textbook pp. 104-105 #1-13 (skip #10), 15, & 17-20 (3) workbook pp. 22-29 HW: finish wkbk. pp. 22-29 if you didn’t in class today