October 20- 24
General News: Open House is this Tuesday from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. All families are invited to attend. The Book Fair will occur in the library & pizza will be sold in the cafeteria. The Book Fair & the cafeteria will open at 5:00 and classrooms will be open at 5:30. Report Cards will go home on Wednesday. There are MANY things in the report card cover – the report card, a health screening form which MUST be signed & returned, an Accelerated Reader requirement sheet which also must be signed & returned, a letter about Ms. Smart being out on medical leave from 10/31 – 1/5, and a letter about the new requirements for honor roll – students must have at least 4 A’s, no C’s, no N’s, no U’s & the MAPS classes are included in these requirements.
Just Say No/Drug Free Week Monday – wear red Tuesday – wear favorite cap for Putting a Cap on Drugs Day Wednesday – Sock It To Drugs- wear your favorite crazy or mismatched socks Thursday – Staying Away from Drugs is No Sweat – wear your favorite sweats Friday – Drugs are Just Tacky – wear your favorite tacky outfit
Mon. 10/20 CW: Today was a drug free assembly from 11:50 -12:40 and a Pep Rally from 2:00 – 2:50. So for those classes that met, (1) Students completed workbook pp. 31-33 (2) Students worked on getting some things ready for a lab later in the week. HW: (1) dress for a lab that will be outdoors on Wednesday (2) Project information is due next Monday
Tues. 10/21 CW: We looked at the cost of smoking in terms of dollars and our health. It costs $1,440 per year to smoke if you smoke a pack a day. Then we drew pictures of smokers & non-smokers in terms of the health cost & material possessions cost. HW; (1) dress for lab outdoors tomorrow (2) Project information due Monday (3) Open House is tonight. Classrooms are open at 5:30
Wed. 10/22 CW: Due to the 8th graders taking a standardized test this morning, several science classes were not able to go outside for the lab since we would have been right by their windows. The classes who were inside worked on the Geologic Column Sandwich activity & will go outside tomorrow. Those outside will do the Geologic Column Sandwich activity tomorrow. HW: There are MANY forms to sign in the report card cover (1) the report card cover (2) the AR letter (3) Health screening letter. Also is the letter explaining the Honor Roll procedures – this is for your information & does not have to be signed & returned.
Thurs. 10/23 CW: (1) Class A & Class B couldn’t go outside for the lab due to the weather. We will try again tomorrow. (2) Class C & D got to complete the Geologic Column sandwich activity. HW:the environmental project information is due Monday. We will make Power Points in class next Wednesday – Friday.
Fri. 10/24 CW: (1) Students read chp. 5 lesson 2 pp. 115-119 & completed workbook pp. 33-35 while reading it. We will check it together on Monday. We had our E S celebration today for all students who made E’s & S’s on their report cards. HW: Your environmental project information is due Monday. We will make Power Points next Wednesday – Friday. Bring your own jump drive or CD, or bring $.25 to me to buy a CD next Friday so you can take your Power Point home.
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