Ms.McLemore’s blog

General News…Permission slips for Dance this Friday Night sponsored by the CMS Lady Dragons came home Monday. Dance is $7 on Friday from 6-9 PM. Tickets will be sold during lunch this week. No tickets will be sold at the door. SCS dress code applies.

Science – We are dropping eggs to see if we can transfer energy of the falling egg to prevent it from breaking. If you haven’t been able to donate 50 cents to a $1, please consider helping to defray Ms. McLemore’s out of pocket expenses to provide this opportunity. Thank you!

Mon. 1/26 CW: Review forms of energy & write up lab p. 565 Eggstremely Fragile. Each student’s lab will be different based upon the materials that he/she brings for the lab. HW: (1) Dress for lab tomorrow – closed toe shoes, older clothes, & long hair pulled back. Bring materials you want to protect your egg with tomorrow. Do NOT bring an egg. I have them. (2) Your data charts and conclusion are due Friday for your science fair experiment.

Tues. 1/27 CW: LAB today Eggstremely Fragile Science D – it appears we may have a pep rally today during your class. If so, we will do this lab tomorrow for your class. HW:Your data charts and conclusion are due Friday for your science fair experiment.

Wed. 1/28 SNOW DAY!!

Thurs. 1/29 CW: Classes A, B, & C -(1) Analysis of Eggstremely Fragile Lab – design a new design as a group to test tomorrow. (2) Finish lesson 2 pp. 340-342 (3) worksheet on transfer of energy in lab group. Class D – do Eggstremely Fragile lab (you missed Tues. due to Pep Rally) & complete analysis sheet HW:Your data charts and conclusion are due tomorrow for your science fair experiment.

Fri. 1/30 CW: (1) check data charts, results, conclusion for science fair experiment (2) work in groups on wkbk. pp. 94-99 (3) drop egg from 2 story window by lab groups – surviving eggs = bonus points on chp. 12 test (4) Bill Nye DVD Simple Machines HW: (1) Finish wkbk. pp. 94-99 if you didn’t in class (2) PROJECTS & BOARDS DUE THURSDAY – check your chart & be sure you have a TITLE and LABELS for both the horizontal & vertical axes.  Many of you didn’t have the parts of your chart labeled properly.  We talked individually about what you needed to change before turning in your final copy.

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Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Tuesday is inauguration day. We have some special activities planned. Tuesday is also ES celebration day. If you made all E’s & S’s on your report card, bring a snack & a drink to celebrate on Tuesday.

Mon. 1/19 HOLIDAY – no school

Tues. 1/20 CW: Inauguration activities and ES party HW: Materials & procedure due Friday.

Wed. 1/21 CW: (1) Let the Sun Shine sheet (2) Turn in chp. 8 vocabulary. IF you haven’t finished these yet with over a week to do them & several class opportunities provided, turn them into the basket BY FRIDAY (3) Read lab p. 565 & think about what materials you want to use for your experiment. We’ll talk more about it tomorrow & Friday. HW: (1) Materials & procedures for science fair project are due Friday. (2) We’re doing a lab next week. If you could bring in 50 cents to a dollar to help cover costs…that would be great!

Thurs. 1/22 CW: Begin chp. 12 on energy. Lesson 1 pp. 326-335 – take notes. Get notes if you weren’t here from a reliable teammate. HW: (1) Materials & procedures for science fair project are due tomorrow. (2) If you haven’t competed & turned in your chp. 8 definitions wiht colored pictures, they are due tomorrow – you’ve had several class times in the last two weeks to work on them (3) We’re doing a lab next week. If you could bring in 50 cents to a dollar to help cover costs…that would be great! THANK YOU to those who have donated!

Fri. 1/23 CW: (1) Check materials & procedures for science fair experiment & answer questions students have regarding experiment  (2) Bill Nye DVD on energy – potential & kinetic  (3)  Energy conversions pp. 336-339 read & discuss.  (4) Work on workbook pp. 94-98  HW: If you could bring in 50 cents to a dollar to help cover costs…that would be great! THANK YOU to those who have donated!  (2) Data Charts, Results, & Conclusion are due next Friday.

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SCIENCE FAIR INFORMATION WENT HOME MONDAY 1/12/09 FOR ALL 6TH GRADE STUDENTS AT CMS. (1) ALL students must complete an individual science experiment and write it up as a lab just like in our lab composition books. (2) APEX students must also make a copy of the information to put on a self standing tri-fold board (see board handout). APEX students may earn extra credit by doing a 1 1/2 page reserach paper using at least 2 sources that you put in a bibliography (3) Non APEX students may make a copy of the information & put it on a self standing tri-fold board (see hand out about how the board is to look) for extra credit. See handout for what is due on 1/16 1/23 and 1/30 – if you have a parent signature on the sheet in additions to the part of the lab due, you may earn extra credit. Each due date is a quiz grade. The due date for the final project is 2/5/09. It is due during homeroom. It is 10 points off for each day it is late. If it’s not here during homeroom, that’s late.

Mon. 1/12 CW: (1) Go over the 3 science fair handouts. These are the only copies you will get. DON’T LOSE THEM. If you were absent today, see me for these. (2) check wb. pp. 83-84 (3) complete puzzle from Friday if you didn’t (4) Test for chp. 10 is using your checked workbook pages & your book – you may finish tomorrow. HW: Decide what kind of experiment you want to do. On FRIDAY you must turn in your purpose, research, & hypothesis. For example, if my project was about what paws dogs & cats use, I would turn in Problem: Are cats and dogs more likely to be left pawed? Hypothesis: The majority of people are right handed. My cat and dog are both left pawed. IF cats and dogs are different than humans, then they are more likely to be left pawed.

Tues. 1/13 CW: (1) Complete open book & open workbook chp. 10 test. (2) Share constellation stories if you want (3) begin on definitions for chp. 8. Write each word in purple, its definition, and draw a colored picture beside the word. HW: Remember 1st deadline for science experiment is due Friday. See Monday night’s homework for example.

Wed. 1/14 CW: (1) Read & discuss about Earth’s sun – pp. 211 -215. (2) Do worksheet about the sun’s layers and what each one does. (3) wkbk. pp. 64-66 # 1-22 all. Finish this for homework if you didn’t finish in class. (4) work on chp. 8 defintions & colored pictures. HW: (1) finish wb. pp. 64-66 # 1-22 if you didnt’ in class. (2) Purpose, research (2 sentences of background information) and your hypothesis is due Friday.

Thurs. 1/15 CW: (1) Answer questions about what’s due tomorrow for science fair.  (2) Bill Nye – 13 greatest astrological discoveries  HW: Purpose, research 2 sentences of background information) and your hypothesis is due Friday.

Fri. 1/16 CW: (1) Check wkbk pp. 64-66  (2) Brainpop on the sun & 10 question quiz at end of brainpop  (3) discuss planetissimals & how earth’s layers’ formed pp.404-405  & 416-417  (4) Brainpop on Earth’s layers  (5) sheet on Earth’s layers – directions on my green board  (6) Check purpose & hypothesis with each student & see if student has questions about his/her project  HW: next Friday materials & procedures due

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Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a restful two weeks and is excited to get back to learning new and exciting science concepts! If you didn’t check your school supplies over the break, please check to be sure you have plenty of paper, pencils, red pens, colored pencils, etc.

Mon. 1/5 CW: Following written directions. Remember to read ALL directions before beginning, & begin stars – chp. 10. Watch Magic School Bus on stars – you should know what a star is made of, how long stars take to form, how old a yellow star like our sun is, & what a red supergiant star is. HW: check to be sure you have needed school supplies. GO GET THEM if you don’t. (2) workbook pp. 78-81 chp. 10 section 1 due Wednesday.

Tues. 1/6 CW: Following written directions – go over yesterday’s sheet & continue with stars. HW: check to be sure you have needed school supplies. GO GET THEM if you don’t. (2) workbook pp. 78-81 chp. 10 section 1 due tomorrow.

Wed. 1/7 CW: (1) check homework (2) read 273-277 (3) write constellation story – directions are on the white board in my room (4) worksheet on H-R diagram (5) wkbk. pp. 81-83 # 1-15 all – do for homework if you don’t finish in class HW: wkbk. pp. 81-83 # 1-15 all – do for homework if you don’t finish in class

Thurs. 1/8 CW: (1) Go over 2 answers from Tues. night (2) check wb. pp. 81-83 (3) read & discuss about different types of galaxies lesson 3 pp. 278-281 (4) finish constellation story (5) do wkbk. pp. 83-84 finish for hw if you didn’t in class (6) H-R diagram work sheet can finish tomorrow in class HW: do wkbk. pp. 83-84 finish for hw if you didn’t in class and have you bought whatever school supplies you had previously run out of – paper, pencils, pens, erasers, colored pencils, etc.

Fri. 1/9 CW: (1) Read p. 282  (2) Complete H-R diagram sheet (3) Complete puzzle review sheet (4) begin thinking about an experiment you’d like to complete on your own at home – it CAN’T be (1) one we’ve done in class, (2) one you’ve already done before, (3) or seeing which brand of product is better than another. (4) Paper work on science fair deadlines will come home on Monday  HW: think about an experiment you’d like to complete at home.  There are all kind of experiments in the back of your science book if you don’t find anything in other places.  Paper work on science fair deadlines will come home on Monday

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