Ms.McLemore’s blog

This is the last week of the nine weeks. If you have been recently absent, be sure you have turned in your work from when you were out. Spring Break is next week!

I know this is last minute, but CMS is offering an Earth Day t-shirt for $12.  It’s a CUTE green shirt with a rainforest frog.  ALL of the profits will be used to beautify campus with trees, bushes, flowers, etc.  Have money (if check payable to CMS) & shirt size – only adult sizes available in by FRIDAY!!!

Science 3/9-3/13

Mon. 3/9 CW: (1) Write up as a lab group Save the Cube p. 566. Decide what materials you will bring to use to fight conduction, convection, & radiation. (2) Begin on definitions with colored pictures for chp. 15 HW: bring materials for tomorrow’s lab & dress for it.

Tues. 3/10 CW: (1) Go over test for last chp. Test papers returned today. (2) Lab – conduct experiment & collect results HW: definitions with colored pictures for chp. 15 are due Friday

Wed. 3/11 CW: (1)  Calculate % of ice melted & write conclusion for lab.  Discuss reasons for unusual answers – mostly due to inaccurate measurements on triple beam balance.  (2) Begin Waves chp. 15 lessons 1 & 2.  We went through 1 together.  Students already know lesson 2 – parts of wave.  (3) Do wkbk.  pp. 122-124   HW (1) finish wb pp. 122-124 if you didn’t in class  (2) definitions chp. 15 with colored pictures due Friday

Thurs. 3/12  CW:  We got to see the CMS production of GREASE today.  Congratulations, Ellie, you stole the show!!!!!!   classes were allowed to work on workbook pages for lesson 2 & their definitions due tomorrow.  HW:  definitions chp. 15 with colored pictures due tomorrow  Don’t forget CMS Earth Day t-shirt order if you want one – $12 due tomorrow

Fri. 3/13  CW: Let’s go Green Day! – St. Patrick’s Day activities – today revolves around social studies  HW: HAVE A VERY HEALTHY, HAPPY, RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!

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Don’t forget the Health Fair Tuesday, March 3rd in the gym from 6-8 pm. All activities are FREE. Health professionals will be here for health screenings. There is fun for the whole family with games & activities for the kids! All CMS students attending earn a ticket to go to the student-staff volleyball game, Friday 3/13 & miss last period of the day! The class with the highest percentage of participants gets to PLAY in that volleyball game.

SPRING PICTURES ARE WEDNESDAY – DRESS FOR THEM!

Science 3/2 – 3/6

Mon. 3/2 CW: (1) check wkbk. pp. 109-111 that were due Friday. (2) Heat technology – lesson 4 in chp. 13 (3) sheet on heat HW: (1) wkbk. pp. 111-113- lesson 4 due tomorrow. (2) Health Fair tomorrow night 6-8 in gym (3) TEST CHP 13 FRIDAY – LAST TEST FOR THIS GRADING PERIOD

Tues. 3/3 CW: (1) Guidance lesson about stress reduction from Mrs. Butner the guidance counselor. Remember how to relax your muscles a little at a time. HW: Health Fair tonightnight 6-8 in gym – all of it is free for you & your family. (3) TEST CHP 13 FRIDAY – LAST TEST FOR THIS GRADING PERIOD

Wed. 3/4 CW: (1) check wkbk. pp. 111-113 – all classes where 100% of students completed their homework received a treat (2) vocabulary puzzle chp. 13 (3) begin pp. 390-391 chapter 13 review # 1-16, 18-21, & 24-26 HW: (1) finish pp. 390-391 chapter 13 review # 1-16, 18-21, & 24-26 (2) Chp. 13 test is Friday STUDY!

Thurs. 3/5 CW: (1) check pp. 390-391  (2) practice test  HW: Chp. 13 test is tomorrow STUDY!

Fri. 3/6 CW: Chp 13 test today  read lab p. 566   HW: set clock ahead 1 hour Saturday night

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Dad’s Day is this Wednesday. Remind dad’s they may NOT park on the bus lot. They need to park on the most western side of school in the teacher’s parking lot.

Also, those who volunteered to bring the cookies for our lab, we need the cookies by Tuesday. Each class needs 2 boxes of Keebler’s Deluxe Chocolate chip hard cookies, 2 boxes of Chips A Hoy hard cookies, and 2 boxes of generic (Kroger only place that has them now) chocolate chip hard cookies

Science 2/23 – 2/27

Mon. 2/23 CW: (1) Review lesson 2 – take notes. (2) Demonstration of bimetallic strip curling when heated & conduction ball & ring – the ball expanded & would not go through the ring after the ball was heated. (3) check wb. pp. 106-109 from Friday (4) For a grade – completed questions about section 2 using your notes, checked workbook pages, & book. HW: PLEASE BRING THE COOKIES TOMORROW IF YOU PROMISED TO BRING THEM!!!!!

Tues. 2/24 CW: (1) Finish questions on section 2. (2) Drawings on conduction, convection, & radiation HW: KIDS KAN week – bring in canned goods for people in our community who really could use it in these hard times.

Wed. 2/25 CW: Dad’s Day mining coal (chocolate chips from cookies) HW: KIDS KAN week – bring in canned goods for people in our community who really could use it in these hard times.

Thurs. 2/26 CW:  (1) finish cookie lab worksheets  (2) finish conduction, convection, & radiation drawings  (3) lesson 3 on states of matter pp. 376-378 & workbook pp. 109-111 lesson 3   HW: finish wkbk. pp. 109-111 if you didn’t in class (2) tomorrow is last day for KIDS KAN  (3) Free Health Fair in the CMS gym Tues. night 6-8 pm

Fri. 2/27 CW: (1) Computer lab – using Comic Life program to make conduction, convection, & radiation examples.  HW Test over chp. 13 will be Friday!

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Monday & Tuesday are student holidays. DAD’s Day RSVP’s are due Thursday, please!

Science 2/18 – 2/20

Wed. 2/18 CW: (1) TCAP review. Students worked in lab groups reviewing concepts covered so far. If a lab group scores a 90% or better, each member will receive a treat and 3 tickets. For every lab group that works well together – debating answers politely, working on science, etc. each member will have the opportunity to replace a “0″ already received with a “100.” HW definitions for chp 13 with colored pictures are due tomorrow.

Thurs. 2/19 CW: (1) Finish TCAP review (2) Heat & Heat Technology chp. 13 – lessons 1 & 2 up through conduction, convection, & radiation pp. 362-371. (3) Brainpop on (1) Heat & (2) Temperature. HW: We need cookies for our lab next week. EACH class needs 2 bags EACH of (a) Keeeber Deluxe Chocolate Chip Cookies (b) Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies and (3) Kroger/generic chocolate chip cookies. The cookies must be the hard kind to represent Earth’s hard crust. Students have volunteered. Extras would be appreciated in case anyone forgets what he/she promised to bring. Please have them here Tuesday. Thanks!

Fri. 2/20 CW: (1) Think Link tests today  (2) Read lesson 2 in chp. 13 & do the workbook pages 106-109 # 1-24 that go along with lesson 2  HW: We need cookies for our lab next week. EACH class needs 2 bags EACH of (a) Keeeber Deluxe Chocolate Chip Cookies (b) Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies and (3) Kroger/generic chocolate chip cookies. The cookies must be the hard kind to represent Earth’s hard crust. Students have volunteered. Extras would be appreciated in case anyone forgets what he/she promised to bring. Please have them here Tuesday. Thanks!

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Science Fair is this week Tuesday night 5-6 in the auditorium. Come see who won!

DAD’S DAY INVITATIONS GO HOME THURSDAY – RSVP IS DUE BY NEXT THURSDAY

I’ve Got A Crush on You – sponsored by Junior Beta. Spend $1 to tell them who you are or $2 to send it anonymously. The soda & friend or crush note will be delivered Friday by Junior Beta. All money goes to the charity of the CHS scholarship fund we sponsor & autism. Buy your notes Tuesday – Thursday at lunch.

Science 2/9 – 2/13

Mon. 2/9 CW: Test chp. 12 Turn in study guides after asking any questions you have and your definitions. HW: science fair is Tueday night 5-6

Tues. 2/10 CW: (1) Go over test (2) MSB Video – Playing Ball without friciton. Is friction necessary? (3) Writing a story & coloring a picture about doing your favorite activity without friction. HW: Science Fair is tonight!

Wed. 2/11 CW: (1) MSB Video – forces in muscles & how they work (2) Begin definitions with colored pictures for chp. 13. They will be due next Thursday or Friday. HW: NONE

Thurs. 2/12 CW: (1) Lesson 1 about heat pp. 362-366 read & do wkbk. pp. 104-106 # 1-18 (2) Bill Nye Heat DVD HW: IF you didn’t finish wkb. pp. 104-106 #1 -18 in class finish tonight! chp. 13 definitions & colored pictures due next Thursday DAD’S DAY INVITATIONS CAME HOME TODAY, PLEASE RSVP BY NEXT THURSDAY

Fri. 12/13 CW: (1) check to see wkbk pp. 104-106 are completed (2) Science Scrabble  HW:chp. 13 definitions & colored pictures due next Thursday DAD’S DAY Is 2/25/09, PLEASE RSVP BY NEXT THURSDAY

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Interims come home this week. Students who have been absent due to illness have 1 day for each excused day of absence to make up work. Long term projects that have been assigned such as Science Fair Projects are still due on the original assigned due date.

Science 2/2 – 2/6

Mon. 2/2 CW: (1) Check wb pp. 94-99. There will be a quiz tomorrow on these two lessons plus the 6 simple machines. (2) Bill Nye DVD on Simple Machines (3) Power Point on Simple Machines HW: (1) Project due Thurs. (2) definitions & colored pictures chp. 12 due Friday.

Tues. 2/3 CW: (1) quiz over lessons 1 & 2 (2) complete with lab group worksheet on energy conversions (3) read with lab group lesson 3 on Energy Conservation in Chp. 12 (4) work on definitions – be sure to include the 6 types of energy with their definitions & a colored picture HW: (1) Project due Thurs. (2) definitions & colored pictures chp. 12 – be sure to include the 6 types of energy with their definitions & a colored picture due Friday.

Wed. 2/4 Interims, Dad’s Day Letter, & Families First Letter were sent home today CW: (1) Lesson 4 renewable & non renewable resources – Brainpop on resources, nuclear power, and how we use resources (2) workbook pages in lab groups for lesson 4 (3) vocab. review sheet chp. 12 HW: (1) Science Projects due tomorrow (2) definitions & colored pictures chp. 12 – be sure to include the 6 types of energy with their definitions & a colored picture due Friday. (3) Test over chp. 12 is Monday

Thurs. 2/5 CW: (1) Present science fair projects – SCIENCE FAIR VIEWING IS TUESDAY NIGHT 5-6 PM IN CAFETERIA – reminder notice sent home today. HW: (1) definitions & colored pictures chp. 12 – be sure to include the 6 types of energy with their definitions & a colored picture due tomorrow. (2) Test over chp. 12 is Monday (3) Science Fair Viewing is Tues. night

Fri. 2/6 CW: (1) Complete science fair project presentations (2) review for Monday’s test  – I made and handed out a study guide which will cover all material on Monday’s test HW: Chp 12 test is Monday – study  BRING YOUR DEFINITIONS & COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE TO CLASS!!

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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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