9th Week of School

Well, except for Michigan and the Tigers choking I had a wonderfully relaxing weekend upnorth, the changing of the leaves were gorgeous and we couldn’t have asked for better weather.  We even worked on my nephew's very cool treehouse.  (see pic below)

 There is a Half-Day this Friday & a $1.00 Jeans Day.  There is also a Middle School Dance this Friday from 7:00-9:00 PM in the gym, its $5.00.

I should also have the list of chaperones for YMCA Storer Camp in May announced by the end of the week

This is the last week for my Study Skills Workshop as well.

 The quarter ends Friday and Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on the 28^th & 29^th.  Hope to see as many of you as I can.

 I have scheduled a unit test for 7^th & 6^th grade next Thursday.  The 8^th grade test I am possibly looking the 31^st.

 Go Tigers, Beat Boston today!

8th Week of School

Presentations for Next Week on Friday (18^th) are as Follows…

 8^th Grade:

Julian C. "The Magic Ketchup Experiment"
Alan D. "Electromagnet"
Abby Orr "Hot Air Balloon"
MaKenzie S.
Rachel P. "Gloves of Blubber"
Abbi B.

7th Grade:
Andrew S. "Pepper & Salt"
Lola S. "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
Kaitlyn J. "Bowling Bag Lift"
Noah T. "How to Soothe Your Mouth with a Hot Pepper"
Brooke W. "The Rubber Egg"
Gabi M. "Heat Conducting with Butter"

Also, I will NOT be in school the second half of the day this Friday (11^th) & all day Monday (14^th).  I will be upnorth where the service is spotty at best, therefore I will not be able to look at my e-mail… please wait for a response patiently after I return.

There is a $1.00 Jeans Day this Friday for money to be donated to for one of our 6^th graders that needs a kidney transplant.

There is also a Halloween Dance this week sponsored by EPTG 7-9 on Friday.

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GO BLUE! BEAT PENN STATE!
GO TIGERS! BEAT OAKLAND!

IOWA Basic Test Standardize Test Week

IOWA BASIC STANDARDIZE 

TEST WEEK

·      Testing is Monday-Thursday & the first half of the day only

·      7^th Graders will take the IOWA in their Homerooms

·      Must use a No.2 pencil

·      Get plenty of rest

·      Eat breakfast everyday this week

·      Have something to read or do quietly while waiting for everyone to be done

·      Don’t be absent unless it is absolutely necessary

7th Week of School Continued...

IOWA Testing next week!

No Study Skills Workshops or Science Presentations next week either.

 6^th grade & 7^th grade unit tests tomorrow.

 Book Fair is all this week.

 8^th grade test is next Wednesday (originally Tuesday but there is a religion & math test Tuesday)

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We did the graham cracker/chocolate syrup activity today on 520-521 in 8^th grade science to represent the plate tectonic plates.  The kids seemed to enjoy themselves and they had a snack during the process. I have even included a pic from my third hour.

7th Week of School

We are going to have a 6^th grade Geography test this Thursday along with a 7^th grade Science test.  Both are on Chapter 2.

Book Fair is this week.

 IOWA testing is next week for the 7^th grade.  Please be sure all students are present, have breakfast and get plenty of sleep.

There are no science experiments next week and no Study Skills Workshops because of IOWA's... Do you think the students in Iowa, take the MICHIGAN?

 There will be a 8^th grade test next Wednesday now (Oct.9^th) on Chapter 14.

 As always the Power Points are on Edline.

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 Go Tigers!, Beat the A’s (playoffs start Friday) and Go Blue!, Beat the Gophers.

Science Presentations for Next Week

Yeah! The Tigers clinched the AL Division!

Science Experiment Presentations for Next Friday (4^th) are as Follows…

8^th Grade:

Sam H. Cornstarch & Water, Solid & Liquid"
Matt S. "How About Them Apples?"
Josh B. "Fruit Charger"
Kameron M. "How Does Wind Effect Waves"

 7^th Grade:

Catherine D. "Elephant Toothpaste"
Niko B. "Solar Smore Box 
Kameron B. "Temperature Bouncing Ball"
Gabi T. "How to Make Pepper Stick"
Montserrat "How to Make Crystals"
Donald "Baseball Pitcher"

 No Mass Today.

$1.00 Jeans Day & Homecoming tomorrow.

We did a wonderfully sweet project today in 7^th grade and different candies.  They had to make a plant or animal cell using the candy… I think I was their favorite teacher today.  Here I posted two pics from two of my earlier classes.

 

Sixth Week of School

Another heart pounding close Michigan game over the weekend… Yikes!  I can’t take it and I don’t know what is going to happen when they start playing Big Ten teams.  Well, at least the Lions won (first time in Washington) and the Tigers are only two games away from clinching the division.

I am thinking 7^th & 6^th grade test next Thursday (Oct. 3^rd)… I want to get them in before IOWA testing which is Oct. 7^th-11^th.  I can do the 8^th grade test the week of IOWA’s since they don’t take them.

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There is a $1.00 Jeans Day this Friday and the Cabrini Homecoming is this weekend as well... 7:00 PM.  Go Monarchs!