Monday, November 29, 2010

Now for the lab portion of Matter ! :)

12/1 Volume notes; metric units
12/2 Volume lab
12/3 Finish volume stuff, start mass stuff

12/6 prep for mass lab
12/7 Mass lab
12/8 Density
12/9 decimals, prep for density lab
12/10 Density lab

12/13 grade questions from volume, mass and density
12/14 review for Lab Final
12/15 Lab final
12/16 review density
12/17 last catch-all
12/18-1/3 Christmas Holiday! See you next year! :)

Friday, November 5, 2010

And now we can begin SCIENCE!!!

YAY! We made it through Health and now we get to focus on Science! I know that many students have been patiently waiting for this part of the school year. We started last week with a brief science introduction, including scientific method, and this week we will learn about Matter until Christmas break.

11/8 Powerpoint on atoms, finish timeline
11/9 Finish Atom questions, Periodic table
11/10 Atoms quiz, grade atoms questions, if time atom snowflakes
11/11 Chapter 1 lesson 1 on Matter, Measuring mass and volume, matter questions
11/12 Notes on matter, finish questions

11/15 States of matter (chapter 2)
11/16 Notes on states of matter, Diffusion
11/17 Finish states of matter, begin chemical changes
11/18 Bill Nye Chemical Reactions, States of matter quiz
11/19 Grade the rest of matter questions, review for Matter test

11/22 Matter Test ***Students who do not pass the test will take a relearn/review class for two days and retake the test on 11/30 to achieve a better score*. Students who pass the first time will be in science enrichment classes for these two days.
* Please note that students who score above but would like to retake the test for a higher score may do so for an average of their two test scores. This will be done through REAL time and must be arranged with me before it can take place.
11/23 go over test

11/29 Enrichment/Reteaching
11/30 Enrichment/ Retake test

Friday, October 29, 2010

Last Week of the Term!

This week we will be starting into our Science Curriculum. The scores from this week will go on 2nd term's grade.

11/1 Science Pretest- This is participation points only!!!
11/2 Scientific Method recall
11/3 Scientific Words
11/4 Grade Science words, begin Blue book ch 4 on Atoms (pg 82), begin Atoms questions
11/5 Bill Nye Atoms, Begin Atomic Timeline (finish on Monday)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Just in time for Red Ribbon Week, we will be discussing Alcohol and Drugs for the last bit of the term. Please remind your students to keep up with their work.

10/18 No School
10/19 Begin Chapter 12 lessons 1 & 2
10/20 12-5, 6 & 7
10/21 Chapter 13 lesson 1
10/22 13- 2 & 3


Empowerment/Red Ribbon WEEK!!! Luau theme!
10/25 13-4 & 5
- Wear your school shirt day
10/26 13-6, 7 & 8 Wear Flip-Flops
10/27 13-9 Wear Sunglasses
10/28 Correct DR for chapters 12 & 13 Wear a tropical hat
10/29 Combined Test on Chapters 12 & 13 ALL LATE WORK DUE TODAY!!!

Dress up luau style for the BBQ and Assembly today!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Chapter 11

10/6 Begin Chapter 11 lesson 1
10/7 ch 11-2
10/8 ch 11-3, 4, & 5
10/11 ch 11-6 & 7
10/12 Correct DR
10/13 Field trip to Zions!!!
10/14 Open Book Test on Chapter 11
10/15-18 Fall Break

We will be following up chapter 11 with a combined unit of chapters 12 & 13 to finish up the term.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Chapter 8 Events!!!

Here is what I have planned for the next chapter which is about stress and dealing with stress in our daily lives. This is a very short chapter.

9/27 begin Chapter 8 lesson 1
9/28 8-2
9/29 8-3 & 4
9/30 Work on "Stress Kits"
10/1 Video on Stress, Meditation
10/4 Correct Directed Reading, review for the test
10/5 Take Ch 8 test

The rest of this term is going to fly by, so make sure to remind your students to keep up with their work!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Change of plans!

Due to CTE covering nutrition very effectively, we will be skipping chapter 5 and beginning chapter 6. The assessment for this unit (chapters 4 & 6 combined) will be a brochure of the information learned. Chapter 6 will be as follows:

9/14 Grade ch 4 worksheet, Lessons 1 & 2
9/15 Lesson 3- Eating disorders
9/16 lesson 4
9/17 finish ch 6 stuff as needed, grade worksheet if time

9/20-24 Work on brochure, turn in on Friday.

9/24 Mid Terms!!!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

We are now starting chapters 4 & 5. We will be doing only parts of chapter 4 and the test will be combined with information from both chapters 4 and 5.

Here is a brief schedule of events for the next few weeks. Have a great one!

Mrs. Christiansen :)

9/9 Begin ch 4, complete lessons 1 & 2, begin Fitness log (due 9/16)
9/10 Ch 4 lessons 3 & 4, complete Life Skills Worksheet
9/13 Ch 4 lesson 8, begin Nutrition log (due 9/17)
9/14 Begin chapter 5, lesson 1
9/15 Computer lab for nutrition research assignment, Fitness log due today!!!
9/16 Ch 5 lesson 2
9/17 ch 5 lessons 3 & 4, Nutrition log due today!!!
9/20
Healthy Vending Machine activity
9/21 complete Healthy Vending Machine
9/22 Make-up/Catch-up day
9/23 Correct Worksheets, Review for ch 4 & 5 test
9/24 Chapter 4 & 5 test- Mid-terms Today!!!
9/27 Begin ch 6

Friday, August 20, 2010

Chapter 2

Decisions, Decisions...

Hello! Today we are beginning chapter 2 in the Health book. We will be discussing decisions and goals and even setting some goals to help us get through the school year. Here is brief overview of the next couple of weeks.

8/25 Begin chapter 2- complete lessons 1 & 2
8/26 6 steps Activity
8/27 lesson 3
8/30 Lessons 4 & 5, Complete Goal Pyramid,
pass out Parent/student activity due on 9/3
8/31 I Would Try... Activity
9/1 Lessons 6 & 7 (Picture Day today!!!)
9/2 A Winning Attitude,
Parent/Student activity due TODAY!!! REAL Time Science Priority Day
9/3 Activity in class
9/6 Labor Day- no school
9/7 Correct Directed Reading Questions, review for Chapter 2 test
9/8 Chapter 2 test!!

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Chapter 1

So far, so good! I am so excited to have your students in class this year! Here is a brief breakdown of what we will be doing during chapter 1.

8/16 begin chapter 1 lesson 1
8/17 chapter 1 lesson 2 (1-2), Quiz
8/18 Lesson 3, make sure you have your disclosure signed, and have your folder and notebook in class!
8/19 Lesson 4. Life Skills
8/20 Group Activity- "Lonely Logan"
8/23 Present Group Skits, correct Directed Reading
8/24 Chapter 1 test- Make sure you are familiar with the key terms!!!!!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Welcome back! We are officially on the down-hill slide now! We will be finishing up Heredity this week and moving on to our last topic for our testing, Classification!

3/15 No school- Teacher work day
3/16 BN Evolution; Moth activity
3/17 Lesson 5-3 Natural Selection in Action
3/18 Review for test
3/19 Test for Heredity *** Remember that students score below satisfactory will be required to complete the reteaching/retesting class for two days next week.


Other important dates for this unit:
3/15 Teacher Work day- No school for students
3/19 Test on Heredity

Friday, February 26, 2010

Week #2 for the Heredity Unit!

3/1 Acquired and Inherited traits, Natural Selection
3/2 Lesson 5-1 Change over time; Family Heredity activities due
3/3 Reproduction in organisms
3/4 lesson 5-2 How does evolution happen?;
3/5 any catching up we need to do; topics we need to cover more

Have a great Spring Break!!!

Other important dates for this unit:
3/2 Family Heredity sheet due
3/8-3/12 Spring Break
3/15 Teacher Work day- No school for students
3/19 Test on Heredity

Friday, February 19, 2010

It's a new term and a brand new start! We are 2/3 the way done with this school year! Can you believe how fast it has gone by??? Here is the schedule for the week:

2/22 Lesson 3-2 on Traits and Inheritance;
2/23 Family Heredity activity sheet goes home (due on 3/2); Punnett Squares
2/24 Correct 3-1 DR, BN Probability
2/25 Begin Gene Shuffle Activity
2/26 Finish Gene Shuffle Activity

Other important dates for this unit:
3/2 Family Heredity sheet due
3/8-3/12 Spring Break
3/15 Teacher Work day- No school for students
3/19 Test on Heredity

Friday, February 12, 2010

Week of February 15-19

We are wrapping up cells and the term this week! Whew!!! It has gone by soooooo fast!!! Here is this week's plan. We are doing the reteaching a little differently this time, we are going to go over the test on the first day and answer any questions, and then do the reteaching and enriching the following two days.

2/15 No school for President's day
2/16 Go over the test, answer questions, any class housekeeping for the end of the term.
2/17 Reteaching/enrich
2/18 Reteaching/enrich
2/19 Begin Heredity Unit (Heredity unit will be on 3rd term's grade), Genes and DNA, Read lesson 3-1, begin DR if time.

Important upcoming dates for the term
2/19 End of the term!!!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Cells Week #3

We are on the downhill slide for cells. What is the scariest, is we are also on the downhill slide for the school year!

For this week:
2/8 Respiratory system
2/9 Skeletal and Muscular system
2/10 2-1 Exchange with the environment (how cells get stuff in and out of them), Diffusion review
2/11 Review for test, finish up any cell stuff
2/12 Test on Cells

***Students who do not pass the test on 2/12 will be relearning the information and retaking the test on 2/16 & 2/17. Those who pass the first time will get to do some fun science enrichment stuff to celebrate their achievement on those two days!!!

Important upcoming dates for the term
2/12 Late work due
2/19 End of the term!!!

Friday, January 29, 2010

Cells Week #2

This week we get to go into the lab to observe cells. PLEASE make sure if at all possible, all students are in attendance!

This week's proposed schedule:

2/1 Learn to draw cells under a microscope for lab, get ready for microscope lab
2/2 Lesson 1-3 about the levels of organization, take notes, Complete DR
2/3 Microscope lab!!!
2/4 correct 1-2 DR, levels of organization notes in journal, finish DR, specialized cells
2/5 Circulatory system grade 1-3 DR, Extra Credit due today!!!

***Test on Cells will be on 2/12. There is a practice test at www.frisci7.utips.washk12.org
Students who do not pass will be relearning and retaking the test on 2/16 & 2/17. Those who pass the first time will get to do some fun science enrichment stuff to celebrate their achievement on those two days!!!


Important upcoming dates for the term
2/5 Extra Credit due
2/12 Late work due
2/19 End of the term!!!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Now starting Cells!!!

We are now starting the Cells unit, here is a brief view of what we will be doing the next week:

1/25 Begin lesson 1 in chapter 1 in green book about Diversity of Cells
1/26 take notes on diversity of cells, begin DR for 1-1
1/27 begin lesson 2 on the interior of cells, take notes
1/28 Color cells in journals, grade 1-1 DR, begin 1-2 DR if time
1/29 1-2 DR, Cell structure and functions

Important upcoming dates for the term
2/5 Extra Credit due
2/12 Late work due
2/19 End of the term!!!

Friday, January 8, 2010

More about the Earth

Here is what we have coming up. Next week we will be having our test on Earth's Interior.

Students will be required to do an Earth model project at home worth 50 points (students will bring home a rubric), bring in a "dirt bottle" to show layering (instructions follow) and a tennis ball for an activity.

Due dates for these things:
1/12 Dirt Bottle
1/14 Tennis Ball
1/20 Earth Model due

Class Schedule (please note that topics are subject to change)
1/11 Finish Class Activity; Forces that Shape the Earth ***** Dirt Bottle Due tomorrow
1/12 Dirt bottle due; Sort it Out notes; Correct Restless Crust DR; Prep Earth's Density Lab
1/13 Earth's Density Lab; **** Tennis balls due tomorrow!!!
1/14 Theory of Plate Tectonics pg 108-111; DR; begin tennis ball activity
1/15 Grade tennis balls; There is no place like Earth

1/18 No School
1/19 Grade Plate Tectonics DR; Review for Test
1/20 Test on Earth's Interior
1/21 Reteach/Enrich
1/22 Reteach/Enrich

Instructions for dirt bottle: get a empty drink bottle with a screw on lid. Fill approximately 1/2 the way full with dirt and small rocks. The bigger the variation, the better this activity works. Fill approximately 3/4 full of water and tightly screw cap on. Bring to class to observe what happens.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!!!

We are half way through the school year, can you believe it??? We are now begining a new unit on Earth's interior layers. The key concepts for this unit are: Earth's layers are ordered according to their density, how particles are sorted by size AND density and basics of plate techtonics.

Students will be required to do an Earth model project at home worth 50 points (students will bring home a rubric), bring in a "dirt bottle" to show layering (instructions follow) and a tennis ball for an activity.

Due dates for these things:
1/12 Dirt Bottle
1/14 Tennis Ball
1/20 Earth Model due

Class Schedule (please note that topics are subject to change)
1/4 No School
1/5 Begin Earth's interior- Red book read pages 96-102; Earth's layers notes, begin DR if time
1/6 finish notes and DR; Digging through the Earth video (about 10 min)
1/7 Restless Crust pg 104-107, Denser you are notes; DR
1/8 BN Earth's Crust; Correct Earth's interior DR, Begin class activity for Earth's interior.

1/11 Finish Class Activity; Forces that Shape the Earth ***** Dirt Bottle Due tomorrow
1/12 Dirt bottle due; Sort it Out notes; Correct Restless Crust DR; Prep Earth's Density Lab
1/13 Earth's Density Lab; **** Tennis balls due tomorrow!!!
1/14 Theory of Plate Tectonics pg 108-111; DR; begin tennis ball activity
1/15 Grade tennis balls; There is no place like Earth

Instructions for dirt bottle: get a empty drink bottle with a screw on lid. Fill approximately 1/2 the way full with dirt and small rocks. The bigger the variation, the better this activity works. Fill approximately 3/4 full of water and tightly screw cap on. Bring to class to observe what happens.