Reminder: Progress Reports went home last week, September 29th. Your child should bring their progress reports back signed for classroom credit. Also, I am still tutoring during my lunch time and after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays in the library. Your teachers are happy to help!

This is MEAP week! Please be sure that your child can get plenty of rest, a good breakfast, and be to school on time. Testing days this week, are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Monday, October 9th

8th Grade Science
Students will continue to work on the water cycle with notes, a PowerPoint presentation, short video clips and investigations on transpiration.

7th Grade Science

Students will work in their journals to learn the water cycle. Mr. Burtis will show a short video clip and discuss the water cycle model that is working in the classroom.

Tuesday, October 10th

8th Grade Science
Students will work on finishing their vocabulary games. Please bring any materials that you need that I may not have already in the room.

7th Grade Science
Students will read about what a civil engineer is and then work on a lesson about what happens to salt in the water cycle. They will perform an experiment with assigned questions.

Connections
Students will listen to The Skin I'm In. Then they will complete their Literature Circle activities, Read Naturally, and silent reading.

Wednesday, October 11th

8th Grade Science
Students will work on any water cycle activities that are still left. Then they will begin to learn about the next "cycle", photosynthesis. They will gather information from a PowerPoint, take notes and complete the investigation.

7th Grade Science
Students will complete the water cycle and salt investigation and correct their work.

Homework: 1st period: graph is due tomorrow. Bring all Vocabulary game parts to finish during class on Friday. The MEAPs are throwing off our schedule.
2nd period: Vocabulary game we will work on tomorrow and is due on Monday.
3rd period: Review game for the water cycle. Bring water cycle poster to class tomorrow.
4th period: Bring Vocabulary Game to complete for Monday.
5th period: See you on Friday, bring Vocabulary Game to complete the first 15 minutes of class and work on Transpiration Investigation.
7th period: See you tomorrow with a silent reading book and ready to work in class on articles about the 5 W's.

Thursday, October 12th

8th Grade Science
Students will work to finish their learning of the cycle of photosynthesis. (See Wednesday). Any time that is left over will be used for last minute touches on their vocabulary game and playing the game with their group, before having other students play their game.

7th Grade Science
Students will complete another experiment on what happens to ocean salt water. They will also complete a text criticism with questions to complete at home.

Connections
Students will listen to The Skin I'm In and complete their normal rotations of Read Naturally, Literature Circles and silent reading.

Friday, October 13th (Students in AM only)

8th Grade Science

Students will complete their Stomata investigations.