Here we are in October already. Hopefully we will have a sunny, comfortable month. There has been an issue with the printer working so progress reports are running a little behind. Please remember to check your child's grades online and email me with any questions that you may have. If all goes well with getting the printer fixed, progress reports will go home this week. I am also working on calling everyone who needs some extra support in bringing those grades up. Mr. Korchnak and I have called three classes and are still working on getting through to the rest. If your phone number has changed, please contact the office so we can make note of it.

Also, all grades are closed on October 8th. Remember that I am here on my lunch time to help students who ask and there is Homework Hub for more help on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week.

Have a great week!

Science

Monday, October 1st

Today we will be going over the Paper Airplane Lab data sheet. We'll be talking about how we use the data to support our hypothesis and answer our question stated in the purpose. We'll also talk about how to write a conclusion and work with d=rt.

HOMEWORK (Due Oct. 4 Thursday):
1. Paper Airplane Lab Handout
2. Data sheet with 10 missing rates filled in.
3. Typed or handwritten conclusion answering the six questions on the data sheet.

Tuesday, October 2nd

Students will be working on practicing the formula for speed (D=rt). The rest of the hour will be spent on finishing this section's vocabulary.

Homework: d=rt worksheet is due on Wednesday

Wednesday, October 3rd

Today we will start learing about vectors and how they convey both magnitude and direction. Mr. Korchnak will give a short presentation about vectors and the remender of the time we will spend working on problems as both a class and in our A-B pairs at our tables.

Thursday, October 4th

We will be working on this unit's vocabulary. We will use the entire class time to complete the Word Boxes.

Homework: Word boxes due tomorrow, October 5th.
Homework: Questions 1 and 2.

Friday, October 5th

Quiz today over speed and vocabulary. Collect Word Boxes. We will begin to read about Velocity and Acceleration in the text book. We will finish this on Monday.

Ecosystems

Tuesday, October 2nd

Today we'll be talking about all of the different types of consumers in an ecosystem and how they relate to eachother. We'll be working at our tables with the Michigan Ecosystem posters filling out the It's All Connected worksheet (This will be turned in at the end of the class period). We will also start working on our Ecosystem Character. Each student will be assigned an organism within the poster they were working on. They will have to fill out a question sheet and tell a story about a day in the life of the organism they selected.

Thursday, October 4th

We'll start the period finishing up our Ecosystem Character stories and then the rest of the period we will present them to the class.