MEETING WITH PARENTS IN 5TH, 6TH, 7TH, 8TH GRADES

To 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th grade parents,

In the next three weeks report cards distribution will take place. It is imperative that you keep abreast of your child's school work and test scores. It is important that you make an appointment to meet with me regarding your child's progress in school. It is not too late for your child to improve on their grades before report card conference. Hope to see you soon.

Mrs Ramsey,
5 - 8 Science & 5 & 6 Social Studies Teacher

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2008

Monday 27th , 2008

AIM: 6th grade City of New York Museum Trip

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words for quiz on 10/30

Tuesday 28th, 2008

AIM: p. 158-160 – How to find an object’s momentum

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how to find the momentum by p=mv

HOMEWORK: On LL-What is the law of conservation of momentum

Wednesday 29th, 2008

AIM: p. 165 – What energy is, and some of its forms?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 3 vocabulary words in NB

Thursday 30th, 2008

AIM: p. 166 – How to find kinetic and gravitational potential energy?

PROCEDURE: Students will identify energy transformations that they have experienced
in everyday life.

HOMEWORK: p. 168 - # 1 on LL

Friday 31st, 2008

AIM: What the law of conservation of energy is and how to use it?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes

HOMEWORK: Study chapter 23 vocabulary words

7TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2008

Monday 27th , 2008

AIM: 6th grade City of New York Museum Trip

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: Complete test questions for test on chapter 6

Tuesday 28th, 2008

AIM: p. 171- What is the difference between dry cell and wet cell batteries?

PROCEDURE: Students will be shown a cutaway view of a dry & wet cell battery

HOMEWORK: Study test notes for test on 10/31

Wednesday 29th, 2008

AIM: How is a good electrical conductor similar to a hallway during classes?

PROCEDURE: Students will hypothesized the similarities for discussion.

HOMEWORK: p. 173 - Section Assessment - # 1&2 on LL

Thursday 30th, 2008

AIM: Chapter 6 Test on Electricity

PROCEDURE: Students will be test on static electricity, electric current & electric circuits

HOMEWORK: Continue research on Lightning.

Friday 31st, 2008

AIM: What is Lightning and what causes lightning?

PROCEDURE: Students will present their lightning report

HOMEWORK: Study chapter 7 vocabulary words

6TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2008

Monday 27th , 2008

AIM: 6th grade City of New York Museum Trip

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: Lesson 4 vocabulary words in NB

Tuesday 28th, 2008

AIM: p. E52 – To explore how temperatures changes.

PROCEDURE: Explore Activity on E 53 – temperatures.

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet.

Wednesday 29th, 2008

AIM: To relate energy, heat, and temperature

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of kinetic and potential energy.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 253 1-11 in NB

Thursday 30th, 2008

AIM: Explain how insulation works

PROCEDURE: Students will oral read and discuss types of insulation

HOMEWORK: WB p. 256 in NB

Friday 31st, 2008

AIM: Heat Energy vocabulary quiz

PROCEDURE: Students will be tested on chapter 10 vocabulary words

HOMEWORK: What is global warming – look up online

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2008

Monday 27th , 2008

AIM: 6th grade City of New York Museum Trip

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK:

Tuesday 28th, 2008

AIM: What was the Egyptian social pyramid?

PROCEDURE: Discussion on slavery in Egypt.

HOMEWORK: Draw and label pyramid on p.95

Wednesday 29th, 2008

AIM: What was everyday life like for ancient Egyptians of the New Kingdom

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes.

HOMEWORK: p. 100 1-10 Q & A on LL

Thursday 30th, 2008

AIM: In what ways did Mesopotamian farmers adapt to and change their environment?

PROCEDURE: Discuss the two rivers – Tigris and Euphrates.

HOMEWORK: What were the main crops grown in ancient Mesopotamia?

Friday 31st, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: 2:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK:

5TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2008

Monday 27th , 2008

AIM: 6th grade City of New York Museum Trip

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: Study chapter 14 notes and vocabulary words

Tuesday 28th, 2008

AIM: How do forces affect us?

PROCEDURE: Students will discuss how baseball, hose, and jet engines use forces.

HOMEWORK: p. 79 1-11 in NB

Wednesday 29th, 2008

PROCEDURE: GYM

HOMEWORK: What is a simple machine in NB

Thursday 30th, 2008

AIM: Students will be test on the Chapter 14 notes and vocab. words

PROCEDURE: Chapter 14 test on Newton’s Law of Motion

HOMEWORK: Chapter 16 lesson 1 vocabulary words

Friday 31st, 2008

AIM: p. F 82 – Is lighted needed for us to see?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES - OCTOBER 27TH, 2008

Monday 27th , 2008

AIM: 6th grade City of New York Museum Trip

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: Chapter 7 vocabulary words in NB

Tuesday 28th, 2008

AIM: What is the mystery of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes on Roanoke Island and Sir Walter Raleigh.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 vocabulary words in NB

Wednesday 29th, 2008

AIM: The struggles to colonize Roanoke Island.

PROCEDURE: Students will read of the military fights and the trails made by Raleigh.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 2 vocabulary words in NB

Thursday 30th, 2008

AIM: What did Henry Hudson’s voyage show Europeans about North America?

PROCEDURE: Review other explorers after Hudson, searching for the Northwest Passage.

HOMEWORK: Why did European explorers want to find a Northwest Passage?

Friday 31st, 2008

AIM: 2:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

Monday 20th , 2008 – National Chemistry Week

LAB: Students will make a bouncy ball

PROCEDURE: Different materials will be used to construct a ball that bounces.

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet using chemistry paper for details.

Tuesday 21st, 2008

AIM: NRG @ Inwood Hill Park

PROCEDURE: Planting of 100 trees overlooking the Hudson River

HOMEWORK: Chapter 6 vocabulary words in NB

Wednesday 22nd, 2008

LAB: Evaporation Exploration

PROCEDURE: What is evaporation?

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet

Thursday 23rd, 2008

AIM: p. 148 - How is speed calculated? (School Spelling Bee @10:00)

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and calculating the average speed on p. 148

HOMEWORK: Using Math on LL – p. 155

Friday 24th, 2008 - 11:30 dismissal

AIM: p.150-154 – How to calculate velocity and acceleration?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn the difference between speed, velocity, & acceleration

HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 & 2 vocabulary words in NB

7TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

Monday 20th , 2008

LAB: Students will make a bouncy ball

PROCEDURE: Different materials will be used to construct a ball that bounces.

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet using chemistry paper for details.

Tuesday 21st, 2008

AIM: Online – Enchanted Learning.com

PROCEDURE: Students will draw and label the sun.

HOMEWORK: Students will research the function of the sun

Wednesday 22nd, 2008

AIM: p. 162 – How can objects become electrically charged?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of the two types of electric charge.

HOMEWORK: Chapter 6 vocabulary words

Thursday 23rd, 2008 (school spelling bee)

AIM: p. 164-167 - What are the difference between insulators and conductors?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how charges can move easily through conductors.

HOMEWORK: Research how lightning is caused.

Friday 24th, 2008

AIM: p. 169 – How is voltage related to the electric energy carried by an electric current.

PROCEDURE: Students will observe how a simple circuit works.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words for quiz on 10/28

6TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

Monday 20th , 2008

AIM: What is the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces?

PROCEDURE: Students will discuss tug-of-war and the balanced and unbalanced forces.

HOMEWORK: Study for lesson 1 vocabulary quiz

Tuesday 21st, 2008

LAB: Students will make a bouncy ball

PROCEDURE: Different materials will be used to construct a ball that bounces.

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet using chemistry paper for details.

Wednesday 22nd, 2008

AIM: (Lesson 1 vocabulary quiz); When is a net force on an object equal to zero?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes on balanced and unbalanced forces.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 317 on LL

Thursday 23rd, 2008

AIM: p. F34 – What is the Second Law of Motion>

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how forces make objects move and change.

HOMEWORK: WB p 321 & 322 in NB

Friday 24th, 2008

AIM: 36 - What is the Third Law of Motion?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how Earth’s gravity affect upward motion of rockets

HOMEWORK: Study lesson 2 vocabulary words

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

Monday 20th , 2008

AIM: Describe the irrigation system used by the Ancient Egyptian

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes.

HOMEWORK: Why is the Nile River considered a gift from the gods? LL

Tuesday 21st, 2008

AIM: p. 75 – How did the Unification changed Egypt?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of the Red Crown and the White Crown

HOMEWORK: lesson 1 & 2 vocabulary words in NB

Wednesday 22nd, 2008

AIM: What is hieroglyphics?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn the Egyptian system of writing.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 3 vocabulary words in NB

Thursday 23rd, 2008

AIM: Unit 1 test

PROCEDURE: Students will be test on chap. 1, 2, 3

HOMEWORK: Chapter 4 vocabulary words

Friday 24th, 2008

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL – FACULTY MEETING

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

5TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

Monday 20th , 2008

AIM: To relate position and motion to speed

PROCEDURE: Students will investigate how objects of different masses are set into motion.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 327 - 328

Tuesday 21st, 2008

AIM: To contrast speed, velocity, and acceleration.

PROCEDURE: Students will give examples of speed, velocity, acceleration

HOMEWORK: Explain Newton’s three Laws on LL

Wednesday 22nd, 2008

AIM: p. F18 – What affects acceleration?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how forces can make objects accelerate.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 333 in NB

Thursday 23rd, 2008

LAB: Students will make a bouncy ball

PROCEDURE: Different materials will be used to construct a ball that bounces.

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet using chemistry paper for details.

Friday 24th, 2008

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL – FACUTY MEETING

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words

5th SOCIAL-STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

Monday 20th , 2008

AIM: p. 64 – How did the Aztec create their empire?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading, discussion, and notes

HOMEWORK: Chapter 1 vocabulary

Tuesday 21st, 2008

AIM: p. 68 – Why was war important to the Aztec?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of Moctezuma and his battles.

HOMEWORK: Chapter 3 vocabualry words in NB

Wednesday 22nd, 2008

AIM: DBQ - Onliine

PROCEDURE: Students will continue to work on writing DBQ essays

HOMEWORK: Complete essay

Thursday 23rd, 2008

AIM: Chapter 1 vocabulary test

PROCEDURE: Students will be tested on 23 vocabulary words

HOMEWORK: textbook p. 130 vocabulary words

Friday 24th, 2008

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK: Review state tests online

NRG - 8TH GRADERS AT INWOOD HILL PARK

PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN ISLAND IN 1626

Mr. Jose Baez congratulating 8th grade students on the progress of the 300 trees that they planted last year and instructing them on the process of planting another 100 trees at a new location in Inwood Hill Park on 9/29/08.

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2008

Monday 13th, 2008

COLUMBUS DAY-CLOSED

Tuesday 14th, 2008

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP

PROCEDURE: text. p. 204 – Q & A in notebook

HOMEWORK: p. 197-Copy the Three Laws of Motion

Wednesday 15th, 2008

AIM: p. 176 – Chapter 7 – Newton’s First Law of Motion

PROJECT: To see the effect that steepness has on distance

HOMEWORK: Chapter 7 vocabulary words in NB

Thursday 16th, 2008

NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT - 8TH GRADE GREEN HORIZON TRIP

Friday 17th, 2008

AIM: p. 176 – How to recognize a force?

PROCEDURE: Students will observe what the different types of forces are?

HOMEWORK: Study chapter 7 vocabulary words.

7TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2008

Monday 13th , 2008

COLUMBUS DAY-CLOSED

HOMEWORK: - Chapter 11 vocabulary words in NB

Tuesday 14th, 2008

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP

HOMEWORK: p. 319 (text) – Problem Solving on LL

Wednesday 15th , 2008

AIM: p. 319 – How can the density of seawater change?

PROCEDURE: Students will create salt water and observe its salinity and temp.

HOMEWORK: p. 320 – Section Assessment on LL 1-4

Thursday 16th, 2008

NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT - 8TH GRADE GREEN HORIZON TRIP

HOMEWORK: Draw and label figure11-10 and 11-11 p. 321-322

Friday 17th, 2008

AIM: p. 321 - How are ocean tides form?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes; discussion on crest, trough, wavelength.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words.

6TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2008

Monday 13th , 2008

COLUMBUS DAY-CLOSED

Tuesday 14th, 2008

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP

HOMEWORK: WB p. 70 in NB

Wednesday 15th, 2008

AIM: Why is using velocity and acceleration important?

PROCEDURE: Students will give examples of different situations

HOMEWORK: On LL - Explain when an airplane accelerate the most.

Thursday 16th, 2008

NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT - 8TH GRADE GREEN HORIZON TRIP

HOMEWORK: WB p. 315 & 316 in NB

Friday 17th, 2008

AIM: p. F21 – What are types of friction?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and description of frictions

HOMEWORK: Study lesson 2 vocab. words

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2008

Monday 13th , 2008

COLUMBUS DAY-CLOSED

Tuesday 14th, 2008

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP

Wednesday 15th, 2008

AIM: p. 46 - What was life like in the Old Stone Age?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes

HOMEWORK: 7 questions based on notes. – on LL

Thursday 16th, 2008

NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT - 8TH GRADE GREEN HORIZON TRIP

Friday 17th, 2008

AIM: p. 52 – How did the development of agriculture changed human life?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how animals and plants were domesticated.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words

5TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2008

Monday 13th , 2008

COLUMBUS DAY-CLOSED

Tuesday 14th, 2008

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP

HOMEWORK: WB p. 79 in NB

Wednesday 15th , 2008

AIM: p. F14 - What is Newton’s First law of Motion

PROCEDURE: Students will give examples of how it works.

HOMEWORK: F. 15 #5 on LL

Thursday 16th, 2008

NYC PARKS DEPARTMEN - 8TH GRADE GREEN HORIZON TRIP

HOMEWORK: WB p. 341 on LL

Friday 17th, 2008

AIM: p. F21 - What are balanced and unbalanced Forces?

PROCEDURE: Students will visualize a tug-of-war and describe.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words.

5th SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH,2008

Monday 13th, 2008

COLUMBUS DAY-CLOSED

Tuesday 14th, 2008

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP

HOMEWORK: Chapter 2 vocabulary words.

Wednesday 15th, 2008

AIM: Chap. 3. To analyzed the role of farming in the development of civilization

PROCEDURE: Oral reading, discussion and notes.

HOMEWORK: lesson 1 vocab. words in NB

Thursday 16th, 2008

NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT: 8TH GRADE GREEN HORIZON TRIP

HOMEWORK: Text-p. 78 1-10 in NB

Friday 17th, 2008

AIM: p. 60-63-What were some of the achievements of the Maya?

PROCEDURE: Discuss Maya farming, writing, & building

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2008

Monday 6th ,2008 - 11:30 DISMISSAL

AIM: p. 52 – What a alpha and beta particles?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how artificial transmutation create new elements.
HOMEWORK: Review test notes for 10/7/08

Tuesday 7th, 2008

AIM: Chapter 2 test

PROCEDURE: Students will be given multiple and true/false questions

HOMEWORK: Chap. 3 vocab. wds. in NB

Wednesday 8th, 2008 – Chapter 3

AIM: p. 64 – What is the history of the Periodic Table?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and discussions on the development of the P.T.

HOMEWORK: Research on Dmitri Mendeleev

Thursday 9th , 2008

AIM: TEACHER’S INSTITUTE – SCHOOL CLOSED

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

Friday 10th , 2008

AIM: p. 65 – How to interpret an element key?

PROCEDURE: Students will familiarize themselves with the color coding of the elements.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words

7TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2008

Monday 6th , 2008 11:30am dismissal

AIM: p. 310 – What is the origin of the water in Earth’s oceans

PROCEDURE: Oral reading of how oceans affect our life and vice versa
HOMEWORK: Chapter 11 vocabulary words.

Tuesday 7th, 2008

AIM: p. 312 - Why is the ocean salty?

PROCEDURE: p. 315 – How winds, the Coriolis effect, and continents influence surface
currents

HOMEWORK: Students will observe major surface currents of Earth’s oceans.

Wednesday 8th , 2008

AIM: p. 317 – Why are surface currents important?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and explanation on the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean

HOMEWORK: Problem solving p. 319 on LL

Thursday 9th, 2008

AIM: TEACHER’S INSTITUTE – SCHOOL CLOSED

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

Friday 10th, 2008

AIM: What is density currents?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how the density of seawater changes.

HOMEWORK: Review chapter 11 vocabulary words

6TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2008

Monday 6th , 2008 11:30am dismissal

AIM: p. E 28 – E 29 - What are Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids

PROCEDURE: Students will look at three different pictures and discuss what they are.
HOMEWORK: Research how salt affects the human body – 2 page report due 10/10

Tuesday 7th, 2008

AIM: Test on the atom and compounds
Chapter 12 – p. F6 – How are Positions and Motion Related?

PROCEDURE: Students will relate position, motion, and distance to motion.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 vocabulary in NB

Wednesday 8th , 2008

AIM: p. F8 - To distinguish between speed and velocity

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how to find average speed

HOMEWORK: To find the average speed of two problems

Thursday 9th, 2008

AIM: TEACHER’S INSTITUTE – SCHOOL CLOSED

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

Friday 10th, 2008

AIM: p. F12 – How can velocity change?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how velocity of an object.

HOMEWORK: Study lesson 1 vocabulary words

5TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2008

Monday 6th , 2008 11:30am dismissal

AIM: Chapter 14 – p. F6 – What does it take to make an object move?

PROCEDURE: Students will use different objects to examine the type of force use.
HOMEWORK: Chapter 14 vocabulary words

Tuesday 7th, 2008

AIM: p. F8 – Is Force Needed to Maintain Motion

PROCEDURE: Students will learn what forces such gravity act on objects.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 329 on LL

Wednesday 8th , 2008

AIM: p. F10 - What is speed?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how to tell how fast a plane is moving?

HOMEWORK: WB p. 330 in NB

Thursday 9th, 2008

AIM: TEACHER’S INSTITUTE – SCHOOL CLOSED

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

Friday 10th, 2008

AIM: F12 – What is velocity?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and discussion on velocity and speed.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 2 vocabulary words to study

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2008

Monday 6th , 2008 11:30am dismissal

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: text p. 40 Thinking About Vocabulary 1-10 in NB

Tuesday 7th, 2008

AIM: Who was the Iceman?

PROCEDURE: Students will present facts about the Iceman of the Alps

HOMEWORK: p. 37 #4 on LL

Wednesday 8th , 2008

AIM: How do archaeologists help to uncover secrets of the past?

PROCEDURE: Students will use the chapter to help answer this question

HOMEWORK: Chapter 2 vocabulary words – Quiz on 10/10

Thursday 9th, 2008

AIM: TEACHER’S INSTITUTE – SCHOOL CLOSED

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

Friday 10th, 2008

AIM: Chapter 2 vocabulary quiz

PROCEDURE: Students will answer in NB 1-10 Thinking About Facts

HOMEWORK: Review chapter 3 vocabulary words

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF OCTOBER 6TH, 2008

Monday 6th , 2008

AIM: 11:30 Dismissal

PROCEDURE:
HOMEWORK: p. 50 in NB 1-10 Thinking About Vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz on 10/10

Tuesday 7th, 2008

AIM: p. 49 - What are natural resources and the products that people make from them

PROCEDURE: Students will brain storm on the above ideas for discussion

HOMEWORK: Thinking about Facts – p. 50, 1-15 in NB

Wednesday 8th , 2008

AIM: p. 48 - Why are forests one of our country’s most important N.R.

PROCEDURE: Describe why forests are important in North America

HOMEWORK: Chapter 2 vocabulary words in NB

Thursday 9th, 2008

AIM: TEACHER’S INSTITUTE – SCHOOL CLOSED

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK:

Friday 10th, 2008

AIM: Vocabulary Quiz
Review State exam 2004

PROCEDURE: Students will complete the Multiple Choice Section

HOMEWORK: State Exam 2004 DBQ