Friday, November 28, 2008

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2008

Monday 1st, 2008

AIM: What is the cell theory?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how 19-century scientists develop the cell theory

HOMEWORK: Draw and label animal cell in notebook.

Tuesday 2nd, 2008

AIM: In what ways do cells vary?

PROCEDURE: Students will observe different type of cells and their shapes and sizes.

HOMEWORK: Draw and label plant cell in NB

Wednesday 3rd, 2008

AIM: How do animal cells and plant cells differ?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading an notes on parts of an animal and plant cell.

HOMEWORK: What is osmosis? NB

Thursday 4th, 2008

AIM: How do cells make up tissues

PROCEDURE: Students will how tissues are made which in turn make up the organ system.

HOMEWORK: What is the difference between tissues and organs? NB

Friday 5th, 2008

AIM: LAB- Parts of an animal cell

PROCEDURE: Students will use a chicken egg cell to learn the parts the an animal cell.

HOMEWORK: Study notes and weekly homework.

7TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2008

Monday 1st, 2008

AIM: p. 412 – Functions of a selectively permeable membrane.

PROCEDURE: Discuss the functions of permeable membranes.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 2 vocabulary words in NB

Tuesday 2nd, 2008

AIM: What is the process of diffusion and osmosis?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how water diffuses through cell membranes

HOMEWORK: What is osmosis? LL

Wednesday 3rd, 2008

AIM: What is the difference between passive and active transport?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn and observe how plants take in minerals.

HOMEWORK: Section Assessment p. 425 in NB

Thursday 4th, 2008

AIM: LAB: p. 426 Observing Osmosis

PROCEDURE: Students will examine the process of osmosis in an egg cell.

HOMEWORK: Complete lab sheet. Observation and conclusion.

Friday 5th, 2008

AIM: How do cells trap energy for life?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes.

HOMEWORK: Study vocab. Words and notes.

6TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2008

Monday 1st, 2008

AIM: p. A6 – What do all living things do?

PROCEDURE: Students will look at the activities that are common to all living things.

HOMEWORK: WB – p. 55 in NB – test 12/5/08

Tuesday 2nd, 2008

AIM: What types of cells are we made up of?

PROCEDURE: Students will identify different cells and their function.

HOMEWORK: WB – p 56 in NB

Wednesday 3rd, 2008

AIM: p.B10 - What are tissues?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn the four types of tissues in plants and animals.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 58 - NB

Thursday 4th, 2008

AIM: What do organ systems form?

PROCEDURE: Discuss how organ systems are interdependent.

HOMEWORK: Why do cells in a many-celled organism differ? LL

Friday 5th, 2008

AIM: Test on Structure of Living Things

PROCEDURE: Students will be test on the weekly notes & HW

HOMEWORK: Lesson 2 vocabulary words.

5TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2008

Monday 1st, 2008

AIM: p. A6 – What is the basic unit of life?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn that cells are the building block for living things.

HOMEWORK: WB – p. 7 in NB

Tuesday 2nd, 2008

AIM: What are all living things made of?

PROCEDURE: Students will identify the different type of cells and their shape and function.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 vocabulary words in NB

Wednesday 3rd, 2008 - COMPUTER

AIM: p. A10 - What traits are used to classify organisms?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn how ancient scientists came up with the classification system.
HOMEWORK: How can cell classification be useful in identifying organisms. LL

Thursday 4th, 2008

AIM: WB – p. 5 & 6 – The basic unit of life.

PROCEDURE: Students will copy and answer the questions in NB

HOMEWORK: WB – p. 8 in NB

Friday 5th, 2008

AIM: Vocabulary words - Quiz

PROCEDURE: Students will be tested on lesson 1 vocab. Words.

HOMEWORK: Go over lesson 2. p. A12

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2008

Monday 1st, 2008

AIM: Chap. 6 – Ancient India

PROCEDURE: Students will locate the Indus River and trace its flow

HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 vocabulary words in NB

Tuesday 2nd, 2008

AIM: Describe the terrain through which the Indus flows.

PROCEDURE: Students will compare Mesopotamia, Egypt, & Indus Valley.

HOMEWORK: Did the Harappan civilization have a strong government. LL

Wednesday 3rd, 2008

AIM: Explain ways farmers used the Indus to grow crops.

PROCEDURE: Students will discuss the crops that were grown.

HOMEWORK: What irrigation methods did the Indus valley farmers use?

Thursday 4th, 2008

AIM: How did geography helped to destroy Harappan.

PROCEDURE: Students will that earthquake may have cause their destruction.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 2 vocabulary words.

Friday 5th, 2008

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE:

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words in NB

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2008

Monday 1st, 2008

AIM: Chap. 8 – The New England Colonies - Gym­­­­­­

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of the Puritan’s plan for Massachusetts Bay Colony.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 vocabulary words in NB

Tuesday 2nd, 2008

AIM: Analyze the Puritans’ internal conflict and their problems with the Pequot.

PROCEDURE: Students learn of John Winthrop and his sermons.

HOMEWORK: 6 questions in NB

Wednesday 3rd, 2008

AIM: To compare the Middle Colonies with the New England Colonies

PROCEDURE: Students will examine the diversity and religious tolerance of the two colonies.

HOMEWORK: Who was William Penn? In NB

Thursday 4th, 2008

AIM: What was William Penn’s influence on the Middle Colonies?

PROCEDURE: Oral reading, notes and discussion on the Quakers.

HOMEWORK: Describe how the Middle Colonies differ from the New England Colonies.

Friday 5th, 2008

AIM: Analyze the reasons the English founded Maryland and Georgia.

PROCEDURE: Students will read of Lord Baltimore and the proprietors.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 2 and 3 vocabulary words in NB

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Although juicy and tender butterball turkeys are the main cuisine of today's Thanksgiving celebrations, these birds were NOT the most popular centerpieces on the first Thanksgiving tables.
In 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving, they were gobbling up many more foods than just turkey. Since lobster, goose, duck, seal, eel, and cod were plentiful during this time, these foods were most likely the main courses of this first feast. Deer meat and wild fowl are the only two items that historians know for sure were menu of this autumn celebration.
So how did the turkey become the main mascot of modern-day Thanksgiving if we don't know for certain that turkeys were at this first feast?
One story tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese.


HAVE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Mrs. Ramsey

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24TH

Monday 24th, 2008

AIM: Evolution

PROCEDURE: Questions will be dictated for test on 11/26

HOMEWORK: Complete answers to test questions.

Tuesday 25th, 2008

AIM: 8:30 Report Card Assemblies

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: Study for test – Chapter 11 & 12

Wednesday 26th, 2008

AIM: THANKSGIVING MASS @ 9:00 AM

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: Charles Darwin Report

Thursday 27th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING -SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Friday 28th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING – SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

7TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24TH,2008

Monday 24th, 2008

AIM: Solutions

PROCEDURE: Students will be tested on Chapter 5 - Solution

HOMEWORK: Chapter 15 vocabulary words

Tuesday 25th, 2008

AIM: Report card assembly - @ 8:30

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: Chapter 15 – copy chart on p. 415 in NB

Wednesday 26th, 2008

AIM: THANKSGIVING MASS @ 9:00 AM

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: Copy chart on p. 419 on the organic compounds that make up life.

Thursday 27th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING -SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Friday 28th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING – SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

6TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF NOVEMBER, 24TH, 2008

Monday 24th, 2008

AIM: Ecosystem and Interactions

PROCEDURE: Students will be tested on Lesson 6.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 43 in NB

Tuesday25th, 2008

AIM: p. A 82 – How are organisms organized? - 11:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of communities, niche, and population.

HOMEWORK: WB p. 44 in NB

Wednesday 26th, 2008

AIM: THANKSGIVING MASS @ 9:00 AM

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: WB p. 55 & 56 in NB

Thursday 27th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING -SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Friday 28th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING – SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

5TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24TH, 2008

Monday 24th, 2008

AIM: p. B6 – What is an ecosystem?

PROCEDURE: Students will learn of biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

HOMEWORK: WB – p. 87 in NB

Tuesday 25th, 2008

AIM: Report card assembly @ 8:30am

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: WB p. 88 in NB

Wednesday 26th, 2008

AIM: THANKSGIVING MASS @ 9:00 AM

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: WB – p. 85 & 86 Q & A in NB

Thursday 27th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING -SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Friday 28th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING – SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24TH, 2008

Monday 24th, 2008

AIM: Ancient Mesopotamia

PROCEDURE: Students will be tested on vocabulary words.

HOMEWORK: Lesson 3 – vocabulary words.

Tuesday 25th, 2008

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE: Parent Teacher Conference from 3:00 – 7:00 pm

HOMEWORK: 10 questions in NB ( given in class)

Wednesday 26th, 2008

AIM: THANKSGIVING MASS @ 9:00 AM

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: King David & King Solomon Report

Thursday 27th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING -SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Friday 28th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING – SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

5TH SOCIAL STUDIES - WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24TH, 2008

Monday 24th, 2008

AIM: Asian Emperors and Traders

PROCEDURE: Oral reading and notes on the growth of Aztec and Inca empires.

HOMEWORK: Chapter 5 vocabulary words

Tuesday 25th, 2008

AIM: 11:30 DISMISSAL

PROCEDURE: Parent Teacher Conference from 3:00 – 7:00 pm

HOMEWORK: p. 119 in NB

Wednesday 26th, 2008

AIM: THANKSGIVING MASS @ 9:00 AM

PROCEDURE: 11:30 DISMISSAL

HOMEWORK: Essay describing how the Silk Road got its name.

Thursday 27th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING -SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Friday 28th, 2008

AIM:

PROCEDURE: THANKSGIVING – SCHOOL CLOSED

HOMEWORK:

Sunday, November 16, 2008

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17TH, 2008

To 6 grade parents

Please note that on November 19th, 2008, 6 grade will have regular classes. Please disregard the notice on the yearly calendar.

Ann Marie Ramsey


To 8 grade parents,

On Tuesday the 18th, eight graders will have NRG from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. They will be back on time for 4:00pm dismissal.

8TH SCIENCE - WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17TH, 2008

Monday 17th, 2008

AIM: Chapter 11- Fossils – p. 304

PROCEDURE: Students will learn the conditions necessary for fossils to form?

HOMEWORK: Chapter 11 vocabulary words.

Tuesday 18th, 2008

AIM: NRG

PROCEDURE: Students will remove invasive plants

HOMEWORK: 2 page research on the Tollund Man

Wednesday 19th, 2008

AIM: Describe an Ecosystem.

PROCEDURE: Students will create an ecological map of changes in a system

HOMEWORK: On LL – How ecosystems change over time?

Thursday 20th, 2008

AIM: Oral presentation on the Tollund man

PROCEDURE: Students will present their research using the Smartboard

HOMEWORK: On LL – Report on class oral presentation.

Friday 21st, 2008

AIM: How do climates influences land environment?

PROCEDURE: Students will identify areas that are affected by climates.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words