Week of November 1, 2010

The 8th grade continued work on their science fair projects this week.  Most have establish topics and are enjoying the research process.  Today I provided them with a timeline of when different sections are due.  Although the poster and paper are not due until January 31, they will be working diligently on their projects up until that point.  My expectations of them are high.  We will also be working on a unit covering electricity and magnetism for the remainder of 1st semester.

Seventh grade had an exam on protists.  Today we started a crash course in botany but will not be able to spend much time or test do to time constraints.  Next week - on to sponges and cnidaria!

We continued our tour of the solar system in the 6th grade.  We will be modeling the solar system next week and will have our second exam on Thursday, November 11.  We have been addressing study and test-taking skills this week and are hopeful students will be able to use skills learned.

Have a great fall weekend!