Six kingdom quiz was passed back. A followup on Tuesday's reading pages 21-34 was written in class today and handed in.
There was no assigned homework for Thurs.

Leaf Albums Due Tomorrow-
This is a test mark which means if the leaf albums get turned in they will receive some credit. Making it neat and organized and adhering to the rubric as well as possible is all I'm asking.
After tomorrow they may still turn in for partial credit.
They will also have a notebook quiz on the six kingdoms and a few questions on classification. This material should be in their notebooks which they can use.

"Keying" as it applies to taxonomy was introduced in class. After modeling an exercise, students were given a worksheet to practice for homework, due Monday. Leaf albums and rubrics were also passed out and students can take them home to work on. They are due the Tues. after Thanksgiving.

Thanks for the donations to our food pantry. We reviewed our quizzes from yesterday and did a quick leaf walk as well as adding some pressed leaves to our albums. No homework.

Today was spent in the computer lab doing labels for our leaf albums.
Quizzes were passed back. Anyone with a mark less than 80 has an option of a redo, but must purchase a "ticket" by bringing in one item of nonperishable food for our Thanksgiving Food Drive.
"Redos" will be Thurs.
No homework was issued.

Quiz was administered, labs finished up and leaves were put in albums.
No homework.

Our Toothpickase Lab is completed and hopefully students have a better appreciation of the affect of multiple substrates and hot and cold on enzyme activity.
They will be having a quiz tomorrow on the seven levels of classification. They have this material in their notebooks.

No homework tonight.

We started off the week with a "Toothpickase Lab" and we'll be doing parts of it in the beginning of each class. In addition we talked about our homework assignment due tomorrow of reading pages 28-39 in their purple texts. As they read Classifying Organisms they should be using the subheadings of the section for their left column note and then write the explanation of that heading in the right column. Any words that are boldfaced should also be included in the right hand side.

Students were well prepared for our "chilly" outings to gather leaves.
No homework for the weekend.

Tests were passed back today. Tomorrow I would like to walk through the athletic field to the neighboring section of the high school to see what is left for leaves. Students have been advised to dress accordingly.
No homework for tonight.

Testing- no homework.

Students reviewed for a brief test tomorrow which had been postponed from last Wed. due to Pumpkin Chunkin. We covered most of the test in class and referenced notes to study. Organic chemical compounds, needs of living things, levels of cellular organization, and vocabulary would be good to review.