Thursday, December 8, 2011

There is no homework scheduled for Friday.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Students have three worksheets, vocabulary, Section 2 of Chapt. 1 in their text, and a drawing of a plant cell to study for their quiz on cell organelles Thurs.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

In preparation for a quiz on cell organelles quiz on Thurs. we have another worksheet on yet another model of how a cell functions for homework.

Monday, December 5, 2011

We're heading toward a quiz on cell organelles Thurs. Homework tonight is to complete a worksheet entitled "cell city".

Friday, December 2, 2011

Students were assigned Reviewing Content 1-10 on page 46. Some were able to complete the assignment in class while others have it for homework. They must have all answers in complete sentences.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Follow-up was passed back and segued into cell organelles presentation.
Homework is to re-read Section 2 and on page 45 copy the 13 key terms into vocab section and write their definitions through context from the reading.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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.

Monday, November 28, 2011

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.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

"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.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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.

Monday, November 14, 2011

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.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

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

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

No homework tonight.

Monday, November 7, 2011

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.

Friday, November 4, 2011

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

Thursday, November 3, 2011

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.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Testing- no homework.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

All students were asked to complete a worksheet using the orange books.
In addition Honors were asked to have a rough draft of a a "RAFT" writing assignment due Mon. Finished copies will be due Wed.