There is a force and motion quiz scheduled for Friday, November 13. This quiz will consist of word problems that the students will need to read, then decide which mathematical formula to use, and then solve. All steps must be shown, the units must be correct and the answer must be boxed. Tutorials will be held this Thursday afternoon for those students who come prepared with questions.
Students and teachers were given permission to dress in costume for Halloween. At the request of some students, I am posting a picture of the Mad Scientist that visited our class Friday.
The last tests were graded and returned Friday, October 30. Students should be have their scantron and test booklet. Please look over the test with your child and sign and have him return the scantron.
Students will earn back 1/2 of their missed points by copying the incorrect problems (questions and answer choices) and writing an explanation as to why each answer choice is correct or incorrect.
Courtesy of Mrs. Barnes, the band teacher, the fine arts update is now available for download.
Congratulations to to the following students for correctly answering last week’s Cluster Challenge:
Special recognition goes to the following students for providing the correct mathematical solution to last week’s challenge:
Ready for this week’s challenge? Ok! Go!
There will be a science test covering Chapters 1 and 2 Wednesday and Thursday, October 28 and 29. This test will cover our Matter and Energy Unit. Tutorials will be available this afternoon and Monday and Tuesday afternoon from 4pm to 4:45pm. Download the study guide here and in ParentStudent Connect.
We are very excited about the features and transparency that ParentStudent Connect offers to you, parents and students. One question we have received regards the ability to send notes to the teacher when you have concerns about an assignment. Currently there is no teacher notification that a note has been posted unless a teacher purposefully inspects a student profile. In order to receive responses in a timely manner, please use the email links that you can find in the left sidebar of our cluster website. Thank you for your consideration.
Sign up sheets for science make up tests have been posted. Available times are Friday during 6th grade lunch, Friday after school, Monday during third lunch, and Monday after school. I encourage all students who desire to sit for a retest to review their test booklets and pay special attention to questions 15-20. The retest will consist entirely of passages and questions over experimental design (problems, hypotheses, conclusions, variables, constants, and controls) and scientific law and theory.
As I will be out Thursday, October 15, any students wishing to sign up for the retest should see Mrs. Baumgarten. I will return Friday, October 16.
Congratulations to Emma, Julia, Ari, Patrick, and Grant for correctly answering last week’s Cluster Challenge question!
Here’s this week’s question. Remember to submit all solutions to Mr. E.
Students will be taking a basic science skills test Friday, October 9. As a class, we have generated topics for this exam:
Students should use their notebooks and the “What is Science?” section pages 10-21 of their textbook to review. I will be available for questions, Thursday afternoon, October 8.
