Wednesday, January 20, 2010

It's been so long!!

I apologize for my blog being behind. December flew by and so did January.
The table of contents from December was as follows:
12/8-12/9- Organizing the world p 34-35
12/10-12/11-Clissification- quiz p 36-37
12/14-12/15 Atoms ,molecules and cells p38-39

Please remember Science Fair was Due Jan6, 2010
The field trip for the Challenger went very well.
Thank you to the parents who chaperoned.
The MOSH class was very good. Everyone liked Sparky and the explosion.
Many people also liked Grossology!

The last two weeks have been presentations of Science Fair projects! I was really pleased with the work put into these projects! We were able to send 12 to the school Science Fair. It was very hard to choose only 12. Mrs. Smith and I spent many hours in the hallways looked for the best of 30 possible projects! I hope our team did well at the Fair!

I am glad the grade portal is available to all students and their parents.
I appreciate all of the late work I have received. However, I would like to remind students and parents homework is due the next time the class meets. Many students have been given time in class to complete work. Not all of the students use their time as wisely in class as they should. I would also like to remind students and parents there is a homework rubric. Many students are turning in late work and not following the rubric. This is not fair to students who turn work in on time and follow the rubric.
I am hoping to get the Science Fair grades on the this report card. The reason for the delay would be so I can give the projects the best attention for grading. I do not want to quickley grade the projects and miss some great work.

New Quarter begins with a clean slate.