| LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL 2007-2008
No Homework!
Please make sure you submit your Science textbook to me and any make-up work
that has not yet been completed. No more student assignments will be
accepted after Wednesday.
See you on Monday, 6/23 for our Harborside Picnic!
It was another great year for Team White/7 and I hope your plans for summer
vacation include fun, fun and more fun!!
June 9 - 13, 2008
* CLASS TRIP to Boston, MA Friday! Be at school by 5:45am for our 6:00am
departure. The buses will NOT wait for late arrivals, even if you call ahead.
Electronics and snacks are allowed but they are YOUR responsibility! Please
remember these points:
1. Chaperones should be within your field of view at all times; stay with
them!
2. School rules apply to both behavior and appropriate clothing!
3. $15 will be given to you for lunch/museum gift shop but you may bring more!
4. Electronics may be brought along but you are responsible for them; we will
NOT stop to look for lost items!
*Unit Test: Earth Science on Thursday!
Monday - Complete reading Chapter 3 Volcanoes. Answer the fist half of the
Blueprint for Earth Science Test questions that are due Wednesday.
Tuesday - Finish answering the Blueprint review questions, due tomorrow.
Wednesday - Use the twenty minutes of homework alloted to Science for pure
study in preparation for tomorrow's test. Have a family member "quiz" you
outloud from the textbook (Chp. 1, 2, & 3), notes, or handouts.
Thursday - TEST today! No Homework
Friday - Makeup work should be done as soon as possible so their scores can
be included in final grade averaging.
June 2 - 6, 2008 Picnic Permission forms due WEDNESDAY, June 4th!!
*Please read all of Chapter 2 Earthquakes by Thursday of this week! Look at
pictures and photos to help you understand new science vocabulary.
Monday - Use pages 44-50 to compare and contrast faults and folds in the
Earth's crust.
Tuesday - Read pages 54-55 and list the three types of scales used to measure
earthquakes. How does each work? What does each measure?
Wednesday - Reread pages 61, 65, and 69, then answer the Reading Checkpoint
question at the bottom of each page.
Thursday - Read remainder of the Chpater 2 and define these key terms:
stress, fault, fold, earthquake, epicenter, focus, seismic wave, magnitude,
seismograph, aftershock, tsunami.
Friday - Make up any missed work or assignments that have not been done. You
may begin reading Chapter 3 Volcanoes. Find out what the classroom lesson
was for the day that was missed and make up that assignment, as well.
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