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Bobcats! and Parents - November 29nd, 2009
Please send in any of the following items if possible.
1. Paper towel rolls
2. any donation you want to make towards lab supplies and the science
notebooks. ($Gift cards to Target or Staples also works well).
Our parent volunteer will be collecting these.
Interims went home last Thursday and Friday. Please sign and return
Students are currently doing their presentations in class.
Assignments for grading
1. PH Lab Activity
2. Chemical properties of water
3. Homework - Letter - Conserve and stop polluting our waters Due Dec 7th
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Bobcats! and Parents - November 22nd, 2009
Please send in any of the following items if possible.
1. Paper towel rolls
2. any donation you want to make towards lab supplies and the science
notebooks. ($Gift cards to Target or Staples also works well).
Our parent volunteer will be collecting these.
Interims went home Thursday and Friday. Please sign and return
Vocabulaty Quiz on Monday.
Students are working on a short MS Power Point presentation and will present
next three days.
Assignments for grading
1. Lab Activity
2. Powerpoint Presentation
3. Vocabulary Quiz
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Welcome Back Bobcats! and Parents - November 15th, 2009
Please send in any of the following items if possible.
Paper towel rolls
any donation you want to make towards lab supplies and the science
notebooks. ($Gift cards to Target or Staples also works well).
Our parent volunteer will be collecting these on Thursday and Friday.
We have a busy schedule ahead of us. Please ensure your child stays on
track. Interims will be home this week. Any student failing the unit test
in Chemistry, will be able to review and retake to get some extra points.
Students will be working on a short MS Power Point presentation towards the
end of the week.
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This week I will be grading the following:
1. Science notebooks
2. Homework on Water
3. Quiz on Friday
On receipt of the interims please feel free to e-mail me issues and concerns
regarding your child's academic progress.
Announcement for the week of October 12, 2009
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8th Grade students,
All report card envelopes are not back!
Only 50 % turned in their projects!
Service project forms are due on Monday October 12th.
Stragglers you have until the 14th.
Following assignments will be graded for this week
Water usage data HW and part 2.
Media center activity.
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Announcement for the week of October 5th, 2009
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8th Grade students and parents,
Tis the season to be sneezing!....
I need tissue boxes and hand sanitizer please! - students are curretly using
their sleeves!
Report cards went last Friday.
Envelopes need to be signed and returned.
Bobcats Service Project is being done through Ms. Ayyagari's science class.
Parent and service organization approvals are due to Mrs. Ayyagari by October
12th.
We are starting a new unit on The Hydrosphere.
Following assignments will be graded for this week:
1. Where is my drinking water from? Q & A and drawing (Classwork)
2. Pie Charts (classwork)
3. Adopt an Element Project (Class and home)
4. HW - Water usage data (Home)
6. Worksheet on Water (Classwork)
5. Weekly Quiz (Quizzes)
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Announcement from Week of Sept 21st and 28th saved below:
Study for the Unit test (Chemistry) on Friday October 2nd.
We have started a new quarter. Please have a conversation with the children
about turning in the following assignments for a grade:
1. Elements and Atoms
2. Organization of Elements
3. Metals
4. Alien Periodic Table
5. Quiz 6 on the periodic table
