Stittleburg's Staples

FINAL TWO WEEKS

Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

MONDAY 5/11

TEXTBOOK FEES:

REPLACEMENT COST = $70.75

WATER DAMAGE,BROKEN COVER, EXCESSIVE WRITING = 50% OF REPLACEMENT COST

PEN/PENCIL MARKINGS, FOLDED PAGES, TORN PAGES = 25% OF REPLACEMENT COST

I will be collecting textbooks Monday 5/11.  The remainder of our work will not require textbooks.  If students want to have their book to prepare for the final exam, I will collect it on Wed. 5/20.  The final exam should not require more than a review of work that has been returned, as well as material that we just reviewed for the CRCT.

Presentations of scientist research will begin today if students are ready.

 TUESDAY

Presentations; students need to take notes of the scientists' accomplishments in order to include on their final exam.

WEDNESDAY

Field Day

If it is raining, we will finish up presentations

THURSDAY

Career Day

FRIDAY

Tentatively scheduled possibilities include:  completing presentations, collecting data from our school parking lot, cow eye dissection. 

MONDAY

Locker Clean-out during homeroom

Tentatively scheduled possibilities include:  completing presentations, collecting data from our school parking lot, cow eye dissection

TUESDAY

Graphing data collected from the parking lot-hopefully

WEDNESDAY

Final exam-Students will be asked to write a paragraph that includes one example and an explanation of why their example demonstrates each of these five topics:

Chemical and physical changes

Forces, specifically directional arrows and calculating net force, as well as the result of a net force with a value.

Motion-Newton's three laws

Waves-EM, and mechanical

Electrical Circuits

 

THURSDAY

Award Ceremony 8th grade

Game/Puzzle day-Students can rotate to play Operation, Star Wars Monopoly, Science Word Scrabble, Hands Down, or work on completing puzzle.

FRIDAY

Game/Puzzle day; same as above.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL CHILDREN WITH US THIS YEAR.  BEST OF LUCK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM NEXT YEAR!

WEEK OF 4/20

We hope you can join us for Awtrey’s Family Night this Friday, April 24, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Enjoy a silent auction, craft fair, Awtrey student dance, family movie and food with other members of our school community!

 

MONDAY

Advisement schedule today

I will hand back all papers.

The kids will answer 10 questions regarding series and parallel circuits.

CRCT REVIEW GAME-MATTER

TUESDAY

CRCT REVIEW--THE PERIODIC TABLE

WEDNESDAY

CRCT REVIEW--ENERGY TRANSFORMATION

THURSDAY

SMALL MACHINES VIDEO STREAMING

FRIDAY

*********SCIENCE CRCT TODAY***********

GOOD LUCK KIDS ;0)

WEEK OF 3/30

STUDENTS--PLEASE SPEND SOME TIME REVIEWING FOR CRCT.  YOU CAN READ CHAPTER SUMMARIES FOR THE TOPICS THAT WE HAVE COVERED IN CLASS, OR YOU CAN GO TO EITHER OF THE WEBSITES TO TAKE PRACTICE TESTS --  usatestprep.com, or the CRCT practice link from Awtrey's homepage

MONDAY

Advisement

Section 21.2 review is due; check and correct in class

HOMEWORK: REVIEW FOR CRCT

TUESDAY

Vocabulary Chapter 21 and illustration discussion

Review for test

HOMEWORK: REVIEW FOR CRCT

WEDNESDAY

TEST OVER SOUND

THURSDAY

Practice CRCT group activity

FRIDAY

Dell lab for intro activity on electricity; parallel and series circuits

WEEK OF 3/23

MONDAY

Practice CRCT

TUESDAY

Introduction activity to sound.

Preview 21.1

WEDNESDAY

In-class activity on sound waves and matter interactions

students need to finish the questions if they did not finish in class Download SOUND AND MATTER INTERACTIONS

THURSDAY

Mac lab for an internet assignment Download Sound Simulations-internet activity

FRIDAY

Book assignment

WEEK OF 3/16

TEST THURSDAY OVER LIGHT:    

Illustrated vocabulary-regular and diffuse reflection, refraction, diffraction, convex lens, concave lens

Colors and blending of pigments and of light

The parts of the eye and their respective functions as related to seeing color and light

MONDAY

We reviewed the last test over EM spectrum.  They will retake the test tomorrow

TUESDAY

Retake of EM spectrum test

Notes over stations from last week-lenses, pigments, and filters

Download Video stream questions If you missed class, you can find all of this information in chapters 22 and 23 of your book.

HOMEWORK: REVIEW NOTES FOR THURSDAY'S TEST

WEDNESDAY

Notes and diagram of the eye

HOMEWORK: REVIEW NOTES FOR THURSDAY'S TEST

THURSDAY

TEST OVER LIGHT

FRIDAY

Video over sight and optical illustions

WEEK OF 3/9

MONDAY

I returned all papers and gave an open note quiz using the homework. 

TUESDAY

Power point over 22.3, including illustrations of vocabulary terms.Download INTERACTION OF LIGHT WAVES

HOMEWORK: Review handout for test over Electromagnetic spectrum

WEDNESDAY

TEST-EM spectrum; same as the pretest, 12 questions.

Reading Guide Download READING GUIDE 22.4 over light and color, 22.4.

HOMEWORK: Review notes on light and color.

THURSDAY-WEDNESDAY

Begin a 5-day rotation of activities having to do with light and color.  There will be no tolerance for misbehavior; those who choose to misbehave will have written work for the remainder of the rotation.

WEEK OF 3/2

  Would you like to help out on Awtrey's Academic Night?  I need a few volunteers to help discuss activities that we have done for the various units.  I have all of the work, you would just help me set up some displays and explain what we did to any interested parents.  This is a great opportunity for all of you natural born speakers!!

Academic Night is March 12th, next Thursday.

MONDAY

I still need some deficiency reports returned with a parent signature.

I am done grading all tests; check out iParent to see your grade.  Tests will be returned when all absentees have made up  the test.

Advisement returns today

In class we will read 22.1 and complete the section review #1-9; this is homework if not finished in class.

TUESDAY

I will check last nights homework.

We will do the Math Focus p. 634 in class.  It is homework if not completed in class.

WEDNESDAY

We will work through diagraming a handout of the electromagnetic spectrum today. 

Absentees: Review the electromagnetic spectrum and make note of how the wavelength changes as frequence changes.  also, be sure to notice the order of the type of waves and how they represent different energies.  You will have to copy someone's paper when you return.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY:  I am not here on these two days.  I will appreciate good behavior for the sub.  You will have some work to do during class on Friday, and some video questions on Thursday.  Be sure to hand in any COMPLETED work to the drawer since I will pick it up on Saturday.

FRIDAY'S CLASS WORK: SECTION 22.2 REVIEW, #1-12, AND THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE EM SPECTRUM WORKSHEET.

WEEK OF 2/23

TEST FRIDAY OVER WAVE PROPERTIES AND VOCABULARY

MONDAY

Some students will participate in reteaching of major concepts not mastered in the energy unit. They will do the following vocabulary definitions as homework:

• Longitudinal wave
• Surface wave
• Medium Wave
• Mechanical wave
• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Transverse wave
• Electromagnetic wave
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Wave speed
• Amplitude

Students who mastered the energy content, based on test scores, will have class time to work on vocabulary definitions; however, all are due tomorrow.  That means what they don't finish in class is homework!

TUESDAY

Students viewed websites and took notes on wave properties.Download Wave website worksheet 1

Please turn in any late flip books by tomorrow.  Review all vocabulary and class notes.

WEDNESDAY

Calculations from the book for wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.  Math Focus page, 582 done in class-review at home.

Study Guide for Friday's test: Download STUDY GUIDE FOR WAVE PROPERTIES TEST

THURSDAY:

*****DEFICIENCY NOTICES GO HOME TODAY FOR STUDENTS WITH AN AVERAGE BELOW 74.  PLEASE SIGN THE SCIENCE PROGRESS REPORT AND HAVE HIM/HER RETURN IT TO ME RIGHT AWAY.

Bingo vocabulary review and wave properties review

FRIDAY

Test over wave properties

WEEK OF 2/17

  DO YOU HAVE A FORMATIVE GRADE THAT YOU DON'T LIKE?????  THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO REPLACE IT WITH A 100%. 

TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, YOU MAY RESEARCH A BLACK SCIENTIST, BRING IN A BRIEF WRITE UP, INCLUDING SOME BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND WHAT HE/SHE CONTRIBUTED TO SCIENCE.  PRESENT IT TO THE CLASS (IT SHOULD BE ONLY ONE TO TWO MINUTES WORTH OF INFORMATION).  I'LL REPLACE A FORMATIVE GRADE WITH A 100%!!!!!  WHAT A DEAL!!

Absentees this week should work on their flip books, and preparation for the test on Friday.  Thursday we will have a presentation from NCHS counselors.

TUESDAY

PROGRESS REPORTS WENT HOME TODAY.  PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

We completed the notes for the flip book.  They had a few minutes to work on their books.

  [Mechanical Energy = Kinetic + Potential]

WEDNESDAY  They will have some time to work on mechanical energy in their flip books.

*************** ;) See test preview on Friday's blog.

We will  also review for Friday's test.  It will cover all material given from the two power points, as well as any information in their flip books.  Flip books are due Friday when they take the test.

Power points:

Download Work power energy ;  Download Types of Energy

What to cover in the flip book: Download ENERGY FLIPBOOK INSTRUCTIONS

THURSDAY

Presentation from NCHS counselors during science classes.

FRIDAY

 

TEST TODAY OVER ENERGY-

TEST PREVIEW: You may want to think about the essay question while you are studying!!  You will be asked to explain two transfers of energy; therefore you will have to include the initial energy, a transfer to a second type of energy, and finally the last transfer to a third type of energy.  Remember one of your standards for physical science is to be able to explain how energy transfers from one form to another. 

FLIP BOOKS DUE

WEEK OF 2/9

 GOT A FORMATIVE GRADE THAT YOU DON'T LIKE????  HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO REPLACE IT!!

TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, YOU MAY RESEARCH A BLACK SCIENTIST, BRING IN A BRIEF WRITE-UP INCLUDING SOME BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO SCIENCE.  PRESENT IT TO THE CLASS (IT SHOULD BE ONLY 1-2 MINUTES).  I'LL REPLACE ONE LOW FORMATIVE GRADE WITH A 100!!!  WHAT A DEAL!!!!!!

MONDAY

Today I passed back all papers.  Grades were displayed by their student number so they could check their average and any missing grades.

I started notes on the next unit, Energy.  See the attached power point if you need to help fill in notes.

Download Work, power, energy

TUESDAY-FRIDAY

We will revisit yesterday's information.

We will also construct a flipbook for them to use for the next several vocabulary words.  Information will be given each day.  They will use this information to add to their flipbooks.  When they are finished the booklet will be a double formative grade and they will take a test over the types of energy.

Power point for the types of energy Download Types of Energy

Copy of the flipbook requirements.  Answer each question for the type of energy on the flap that is labeled.Download ENERGY FLIPBOOK INSTRUCTIONS