Friday, October 16, 2009

Agenda:

• Turn in 1st Quarter Calendars
• Turn in Review Guide
• Take 1st Quarter Benchmark Test

Homework:

1. Work on Unit 5 - Rocks - Vocab Cards - DUE Wednesday 10/21.

**Unit 5 Reading - Chapter 3 - Rocks!**

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Agenda:

• Return notebooks (except per 6)
• Work quietly on review guide
• Review guide answers

Homework:

1. Study for Benchmark test tomorrow: Chapters 1, 2, 12 and 13 in text book - Units 1-4 in notebook.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Agenda:

• Turn in notebooks.
• Test - Minerals
• Begin Review page - 71 questions

Homework:

1. Complete most of review page - Due Tomorrow in middle of class.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

**Unit 4 Test (chapter 2 - Minerals) and notebooks due tomorrow.

Agenda:

• Finish Mineral ID Lab
• Review page, notebooks.

Homework:

1. Complete student notebook work (11 pages)
2. Study for Minerals Test tomorrow.

Monday, October 12, 2009

** FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE 1ST QUARTER!!**
      Notebooks Due Wednesday!
      Minerals Test Wednesday!
Agenda:

• Turn in Tesselations
• Finish Mineral Characteristics Notes
• Begin Mineral ID Lab

Homework:

1. Minerals Review Page - Due Tomorrow
2. Notebook work (10 pages as of today!) 

Friday, October 9, 2009

*  1 WEEK LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER!!
   Notebooks DUE next Wednesday.
   Unit 4 TEST next Wednesday.

Agenda:

• Collect grade printouts w/parent sigantures.
• Collect vocabulart.
• Unit 4 Vocab Quiz
• Notes - Minerals and Mineral Characteristics

Homework:

1. Finish tessellation - DUE Monday.
2. Notebook work (10 pages as of today!)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Agenda:

• Grade printout
• Crystals and Tessellations notes
• Make a tessellation

Homework:

1. Parent signature on grade printout.
2. Vocabulart/study for vocab quiz
3. finish tessellation - DUE MONDAY
4. notebook work - 8 pages as of today.

*UNIT 4 TEST AND NOTEBOOK DUE WEDNESDAY 10-14!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Agenda:

• Video - Modern Marvels Metals

Homework:

1. Notebook work

*Vocabulary QUIZ on FRIDAY!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Agenda:

• Finish Density Lab
• Atoms Notes
• Meet the Elements video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-wf8S9vRvo
• Periodic Table

Homework:

1. Finish Density lab questions
2. Notebook work - *remember - this is the last notebook check of the 1st quarter!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Agenda:

• Density Lab

Homework:

1. Finish density lab questions
2. notebook work (5 pages as of today)