WEEK OF JANUARY 10TH

We will be continuing the Natural Selection Unit this week. Students will have a Vocabulary Quiz Friday January 14h. Students will also be completing lessons 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 in their investigation notebooks. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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The following words will be on the Vocabulary Quiz:

Environment, Generation, Population, Trait, Distribution, Variation, Adaptive Trait, Non-Adaptive Trait, Prediction, Effect, Cause, Gene, Protein Molecule, Natural Selection, Mutation

You can find their definitions in the glossary in the back of the Natural Selection Investigation Notebook.

WEEK OF JANUARY 4TH

We will be starting the Natural Selection Unit this week. Students will receive their new investigation notebooks on Tuesday as well as taking their pre-test for this unit. Students will also be completing lessons 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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Use the following link to help review for the Thermal Energy Unit Test. The test will be Thursday December 16th.

Quizzizz Test Review

WEEK OF December 13th

We will be wrapping up the Thermal Energy Unit this week. Students will be completing lessons 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 their Amplify investigation notebooks. Students will also be taking the Thermal Energy UNIT Test in their Amplify account (this is Lesson 4.4). Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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WEEK OF DECEMBER 6th

We will be continuing the Thermal Energy Unit this week. Students will be completing lessons 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 in their Amplify investigation notebooks. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 29th

We will be continuing the Thermal Energy Unit this week. Students will be completing lessons 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 in their Amplify investigation notebooks. Students will also be taking the Chapter 1 and 2 Quiz in their Amplify account (this is Lesson 2.6). Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1ST

We will be continuing the Rock Transformations Unit this week. Students will be completing lessons 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, and 4.1 in their Amplify accounts. Students will also be doing a Rock Cycle activity in class. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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WEEK OF OCTOBER 25TH

We will be continuing the Rock Transformations Unit this week. Students will complete a Gizmo: Rock Classification using their Explore Learning accounts. Gizmos are due by October 29th. Students will also be completing lessons 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6 in their Amplify accounts. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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WEEK OF OCTOBER 11TH

We will be starting the Rock Transformations Unit this week. Students will receive their new investigation notebooks on Wednesday as well as taking their pre-test for this unit. Students will also be completing lessons 1.2 and 1.3. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. 

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WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH

We will be finishing the Plate Motion Unit this week. Students will be doing a Building Pangaea Gizmo and completing lessons 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. We will be having our end of the unit test this Friday in class. 

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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 27TH

We will be continuing the Plate Motion Unit this week. Students will be completing lessons 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 3.1 and 3.2. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. (You must be logged into your student account to access the calendar tab. You can do this by accessing the CPSB website through your launchpad)

Use the following link to review material covered in Chapter 1:

Quizzizz Plate Motion Chapter 1

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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20TH

We will be continuing the Plate Motion Unit this week. Students will be completing a gizmo and lessons 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson.

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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 13TH

No school Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th

We will be beginning the Plate Motion Unit this week. Students will submit their Pre-Test answers online through their Amplify account (Plate Motion 1.1 and Thermal Energy 1.1) Students recieve their Plate Motion workbooks this week.

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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH

We will be completing the Geology on Mars Unit this week. Students will submit their final argument on the Channel on Mars through their Amplify account. On Thursday September 9th, students will have their Unit test using the glossary of words located in the back of their workbook. They should also be familiar with models and how we use them to answer questions about the natural world. 

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WEEK OF AUGUST 30TH

No school Monday August 30th. Students will be completing 4 lessons this week. Please refer to the calendar tab on the left for more details about each lesson. If students have not turned in their 1:1 pages 9/10 please turn in ASAP so that they are able to begin using their computers in the classroom. Also, PICTURE DAY is this Thursday September 2nd. 

WEEK OF AUGUST 23RD

We began our first Unit "Geology on Mars". Students need to bring their workbooks to class everyday. Refer to the Calendar tab on the left to see which lessons we cover each day. Students are responsible for making up the work they missed. Please e-mail me if you have any questions. 

WELCOME 8th GRADERS!

I am looking forward to a great year of learning with my new students. I ask that if you need to contact me, ALWAYS use my school email from your school email (as per CPSB guidelines).  I will update this page OFTEN, so it is important for you to check DAILY to see what announcements and assignments are posted. Use the Calendar tab to the left to see our daily agenda.