Formatting on this website leaves a lot to be desired. So, as soon as the Google Classroom is up and fully functional, all homework will simply be posted on that platform.
If a student does not finish their classwork during the class then it becomes homework automatically. The homework assignments are not the students' only graded work. Much of the graded assignments before Sept. 13 were done in class due to the fact that not all students had computers, and we don't have any text books to issue. From the week of Sept. 13 forward the assignments for class and for home will be posted so that students who are absent can keep up. It is the students' responsibility in middle school to check the homework section of the board when they return to see what assignments they have missed, and to obtain any worksheets or other materials from the absence folder.
The Science Notebook model that I keep will be available in Verge Resources so that students can see what may have been done during class. They will need to copy that into their own Science Notebooks on the designated pages. The students will not be using their notebooks to take random notes or other activities, so they will need to follow the Table of Contents as shown in the model notebook.
Verge will also direct you to the other resources Please contact [email protected] if you need help finding the assignments. Sometimes homework assignments are changed after they are posted. Students are required to write down their homework for each class, each day, when they go to class. Any changes because of interruptions (like a fire drill, or a class not moving fast enough to be ready for an assignment) will be adjusted on the homework board in the classroom. This may vary by class.
Sept. 20-24, 2021
Monday: Planet Poster due 10/28 Students present them on Flipgrid for grading.
Tuesday: Write a rhyming poem about your own assigned planet. Criteria will be posted in Google Classroom (GC)
Wednesday: Practice Flipgrid (1.5 min presentation to try out all the features that will be used for the poster presentation.
Thursday: If you were not successful in making a flipgrid, try again to do this tonight since we practiced in class. If students did not get to turn in their 5 facts about Neptune, based on the BrainPop about Neptune, they should watch BrainPop on the topic of Neptune (or visit any other site on the internet) to list 5 important facts about Neptune.
Friday: Complete the poster on your assigned planet, based on the checklist and rubric. Write the sticky notes you will use during your presentation. Make sure you can upload a picture of your poster, and practice making your presentation. You can do it as many times as you want and review your presentation before you submit the final version on Monday night.
Sept. 13-17, 2021
Sept. 7-10, 2021 There was no new homework this week.
Aug. 30-Sept. 3
Monday: No homework.
Tues: Page 347 and 348 of Worksheets "Astronomy the Original Science due tomorrow, 9/1
Wed. Page 349 and 350 of Worksheets "Astronomy the Original Science due tomorrow, 9/2
Thurs. Quiz over definitions of 5 key terms:
geocentric, heliocentric, rotation, revolution, and astronomy due tomorrow, 9/3
Fri.: No homework
Aug. 23- Aug 27
Mon.: Tell someone you know about the movie we watched in class
called "Early Earth" due Tues. 8/24
Tues.: Complete page 395, 396, 397, and 398 of Worksheets called
"The Earth Takes Shape" (we did pages 395 & 396 in class together) due Thurs. 8/26
Wed: See above..(.pages 295-398)
Thurs: Complete pages 399 and 400 of "The Earth Takes Shape" to hand in due Friday, 8/27
Fri: No homework.
Aug. 16-20
Mon: Use TV, radio, or internet to learn about a current event in astronomy,
geology, meteorology, or oceanography and write a report that
includes at least 5 sentences describing it and giving the source of information due Tues, 8/17
Tues: No new homework (students who have not done Current Event must do it)
Wed: Draw a picture of the Big Bang on page 8 of Science Notebook, using color due Thurs 8/19
Thurs.: Draw 3 types of galaxies on page 10 of Science Notebook, as we did
during class today. Describe each type with words, use color and labels. due Fri 8/20
Fri: No homework.
Be sure to ALWAYS bring colored pencils and glue to class every day.
Aug. 9-13
Mon.: No homework
Tues: Copy definitions of first 5 words of Vocabulary 1
in back pages of Science Notebook due Wed.
Wed.: Copy definitions of the other 5 words of Vocabulary 1
in the back pages of the Science Notebook due Thurs
Thurs: Study the Vocabulary 1 definitions for quiz tomorrow due Fri, 8/13
Fri.: No homework.
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