7th Grade Science Plans for March 19th through 23rd, 2018

Greetings!

What a busy week!  Hope you are looking forward to the "Student Led Conferences" that will take place Tuesday through Thursday with Tuesday being reserved for our evening conferences.  Remember:  YOUR student will be leading the conferences, and hopefully you have already called and set up your conference time.  They are REQUIRED for the students, so even if you can't attend, your student will present theirs to a staff member and will be videotaped.  Then that will be sent to you.  However, I will tell you from past experience, they are much better in person.

Now on to this week's plans:

MONDAY--After taking a pre-test, students will take notes on parts of a flower in their Science Notebooks.  NO HOMEWORK, but SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

TUESDAY--Students will take notes in their Science Notebooks on flower pollination.  NO HOMEWORK but SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

WEDNESDAY--LATE START DAY--Students will watch a video on flowers, so NO HOMEWORK but SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

THURSDAY--Students will add notes to their Science Notebooks on flower fertilization, so NO HOMEWORK but SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

FRIDAY--Students will engage in a flower dissection.  NO HOMEWORK, but SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE.

As you noticed above, I would like to do a "Flower Dissection" on Friday.  I am planning on using daffodils and will need approximately 25-28 of them.  If you have any you could donate by Friday, that would be greatly appreciated. At this time of year, many people have them blooming in their yards, or they are relatively cheap and easy to obtain at the stores.  Thank you for your generosity in advance.

Also, you probably noticed my fixation with the Science Notebooks, as listed above.  We have done A LOT (over 25 assignments) in them this term, so they will by worth 200 points this quarter.  I gave students the "list" of the assignments and gave them two days to work on them in class last week.  Please review your student's Science Notebook with the list to make sure it is all caught up.  I will be available after school tomorrow (Tuesday) until 4:30 p.m.  Unfortunately I can only stay until 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. If you would like your child to work on his/her Science Notebook after school at any of those times, I would welcome it.  Thank you for your support on this matter.

I'm sure you have already made arrangements for the "LATE START DAY on Wednesday this week, right?

Please contact me with any questions, comments, and/or concerns you may have.  The phone number in my classroom is 360-264-3644 and the best email address to reach me at is humblem@tenino.k12.wa.us

Have a wonderful week,
Michele Humble