Friday, December 11, 2009

Science Syllabus 12/14/09

Mr.Morrell’s
Science Syllabus
Week of December 14, 2009
http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR SCIENCE TEXT BOOK, SCIENCE FOLDER, AND SPIRAL TO CLASS EVERYDAY!
• Good News Parents! For those students who do not want to take their textbooks home each time they have homework there is a downloadable PDF version of the textbook now available online. This is for a limited time until STC completes the fully interactive online textbook. It’s easy, just long onto http://www.carolinacurriculum.com/login_student_catastrophic.asp
Password: Catastrophic and download the PDF or just click on the link on my blog!
• If anyone has an old electric kettle for boiling water that they do not use anymore or is just taking up space, we would love if it could be donated to the science class. It will not be used to drink from so even if it dirty or rusty we can use it.



Monday, December 14
Intro to Earthquakes

Homework: None

Tuesday, December 15
Watch Killer Quake

Homework: Reflection Questions 2 through 4 on page 117 and Read pages 118 and 119

Wednesday, December 16
Introduce Explore: Inquiry 11.1 When Earth Shakes

Homework:None

Thursday: December 17
Explore: Inquiry 11.1 When Earth Shakes

Homework: Reflection Questions all of 1 and 2 on page 127

Friday, December 18
The Limits of Perception

Homework: Have a Wonderful Holiday Break!!!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Reading and Language Arts Syllabus 12/7/09

Mr. Morrell
Reading and Language Arts Syllabus
Week of December 7, 2009
Website: http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org

Important Information:
• Students working in the Greek Read-Ahead group are still be responsible for the Greek Myth vocabulary, as they will be taking the vocab tests. The students’ three read-ahead projects will be due on Tuesday, December 15th. They must also finish reading all of the Minor God Myths by 12/15.
• The Greek Myth final project is due on Wednesday, December 9.
• Students will have Minor God Vocabulary Test on Monday, December 14. The Minor God Comprehension test is on Tuesday, December 15.
• Students have a Greek Myth Major God Comprehension Test on Monday, December 7.
• Last week we started working on Greek Plays. Every student will all be assigned a role or job. Over the next two week students will need to memorize lines, prepare props, bring in costumes, make the play bill, etc. Our performances will be 12/16 and 12/17.
• The 4th Reading Log is due on Tuesday, January 12. Don’t forget signatures!!!

Monday, December 7
Major Gods Comp Test
Introduce Minor God Vocabulary Sheet
Minor God Handout- Must be Completed by Monday, December 14th.
Read Minor Gods and Prometheus

Homework: Read Pandora. Work on projects. Prepare for play.

Tuesday, December 8
Read Deucalion, Eos, and Helios
Work on Minor Gods Handout
Vocabra Word Story: Your topic is Greek Myths

Homework: Finish your Myth Project- due tomorrow!

Wednesday, December 9
Turn in Projects
Read Selene, Pan, and Echo
Vocabra Spelling Race
Play Work Time

Homework: Work on Play- memorizing lines, bringing in props, costumes, etc…

Thursday, December 10
Read Syrinx, Wild & Vulgar Centaurs, and Alsclepius
Vocabra: Review for Tests
Play Work Time

Homework: Study for Vocabra Tests Tomorrow. Work on Myth Project.






Friday, December 11
Vocabra Tests #7
Read The Nine Muses and Orpheus
Work on Minor Gods Handout- due Monday
Review for Minor Gods Vocab Test
Play Work Time

Homework: Have a SUPER WEEKEND! Study for you Minor Gods Vocabulary Test on Monday. Also, keep work on your job for the play.

Monday, December 14
Minor God Vocabulary Test
Review Minor Gods Handout
Study for Minor God Comprehension Test
Work on Greek Play

Homework: Make sure you have your lines memorized, props made, costumes ready, etc… Also, Read Ahead Projects are due tomorrow.

Tuesday, December 15
Minor Gods Comprehension Test
Dress Rehearsal

Homework: Play Preparation

Wednesday, December 16
Team 6-3 Presents Greek Myth Plays

Homework: None

Thursday, December 17
Team 6-3 Presents Greek Myth Plays

Homework: None

Friday, December 18
Heracles

Homework: Have a WONDERFUL Winter BREAK!!! See you next year ☺

Science Syllabus 12/7/09

Mr.Morrell’s
Science Syllabus
Week of December 7, 2009
http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR SCIENCE TEXT BOOK, SCIENCE FOLDER, AND SPIRAL TO CLASS EVERYDAY!
• Good News Parents! For those students who do not want to take their textbooks home each time they have homework there is a downloadable PDF version of the textbook now available online. This is for a limited time until STC completes the fully interactive online textbook. It’s easy, just long onto http://www.carolinacurriculum.com/login_student_catastrophic.asp
Password: Catastrophic and download the PDF or just click on the link on my blog!
• If anyone has an old electric kettle for boiling water that they do not use anymore or is just taking up space, we would love if it could be donated to the science class. It will not be used to drink from so even if it dirty or rusty we can use it.
• This week will be an assessment week for science class, the students will be required to accurately conduct their own lab, and answer content questions based on lessons 1 through 7. Monday will be a review day.
• There will be a lunchtime review session on Tuesday December 9th during 6th period.

Monday, December 7
Student sheet 7.1b review for assessments, Storms Review
What is a helix?

Homework: Study for the content portion of the assessment

Tuesday, December 8
8.1a Storms Assessment part a, observation and inference

Homework: Study for content questions

Wednesday, December 9
Storms Assessment part b content and process questions

Homework: Review lab procedures

Thursday: December 10
8.1c storms assessment Density and Salt Water Experiment

Homework: None

Friday, December 11
Finish Density and Salt Water Experiment
Bill Nye
Homework: Enjoy your weekend!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Reading and Language Arts Syllabus 11/30/09

Mr. Morrell
Reading and Language Arts Syllabus
Week of November 30, 2009
Website: http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org
Important Information:
• The 3rd Reading Log is due on Tuesday, December 1. Don’t forget signatures!!!
• Students working in the Greek Read-Ahead group have their Major God Mastery Test on Monday 11/30. If they score a 90% or higher they will continue reading and work on differentiated projects. The read ahead students will still be responsible for the Greek Myth vocabulary, as they will be taking the vocab tests. The students’ three read-ahead projects will be due on Tuesday, December 15th. They must also finish reading all of the Minor God Myths by 12/15.
• All students will be introduced to Greek Myth Project this week- the final project will be due on Wednesday, December 9.
• Students will have a Greek Myth Major God Vocabulary Test on Friday, December 4. They will have a Greek Myth Major God Comprehension Test on Monday, December 7.
• This week we are beginning work on Greek Plays. Every student will all be assigned a role or job. Over the next two week students will need to memorize lines, prepare props, bring in costumes, make the play bill, etc. Our performances will be 12/16 and 12/17.

Monday, November 30
Greek Read-Ahead: Major Gods Comp Test Today
Introduce Vocabra List #7
Greek Vocab Notes: Hades, Persephone, and Dionysus
Hermes Worksheet
Read and Chart Hermes
Review Chart for Apollo and Artemis

Homework: Read and Chart Hades. Finish your Reading Log- it is due tomorrow with parent signatures.

Tuesday, December 1
Reading Log #3 Due TODAY
Read and Chart Persephone & Demeter
Introduce Greek Myth Project- due Wednesday 12/9
Start Planning for Project

Homework: Work on Myth Project

Wednesday, December 2
Read and Chart Dionysus
Vocabra: Draw the Meaning of the Word using the Word ITSELF
Introduce Plays and Assign Roles
Gods Matching Sheet

Homework: Finish Gods Matching Sheet, if necessary. Pick two Gods/Goddess that you think would be interesting to compare and contrast. Tonight you should make a list of everything these two Gods/Goddess have in common (@ least 6 things in common).

Thursday, December 3
Begin God/Goddess Venn Diagram
Review for Greek Myth Major God Vocabulary Test- tomorrow
Vocabra: Write one sentence for each word.

Homework: Study for Myth Major God Vocabulary Test Tomorrow. Work on Myth Project.

Friday, December 4
Greek Myth Major God Vocabulary Test
Work on Venn Diagram
Myth Jeopardy

Homework: Have a SUPER WEEKEND! Study for you Major Gods Comprehension Test on Monday. You should be studying your chart. If you did not finish your Venn Diagram in class you should also finish that over the weekend.

Science Syllabus 11/30/09

Mr.Morrell’s
Science Syllabus
Week of November 30, 2009
http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR SCIENCE TEXT BOOK, SCIENCE FOLDER, AND SPIRAL TO CLASS EVERYDAY!
• Good News Parents! For those students who do not want to take their textbooks home each time they have homework there is a downloadable PDF version of the textbook now available online. This is for a limited time until STC completes the fully interactive online textbook. It’s easy, just long onto http://www.carolinacurriculum.com/login_student_catastrophic.asp
Password: Catastrophic and download the PDF or just click on the link on my blog!

Monday, November 30
Nova’s Hurricane!

Homework: None

Tuesday, December 1
Lesson 6.3 Reading a Weather Map
Student Sheet 6.3

Homework: Finish Reflection Questions 1a-f, if necessary. These can be found in your book on page 75 or on Student Sheet 6.3. Read “Hurricane Mitch” pages 78 and 79.

Wednesday, December 2
Introduce Lesson 7 Ocean Currents and Global Climate

Homework: Finish brainstorming from Questions 5a and b in your focus section, if necessary

Thursday: December 3
Explore: Inquiry 7.1 Investigating the Effects of Temperature on Ocean Currents

Homework: Complete all but the last box of Student Sheet 7.1a; complete reflection questions 1a-c, 2, and 3. Make sure to do the reading from question 2

Friday, December 5
Review Explore 7.1 and reflection questions.
Student Sheet 7.1b

Homework: Compete Student Sheet 7.1b due Tuesday 12/8. Enjoy your weekend!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Reading and Language Arts Syllabus 11/16/09

Mr. Morrell
Reading and Language Arts Syllabus
Week of November 16, 2009
Website: http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org
Important Information:
• Your third reading log is due on Tuesday, December 1.
• The students who showed mastery of basic pronouns have been working on advanced pronoun use and will complete a pronoun challenge packet that is due on Monday, November 16th. They will then take a test over these concepts on Tues, November 17th.
• Students take a test on Language Network Lessons 3.1 to 3.4 on Tues., November 17th.
• Students took a Greek Myth Pre-Test last week. The students that showed mastery of these Myths will be working on an Expert Myth project in class and at home. These students have received a rubric explaining the requirements of the project.
• Advanced readers who did not qualify as a myth expert will have an opportunity to do some read ahead differentiated work as we get further into the myths. More info about the read-ahead group will be given on Friday. Students must read and chart the remainder of the Major Gods then take a test on 11/30 to show their mastery. If they score a 90% or higher they will continue reading and work on differentiated projects.




Monday, November 16
Read Hera
It Was Done for Whom? It Was Done to Whom? Direct and Indirect Objects Handout
Pronoun Jeopardy

Homework: Study for Pronoun Test TOMORROW. Also, the field trip is tomorrow! You must be to school on time!

Tuesday, November 17
Grammar Test
Remember the Titans

Homework: NONE

Wednesday, November 18
Finish Remember the Titans
Vocabulary: Hera and Hephaestus
Chart Hera
Read and chart Haphaestus
Vocabra Comic Strip

Homework: Finish Comic Strip

Thursday, November 19
LA Benchmark Tests
Vocabulary: Aphrodite, Ares, and Athena
Review for Vocabra Tests

Homework: Study for Vocabra Tests Tomorrow




Friday, November 20
Vocabra Vocabulary and Spelling Test
LA Benchmark
Read Aphrodite and Ares
Introduce Read-Ahead Differentiation

Homework: Have a SUPER WEEKEND! Myth Experts- your final project is due on Monday 11/23

Monday, November 23
Media Center Front Tables 8th Period
Vocabulary: Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis, and Hermes
Read and Chart Athena

Homework: Read and Chart Poseidon

Tuesday, November 24
Review Poseidon
Read and Chart Apollo and Artemis
Present Expert Project

Homework: Have a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday! Students participating in the Read-Ahead group must be ready to take their mastery test on Monday, November 30th

Science Syllabus 11/16/09

Mr.Morrell
Science Syllabus
Week of November 16, 2009
http://op97-morrell.blogspot.com
Email: jmorrell@op97.org
DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR SCIENCE TEXT BOOK, SCIENCE FOLDER, AND SPIRAL TO CLASS EVERYDAY!
• Good News Parents! For those students who do not want to take their textbooks home each time they have homework there is a downloadable PDF version of the textbook now available online. This is for a limited time until STC completes the fully interactive online textbook. It’s easy, just long onto http://www.carolinacurriculum.com/login_student_catastrophic.asp
Password: Catastrophic and download the PDF or just click on the link on my blog!
• 2 points of extra credit for each student that gets a 2-gallon zip top bag for their science books.

Monday, November 16
Earths Amazing Atmosphere and The Water Cycle

Homework: finish class work, if necessary and create your Heading in your notebooks for lesson 6. Be ready to go on Wednesday, I might give points for a proper heading ;-)

Tuesday, November 17
Field Trip Today!

Homework: None

Wednesday, November 18
Check for proper headings in notebooks.
Introduce Lesson 6: Temperature, Pressure, and Cloud Formation

Homework: None

Thursday: November 19
Explore: Inquiry 6.1 Observing Evaporation and Condensation
Try to answer Reflection Questions 1a-c together in your groups and put the answers in your notebooks.

Homework: Reflection Questions 2 and 3 page 71

Friday, November 20
Review Explore 6.1 and reflection Questions

Homework: Enjoy your weekend!

Monday, November 23
Explore: Inquiry 6.2 Modeling the Effects of Air Pressure on Cloud Formation
Answer reflection questions 1a-d in your notebooks with your group

Homework: Read pages 76 and 77 and complete Student Sheet 6.2

Tuesday, November 24
Review Explore 6.2 and Student Sheet 6.2

Homework: Have an Awesome Turkey Day!