I Passed the Ecology Torch To Mrs. Rogers

Mrs. Rogers, the 7th grade science teacher, and I, spent the morning, together. For those of you who do not know Mrs. Rogers -- she's pregnant. Not a really cool pregnant -- my belly is still bigger.

Anyway. Today, I passed on the Ecology unit to Mrs. Rogers. I spent the last seven years teaching the environment to my sixth graders. This year, I am concentrating on geology -- you know, Earth and Space Science. Therefore, I gave her my new and improved leaf collection project, complete with tree, leaf, twig, and fruit pictures. I am really proud of this unit and rewrote it in October, geared to use it next year. I also hope she continues my unit on dendrology -- the study of trees, and dendrochronology -- the life of trees.

I really like Mrs. Rogers. She is so quiet -- unlike the big ol' grumpy, loud ogre that teaches 6th grade science. She concentrates on life science -- Biology -- the study of life. I keep telling my kiddoes they are gonna love Mrs. Rogers. The 7th graders keep telling me I was right and they really like her. However, her jokes are not nearly as "stupid" as mine. Oh, well.

We then discussed and found neat stuff about Earth Day (April 22) and Arbor Day (April 25). This year's theme, is, "The Planet in Peril." Well, both of us have been teaching that same theme, all year. Wait'll you see what we have planned for that week.

I'm Workin' Tomorrow
Teachers have to make-up a day because of a snow day. Dr. Mextorf gave us a choice of Good Friday or June 9. Well, my classroom needs a good cleanin', so I'll be there, tomorrow. I was surprised to hear a number of other teachers are coming in, as well. Most of them have little ones, at home. I hope they leave early enough to spend some time with their families. My daughter is at school in Texas, my son is visiting a buddy in Harrisburg, the wife works at Lycoming College cafeteria and so, works on Easter Sunday. Its just me, the dog, and the cats on Sunday -- I hope they like ham and yams.

Kids Go Back To School On Monday!!!
School, as usual, on Monday. Check out my homework page. I did some revamping before work, this morning. Kinda got the idea from Mrs. Pulizzi. Let me know what you think.

Have a great Easter -- remember, I LOVE CHOCOLATE BUNNIES!!!!

What a Fast Day!

Have a great Easter break. The teachers are working, tomorrow, and I am going in on Friday, to make-up the one snow day.

Atmosphere Unit Begins!!!!

Okay, read pages 19-23 in the textbook and do the questions and answers in the section review on page 23. "Do we have to write the questions?"
"Absolutely not! And, while you are at it, do not write the answers. What good are answers without questions?" Geez!

So Proud
Scored well on the test, today? Hmmm. You did the worksheets, I checked them, gave you a chance to fix the mistakes, rechecked them until you fixed all the mistakes. Had you copy that information into your own packets and then I let you use those packets for the test. A test, in which I copied the questions from the packets. Real rocket science. Here are the powerpoints: http://www.ltsd.k12.pa.us/497970223125916/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=51474

Don't forget Mrs. Pulizzi's big vocab test, tomorrow.

Have a great night, folks.

Answers to the test

Those 7 powerpoint packets are the answers to the test. If you studied the powerpoints and answered the questions on the worksheets, then, you have the answers. Simple. Really. So, why did several students still fail the test?

Have a good night, folks.