December

Hi All,

The end of second quarter is fast approaching. I wanted to make sure that I let everyone know some important information.

December 10th, 2009 will be the last day that I will accept any late or missing assignments. NO EXCEPTIONS.

The Jr. High has been experiencing a tremendous amount of late and missing work. Due to this high volume, I will know longer accept late or missing work after two weeks. Remember, bellwork is a daily assignment and it is not able to be made up.


7th grade
We have begun our unit on Volcanoes. We have gone over all of the unit vocabulary. We are discussing some famous Eruptions, where volcanoes occur and hot spots. We will be discussing each type of volcano in detail, shield, cinder cone, and composite. What types of magma and how silica content affects the type of an eruption volcanoes have. We will be doing an activity to plot volcanoes in the "Ring of Fire" and watching an informative series on Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii.

8th grade
We are working on chemical equations. These can be tough but the students are working hard on learning how to balance chemical equations. As well as how to determine what type of reaction it is: synthesis, decomposition, single or double replacement. We will have a test covering these topics at the end of next week. Students have a four step process for balancing chemical equations. Students are to practice the equations from their worksheets.

Have a great weekend!
A Duerr