Monday, August 31, 2015

Classroom Reporter 8/31/2015

Science:

What we did first in class was Mr. Grove checked homework.
Second thing he did was put questions on the board about is this a hypothesis yes or no.
Then he did the questions is this testable yes or no.
After we that he call on people to share their homework to see what they did.
Next we took notes on the structure of atoms in our interactive notebook.

L.T : I will describe the structure of an atom.
Answering questions

1.) every atom has positively and negatively charged particles.
2.) no two atoms are identical , every atom is unique.
3.) all atoms have about the same mass.
4.)some atoms are large enough that they can be seem with the human eye.
5.) an atom is the smallest particle of matter.

Drawing the picture then labeling , also color the picture that you draw.

Learning about the structure of atoms , taking the notes.

Then we watched the video in class about on Rutherford atoms,

Then we watch the video on the golden retriever.



Social Studies:
8-31-15

LT:I can identify bias and explain its importance .


Today in class we discussed what the word bias means. We also did and activity to help us better understand the meaning of the word bias. Then we discussed how we would how we would use the word in our classroom. We also started a scavenger hunt.

Bias Video 

Friday, August 28, 2015

8/28/2015 Welcome to North Carolina!




Science:
This was the activity we started with today.


Homework Tonight for Science: Create a scientific question about something at home. Write a hypothesis and steps how you would find the answer.







Social Studies:

We worked on our Interactive Notebook Pages:



We watched a few videos highlighting North Carolina and Hickory.

The Coast:




The Piedmont:



The Mountains:



The Beauty of North Carolina:



Hickory, Life well crafted:






Wednesday, August 26, 2015

How to set up your Interactive Notebook

Today we worked on setting up our Interactive Notebook. We got to page 4, the Author's Page

Social Studies:




Science:

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

First Day and Second Day Get to Know you! August 25 ,2015




We spent August 24th and 25th getting to know everyone's name and learn about each other.

Tonight's Homework: August 25th 2015
Make sure to have your composition book, glue, scissors, and colored pencils for class tomorrow!




Thursday, August 20, 2015

Welcome to Mr. Grove's 2015-2016 School Year.

I look forward to our new school year.
My schedule for this year is
1st- Science
2nd- Social Studies
3rd- Planning
4th- Planning
5th- Social Studies
6th - Social Studies


Period 8th Grade   Heroes & Legends
NEST 7:35-7:55

1 7:58-8:58
2 9:01-10:01
3/R 10:04-10:51
4/R 10:54-11:41
5 11:44-12:44
Lunch 12:47-1:17
6 1:20-2:20
LAUNCH  

Monday, May 18, 2015

North Carolina 8th grade Final Exam Released Version

Here is a copy of the mock test we took today in class. 

Classroom Reporter 5/18/2015



Social Studies: Today we completed the released version of the NC Final Exam for Social Studies.
We will take the Exam this Friday Online.

Homework: Finish review sheet (handed out in class)

Science: Chapter 15  Section 3 Notes and learning about electricity using the Van der Graph machine.

Review Prezi

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Classroom Reporter 5/6/2015

Social Studies: We continued working on our Projects.

Progress Reports were sent home in both Social Studies and Science.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Science textbook Page 410- In Class Assignment

•Please turn to page 410
•In your notebook please duplicate Figure 3, the two stages of photosynthesis.
•Use Color  and be creative with how you complete it!
•Best one in class gets an award!
•You can use my colored pencils, you could also draw it on a white paper and paste into notebook!



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