October 28, 2009
Good Morning,
Team 6-1 Science Students
Our students in the final stages of revising Power Points and creating their lesson plans that includes, but not limited to using note-cards, quizzes, games. Students may dres professionally for extra credit,
Please assist your child during a home rehearsal. Things to look for:
Voice-loud and clear; following their plan, quizz -ready-hperlinked websites, pronunciation and knowledge of the terms used in the plan.
Each student will be assigned a day by Friday. We will attempt to have 4 presentations each day.
*The use of our new portable Laptop Lab has made it possible each student to use technology during class.
Students may be nervous. Our classroom is home and supportive atmosphere is expected.
Mrs. Steele
TESTING-TESTING
Our students are taking the ITBS test Monday-Friday October 26 - 30. Please encourage them to eat non-sweet foods in the morning..especially candy. Fruit,cereal and toast aqre good choices. They must focus throughout the test. It is the same number of days as the CRCT for Middle Grades.
*Student are writing an adventure story"My Journey to the Center of the Earth" . Fiction story with characters using Geology terms. Due Friday Oct. 30, 2009.
THANK YOU PARENTS.....Thumb drives, CD's, posters, your time. Their slides show evidence of "Meeting and Exceeding the Georgia Performance Standards.
Student Powerpoint Teaching Day will be assigned this week in order to begin on Monday. Your child may dress up for extra points. Please go over their plans, index cards, teacher made quiz/test, posterboard.
We plan to have 5 students per day. Of course that may be wishful thinking. We will not rush through, but will give them time. Some are already a bit nervous, eventhough we practice at the Smartboard several times a week.
Mrs. Steele
October 12, 2009
Students that are working on their Geology Powewr Points at home. They may use a posterboard, index cards, tri- boards or a combination of all three. Each student will teach 15-20 minutes.
Mrs. Steele
October 6, 2009
E-mails are no longer accepted from this site. Please send a written note to the teacher.
September 23..several post.
Ask your child? What is your EXPERT WORD? What library book are you working from in Science Class other than your textbook?
Are you working on your Power Point Presentation? Due second nine weeks.
* Nettrecker is the information source that is age appropiate.*
* Your child has the User Name and password to access their Science Book on-line. PEARSON
GAOAS practice CRCT website is up and running. There are six Science Practice test. More will be added throughout the year.
September 23, 2009
Great Martians arrived yeaterday! Thanks Parents for your part in assisting your child. Creativity is thoughtful and personal.
Science Folder Check-Revised September 25-28th (If absent-Oct.4th)
September 28th Career Report are due. One Branch of Earth Science:
Astronomer, Oeanographer,Hydrologist, Meteorologist, Geologist, Environmentalist
Minimum Requirements: Three pages
1. Neat no composition paper
2. Cover page...Title; full name,and class period.
2. Pages typed or written in black or blue ink.
2. Bliblography/Sources Internet address; Encyclopedia; Reference Book
3. Picture -not required
Mrs. STeele
September 20, 2009
MARTIANS are coming to our Science Class this week (Due 22nd). Good Luck.
* Please put you name and class period on your Martian! Be careful bringing it to our classroom.
Mrs. Steele
September 15, 2009
Please read previou post.
Request: Science Folder with pocket and prongs-required and must be in order by date! Please help your child MEET THE STANDARD.
Many students are using composition notebooks and papers are missing. There should be 3 permanent copies from me in the pocket. Folder check Sept. 30-October 2, 2009. End of the 1st Nine weeks is Oct. 8. Report Card Day-Oct. 13. Please sign and return the outside of the gold envelope and keep the information inside. All Science folder work and graded papers are expected to be in the folder.
Martians are ficticious creatures that do not look like the aliens portrayed in movies. They are your creation. Draw your design and make it out of household items. You may name it:).
Thank you .
September 14-18, 2009
Reminders: September 22, 2009---Martians are due (See previous post)
September 28, 2009 ---Earth Science Report on one of the Branches of Earth Science Career. See pages 16 & 17 in the Science book.
One full page written in ink and a separate page for the Bibliography (Source of information e. g. URL from the Internet, Book, Encyclopedia.
GA Georgia Performance Standards are located in the front of the Science Book on pages GA 26-36. The are posted at the beginning of each chapter.
Chapter 2 Minerals and Rocks
Rock Collection Project will be due October 10.
Classwork/Homework: Vocabulary Skill PREFIXES
*EXPERT WORD assigned September 14, 2009...
Each student will be assigned a part of the Rock Cycle to teach in class during the month of October. Please check your child's Science Folder or ask him/her.
Section 1 Vocabulary p. 44 mineral, inorganic,crystal,streak,luster,Mohs hardness scale,cleavage,fracture.
Section 2 Vocabulary p. 54 rock-forming mineral, granite, basalt, grains, texture, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock
Section 3 Vocabulary p. 58 extrusive rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, meramorphic rock
Section 4 Vocabulary p. 62 sediment, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, clastic rock, organic rock, chemical rock
Section 5 Vocabulary p. 67 foliated
Section 6 p. 70 rock cycle
Section 1 Assessment Questions are to be completed and reviewed. Class discussion daily.
September 11, 2009 Map Test results are back. Ask your child to show you the results of the 30 questions....number correct and % .
*Students are correcting missed questions during class.
September 9-10, 2009
Coca Cola Space Science Challenger Learning Center field Trip was a success!
Our students were well prepared, but were surprised and excited to have the opportunity to operate the highly technical equipment.
We learned about the night sky and the planet Mars during the Omnisphere Theater two shows.
Students worked hard to find the answers to the questions for the Scavenger Hunt inside the facility.
Mrs. Steele
September 4, 2009
*Field Trip to Space Science Center *-Sept. 9th & 10th.
Location: 702 Front Street next to the Trade Center
Students may not be dropped off or picked up from the center. If there is an emergency, notify the school(Mr. Cox). He will contact me at the center and give me further instructions.
Thank you for returning the Field Trip Permission Forms.
We board the bus promptly at 8:35. Lunches have been ordered. No gum allowed. Personal items (purses)not allowed. Wear long sleeve shirts, no jackets because there is no place to secure them.
Mrs. Steele
September 2, 2009
Students are using the front of the Science Book to match GPS with Branches of Earth Science.
All Georgia Performance Standards sre located on pagew GA 26-36. All pages have a thick green line on the edges.
Standards require that each student is able to articulate (explain) and demonstrate their knowedge about a topic. Making connections with the "real world" that we live in will increase performance.
Projects, fiction/nonfiction stories,presentations and more. Your child will be able to choose how he/she will share their work.
*Draw & and make your Martian( household items)- due September 22-24.
Be creative- One prize per class for the best use of non-purchased items.
Don't show the competition your Maritan...surprise.
* kleenex boxes paper towel holders, foil, sticks, buttons, old scraps from clothes, pipecleaners, clay, rocks, broken jewerly-stones, hangers, toothpicks, popsicle sticks.
Mrs. Steeele
September 1, 2009
Map Test Review and discussion. Please encourage daily review of notes and reading from the textbook.
Science concepts must be practiced in order to make connections to the real world.
Mrs. Steele
August 31, 2009
Science Map Test is today. We will resume work from our new textbook.
Take the Science Center tour. www.ccssc.org or scroll to the bottom and click on the URL.
Please sign and return Field Trip permission slip.
Check your pulse rate and one other person in your family.
Chapter 1 p. 12 Questions Discussion on tuesday.
Mrs. Steele
August 26, 2009
Just a click to e-mail me from this site. Read the entries. Flash Card vocabulary.
Please check Science Folders. The date and classnotes are assigned to be reviewed each night.
Earth Science Textbook-please put a cover on the new book.
Students are checking family members' pulse rates. Please have them to write the results down in their folder. They are practicing for the Medical Team on our Voyage to Mars Field trip on the 9th & 10th of September.
Mrs. Steele
August 25, 2009
Scroll down and click on /Standards(GPS) for the Coca Cola Space Science Center and a virtual tour.
Mrs. Steele
Read pages 25-29. Navigation Team will choose te landing site using latitude and longitude.
August 24, 2009
Preparation for Filed Trip continues.
Please scroll down and read all notes.
Please send a written note. I will not remember all the verbal messages from so many students!
Please e-mail me through this site. Students have been shown how to log on and locate Mrs. Frances Steele.
It is important for students to communicate daily. Do not accept"I don't have any Homework". Have them to show you the new Science Book and discover how much you can enjoy this book with them:).
Sometimes parents are very tired and our young students automatically respond in this manner. Success in Middle School depends on you. It is their responsibility, but everyone gets upset when goals are not met.
Thank you,
Mrs. Frances Steele
August 19, 2009
*Guidance Teaching Day visit today. Dr. Lewis is our Director.
Mars Section of Chapter page 573: You Decide 1-3 due Friday. follow directions.
*Parents: Please send me a note if you would like to meet us at the Science Center. Arrival time must be when we arrive at 9:00 on the 9th or 10th of Sept. You may leave at early.
Students are preparing for our Science Center visit. Practice taking pulse rates of several family member each night. Record each for a full minute.
TEAMS:
Medical (MED)
Navigation (NAV)
Probe (PROBE)
Communication (COMM)
Data (DAT)
Isolation (ISO)
Life Support (LS)
Remote (REM)
Mrs. Steele
August 10-14
Announcements: Academic Field Trip to the Coca Cola Space Science Center will take place for my students on September 9 & 10. Please do not schedule appointments for these days. There are no makeup days.
We will leave Rothschild at 8:30 and return approximately 2:00 pm each day. Your young Astronaut will participate in the Mission to Mars. Each person has a very important job and must be present.
We are preparing everyday for this trip. Click on URL 7 at the bottom of this page and read the standards and take a Virtual Tour.
Check for supplies: Thank you parents
Textbooks are brand new. Please provide a cover for them.
Mrs. Steele
August 6, 2009
TEAM 6-1
Welcome 6th Graders, parents, relatives and friends.
I am Mrs. Frances Steele and a certified Science Teacher at Rothschild. I have 17 years experience. I am a mother of four adult children and wish to help you have a great Middle Grades Experience.
Schoolnotes is not used to give you a day by day lesson plan, but is a form of communication about what we do in class, homework and guidelines for lessons, projects and more. You may e-mail me directly from this site or
Please check daily for updates.
fsteele@mcsdga.net
The Rothschild Science Academy is new. It will be offered to a select number of students as an extension of the classroom. Students will bring home an application in September. More information will be coming soon.
* There will be after school meetings and the student must make arrangements for pick up.
