Gearing Up - Not Winding Down

Our Redeemer is awesome!!  Our God can do anything!  Let's ask Him this morning to fill us, our classroom, our school with His presence in such a way that everyone can feel it.  Then, please pray for 3 people in your class and 3 grade 8's.  Spend a little while longer praying for your family and any other needs you may have.

Well, this is our first full week for awhile.  I am excited about finishing off our units so we can start to prepare for our final exams.  Please don't stress about these tests.  They are not impossible mountains to climb.  You have been training all year and now is not the time to give up.  Let's gear up, and not wind down quite yet.  The end is in sight, but we are not quite there yet.  This is one of those changes from your usual Elementary routine that I warned you about.  I am confident that you are ready for grade 8, and part of that involves showing the responsibility and maturity to put in some time studying when the rest of the elementary students are taking it easier.  You can do it!!

To Do List

**** Please do not stray off into games or videos.  If you do, you know the consequence.  No more computer for the day.  You may or may not get one warning.  You may listen to Christian music or instrumental music only.

*Please fill out the Geology Lap Book Self Evaluation and hand in your lapbook.  

*Many students have yet to hand in their Science Vocabulary Sheets.  Please do so first thing.  Thanks!

* I have decided that we need to complete some integer notes.  Please fill out the Integer Notes Sheet while watching the powerpoint again.(Google interesting integers and it is the first powerpoint you will see).  If you feel like you understand integers, you can breeze through it quickly.  If you need to go slower, no problem.  We will have an integer quiz on Wednesday.  You do not have to memorize the definitions.  It will be on adding and subtracting integers.  Please bring your calculators.

*Keep bringing in your pennies for Kitale!!  If you could write a note to one of the orphan children, that would be wonderful.  Drawing him/her a picture would be amazing too.  We'll slip in a class pic too. 

So, are you ready for the Last Spelling and Vocabulary Test?   Our words are all related to our Geology Unit in Science. The test will be on Friday morning.

 

Convergent boundary (noun) an area of Earth’s crust between plates that are moving toward each other and colliding Most of the volcanoes on land are located near convergent plate boundaries.   Igneous (noun)– rock that forms from the cooling and hardening of liquid magma Most of Earth’s crust is composed of igneous rock. Divergent boundary (noun) an area of the Earth’s crust between plates that are moving apart About three-quarters of all lava produced on Earth comes from eruptions at divergent boundaries on the ocean floor. Metamorphic (noun) – rock that is formed below Earth’s surface when heat and pressure cause the characteristics of the existing rock to change Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from the sedimentary rock shale.  Geology  (noun) the study of rocks and minerals Brenda may take a class in geology at University.  Minerals (noun) pure, naturally occurring substance that is found in Earth’s crust, the building block of rock Diamonds are an example of minerals.  Plate tectonics  (noun) the theory that the surface of Earth consists of approximately a dozen large plates that are continually moving A German Scientist named Alfred Wegener began the theory that is called plate tectonics.  Volcano (noun)– any opening in Earth’s crust through which molten rock and other materials erupt Mount Hoodoo is a volcano in the Northwestern corner of B.C.  Sediment (noun)-  solid particles such as sand, clay, mud and gravel that are carried by moving water and gradually settle onto the floor of a lake or ocean Sedimentary rocks are formed by the breaking down, depositing, compacting and cementing of sediment. Fossils (noun) rock-like cast, compression, or actual impression remains of an organism that was buried when it died, before it could decompose   Geologists use fossils to track how Earth has changed or how parts of Earth have moved over time.