SBMS. . .MRS. HARTMAN. . . SCIENCE RULES!!
Hello students and interested parents;
I'M GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED EVERY WEEK BECAUSE OF THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES I SEEM TO CONSTANTLY RUN INTO. IF IT ISN'T ONE DARN THING ITS ANOTHER. TODAY'S PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT MY NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS CAN ONLY BE EDITED THROUGH THE CISD EMAIL SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DOWN ALL AFTERNOON AND NOW THROUGH AT LEAST 8:30 THIS EVENING. I WILL TRY AGAIN IN THE MORNING. I APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR YOUR FRUSTRATIONS, TOO. I'M TRYING MY BEST.
REMEMBER THAT I WILL NO LONGER BE USING THIS ANGELFIRE WEBSITE. YOU MUST GO THROUGH THE COMALISD.ORG WEBSITE AND CLICK ON CAMPUS WEBSITES. . . SPRING BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOLS. . .TEACHER WEBSITES. . .AND DEBRA HARTMAN - SCIENCE. (it has not been successful yet today. . 30 Oct. . .try tomorrow morning) HAVE A GREAT DAY!
* This letter was updated for Saturday, 16 October, 2004. Print and staple these letter pages.
***SAVE PAPER*** Before you print this letter, LOOK UP at your tool bar and click on 'VIEW'; scroll down to 'text size' and click 'smallest'!
* You sign your name & class period at the top left corner and have your parents sign in the top right corner. (= +2 coupons)
* This week is the 1st week of the second marking period. After this week there will be 27 weeks of 8th grade year remaining!
* YOU MUST DO THE *** QUESTIONS OR -3 points.
* This letter assignment is a major grade.
Have 9 completed letters in a folder = grade of 100 A; 8 letters = 95; 7 = 88; 6 = 85; 5 = 81; 4 = 78; 3 = 74; 2 = 69; 1 letter = 59; 0 = zero.
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In my classroom there are "Life's Instructions". Copy your favorite quote from the poster in the classroom: (= +3 coupons): _______________________________________________________________.
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YOUR PETRI TEAM OF TEACHERS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS A SMALL WINDOW INTO WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN CLASS THIS COMING WEEK. (OR AS A REMINDER FOR WHAT WAS RECENTLY DONE)
HISTORY- Mr. Petri - Beginning new unit on War for Independence. Work on Current event.
MATH - Mrs. Hartmann - Geometry: Begin learning to do proofs of Theorems.
Algebra: Continue working with proportions with percents .
Pre-Algebra: Continue Ch 4 on Graphing: both points and lines.
MATH - Mrs. Kasch - Ending Chp 3 (Equa & Inequal.) Begin working on Chapter 4.
LANGUAGE ARTS - Mrs. Cain - (Novel Reading is required. Try 10-15 minutes daily.) Start reading class novels & begin vocabulary lists from the novel.
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Parents, feel free to email any teacher using the following format: first.lastname@comalisd.org . . Our names would be:
cj.petri ; terri.cain ; debra.hartman ; darlene.hartmann ; kris.kasch
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HAPPENINGS AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK:
~THANKS to all the parents for your support.
~Tue/Wed/Thurs = all early release days at 2:00. Therefore, do not plan on having SFS study hall each of these three days.
~THURS = Spirit Day: Wear Ties!.
~ THURS = volleyball & football vs. Briesemeister . . GO WRANGLERS!
~FRI - Report cards sent home on the 22nd.
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S_CCESS IN SAFETY CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT U. Always be careful and thoughtful in class.
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BRING IN BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION. MRS. HARTMAN PAYS COUPONS FOR EACH. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
IN SCIENCE (last week): We took the nine week final exam. We also turned in two other major project grades: Webletter folders and AGENDA #1 is now a complete grade. Hope all three of these grades were good for you. We also began a major project on the Eye or Ear.
THIS WEEK - Part (A), the drawing, and part (B), the internet information on functions and diseases is due Mon/Tue. We will begin preparing for report writing as we use the 'Inspiration Program' in the computer lab on Mon/Tue. I no longer have morning duty and I will be in the library computer lab to allow those of you who don't have a home internet service to get the work complete. We will also begin Chapter 1 on Chemistry.
* * * 3-STAR ACTIVITY. This is a required part of the complete grade of the 'Web letter' assignment (up to -3 points for wrong or incomplete answers). Do not do this work with a partner. Do this at home or come to morning tutoring for help, if needed. (If you correctly answer every single question by Mon/Tue only = +4 coupons)
Use your TEXTBOOK page 24-25 (Chapter 1)
(1) An ____________________ is a substance that cannot be broken down into other substances. (2) An _____________ is the smallest part of an element. (3)The tiny central core of the atom is the _________________. (4) Nuclei particles are called ________________ & ______________. (5) Protons and electron have opposite charges: protons are ______________; electrons are ____________________; and neutrons are ______________________. (6) The atomic number is equal to the number of _________________ in its nucleus.
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Have you ever played the game, "MIND TRAP"? Ask your parents for help with this section. It is for extra coupons (not part of the graded work)(+3 coupons if correct by Mon/Tue). Try to solve these mysteries:
(1) A man claims that when he is in the far north, he can point his car north on an ordinary road, drive it for one mile, and without turning around, end up one mile south of where he started. How does he do it? ____________________________________________________________.
(2) The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it. What is it? _________________________________
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(+4 coupons) ON THE WALL across from the computer rooms is an interesting poster explaining many important inventions.
Look for those mentioned between the dates of 1960 and 1980. Name two inventors and their inventions and two other dates and inventions:
Inventor's name:____________________________date_______ their invention:________________________________________________
Inventor's name:____________________________date_______their invention:_________________________________________________
Invention date:_____________the invention: ______________________________________________
Invention date: ______________the invention: _______________________________________________
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(+5 more coupons) Can you exactly memorize the following interesting fact? Tell me this fact word for word and you get the coupons.
"The human eye sees a vision of about 45 degrees, the eye of an eagle sees about 110*."
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Write in your AGENDAS daily in ALL your classes. I will grade the assignments and the answers to the focus/closures . .This is a major grade in my gradebook. Many of the F/C questions are found on quizzes and tests.
(+2 more coupons by Mon/Tue only) Write the correct focus/closure question AND answer written on October 15/18: _________________________________________________________________________________________
DO HOMEWORK DAILY. Do 'A'day assignments on 'A'day evening and 'B'day assignments on 'B'day evenings.
. . .wishing you a safe and happy day. Take care. . . enjoy science. . .it is all about life. . . from Mrs. Hartman. (SCIENCE RULES!)
P.S. my favorite quote last week was: Count your blessings. If you wrote this last week because it was your favorite quote = +2 more coupons
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Please CLICK ON and REVIEW the link below, 'Assignments for FIRST Grading Period'.
I update this weekly; make sure you have completed and turned in everything (especially if you were absent).
(LOOK at the assignments every week. You only have to PRINT this list on week #4, 6, 9)
this is week #1.
Assignments for FIRST Grading Period
