Babcock's Bulletin

Week of May 19th

We are into the last week of the school year.  Please make sure that all assignments are turned in.  On Thursday, seventh grade will have the last honors assembly of the 2007-08 school year during fourth and fifth periods. Friday, will be a special day.  Students are not to bring home any papers or bring backpacks to school.  There will be year book distribution and signing, games, and other activities.

Science: Periods 1 and 5 (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Review for the test on the human body.  Textbooks were collected. 

Tuesday: Test on the human body.  No homework.

Wednesday: Students worked on a mind-mapping activty and discussed scientific illusions using examples from the internet.

Thursday: First period: Owl Pellet Lab. Fifth period: Honors Assembly.

Math: Period 2 ( Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Review for the Final Exam on Tuesday.  No homework but to study.

Tuesday: Final Exam (4th quarter Benchmark Test).  No homework.

Wednesday: Final Exam (Part 2).

Thursday: Reviewed Final Exam.  Graphing Calculators.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Social studies, finishing ABC book.  Math reworking of problems. Packet on Study Skills, recall questions.

Tuesday: Social studies/ABC books, study skills packet on recall questions, reading.

Wednesday: Students worked on finshing all assignments.

Thursday: Games/finishing assignments.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Review for the Unit 7 test.  Homework: Study.

Tuesday: Unit 7 Test.  No homework.

Wednesday: Students filled geo-solids with water to find out what kinds of shapes can be made by turning the solid and observing the flow of the water.

Thursday: Honors Assembly.

Week of May 12th

We are into our second last week of the school year and the eighth week of our last quarter.  All progress reports were signed and returned.  Thank you! Students, please keep up the good work and complete all assignements and turn them in on time. The International Day (Diversity Day) on Thursday was a success.

Science: Periods 1 and 5.  (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students worked on their diagrams of the brain, took notes, and began to review for the test on the human body Monday, May 19th.  Their human body books are to be completed by Friday for a homework grade.

Tuesday: Counselors presented a video on the law and student behavior.  No homework.

Wednesday: Reviewed the endocrine system.  Began to read Pages 592-616 in class.  Finish for homework.

Friday: Reviewed the immune system. No homework.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students reviewed for the Unit 7 test tomorrow.  Homework: Unit 7 review worksheet.

Tuesday: Unit 7 test.  Homework: Computation Practice #30. All/30 points, 1-12/20 points, 1-8/10 points.

Wednesday: Review homework from Monday and Tuesday.  Computation Challenge #30.  Homework: Review for final exam Worksheet #s 1-15.  All/30points, Most/20 points, Few/10 points.

Friday: 4th quarter Benchmark Test.  No homework.

Study Skills:

Monday: Mind mapping activity for study skills,  language arts homework, math homework, and reading.

Tuesday: Mind mapping activity.  Language Arts homework. Math Homework. Reading.

Wednesday: Math reworking and homework.  language arts homework, study skills complete mind-mapping activity.

Friday: Math, Social Studies booklet completion.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students began Unit 7 Cross-sections and Movement through Space.  Students drew 3-dimensional figures and labled them.  We discussed various geo-solids and their properties.  No homework.

Tuesday: Cross-sections activity.  Homework: Worksheet on cross-sections.

Wednesday: Finish cross sections.  Begin rotations of figures in space.  Homework: WS front side, answer d-g.

Friday: Reviewed cross sections.  Discussed translations and rotations in space.  No homework.

Week of May 5th

There are 11 more days left of this quarter and school year.  Please encourage your student to turn all assignments in on time and continue to prepare for tests and quizzes.  All progress reports have been turned in.

Science: Periods 1 and 5 (Please refer to Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students discussed a diagram of the skin and took notes.  No homework.  There is no test tomorrow.  A date for the test on the human body will be announced later.

Tuesday: Students took notes on the integument (skin).  Quizzes were passed to students, reviewed, and collected. No homework.

Wednesday: Students read about and labled a diagram on the nervous system.  No homework.

Thursday: Students checked and discussed the diagram on the nervous system.  Students particpated in a  role play of how the stimulus-response functions in the nervjous system.  No homework.

Math: Period 2 (Please refer to Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Math problem-solving test.  Review for the Unit 6 test tomorrow.  Homework: Complete the Unit 6 Pre-test for review.

Tuesday: Unit 6 test.  Homework: Computation Practice #29.

Wednesday: Checked Computation Practice #29.  Compelted make-up work.  Homework: Worktext page 376.

Thursday:  Students discussed the results of the problem-solving test.  They made up assignments and worked on lesson 10. Homework: Worktext page 376.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Students reworked problems in math and completed math homework. 

Tuesday: Students completed math tests, worked on math homework,  completed assignments in social studies and language arts, and read.

Wednesday: Students reworked math test problems, read, and did an  activity for study skills.

Thursday: Students discussed the homework activity.  They worked on math homework, had a locker check, and finished other homework.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students took the Math problem-solving test. They reviewed for a quiz on direct variation.  Homework: Worktext page 190.  Look over problems we did in class and work #11 for homework.

Tuesday: Quiz on direct variation.  No homework.

Wednesday: Students began inverse variation.  No homework.

Thursday: Students finished inverse variation.  There will be a quiz tomorrow on inverse variation.  Homework: Complete worksheet on inverse variation.

Week of April 28th

This is the sixth week of the spring quarter.  CRCT testing continues Monday and Tuesday.  On Wednesday, progress reports will go home with the students.  Please review your student's progress, sign and have your child return the progress report to his or her teachers.

Science: Periods 1 and 5 (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students checked their labeling of the skeleton system and bone layers.  No homework.

Tueday: Notes on skeletal system. No homework.

Wednesday: Review of skeletal system.  Notes on muscular system.  Homework: Study for a quiz on the skeletal and muscualar system on Friday.

Thursday: Review of skeletal and muscular system. Homework: Study for the quiz tomorrow.

Friday: Quiz.  Read pages 494-500.  Label diagram of skin.  Fill in review chart of human body systems.  Test on the human body on Tuesday 5/6/08.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students reviewed the math writing prompt and wrote a reflection.  No homework.

Tuesday: Make-up work.  No homework.

Wednesday: Students reviewed direct variation.  They received a homework menu for April 28-May 2.  Homework: Worktext page 190 All/30   points, Most/20 points, Few/10 points.

Thursday: Inverse variation.  Homework: Worktext page 195 All/30 points, Most/20 points, Few/10 points. Quiz tomorrow on direct/inverse variation.  Test on direct and indirect variation will be next Tuesday.

Friday: Quiz direct/inverse variation.  Homework: Computation Practice #28.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Group work on the CRCT social studies workbook.  No homework.

Tuesday: Students worked on social studies workbooks and read.

Wednesday: Social studies: worked on adding vocabulary definitions to the study guide.  Math homework.  Progress reports: recording of grades for all subjects.

Thursday: Review for science and social studies quizzes.  Math homework.  Study skills homework packet done in class.

Friday: Finished math quiz, reviewed for social studies quiz, math homework, read.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students reviewed the math writing prompt.  They will finish the reflection tomorrow.

Tuesday: Writing Prompt.  No homework.

Wednesday: Finished reflection on writing prompt.  Reviewed direct variation.  Homework: Finish all problems for direct variation.  On second side choose any 2 problems.

Thursday: Direct Variation.  Quiz next Tuesday.  Homework: Choose two problems between 10 and 13.

Friday: Direct Variation practice. Quiz on Tuesday, 5/6/08.  No homework.

Week of April 21st

This week is the fifth week of the spring quarter.  On Wednesday, April 23rd, we will begin CRCT testing.  Please make sure your student has two sharpened #2 pencils, gets plenty of rest, and breakfast the days of testing.  Lunch will be later due to CRCT testing until 12:00 noon. We have two more CRCT tests, Science (Monday) and Social Studies (Tuesday).

Science: Periods 1 and 5. (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Circulatory system.  Homework: period 5 only read pages 543-547.  There will be a quiz on the circulatory system on Wednesday.

Tuesday: Circulatory System.  Remember tomorrow's quiz.  Study the pages on the circulatory system in your human body book.

Wednesday: Quiz on circulatory system. Homework:  Label the skeleton and bone layer.  See page 481.

Thursday: Students worked on the skelton, joints, bone layer, and muscles.  They read pages 488-492.  No homework.

Friday: CRCT Review game. No homework.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students worked on CRCT practice.  Homework: Make sure the test in the Holt CRCT workbook is completed. pages 79-94.  It is due on Wednesday.

Tuesday: Students took a CRCT review practice test.  Homework: Remember that pages 79-94 in the Holt workbook are due on Wednesday.

Wednesday: Students checked homework and CRCT practice.  No homework.

Thursday: CRCT Review.  Homework: Look over CRCT homework.

Friday: Make up work in the Coach workbooks.  Remember to return all Holt CRCT workbooks on Monday.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Test taking skills.  There will be a test on test taking skills on Tuesday.  Students have a packet to study and may use it on the test.  Students worked on math, social studies, read.

Tuesday: Students took a test on test taking skills,  reviewed for the science quiz on Wednesday,  worked on math and language arts and read.

Wednesday: Students retook the test taking skills test.  They worked on science homework and read.

Thursday: Students worked on their social studies review workbooks. They also read.

Friday: Social Studies CRCT Practice.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students worked on scale factor and began work on direct variation. Homework: CRCT worksheet # 19.

Tuesday: Students worked on direct variation problems. Homework: Practice CRCT problems  #s 1-11.

Wednesday: Students checked CRCT practice.  Homework: CRCT practice #s 12-21.  they can also do #s 22-25 for extra credit.

Thursday: CRCT Practice.  Homework: Look over the yellow flder with CRCT practice pages.

Friday: Math related games.

Week of April 14th

Welcome Back!  We are in our fourth week of the spring quarter.  Next week on April 23rd (Wednesday) CRCT testing begins.

Science: Periods 1 and 5 (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students worked on their Human Body books.  They reviewed the excretory system and began work on the respiratory system.  Homework: Finish the chart on the respiratory system in the Human Body book.  There will be a quiz on the excretory and respiratory systems on Wednesday.

Tuesday: Students worked on respiration.  Homework: Study for the quiz on the excretory and respriatory systmems tomorrow.

Wednesday: Quiz on excretory and respiratory systems.  Students began work on the circulatory system.  No homework.

Thursday: Circulatory system.  No homework.

Friday: Circulatory system.  No homework.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates)

Monday: Students worked on direct and inverse variation.  They reviewed for CRCT.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages 55-60.

Tuesday: Students had a quiz on direct and inverse variation.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages 61-66.

Wednesday: CRCT practice and homework check.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages 66-72.

Thursday: CRCT practice and homework check.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages 73-78.

Friday: CRCT practice.  Students turned in homework from their CRCT workbooks.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages 79-86.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: We reviewed for the science quiz on Wednesday. Students received study guides for the social studies test that will be given before the CRCT testing next Wednesday.  They also worked on math.

Tuesday: Students reviewed for the science quiz and did science homework, finished math quizzes and began math homework, began test preparation work, and read.

Wednesday: Test taking skills, social studies review, reworking of math quiz, read.

Thursday: Test taking skills, social studies review, reworking math CC#27, read.

Friday: Social studies review, reworking math CC#27, test taking skills, read,  math homework.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students worked on similar triangles and proportions.  Homework: CRCT worksheet #29.

Tuesday: Students worked on comparing congruent and similar triangles and solving proportions for similar triangles.  Homework: CRCT worksheets #s 17 and 18.

Wednesday: Students checked CRCT homework.  Homework: CRCT worksheets 20 and 21.

Thursday: Check CRCT homework.  5-7. Homework: 5-8 #s 1 and 2.

Friday: Writing proportions to find unkown lengths of geometric figures. CRCT practice.

Week of March 31st

Hello everyone!  This is the last week before spring break.  Please turn in all assignments that are due before the break.  We are preparing for the CRCT by working in various CRCT workbooks.

Science: Periods 1 and 2 (Please see Ms. Woyce's lbog for updates.)

Monday: Students saw a video on the digestion.  They are working on their human body books. Homework: Please sign the pink CRCT sheet that came home and color and label the digestive system picture.

Tuesday: Students worked on the digestive system.  Homework: Write the vocabulary and definitions in the human body book.  Study the pages on digestion for a quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday: Quiz And read pages 581-585

Thursday: Notes on excretory system.

Friday: Review of excretory system. No homework.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students worked on CRCT practice.  They began direct variation.  Homework: CRC T Practice workbook pages 31-36.  All/30 points,  Odds or Evens/20 points.

Tuesday: Students did CRCT practice.  They worked on direct variation Unit  6.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages 37-42.  All/30 points, odds or evens/20 points.

Wednesday: Direct variation.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages.

Thursday: Inverse variation.  Homework: CRCT workbook pages.

Friday: Inverse variation.  No  homework.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Math homework, science homework, reviewwed for the social studies test.

Tuesday: Math homework, science homework, review for science quiz.

Wednesday: Social Studies vocabulary, math homework, read. all current events due.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students worked on dilations.  Homework: CRCT Practice Lessons 26 and 27.  These are from the CRCT Coach workbook.

Tuesday: Students began scale factor.  Homework: do 3 and 5 on the other  side of the worksheet.

Wednesday: Students worked on scale factors in class.  They finished dilations.

Thursday: Students worked on ratios and proportions.

Friday: Students solved problems with proportions.

Week of March 24th

We are now in the second week of the fourth quarter of school.   We have two weeks until spring break and three weeks before CRCT testing.  Please make sure that all assignments are completed and turned in.

Science: Periods 1 and 5 (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates)

Monday: Students went to the computer lab and reviewed for the test on evolution.  Study all handouts, the snack, and the study guide for the test tomorrow.

Tuesday: Test on Evolution. No homework.

Wednesday: Students worked on human organ systems.  No homework.

Thursday: Students began their organ systems books.  No homework.

Friday: Students did a deductive learning activity with organ systems vocabulary in first period and put their organ systmes books together in fifth period.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students are reviewing for the Unit 5 test and for the CRCT.  There will be no homework menu for the next three weeks.  Students received a folder, a Holt CRCT workbook, and a schedule of assignments for the next three weeks.  They are to follow the schedule for homework assignments.  There are 6 pages of questions (5-7 questions per page) for the students to answer each day.  Please ask your student for the yellow math folder to see the daily assignment. The Unit 5 math test will be on Wednesday. Homework: pages 1-6

Tuesday: CRCT Review. Review for Unit 5 test.  Homework: Holt workbook CRCT Review pages 7-12.  Students may do odds or evens for full credit.

Wednesday: Unit 5 Test.  Homework: Holt workbook CRCT pages 13-18.

Thursday: CRCT practice/check homework.  Homework: Holt workbook CRCT practice pages 19-24. All, odd, or even.

Friday: CRCT practice homework check and Computation Challenge #25.  Homework: pages 25-30 in the CRCT workbook.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Students studied for their science and social studies tests tomorrow.

Tuesday: Rework math problems on Unit 5 quiz.  Worked on math and read for language arts.

Wednesday: Students worked on finishing the math test.  They also worked on social studies activiites.

Thursday: Current Events archiving, math rework quiz problems.

Friday: Current Events, math, social studies study guide review.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students began rotations.  Homework: CRCT Lessons 4 and 5.

Tuesday: Students worked on CRCT review from homework.  They also worked on rotational symmetry.  Homework: CRCT Lesson 6

Wednesday: Students practiced rotations.  Homework: CRCT practice Lessons 8 and 12.

Thursday: Students did a classwork check on rotations.  Homework: CRCT Practice Lessons 13 and 22.

Friday: Students worked on dilations.  No homework.

Week of March 17th

Please sign and return report cards to the homeroom teacher.  Have a great Easter weekend.

Science: Periods 1 and 5 (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students comopleted the branching tree for evolution and a a worksheet.  There is a quiz on Wednesday and students have notes to study.  They can also download them form Ms. Woyce's blog.

Tuesday: Students worked on a lab about relative and absolute dating.  Homework: Finish questions on lab worksheet and study for a quiz on evolution on Wednesday.

Wednesday: Students took a quiz on evolution.  They read and took notes on pages 150-156 and are to finish it for homework.

Thursday: Students were given a study guide to prepare for the test on evolution on Tuesday, March 25th.  Homework: Do the first 4 questions on the study guide.

Friday: Students need to review for the test on Tuesday.  Notebooks need to be in order for a notebook check.  Complete any work that has not been turned in .

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students worked on proportions to compare similar triangles.  Homework: Worksheet 5-7 All/30 points, Odd/20 points, Multiples of 4/10 points.

Tuesday: Students took a CRCT pretest.  Homework: Computation Practice #25.  All/30 points, 1-12/20 points, 1-8/10 points.

Wednesday: Students worked on dialtions. Homework: * 5-9 All/30 points, Odd/20 points, Multiples of 4/10 points.

Thursday: Students checked homework and did  CRCT warm-ups. Homework: Unit 5 Pre-test.  All/30 points, Most/20  points, Few/10 points.

Friday: Homework: Students are to comlete the study guide for the Unit 5 test which will be on Tuesday.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday:  Students worked on science, math, and read.

Tuesday: Students reviewed for the science quiz on Wednesday.  They worked on math, read, did social studies work, and organized.

Wednesday: Students did math homework, organized, current events, and read.

Thursday: Students worked on math, the science study guide, read.

Friday: Students reviewed for the science and social studies tests on Tuesday.  They also worked on finishing and reworking math quizzes and computation challenge #25.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students began translations.  HomeworK: Worksheet 9-8 #s 5 and 6 only.

Tuesday: Students worked on translations.  Homework: CRCT  Practice Lesson #1 Absolute Value.

Wednesday: Students finished translations and began reflections on the coordinate plane.  Homework CRCT Practice #2 Comparing rational numbers.

Thursday: Students worked on reflections.  Homework: CRCT practice Lesson 3.

Friday: Students worked on a graded classwork for translations and reflections.

Week of March 10th

March 14th is the last day of the third quarter.  Please make sure that assignments are turned in and complete.  Report cards will be sent home March 20th.

Science: Periods 1 and 5. (Please see Ms. Woyce's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students comopleted their timelines for ages of the earth.  No homework.

Tuesday: Students reflected on their timelines.  They began a video on evolution. No homework.

Wednesday: Students viewed the PBS video on evolution and took notes.  No homework.

Thursday: Students continued working on the PBS video.  No homework.

Friday: Students took notes on evidence for evolution.  They began an activity on the branching tree of evolution.  Homework: complete #s 1-7 on a worksheet.

Math: Period 2 (Please see Ms. Sinclair's blog for updates.)

Monday: Students took the Computation Challenge #24.  They worked on page 296 #s 1-15 and are to complete it for homework.  There is no homework menu this week.

Tuesday: Students worked on ratios and proportions.  Homework: Two worksheets: 5-4 and 5-5 Practice side Choose any 3 problems and on the back do all the problem solving 1-8 on each worksheet.

Wednesday: Students worked on using proportions to compare similar and congruent triangles.  Homework: Worksheet 5-7, Problem Solving side all and Practice side even numbers.

Thursday: Students did the writing prompt for math.  No homework.

Friday: Students tunred in homework sheets for the week.  They recorded reading in math and practiced dilations.  No homework.

Study Skills: Period 3

Monday: Students worked on math, read for language arts, did current events, and organized.

Tuesday: Students worked on math, language arts projects, current events and organization.

Wednesday: Students began to review for the social studies test on Friday.  They also read, worked on math, and finished language arts projects.

Thursday: Students reviewed for the social studies test on Friday.  They also read and worked on language arts.

Friday: Students reviewed for the social studies test and read.

Math: Period 4

Monday: Students did an activity with vocabulary from geometry.  They copied line segments and began bisecting lines. Homework: Get Unit 4 Parent letter initialed and study vocabulary.

Tuesday: Students bisected lines and copies angles.  They reviewed vocabulary for a quiz tomorrow. No homework.  If the parent letter has not yet been signed, it is due tomorrow.

Wednesday: Students took a vocabulary quiz and bisected angles.  No homework.

Thursday: Students did the math writing prompt.  No homework.

Friday: Students reviewed constructions and drew parallel lines.  They began  vocabulary for translations. No homework.