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Entries from October 2009

CRCT Parent Night

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

CRCT Parent Night
How Can I Help My Child Exceed Standards on the CRCT?
We hope that you will join us on Tuesday night, October 27th at 7:00 PM in the McClure Theater for CRCT Parent Night.  We want to focus on ways that we can work together to ensure that your child not only “meets” standards [...]

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Chapter 5 and 6 Study Guide

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Your test is next class. Thursday 10-22 for A-day and Monday 10-26 for B-day. Use this study guide to help you prepare. You are responsible for any information on the chapter 5 packet, any notes from chapter 6, all of the vocabulary, and any problems like the calculation practice problems. Here is a quick review game [...]

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October 16 and 19

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

We went over the questions for the Speed Challenge lab. All labs/la b notebooks were turned in so that I can grade the labs. IF YOU DON’T HAVE A DEDICATED LAB COMPOSITION OR SPIRAL NOTEBOOK YET, PLEASE GET ONE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! Some classes had to finish getting their data before finishing up [...]

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Science of Sports: Draft 2 Motion and Forces

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments

The second draft of the sports project is due on Friday for A-day classes and on Monday for B-day classes. For the draft use the following words in a paragraph describing the motion involved in your sport: acceleration, unbalanced forces, friction, inertia, momentum, speed/velocity, and gravity. I WILL NOT ACCEPT MAVERICK MONEY FOR AN EXTENSION [...]

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Oct. 12 and 13

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Monday and Tuesday in class we took a lot of notes on chapter 6.
Don’t forget to study the chapter 5 and chapter 6 vocabulary for your quiz next class. I will also be doing a notebook check. Make sure that you have your notebook arrange the way I requested on the syllabus. Make sure to [...]

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Oct. 8 and 9

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Thursday and Friday in class we went over the answers to the note-taking packet for chapter 5. I also checked to make sure that the chapter 5 vocabulary was completed. There are 3 labs that we started working on: Friction 500, Speed Challenge, and Domino Derby. These labs will be completed on Monday and Tuesday [...]

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Tuesday and Wednesday in class…

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Chapter 5 vocabulary and notes were completed independently in class today.
I know that lots of people have been out sick lately. Please keep in mind that ALL make-up work must be turned in by Friday to count toward this 9 weeks report card. Any work that is not made up will be marked as a “Z”. [...]

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