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| Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson |
Welcome to 8th grade science!!!
I really really really really enjoyed teaching 8th grade last year, and I'm looking forward to another great year with a group of new students.
First a few announcements:
1. Back to School Night is next Wed. (Sept. 1) at 5:45. Everyone will start in the auditorium then you will go through each of your student's classrooms to meet with each teacher. We ask that you stick to the schedule which you wll be given.
2. Students will be bringing home a letter for you that describes what we're doing in class.
3. Probably the most important part of this letter will be the description of the folder (YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY ONE - IT WILL BE PROVIDED). This folder will contain ALL of their work for the quarter, so it is imperitive that they don't lose it, and that they treat it well.
And I think that's it on announcements - yay!
On the first day students made up -ology definitions. We discussed how biology, geology, psychology, etc. all simply mean "the study of..." life, rocks, the mind, etc. So they were assigned to make up their own -ology word and definition that describes something that they think is awesome. I've seen quite a few musicology, footballology, danceology, and many more (even more creative). I think it's a fun way to bring science terminology to something they already enjoy.
On Friday Aug 27th we'll finish our -ology papers, and we will be voting for our team name for the Superhero Pod. We'll see which superhero we'll end up with... (I hope it's Spiderman)
