iPad Madness

So begins our foray into the wonderful world of technology.  With every student now with an iPad in tow, a lot of careful planning has to go into digitizing already existing lessons.  To get our feet wet we have been working with Near Pod and Notability with some exciting results.  Down below is a link to a reading we began in class focusing on the nuances of natural selection through the lens of a cricket and his song, or his sneak, to get a mate.  (With Notability you are able to annotate and answer the text dependent questions directly on the ipad! ) Check it out!

Survival of the Sneakiest!

Environmental Fair!

It is with much excitement that I advertise our first ever environmental fair and community clean up day! This coming Saturday 9am-12pm we will be in the front parking lot of the school engaging in tons of environmentally themed activities; planting seeds, writing pledges to the environment creating recycled art, creating amazing work with old pant cans, learning about clean energy and trees! Come out and join us for all of this, as well as, music, food, a walk through the community and a chance to win passes to the Aquarium of the Pacific!

Test Corrections

Homework: Friday February 7 is the due date for your test corrections. You have the opportunity to earn back 50% of every point that you missed! In order for your corrections to count you need to write the correct answer AND justify.  The final step to gaining credit is getting your test signed by a parent or guardian.  NO signature NO credit!

Remember that I am here early morning, lunch, nutrition and after school Wednesday for tutoring if you want help!

Test Tomorrow!!!

Here is some extra Punnett Square practice for your test tomorrow borrowed from the University of Northern Idaho.  Turn in this assignment by February 3 for extra credit! 

Differentiating Success

Students are beginning their culminating genetics project this week.  They were put into groups and assigned a reading on a genetic disease.  This week they are in research mode, tagging the text highlighting
and answering text dependent questions.  Next week is computer research and then we will be completing informational pamphlets on their disorders.  Some great collaboration happening.  Here is a picture of two exceptional students in action.

Meet Mitch

Here is our class mascot Mitch.  Here you see him quietly engaging in the Do Now activity.  We really look up to Mitch and his studious behavior!

Annnnnnd we're back!

Possibly a little late but I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday vacation.  Back to regular blog posts and learning!