Groebner's Groupies

 

Yearbooks $40 Cash - Limited Quantities Available!!!

A LIMITED number of Yearbooks are still available for $40 CASH until Wednesday May 13th. The price of the yearbook will increase to $45 after this day.

We are also selling an insert for the yearbook containing world events like the presidency, olympics, super bowl, and movies from this year in the supplement of the World Yearbook. These are available for $5.

Money should be placed in a school envelope and labeled yearbook and/or world yearbook supplement.

Week of April 27

Science -
Monday & Tuesday - Read pg. 564-570 and complete Directed Reading A Worksheet - graded in class at the end of the period Tuesday.
Wednesday - Create a Constellation - Write a rough draft (three paragraphs) and design your constellation.  Homework - finish rough draft.
Thursday - Meet in the media center to type final copies of Constellation stories.
Friday - Share Constellations and trade them onto big paper for Groebner's galaxy - video on stars.
NEXT THURSDAY - SCIENCE TEST ON CH. 18 SECT 1 & 3 AND CH. 19

Social Studies -
Monday - ABC List of Social Studies terms - due on Thursday
Tuesday  & Wednesday - Aborigine dot paintings
Thursday & Friday - meet in the media center to work on ABC project.

Family night

We hope you can join us for Awtrey’s Family Night this Friday, April 24, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Enjoy a silent auction, craft fair, Awtrey student dance, family movie and food with other members of our school community!

Week of April 13

Science -
Monday - Reading and creating  Ancient Models of the Earth to explain seasons, night and day, moon phases, and eclipses. 
Tuesday - Complete ancient models.  Begin work on "top ten" lists of the previous units to review for testing.
Wednesday - Continue working on "top ten" lists.
Thursday - Finish "top ten" lists and share. 
Friday - Rocks and Minerals review worksheet - finish for homework over the weekend.

Social Studies -
Monday and Tuesday - Australia Study Guide - Download Australiastudyguide
Wednesday - Go over study guide and watch Australia video - study guides due tomorrow!!
Thursday - Part 2 of Australia video and grade study guide
Friday - Worksheet - Physical features of Australia and Oceania - review physical features of Europe, Latin America, and Canada - study for Australia quiz

Gifted Enrichment -
Work on arms and present on Thursday (or Monday if we need extra time).  On Friday, there will be a writing assignment on arms - due on Monday.

Week of March 30

Science -
Monday - Drawing diagrams of earth and sun at all four seasons
Tuesday - Astronomy pre-test and earth, moon, and sun misconceptions
Wednesday - Frayer models - finish for homework
Thursday - Moon phases activity
Friday - Finish moon phases

Social Studies -
All week we will be working on our environmental issues PowerPoint presentations and sharing them on Friday.  We will also have a Latin American food fest Friday!!

Week of March 23

Science - Weather Test Thursday!!
Monday through Wednesday we will be reviewing in class for the test on weather.  Be sure to study every night!  Review everything in Chapter 16 as well as your 5-4-3-2-1 notes on Water in the Air, Clouds chart, Frayer models on severe weather, and Illustrations of Fronts.  You will also need to review relative humidity and how to determine it using a chart.  On Friday, we will begin our study of Seasons.

Social Studies - Test Friday on Ch. 7-9
Monday we finished our graffitti wall of Latin America and it looks awesome!!!  I am so proud of your work!  We will review all week for the test Friday on Latin America - on Thursday we will have our game day and play Team trivia to review. 

Gifted Enrichment -
Tuesday we will take notes on Landmines and create some informational posters - we will present these on Thursday and move on to our prosthetic arm Grand Challenge on Friday!!

BIG Latin America test

Monday is the final map test for Latin America.  You must be able to locate countries on the map and name their capitals.  Please also remember that spelling will count on this test.  In class on Friday, we reviewed the countries and capitals by playing Latin America bingo and everyone received a blank map to use to study.  You also received a study guide on a small green sheet of paper earlier this week.  If you lost it, download another one here - Download Maptestreviewsouthamerica.  I also found a helpful websiteyou can use to play games and quiz yourself - study hard!!

Tuesday, March 10

Science - Weather charts are due tomorrow - make sure you have them completed!!

Social Studies - Finish Cuba worksheet for homework.  Begin studying for your BIG Latin America map test - remember spelling will count!  Test is Monday, March 16

All classes - Thursday is the final day of the grading period.  Please check iParent and make sure you have everything turned in!!

Week of March 2

Science -
Monday - Eyewitness Weather video, check Heat Transfer trifolds
Tues - Read 458-463 in science book and complete section review on pg. 463 (#1-10) IN COMPLETE SENTENCES - finish for homework
Wed - Weather log assigned - due next Wednesday, March 11.  Start on review sheet.
Thurs - Review wind  - Download Winds ppt - complete review sheet.
Fri - TEST on Ch 15, first three sections

Social Studies -
Mon and Tues - work on big South America maps
Wed - Finish maps
Thurs - notes on Economy of S. America 
Fri - work on collages, finish for homework

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Science - Atmospheric poetry assignment - finish for homework tonight.  Make sure your final copy is typed or in ink and has an illustration (not clip art)

Social Studies - no homework - we will finish the worksheets on Establishing Independence in class tomorrow.

Enrichment - Bring in materials you need to conduct tests on your plants.

Oceans Test

When grading the oceans test from last Friday, I realized many of the questions were misleading and hard to understand.  I do not feel this test gave us an accurate picture of what knowledge we gained about oceans.  Therefore, this Friday will be a retest on Oceans for all students.  Review Ch. 13 and 14; your notes on currents, waves, and tides; diagrams of neap tide, spring tide, parts of a wave, and the ocean floor; and review terms such as salinity, upwelling, Coriolis effect, continental deflection, and longshore drift.  Good luck!!!