Week 5 In Review

Periodic Updates

Week 5 In Review

Important Dates & Assignments:

• Chemistry Assessment #1:
• Students got feedback results on our first assessment this week.
• You should have received an email with a shared document of their results.
• Any scores students would like to revisit to show understanding, please have them meet with me in the morning from 7:45-8:15 or during flex time 4th block on "A" days.
• If you have any questions concerning the assessment, please email me.
• Edpuzzle.com
• Students are assigned videos to watch on edpuzzle.com.
• These videos will have questions throughout.
• Student responses will be reviewed and feedback given on any questions they get wrong.
• Please ask your student to see their results from last week.
• Atomic Theory Researchers:
• Students have been working on reporting to the class a researcher that helped form our understanding of Atomic Theory.
• These presentations will take place on Monday

What happened last week?

• We worked on our Atomic Theory Researcher presentations.
• We learned about three laws:
• Law of Conservation of Mass
• Law of Definite Proportions
• Law of Multiple Proportions

From the desk of Mr. Terry:

This week started with a fun challenge for the students called, "Think Tube." Ask students if they figured it out before I told them the "trick." This demonstration kicked off our discussion on Atomic Theory. We are exploring the question, "How do we know what we cannot see in the molecular world?" This allowed us to focus on the lifeskill of Creativity as students began their first project of Atomic Theory Researcher report. Students got to select a fun way to present their assigned researcher's contribution to Atomic Theory. Ask students how they are presenting their scientist to the class. We also focused on our lifelong guideline of Personal Best as we got our assessments back. Students are encouraged to revisit the material and come to me with questions. We want students to own their learning in Chemistry and keep working with the concepts until they master each one. If your student didn't get 3's on each question, encourage them to use their Personal Best and keep at it. As always this year, we want students to use the lifeskill of Perseverance in their studies. Sophomore year can be challenging as the work gets harder and through perseverance we will finish with excellence!

I am available to help any morning between 7:45-8:15 and during Flex on the "A" day schedule 4th block. Students can make arrangements to miss their 4th block class to meet with me.

terryk@claytonbradleyacademy.org