06.16.09
Posted in Class News at 6:16 pm by al_gonzalez
I want to thank everyone for a wonderful year! I hope you all have a great summer and I look forward to seeing many of you again in the Fall. To my 8th graders feel free to visit and enjoy your time in high school.
Don’t forget that I will keep all your blog accounts open all summer so that you can keep in touch that way. In September I will only keep those accounts open if you are in one of my Science classes.
I’ve posted final grades on Skyward. If you would like to see a detailed progress report please visit my online progress report page. Feel free to email me if you forgot your Skyward Family Access Password.
Take care!
Mr. González
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06.04.09
Posted in Class News at 5:12 pm by al_gonzalez
For 8th grade parents, here is a copy of the permission slip that went home with students on Thursday, June 4. If you are okay with having the 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, and Odyssey pictures of your child burned onto our 8th grade class DVD then you didn’t need to do anything.
8th grade team
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06.01.09
Posted in Class News at 11:23 am by al_gonzalez
Students are all getting paper copy of progress reports Monday, June 1st, in case you aren’t checking the online progress reports. I’ve been urging all my students to get all their late work done by now because for the next two weeks I will need to devote all my time to keep up with grading the work they will be doing. I told all my students that if they turn in late work in June I will do my best to get to it but I can’t guarantee that I will because I have to keep up with current work to have my grades ready by the end of the year (June 16).
Mr. González
Check my Homework Section to see what we are doing in Science.
Visit this page often to find out what’s going on in my classes! And feel free to leave a comment.
Use the links to the right to find what you need.
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05.15.09
Posted in Class News at 9:34 pm by al_gonzalez
I’ve been updating grades daily as late work has been coming in to help students and their families see how they are progressing. You can find your progress report here. I am also continually updated the HW/Daily Work section of my website detailing what we do in class every day with links to resources and handouts whenever I can. Using the progress report and the HW section students can access, download, print and do whatever they are missing. Time is running short as the year nears its end so students need to make up work by the end of May.
While I am off to Odyssey with my 8th graders this week, May 18 to 22, my 6th graders will be working on a Simple Machines Webquest that I put together. Also don’t forget to get all your blogging done as that is easy to do where ever you can get a computer with Internet. Click on the assignment you need to complete on the left hand side of the webpage to see what you need to write about.
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04.24.09
Posted in Class News at 5:17 pm by al_gonzalez
The week of May 4 will be the halfway week of our final trimester of the year. This tri there can be no extensions, no asking for more time, no waiting for the last minute to make up missing work. If you haven’t been keeping up you need to buckle down and get your work done now! Let’s get those grades up for the midterm progress reports. I have grades posted on my online progress reports now that I am done grading handouts, packets, and notebooks. I have been keeping my homework and daily work pages up to date so use those to find out what you are missing or what you need to have done by now. That is a great resource if you use it. Blogging continues and I will keep all current blog accounts open until September 2009. At that time any students I no longer have will have their accounts closed. That means that you can still blog with each other over the summer! So good luck to all my students. You’ve all been learning a lot so why not get A’s to show it all off?
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03.17.09
Posted in Class News at 4:56 pm by al_gonzalez
We have begun the 3rd and final trimester of the year! Eighth graders are wrapping up their plate tectonics project (see the homework section of my website to download any missing handouts). After they are done with that we will explore earthquakes more deeply as well as return to erosion and weathering. This is all part of our Earth Science unit this year but also helps prepare us for the Science we will be exploring at Odyssey.
Sixth graders are delving into blogging and are almost ready to begin learning about Energy, Machines, and Motion, our next unit of study.
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03.11.09
Posted in Class News at 10:03 am by al_gonzalez
Thursday, March 12, is the last day of the 2nd trimester and Friday, March 13, is our trimester break so there will be no school on that day. Sixth graders and I are busy scoring and reflecting on their work (specifically their websites) and 8th graders are busy making sure they get all their missing work turned in. By the end of the weekend I will have uploaded progress reports for all students showing their final 2nd trimester grade for Science.
Sixth graders are getting permission to begin blogging about what they are doing in Science. Their first assignment will be to share their water quality websites with some of our blog pals around the world. Eighth graders will also get a progress report for the 3rd trimester because a bunch of the work we’ve been doing the past two weeks are 3rd trimester work and I need students to quickly catch up if they are already behind.
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03.01.09
Posted in Class News at 2:02 pm by al_gonzalez
Monday, March 2, Ms. Langston’s class will plant trees during 1st period. Tuesday, March 3, Mr. Olafson’s class will plant trees during 1st period. Friday, March 6, Mr. Meacham’s class will plant trees during 6th period. Students please remember to dress for the weather and dress in clothes that can get dirty. Also, if you have a pair of work gloves please bring them. Ms. Langston’s class and Mr. Meacham’s class are working hard to finish their water quality websites. The deadline is March 6. The following week we’ll work on uploading the websites and scoring them. That will conclude this five month project!
Eighth graders are almost done learning about density, buoyancy, and isostasy so we’ll be having some quizzes to check for understanding while also starting an Earth Movement project.
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02.16.09
Posted in Class News at 1:41 pm by al_gonzalez
You can make an avatar like this with Portrait Illustrator. You don’t even need to set up an account with any of these, just create the picture and when it looks ready just drag it to your desktop and upload it (Windows users might need to right click on the picture and save it in the documents folder).
This one was made with Doppelme.
This one was made at M&M’s website.
This one was made with Simpsonize Me but took a very long time. It might be the most annoying website to use.
Another one you can try is Voki, which allows you to create a talking avatar.
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01.13.09
Posted in Class News at 6:20 pm by al_gonzalez
Greetings everyone. Midterm has come and gone, but I am continuing to update Science grades. I’ve got new Science grades for all my 130 students as of today, Jan 30. Check Science grades for the 2nd trimester here. For my 8th graders I am working on evaluating their Density Dilemma letters to the King. It should take me a couple of weeks to get those all done. In the 6th grade I will grade their PowerPoint notes as soon as I’m done with the 8th graders. Currently, 6th graders are getting ready to learn how to create their water quality websites.
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