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Week of March 17th

Happy last week before spring break.
 
This week students will be preparing for the Chemistry Kindergarten demonstration!
 
Weekly Homework: None, happy spring break!
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday:  Begin construction on volcanoes 
Tuesday: Finish constructing volcanoes 
Wednesday:  Work through the chemistry of each of the labs we will be demonstrating 
Thursday: Assemble kits and finish chemistry practice 
Friday: Kindergarten Demonstration Day!!

Week of March 10th

It was great talking to you all during parent teacher conferences. 
 
Homework:  Packet of practice problems
 
Weekly Agenda: 
Monday: Review balancing equations and molarity
Tuesday: Limiting Reactant Practice
Wednesday: Percentage Yield Practice 
Thursday:  Limiting Reactant Lab
Friday:  Practice catch up day. 

Week of March 3rd

Friendly Reminder No School March 6th and 7th for Parent Teacher Conferences
 
Homework: Unit Vocabulary 
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday: Types of Reactions Practice
Tuesday: Limiting Reactants
Wednesday:  Limiting Reactant Practice
 
Students will have a lab on Thursday March 13th 

Week of February 17th

Hope you hall had a fantastic Kindness Week and enjoyed the three day weekend!
 
Homework: Practice and Review
 
Weekly Agenda: 
Monday: NO SCHOOL, President's Day
Tuesday: Unit 5 Lesson 3 Lecture
Wednesday: Unit Connections
Thursday: Quiz 
Friday: SCHNEIDER OUT, Molar Mass Bunco

Week of February 10th

After a week of review on previous topics, we are going to be working on taking that knowledge and building upon it. 
 
Homework:  Unit 5 Lesson 2 and 3 Checkpoints
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday:  Intermolecular forces practice 
Tuesday: Molarity Introduction and Practice 
Wednesday: Lesson 3 Lecture 
Thursday: Applied Intermolecular forces and Molarity to different career path activity
Friday:  NO Class due to Kindness Week Field Trips

Week of February 3rd

It feels weird that it is already February but here we go!
 
Homework:  None
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday: Molar Mass Bunco
Tuesday: VSPER Review
Wednesday:  Ionic and Covalent Review
Thursday: Intermolecular Forces Review
Friday:  Measuring Solutions Practice Activity
 
We are gearing up for Stoichiometry and also getting ready 11th grade CMAS which will be in April and just cover high school science. 

Week of January 27th

This month is flying by, faster than imaginable but students are making progress through the unit. 
 
Homework: Molar mass worksheet
 
Weekly Agenda: 
Monday: Molar Mass introduction and practice
Tuesday: Surface Tension and Solubility Lecture
Wednesday:  Solubility Demonstration and Molarity Calculation Introduction
Thursday: Molarity Calculation Practice
Friday: QUIZ over Unit 5 to date 

Week of January 20th

We are in full swing for semester 2 this week, with FRCC starting on Tuesday.
 
Homework: Unit 5 Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 Checkpoint Assignment (Even #ed problems only)
 
Weekly Schedule: 
Monday: No School due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday:  Unit 5 Lesson 2 Lecture
Wednesday: Penny Lab -- Lab attire required
Thursday: Unit 5 Lesson 2 Lecture continued 
Friday: Mole calculation practice 

Week of November 18th

This month is going by so fast. 
 
Homework: VSPER Packet
 
Weekly Agenda: 
Monday:  VSPER Introduction
Tuesday: VSPER practice
Wednesday: Modeling Atomic Shape Lab
Thursday: Review for Quiz
Friday: QUIZ
 
I will be accepting late work until December 2nd, after which time it will remain a missing or zero in the grade book. 

Week of November 11th

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful snow day!
 
Homework: Quantum Number packet
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday: NO SCHOOL, Veteran's Day
Tuesday: Hogwarts's Day
Wednesday: Quantum Number practice
Thursday: VSEPR Introduction
Friday: VSEPR and Quantum Number practice 

Week of October 28th

Happy Halloween Week!
 
Homework: Nuclear Energy Project -- Replacing the End of Unit Test
 
Weekly Agenda: 
Monday:  Nuclear Energy Lecture and selection of Popsicle stick for project assignment
Tuesday: Work on project
Wednesday: Work on project
Thursday: Work on project
Friday: Present Project 

Week of October 21st

It's finally feeling like Fall!
 
Homework: Unit 3 Lesson 2 Checkpoint Assignment -- paper
 
Weekly Agenda: 
Monday:  Unit 3 Lesson 2 lecture
Tuesday: Modeling Periodic Trends Activity
Wednesday : Atomic Radi Exploration
Thursday: Ionization energy application 

Week of October 14th

Welcome back, I hope everyone had a relaxing Fall Break!
 
Homework: Unit 3 Lesson 1 Checkpoint Assignment 
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday:  Refresher on Lewis Dot Subshells and Introduction to Electron Configuration 
Tuesday:  SPDF Introduction and SPDF Subshell Practice
Wednesday: SPDF Subshell Practice and Lesson Review
Thursday:  Quiz Unit 3 Lesson 1

Week of September 23rd

Happy last week of Quarter 1!
 
Homework: None
 
Weekly Agenda:
Monday:  Build an Atom Activity
Tuesday: Isotope Activity 
Wednesday: Introduction to Lewis Dot Structure
Thursday: Lewis Dot Practice continued 
 
Fall break for students begins on Thursday September 26th at 11:30
Parent Teacher Conferences are from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM on 09/26 
                                                             8:00 AM - 8:00 PM on 09/27
Fall Break does not mean the students do  have FRCC, and there will not be a bus from Westgate during Fall Break.  Students and families are responsible for arranging their own transportation during this time.
Students return to Westgate Monday October 14th.