Cartoon Chemistry Due Monday

Hi Everybody, I want to thank everyone for their hard work this week and great efforts on our quiz today. Great job! Remember that your Cartoon Chemistry is due at the start of class on Monday. This is homework if you didn't finish it in class today. Don't forget to finish and turn in both your drawings and the descriptions on the back of the cartoon chemistry handout. Have a fun and safe weekend, Mr. Howell and Mr. Deighton

Quiz Friday!

We have a Quiz this Friday the 21st. The quiz will cover Counting Atoms, Balancing Chemical Equations and Types of Chemical Reactions.

Counting Atoms: Al2O3 ---> Al + O2

On the reactant side we have 2 Al atoms and 3 O atoms. On the product side we have 1 Al atom and 2 O atoms. This reaction is not "balanced". Which means the number of Al and O atoms are equal on both sides of the reaction.

Steps to Balance:

1. Draw Line
2. Count Atoms
3. Add Prefix Numbers

The reaction is now balanced but the individual steps haven't been shown:

2Al2O3 ---> 4Al + 3O2

Types of Reactions:

1. Synthesis
2. Decomposition
3. Single Replacement
4. Double Replacement

Study hard, Ask if you have any questions and good luck!

Math and Literacy Parent Night

Hi everyone, I wanted to take a moment and let you know about Math and Literacy night this Tuesday the 18th. It is a great opportunity for parents to come down and get involved and learn more about how to support your child/student's learning. Details are listed below.

What: Math and Literacy evening presentation for parents

When: Tuesday, January 18th from 5:30-7:00

Purpose: The Jackson Hole Middle School will be presenting a math and literacy night on Tuesday, January 18th from 5:30 - 6:30. The purpose of this evening is to inform parents about literacy and math programs, grades 6-10, as well as to share advice on how to support students at home.

Logisitcs:

• there will be babysitters for any families that need the service
• refreshments will be provided
• there will be a DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION SOCIAL happening at the same time for any JHMS student who drops their parent off at the presentation!!
• THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE FOR A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE APPLE STORE FOR ANY STUDENT WHOSE PARENTS ATTEND!!!!

End of the Quarter is this Friday! All late and make up work is due Thursday by 2:35 pm. Late work will still receive 50% credit and this will improve your grade! Don't miss this opportunity to turn in uncompleted assignments.

Class Updates and Standard on Tuesday.

We have had a busy week with a lot of lab time. This week we focused on the difference between chemical and physical change both in the classroom and in the laboratory. A homework assignment was due on Thursday. Next week we will review on Monday and have a lab standard (practical quiz) on Tuesday. There is also an extra credit assignment due on Tuesday.

I would also like to take a moment to Welcome Mr. Deighton to our class. Mr. Deighton is a graduate student who will be student teaching with us this Spring.

And finally I have added a new translate button to the blog. The district home page has one but now you can translate the site text into Spanish from the button towards the upper right of the page. If there are any requests for additional languages please let me know.

Y por último he añadido un nuevo botón de traducir el blog. La página principal del distrito cuenta con uno, pero ahora puedes traducir el texto del sitio en español desdeel botón hacia la parte superior derecha de la página. Si hay solicitudes de otros idiomas por favor hágamelo saber.

Welcome Back!

Hope you enjoyed your Christmas break.

We have two weeks left in this quarter so get your late work in!

We will be looking into Chemical and Physical changes this week and will continue with Chemistry through the end of this quarter.