Health Test Flash Cards

Here are the flash cards to help you study! If you would like a copy printed please ask me!  You may also copy the information on an index card (question on one side and answer on the other) then you are able to use colors and play games with the index cards!

This part of the bone makes red blood cells. MARROW	This Skeletal system function has to do with holding the body up. SUPPORT	This Skeletal system function has to do with preventing injuries to internal organs. PROTECT	This series of fused bones serves to protect the brain. SKULL
A space between two bones that allows for movement. JOINT	Bands that hold bones together. LIGAMENTS	Bands that attach muscles to bones. TENDONS.	This system moves the skeleton and gives the body shape. MUSCULAR.
This system supports and protects the body. SKELETAL.	The number of bones in the human body. 206	The number of muscles in the human body. Over 600.	These muscles can be controlled. SKELETAL (VOLUNTARY)
This involuntary muscle moves air in and out of the lungs DIAPHRAGM.	This hollow muscle pumps blood throughout your body HEART (CARDIAC)	This system sends and receives messages to and from the brain. NERVOUS	This part of the Nervous system is the Master Control and controls all body functions. BRAIN
These nerves send messages to the brain in the form of taste, touch, sight, sounds, and smells SENSORY	These nerves aid in movement. MOTOR	A cable of nerves protected by vertebrae that carries messages to and from the brain. SPINAL CORD	This system breaks down nutrients so that cells can absorb them. DIGESTIVE
Digestion begins in this part of the body with Saliva. MOUTH	This tube carries food from the mouth to the stomach. ESOPHAGUS.	Most digestion takes place here. SMALL INTESTINE.	Water is absorbed from food here. LARGE INTESTINE.
The length of the small intestine 22 FEET	A muscle lined with glands that secrete digestive juices STOMACH	Muscles of extremities move these parts of the body ARMS AND LEGS	This organ aids in digesting fats by producing bile. LIVER
This process of churning food in your stomach. PERISTALSIS	The number of muscles in the face and neck Over 100.	These bones protect your lungs. RIBS	This bone protects your heart. BREASTBONE (STERNUM)

EXTRA CREDIT!!!

Callie and Emery decided that it was time for some extra credit!

Directions: 
Read the following article about why year long school does not work.  Then write a two paragraph reaction to the article/ essay.  In the first paragraph summarize the article, and in the second paragraph decide what you prefer: year long school or the 45-15 method. Make sure to support your decision with the persuasive techniques that we have been learning!

Due Date:
Friday 11/18/2011

Points Earned:
If you decide to write and turn in the two paragraph response you will have an extra quiz grade averaged into your final writing grade (worth 10 points)




The Article:

Summer: 15 Days or 2 1/2 Months?

The final bell rings. It’s the last day of school, and summer has finally come! Students don’t have to think about school for at least another 2 1/2 months. That is the way it should always be. Schools should continue using the traditional calendar and not a year-round schedule. There are numerous downsides to year-round schooling. It has no positive effects on education, it adds to costs, and it disrupts the long-awaited summer vacation.

Contrary to the well-accepted belief, year-round schooling has no constructive impact on education. Most year-round schedules use the 45-15 method: 45 days of school followed by 15 days off. Because of this, there are many first and last days of school. All those transitions disrupt the learning process. Also, there is no evidence of higher test scores. Due to that, many schools that change to year-round schedules end up switching back. For example, since 1980, 95 percent of schools that tried the year-round schedule changed back to a traditional calendar. It is obvious that changing to year-round schooling does not help students; therefore, why is the change necessary?

Like any other facility, keeping a school open requires a great deal of money. When a school changes to a year-round schedule, the costs skyrocket. Keeping school open in the middle of summer requires air conditioning, and that adds significantly to the school’s expenses. The usual utility bills grow because of the additional open-school time. Finally, teachers must be paid for all the weeks they are working. With all these factors, the cost of keeping schools open becomes immensely high. For example, a high school in Arizona had a cost increase of $157,000 when they switched to year-round schooling. Some schools may not be able to handle such increases, and other schools that can handle these expenses could be doing better things with the money. Is year-round school really where the money should go?

An important part of a child’s life is summertime. With year-round schedules, students would hardly have any time to relax. During the 15-day breaks, they would be thinking about their quick return to school. It would also be difficult to coordinate family vacations with parents’ work schedules. Similarly, children would not be able to go to most summer camps. One expert, Dr. Peter Scales, says, “The biggest plus of camp is that camps help young people discover and explore their talents, interests, and values. Most schools don’t satisfy all these needs. Kids who have these kinds of [camp] experiences end up being healthier and have fewer problems.” Obviously, the summer is crucial to a child’s learning and development. Why should this invaluable part of a young person’s life be taken away?

It is evident that year-round schooling is not the best option for the school calendar. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the traditional school year. Why change something that works so well? The final bell rings. Let’s make sure this bell means that the “real” summer vacation has come.

 

Math Homework 11/2

Here are the answers for tonight's homework- if you have any questions, please ask during morning work!

Math Homework

The math homework will also be on the back round table tomorrow morning to check!

Lisa's Essay

This is Lisa's Veteran's Day Essay!   Great Job Lisa on being selected to represent Ms. Voigt's Homeroom for the Veteran's Day Celebration!  We hope your essay is picked to read in the Veteran's Day Ceremony!

Veteran’s Day

                Veteran’s Day is the day to honor the Veterans for what they have done for us.  It is a great way to celebrate and say thank you to the Veterans of America.  The first Veteran’s Day was on November 11, 1919, which was one year after World War I ended.

                A Veteran is a person who fights for their country.  A Veteran also protects people from harm.  They have risked their lives for us and America. They help us by fighting and watching over our country.  We are protected so that no one will attack us.   We honor Veterans by saying thank you to them. It is also nice to shake their hands and say thank you for what they have done, even though a simple hand shake is not enough of a thanks. 

                Veterans make us proud to be American because they are fighting and protecting our country.  They sacrifice themselves for us and for our safety.  They work their hardest and toughest of us and they try their best every single day.  We can say thank you and honor them for fighting for us.

                Thank you to all Veterans for protecting us and our country.  We are proud of all of your work and proud to be American.  It’s great that you are doing your best and working hard to keep us, our country, and our family safe.  Our country appreciates you for protecting us and risking your life for us.  Thank you again for all that you do.

READ!!!!!

Hey Ms. Voigt's Homeroom:

 GET OFF THE INTERNET AND GO READ!!!!!

Have a great weekend! :-)

Don't forget to READ so we can meet the 

BUFFALO SABRES!!!!

No really... seriously... 

get off the internet and go READ!!! 

Even Derek Roy wants you to go read . 

In fact, if he didn't have to go win a hockey game this weekend he would probably be at home reading too!!

 

Social Studies Test

Here are some questions that you created for the test tomorrow.  Good Luck!

1. Name some of the tools commonly used in the Stone Age
2. How did the people enter their homes in the Catal Huyuk civilization?
1. door
2. window
3. hole in the basement
4. hole in the roof
3. About how many people lived in the Catal Huyuk civilization?
1. 500
2. 5,000
3. 50,000
4. 5,000,000
4. What does PERSIA-T stand for?  Can you give an example of each letter?
5. Which statement is true about the homes of the Catal Huyuk?
1. they slept on beds made with fur
2. the walls had paintings of animals and plants
3. the house had a dining room and kitchen
4. the people used animal hides for curtains in the windows
6.  What did hunter-gatherers use for medicine?
7. Be able to tell:
1. what the importance of a cave drawing is
2. how tools helped the civilizations
3. what it means to be doesticated
4. what migrated means
5. that surplus means
6. what civilization means
7. what the catal huyuk is, and where they lived

  CHECK THIS OUT!
Here is a website that is interactive and tells about the Catal Huyuk Civilization! http://www.smm.org/catal/top.php?visited=TRUE

This is a picture from the Catal Huyuk dig site!


Good Luck on the test tomorrow... right now I have to go take Callie for a walk before she jumps on me and messes up the blog (because she already did that once!)

Awesome Student in September

Sorry they are a bit late, but here are the AWESOME students of September!!!

The first amazing student from Ms. Voigt’s class is Hanna.  Since the first day of school Hanna has been a great help in the classroom.  She is always prepared and willing to go above and beyond to make sure that her classmates are also ready for the day.  She is excellent at passing out papers at high speed!  Hanna is always in uniform, and always has a great smile along with great personality.  Congrats Hanna on this excellent achievement.

Here are what some of her peers have to say about Hanna:

“Hanna is nice, like really nice”- Jalise

“Hanna is funny”- Haza

“Hanna helped me in math, and is a great friend” – Destiny

“Whenever someone is down, Hanna cheers them up”- Jonathan

The next awesome student of the month is Jonathan! Since the first day of school Jonathan has come into the classroom looking sharp in his uniform.  Whenever Jonathan has a question he makes sure to raise his hand and ask.  Jonathan is a great role model to the boys in the classroom.  He is a hard worker, and tries to achieve high grades.  Jonathan is also part of the technology crew, and helps to make sure Ms. Voigt is all set when using the projector!  Congrats to Jonathan! His classmates have these nice words to say about him:

“Jonathan is very intelligent and delightful”- Jahad

“Jonathan has been a good friend since I’ve known him”- Kaylie

“Jonathan is a very helpful friend”- Abdul

“He is fun to work with when working with partners, he gave great suggestions to my writing”- Noa

Math Answers

Here are the answers for the homework tonight (10/6)  please check your work AFTER you do your work!
(if you click on the page, it will open in a new window and get bigger....I hope)

Question 1-

Question 2-

Question 3-

Question 4, 5, 6-



Are You Studying Your Cells?

Attention Attention!!!! Cell test this Wednesday!
Can you....

• Label a plant cell?
• Label an animal cell?
• Tell the functions of the cell parts?
• Finish the phrase.. "cells make up ________ which make up ________ which make up..."?
• Tell who was the first to discover a cell, and who was the first to discover a living cell?
• Tell the cell theory?
• Be creative and design a cell?!?!

Here are some diagrams to help you!

The Buffalo Bills- and a lil Extra Credit :-)

This week, under the date, I’ve been putting a lot of quotes and sayings about the Buffalo Bills.  They included:

-Now Do you Bill-ieve?
The Buffalo Bills are currently #1 in their division!
"We look at ourselves as the Island of Misfit Toys. We're players no other team wanted, but we found a home in Buffalo and a front office and a coach who believes in us.” - David Nelson
After throwing 4 interceptions and loosing to Buffalo Tom Brady went home and cut his hair! Haha Boston!
Happy Dressdown Friday AND LETS GO BUFFALO!

There is a reason that I’ve been so excited to write about the Buffalo Bills, its because they haven’t been this good in a very long time.  Sure they haven’t made it to the play-offs yet, and sure they might just not win another game this year (which I hope isn’t true). But they gave the City of Buffalo something to be excited about! Did you notice on the radio, we are not so pessimistic right now? I would like to thank the Bills for that.  Did you notice that Mr. Mike seems to have a little pep in his lunch room walk?  I would like to thank the Bills for that too!

If you talk to your parents you will hear stories about how great the Bills once were, and how it was so much fun to cheer for them. I hope that someday you get to experience that as well.  The Buffalo Bills are fun to cheer for.  It hurts to think that there is an NFL team in the city you are living in, and you would prefer to cheer for another team!

I want to leave you with this little video.  It was something that was up on the scoreboard at the Bills game when we played New England (remember that amazing game??) This video describes the team that I grew up watching.  They were awesome!

Now for some Extra Credit!!!!!!

My favorite player of all time is in this video, if you can guess the correct player by Wednesday October 5th, you will get five points on your next spelling test (YES FIVE FREE POINTS!) All you need to do is write your answer on a piece of paper and hand it to me.  You need to tell the players’ NAME and NUMBER!

Here’s a few hints:

• He played about the same time that Jim Kelly played
• He played defense
• He is best known for wearing a spider-man under-amour sleeve underneath his jersey!
• They sing his name in the song
• His name is on the wall at Ralph Wilson Stadium
• Pay close attention around one minute and fifty-four seconds (SUPER HINT)

GOOD LUCK!!!! and GO BILLS!!!

Edward's Eyes

Look what I found on Youtube!  Its an interview with the author of Edward's Eyes- Patrica MacLachlan. Listen to it below:

I'm really excited that we all had a chance to read the book together.  Normally I like to read the books ahead of the class so that I can prompt questions, but it was neat to read this for the first time with everyone.  I enjoyed the fact that we all made predictions and we were able to use all of our reading skills and strategies to be successful listeners.

We are going to be starting our next read aloud chapter book soon!  Hopefully we will enjoy it just as much as we enjoyed our first chapter book!  Don't forget to take the AR quiz!