First Dance of the Year!

Paseo Hills 7th and 8th graders enjoyed their first dance of the school year last Friday and I was on hand to help out and take some photos and video... enjoy!

Volcano Webcams

This week, while learning about igneous rocks, we naturally got onto the topic of volcanoes. Here is the link that I mentioned where you can go online and view volcanoes LIVE from government webcams... post comments if you see anything cool!
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/cams.html

Rock Cycle Animation

Check this out!
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

P.E. Dances/Basketball Routines

Our AWESOME 7th graders recently had a chance to show off their moves in P.E. Check out the videos below! Super impressive!!!

Let's educate ourselves on Voldermort and Mufassa!

Is anyone interested in doing a little research on our animals? I would like a solid paragraph on each animal to put near their habitats. Email me the paragraph (after checking spelling and grammar) to mindy.pallagi@dvusd.org. First student to send one (and I need one for each animal) will receive one of my SPECIAL and IN VERY HIGH DEMAND pencils that reads: Mrs. Pallagi thinks I rock!!!!

Before you get started, you need to know the exact species of these lovely animals. Here you go:

Voldermort: Corn snake (albino)
Mufassa: Leopard gecko

Test Retakes This Week!

Here are the retake times (this week only) for the most recent test that was handed back today:
If you qualify for a retake, please come to my classroom during the following times: Tues: 8:00-8:40 & 3:45-4:30. Wed & Thurs: 3:45-4:30. Fri: 8:00-8:45. If you are redoing your essay section, please submit by 3:30 on Friday, September 24th.

Character Counts Assembly

As we kick off our school-wide Character Counts program, students had a blast coming together for a really neat assembly put on by Big Mouth Presentations. BMP has a vision of "inspiring a culture of character" and the students loved the message. You can check them out here: http://www.bigmouthpresentations.com/.

At the end of the assembly, students were invited to dance and of course I had my camera ready to rock! Have fun watching!