Dear Students and Parents:
¡Bienvenidos a la clase de Español! Welcome to Spanish class! We are excited to begin a new year and get to know all of you as we learn together.
This year I would like to order a scholastic foreign language magazine, for classroom use. The magazines are !Qué Tal! for the Spanish 1A and “Ahora” for the Spanish1B classes. The magazines are written in Spanish, and have exciting and interesting interactive student activities on every page and it includes free Internet activities in every issue (www.glasgowmagazines.com). Each issue comes with two audio CDs that allow students to listen to engaging radio shows, participate in audio games and contests and learn original songs to sing along with.
The cost per student is $9.00 please make your checks payable to Hardy Middle School. Your son/daughter will receive six issues this year. I am also asking parents to consider helping a student, who might be unable to pay. Any donations would be greatly appreciated (Remember every little bit helps). Please send your money or check as soon as possible.
Gracias

Math Homework This Week

Students were to complete their success projects this week. They also completed an Adding Integers (1-25) HW with a design on the bottom. This Friday they completed worksheet 1.5 with 8 problems involving integers. This weekend there is no mandatory homework but students should work on the Triathlon extra credit opportunity and any missing assignments from this past week.

Mr. Sunukjian

The 2009 National Book Festival

It's Time for the 2009 National Book Festival!

This year's National Book Festival will take place on the National Mall on September 26, 2009.  It will be held from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm between 7th and 14th Streets.  If you have been before, you know that it is not only place to buy some of the most up-to-date, contemporary books, but also a place to meet authors, old and new.  

This year, I am so excited to see (and hear) Julia Alvarez, author of one of my favorite young adult books How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents.  Andddddddddddddd.....one of the most read young adult authors ever will be there - the prolific, Judy Blume!!!! Honestly, what girl hasn't read, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? And the Superfudge series has helped many people survive elementary school and younger siblings.  

But there are a host of other authors that will be there. And I will be there.  So if you go, know that you can get extra credit. Just take a couple of pictures (with you in it proving you went), and get some brochures from the event and bring that in on Monday, September 28th.  To get a full listing of the events and activities, and a map of the festival go to The National Book Festival Website.  See Ya There!

Link to Szabo's Life Science Class Website

http://sites.google.com/site/szaboslifescienceclass/

Here is the link that works for my class website!

Hardy Science Fair News

Hardy Science Fair 2009-2010

Project Due Dates:

3 Questions about topic – due now!

3 websites sites for research – Fri Oct 2

Written Hypothesis – Fri Oct 9th

Materials List for Experiment
Procedure List for Experiment – Fri Oct 16

Flash Drive for Project – Fri Oct 23

3 Digital Pictures of Experiment – Wed Oct 28

First Draft of PowerPoint – Wed Nov 4

Final Draft of PowerPoint – Mon Nov 23

Math Homework and Project

This week students participated in the first DCBAS test and therefore did not have as much homework. There was one assignment on prime factorization called "Worksheet 4.1" Each student was also given their Advisory 1 project. The project is described below:

Building Success

1) Define "success" (do not use the dictionary definition)

2) What are six "building blocks" that will help you achieve success? These blocks should be qualities (adjectives) describing a person and not possessions. Focus on the type of person you want to be now and not what you have or what you want to accomplish in the future.

3) Design a poster (22" x 28") with your definition of success on top, your six building blocks of success in the middle, and your name on the bottom. Be creative and have fun!

The Posters are Due September 23rd

Mr. Sunukjian

Life Science Online!

Szabo's Life Science Class at Hardy is being developed online!

Students and Parents,

I have set up the "infra-structure" for you to go online so you can do the following things:

www.grade7team.blogspot.com Veiw all of the announcements from the 7th Grade Team
(thank-you Mr. Sunukijan for setting this up for us!)

www.sites.google.com/site/szaboslifescienceclass/home-1 This is our class homepage where you can find out what is happening in my class.

www.snapgrades.net/index.php You can log in here to check your child's grades. (I will be sending home a letter with your login information soon)

You can contact me anytime via email to offer any suggestions or comments. My school address is: michael.szabo@dc.gov

Thank-you for your patience as I work towards my goal for this year of

"Stepping Up To Success

Okay, as I stated before, we will have weekly quizzes on the vocabulary words that are listed in the Vocabulary Workshop books you were issued.  There is a great website that allows you to test your knowledge of the vocabulary words in your vocabulary book and it is www.vocabtest.com

This website actually corresponds to the Vocabulary Workshop book and is divided into Units just like your book.  To utilize the site, visit the site, then look on the left hand side of the home page, find book LEVEL B, find the corresponding Unit you are studying, and click that.  You are then allowed to test your knowledge of the definitions, synonyms, pronunciation marks, antonyms. It evens gives you a score, a supposed "grade" if this was an actual test!  I suggest using this as a resource to assist you with learning your vocabulary words and aceing all your Vocabulary Quizzes.  Have fun, and continue your quest toward total vocabulary domination!!!  Peace Out...

Weekly Math Homework

This week students should have completed and turned in three assignments. Once they turn in the assignment I put my signature on it and give it back to them. These signed homeworks should be kept as proof of completion.

1) Classroom Management Form (I did keep this one)
2) Worksheet 1.3 "Order of Operations"
3) Factoring Pyramids

If your child does not have these assignments they only have one week past the due date to receive partial credit.

Enjoy the holiday weekend-- Mr. Sunukjian