“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Mrs. Rand’s classes Upcoming Events & Reminders:
Welcome to Middle School at St. Norbert!
Picture Day is September 12.
Crusader Team Challenge is October 4!
6th grade Religion, 6th grade Science, 7th grade Science and 8th grade Science Information
For more information on each class please see the links to each class’ overview of the year:
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolNight6thgradeReligion-copy.docx
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolnight6thScienceUPDATE.docx
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolnight7thScienceUPDATE-cf3r.docx
https://www.stnorbertschool.org/s/BacktoSchoolnight8thScienceUPDATE-b6m6.docx
Meet Mrs. Annemarie Rand
Hello, I’m Mrs. Rand! I’m the 6th grade Homeroom and Religion teacher and I also teach Middle School Science and the Nature Appreciation electives.
I’ve been a teacher at St. Norbert School for 34 years. I guess you can say I love it here! I have an intense love of nature which I try to instill in my students. Many times, I will give them the advice my grandmother gave to me which was: “Get outside and look up close at things in the natural world. Nature doesn’t disappoint!”
I’m an avid birder and have been since childhood. I love to study birds and their behavior. For the last 25 years and counting, I have been the bird monitor for two parks on the north side of Chicago for Audubon-Great Lakes (formerly known as Audubon, Chicago Region). Ornithologists and amateur birders all over the world have access to this data. I love putting the data I gather to great scientific use!
Besides birding, I also have a passion for horses. I have owned four horses in my lifetime and am now working with and riding a friend’s Quarter Horse mare. Being around horses is both challenging and relaxing, and I spend a lot of my weekends and school holidays riding.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions throughout the school year. My contact information is below.
Here’s to a great year!
Contact Information:
arand@stnorbertschool.org
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Mrs. Rand’s classes Homework:
September 16, 2024
6th Religion:
6th Science: Great discussion today!
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 32,33,34,35
8th Science: BRING ANY ITEMS from home that you need to make the final product! This model needs to look a lot better than just blue paper and masking tape. You were given instruction in class that this must look polished and professional. Complete IN pp. 53,54.
Nature Appreciation-Fall: Please look around at home and bring things that may work for making our scarecrows!
September 13, 2024
6th Religion:
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 25,read & annotate B1-B3,27.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 31,top of 32 and top of 33.
8th Science: Work on your Energy capturing design. Bring any items from home that you need to make the final product!
Nature Appreciation-Fall: Please look around at home and bring things that may work for making our scarecrows!
September 12, 2024
6th Religion: Read pp. 1-6. Do pp. 3,6.
FOR ALL ADVISORY GROUPS: bring in a photo of something joyful you’ve done in the past 6 months. This is due on Friday!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 18,19,20,21,22.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 25,26,27,28,29.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 49,51.
Nature Appreciation-Fall:
September 11, 2024
6th Religion:
FOR ALL ADVISORY GROUPS: bring in a photo of something joyful you’ve done in the past 6 months. This is due on Friday!
6th Science: In the IN, read & annotate pp. A1-A4. Do p. 16
7th Science: Complete pp. 20, read & annotate B1-B2,22,23
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 46,Read & annotate your “C page” article about an energy capturing invention,47,48
Nature Appreciation-Fall:
September 10, 2024
6th Religion: Read pp. K4-K7. Do pp. K5,K6,K7,K9.
FOR ALL ADVISORY GROUPS: bring in a photo of something joyful you’ve done in the past 6 months. This is due on Friday!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 13,14,15. Do the Check Your Understanding paper for the Science World article: “Are You Drinking Plastic?” The article and worksheet(s) are in Google Classroom.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 15,16
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 40,41,42,read & annotate C1-C2 Hand-crank Flashlights article,43.
Nature Appreciation-Fall:
September 9, 2024
6th Religion: In the Religion book, read pp. K1-K3 and complete p. K3. On that page, you have permission to use “text speak”!
FOR ALL ADVISORY GROUPS: bring in a photo of something joyful you’ve done in the past 6 months. This is due on Friday!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 11,12
7th Science: Complete the Plastic Trash worksheet(s) from Science World. They are in Google Classroom along with the article. Complete IN p. 14
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 35,36,read & annotate B1-B2,37,39
Nature Appreciation-Fall:
September 6, 2024
6th Religion: Today we corrected the Religion Pre-Test.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 8,9. We also did some Science IXL today.
7th Science: Today, we read the Science World article “Are You Drinking Plastic?” and did 2 sheets that go along with the article. They ARE in Google Classroom so if you were absent, you can access them there. *I will give you 10 minutes to complete the sheet with the graph on it in class on Monday.
8th Science: Today, we read the Science World article “Are You Drinking Plastic?” and did 2 sheets that go along with the article. They ARE in Google Classroom so if you were absent, you can access them there.
Nature Appreciation-Fall: Make sure to put your Outdoor Terrarium in a sunny window!
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
