“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!
The 6th grade Christmas Talent Show will be on the afternoon of Friday, December 20. It is for the 6th graders only!
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:
January 10, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 139,140,141,143. We also read the Venture magazine.
6th Science: Today, we looked over articles from the December and January issues of Science World that we haven’t read. We will start our new unit on Monday!
7th Science: Today we read the “Take Control of Your Social Media” article from Science World and did the Screen Time paper. If you were absent, see Google Classroom for the article and the worksheet.
8th Science: Today we read the “Take Control of Your Social Media” article from Science World and did the Screen Time paper. If you were absent, see Google Classroom for the article and the worksheet.
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we took a walk outside and practiced animal tracking. Great job, class!
January 9, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 134,135. Finish coloring all of the Old Testament timeline pictures.
6th Science: Today we did the On a Roll activity and did an extension of the activity by using a golf ball, a pin-pong ball, and a “bouncy” rubber ball. These are all different masses. We are trying to discover the relationship between mass and its potential energy.
7th Science: Do IN pp. 68,69,73,74,75,76,77 [SKIP pp. 66,67,70,71,72].
If ready, read & annotate D1-D2, and do pp. 78,79, but this is something we will work on completing another day.
8th Science: Today we completed the color group review activities pp. 76-93 [SKIP pp. 84,85,89,90].
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we talked about some basic animal tracking. Tomorrow we plan to go outside! PLEASE bring what you need (boots, hat, gloves/mittens) to go outside and look for tracks in the snow!
January 8, 2025
6th Religion: Today we went to mass.
6th Science: Today we took the Metabolism End of Unit Assessment. You also needed to turn in your Metabolism IN for final grading.
7th Science: Today we took the Chemical Reaction Critical Juncture Assessment.
8th Science: Today we took the Natural Selection Critical Juncture Assessment. In our Lab period, we did an activity about Wolf populations. We didn’t complete it.
Nature Appreciation-Winter:
January 7, 2025
6th Religion: Tomorrow is mass! Please make sure that your mass shoes are back at school! This morning we colored the pictures for our Old Testament timeline.
6th Science: We will have the Metabolism End of Unit Assessment tomorrow on Wednesday, January 8. Today in Lab class, we caught up with work that we owe and some of us did the On a Roll activity.
7th Science: We will have the Chemical Reactions Critical Juncture Assessment tomorrow on Wednesday, January 8. Today we had a review.
8th Science: We will have the Natural Selection Critical Juncture Assessment tomorrow on Wednesday, January 8. Today, we did some review questions for the Assessment and then worked on Lesson 2.6 Purple Group pp. 82,83[SKIP pp. 84 & 85]read & annotate G1-G2,86,87. Some people are already working on the Blue Group pp. 88,91 [SKIP pp. 89,90].
Nature Appreciation-Winter:
January 6, 2025
6th Religion: Do the Epiphany sheet
6th Science: We will have the Metabolism End of Unit Assessment on Wednesday, January 8. Today we read the “Take Control of Your Social Media” article from Science World and did the Screen Time paper. If you were absent, see Google Classroom for the article and the worksheet.
7th Science: We will have the Chemical Reactions Critical Juncture Assessment on Wednesday, January 8. Today we worked on some of the Lesson 2.5 Review pages. We did Green Group pp. 58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65.
8th Science: We will have the Natural Selection Critical Juncture Assessment on Wednesday, January 8. Today we worked on some of the Lesson 2.6 Review pages. We did Green Group pp. 76,77,78,79,80,81; Purple Group pp. 82,83[SKIP pp. 84 & 85]read & annotate G1-G2,86,87. *Note : some didn’t complete Purple group pages, so we will continue those next time.
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we talked about squirrels in our area and also talked about snowflakes!
December 20, 2024
6th Religion: Read the Venture magazine over Christmas break!
6th Science: Complete yesterday’s work: IN pp. 110,111,112,and 113. This completes the Metabolism IN. We will have the End of Unit Assessment after Christmas Break, most likely on Wednesday, January 8.
7th Science: We will have the Chemical Reactions Critical Juncture Assessment after Christmas Break, most likely on Wednesday, January 8.
8th Science: We will have the Natural Selection Critical Juncture Assessment after Christmas Break, most likely on Wednesday, January 8.
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Happy first day of Winter which officially begins on Saturday, December 21!
December 19, 2024
6th Religion: Your buddy gift and your Secret Santa gift are due by tomorrow. There will be NO phone calls home to have parents bring forgotten items. This is your responsibility!
Both gifts will be exchanged tomorrow morning.
Remember: our Christmas Talent Show is tomorrow afternoon!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 110,111,112. Tomorrow, we will complete our argument on those pages and complete p. 113.
7th Science: Today in Lab, we did the What Does an Atom Look Like? lab. In our afternoon class, we completed any work that needed completion: Structure of the Atom worksheet, Masses of Atoms worksheet, What Does and Atom Look Like? lab.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 70, (use p. 71 as reference),72,73.
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we completed our projects. No class tomorrow. Happy first day of Winter which officially begins on Saturday!
December 18, 2024
6th Religion: Please remember to get your buddy a very small gift to show good will for Christmas. PLEASE, don’t spend a lot. This should be small! We will take a few minutes to give them to our buddies on Friday after the school wide movie.
You will exchange your Secret Santa gifts on Friday morning!
Remember: our Christmas Talent Show is on Friday, December 20!
6th Science: Today we did our first Science Seminar and WOW! (You were all so great!) Complete IN p. 109. Tomorrow, we will write our final argument. We also worked on the "Science World “Take a Side” worksheet for 10 more minutes.
7th Science: Complete the Science World paper called “Take a Side” and turn it in. Work on the worksheet called Structure of the Atom that goes along with one of the sections we read out of the Physical Science textbook. When we finished that, we started the Masses of Atoms worksheet.
8th Science: Complete the Science World paper called “Take a Side” and turn it in. Complete IN pp. 66,67,68,69. For our Lab class, we continued to work on the Collision of Objects Lab that we started last week.
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Tomorrow we will be finishing up our ornaments and snow globes. They must go home tomorrow!
December 17, 2024
6th Religion: Please remember to get your buddy a very small gift to show good will for Christmas. PLEASE, don’t spend a lot. This should be small! We will take a few minutes to give them to our buddies on Friday after the school wide movie.
You will exchange your Secret Santa gifts on Friday morning!
Remember: our Christmas Talent Show is on Friday, December 20!
6th Science: Today we read an article in Science World called “How Pirates Hijacked the Metric System” and did a worksheet called “Take a Side”. Most of the class didn’t complete it, so we will work on it again at the end of the week. This assignment is in Google Classroom!
7th Science: Today we read an article in Science World called “How Pirates Hijacked the Metric System” and did a worksheet called “Take a Side”. Most of the class didn’t complete it, so we will work on it again at the end of the week. This assignment is in Google Classroom!
8th Science: Today we read an article in Science World called “How Pirates Hijacked the Metric System” and did a worksheet called “Take a Side”. Most of the class completed it. Those who didn’t will work on it again at the end of the week. This assignment is in Google Classroom!
Nature Appreciation-Winter: On Thursday, we will be finishing up our ornaments and snow globes. They must go home that day!
December 16, 2024
6th Religion: Please remember to get your buddy a very small gift to show good will for Christmas. PLEASE, don’t spend a lot. This should be small! We will take a few minutes to give them to our buddies on Friday after the school wide movie.
You will exchange your Secret Santa gifts on Friday morning!
Remember: our Christmas Talent Show is on Friday, December 20!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 106,107,108
7th Science: Today, we read pp. 509-515 in the Physical Science textbook about the Changing Atomic Model and Masses of Atoms.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 61,62,read & annotate E1-E4,63,read & annotate F1-F2,64
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we did the start of our snow globes and then worked on our ornaments some more. On Thursday, we will be finishing up our ornaments.
December 13, 2024
6th Religion: Today we read the Venture magazine and celebrated St. Lucia Day with treats from Mrs. Rand! Please remember to get your buddy a very small gift to show good will for Christmas. PLEASE, don’t spend a lot. This should be small! We will take a few minutes to give them to our buddies next Friday after the schoolwide movie.
Remember: our Christmas Talent Show is on Friday, December 20. Mrs. Rand MUST know what you are planning to do by THIS Friday, the 13th!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 103,104. You need your envelope with the evidence cards and the Claim cards.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 55,C1-C2,56. We also started reading into Chapter 17 of the Physical Science Text about Properties and the Structure of Atoms.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 55,56,57,58,59
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we completed decorating the salt dough ornaments. If you were absent, we made some for you to decorate when you are back!
Next week: Snow globes!
December 12, 2024
6th Religion: Complete p. 131. We also did a Hanukkah, Festival of Lights paper.
Please remember to get your buddy a very small gift to show good will for Christmas. PLEASE, don’t spend a lot. This should be small!
Remember: our Christmas Talent Show is on Friday, December 20. Mrs. Rand MUST know what you are planning to do by THIS Friday, the 13th!
6th Science: We didn’t have class today due to watching the Christmas program.
7th Science: Today we worked on completing missing work and on concepts in IXL.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 51,53,54
Nature Appreciation-Winter: Today we made the salt dough ornaments. Mrs. Rand will bake them tonight and we will decorate them tomorrow. If you were absent, we made some for you to decorate when you are back!
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
