“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!
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 one of the 6th grade Homeroom teachers. I’m the 6th grade Religion teacher and I also teach Middle School Science and the Nature Appreciation electives.
I’ve been a teacher at St. Norbert School for 35 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 28 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:
October 30, 2025
6th Religion:*The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by tomorrow!
6th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by tomorrow!
7th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by tomorrow! Complete IN pp. 31,32,33,35, read & annotate B1-B3,36,37
8th Science: Complete IN pp. *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by tomorrow!
*The Critical Juncture Assessment will be coming up next week! It will probably be on Wednesday, November 5.
October 29, 2025
6th Religion:*The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! Today was mass.
6th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! No class today. Pumpkin decorating.
7th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! Complete IN pp. 25,26,29,30, start 31
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 35,36,37,39 *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday!
*The Critical Juncture Assessment will be coming up soon! It won’t be this week, but it will be next week!
October 28, 2025
6th Religion:*The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday!
6th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! Today we had a talk about quality of work.
7th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! Complete IN pp. 18,19,21,24[(You can either cut the correct shape out of this page, or I can give you one on a separate page to cut out). Glue to one you cut out on p. 19.]
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 34,35 experimentation part. We’ll do the questions tomorrow. *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday!
*The Critical Juncture Assessment will be coming up soon! It won’t be this week, but it will be next week!
October 27, 2025
6th Religion: Complete the Unit 1 Review pp. 105-107
*Get the Harry Potter play field trip permission slip signed and return it with the fee BY tomorrow, October 28!
*The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday!
6th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! Finish Part B of The Compound Light Microscope Lab.
7th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday! Complete IN pp. 13,14,16
8th Science: *The Somme Woods field trip form, fee, and waiver are due by this Friday!
*The Critical Juncture Assessment will be coming up soon! It won’t be this week, but it will be next week!
Today we read an article from Science World and did the Check for Understanding paper.
October 24, 2025
6th Religion: *Get the field trip permission slip signed and return it with the fee BY Tuesday, October 28! Sooner would be great!
6th Science: Today we finished the prepared slides Lab drawings and then started the Lab called The Compound Light Microscope.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 9,11,12
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 33, start 34&35 *The Critical Juncture Assessment will be coming up soon! It won’t be next week, but it will be the week after!
October 23, 2025
6th Religion: Complete your Creation haiku poster and make sure I have the printout coloring page for your buddy. *Get the field trip permission slip signed and return it with the fee BY Tuesday, October 28! Sooner would be great!
6th Science: The 6 microscope drawings should be finished or nearly finished. When you are done, turn them in!
7th Science: In the new Plate Motion IN, do pp, 6,7,8.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 26,28,29,30. You need to start at p. 24 and do the Modelling Tool activities for some of these lessons. Press Hand IN to save your work.
October 22, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass. *Get the field trip permission slip signed and return it with the fee BY Tuesday, October 28! Sooner would be great!
6th Science: Today we read “Bats on the Run” from Science World and did a worksheet called Vampire Bat Range
7th Science: Today we did more research for our Martian soil project.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 21,22,23
October 21, 2025
6th Religion: Today we prepared for our Halloween get-together with our buddies and then worked on Creation haiku posters.
6th Science: Today we practiced using the Compound Light microscopes and looked at prepared slides of different things. We are drawing what we see. We’ll continue this later in the week!
7th Science: Today we read an article in Science World and did a Digging Into the Data sheet.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 18,read & annotate A1-A2,19
October 20, 2025
6th Religion: Today we started the Unit 1 Review on pp. 105-107. It is not homework.
6th Science: Today we learned about Compound Light Microscopes. Tomorrow we will start to use the microscopes!
7th Science: Today we started research for the Martian Soil experiment.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 13,14,16,17 (write 2 sentences in the blank space on the page),top of 18(fill out independent variable, dependent variable, and control)
October 17, 2025
6th Religion: Today we read the Venture magazine.
6th Science: Today we took the end of unit assessment for the Microbiome unit. Then we read some short articles in the September Science World and did a 10 question “quiz” on what we read.
7th Science: If you missed class, the short articles that the class read from Science World were put in Google Classroom. Please read each of the short articles. There will be a 10 question multiple choice “quiz” to do when you are back based on those articles. We also started researching if plants can be grown in Martian soil. We will be working on this more next week.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 12
October 16, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 99,100,101,103
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 69,70,read & annotate K1-K2,71. You will turn in your completed IN tomorrow for grading. Our End of Unit Assessment for Microbiome is tomorrow!
7th Science: Today we took the Geology on Mars End of Unit Assessment.
8th Science: Complete the separate sheet for Lesson 1.2 Activity 5 and then complete IN pp. 11
October 15, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 65,66,67,68. These pages are due by tomorrow. Our End of Unit Assessment for Microbiome will be this Friday, October 17.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. C1-C2 (read & annotate), 55,D1 (read & annotate), 56. Check over the entire IN to be sure you have completed all pages. They will be collected tomorrow for grading. Our End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars will be tomorrow!
8th Science: The class had a free choice study period today due to several classmates out for Quiz Bowl. No homework!
October 14, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 87,88,89,91. In Chapter 3, do pp. 94,95
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 65,66,67,68. These pages are due by Thursday because you will have Social Studies tomorrow. Our End of Unit Assessment for Microbiome will be this Friday, October 17.
7th Science: Complete IN p. 54 Scientific argument about the Channel on Mars. If you want, you can also read & annotate the article on p. D1 and do the questions on p. 56. We’ll watch a short video and do p. 55 tomorrow. There will also be time to complete p. 56 tomorrow. Our End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars will be this Thursday, October 16.
8th Science: Today we did something relaxing and read some short science news articles from the September Science World. Then we answered some questions about them. This isn’t homework, but you will complete the paper if you didn’t finish it tomorrow in class.
October 13, 2025
6th Religion: Read pp. 84-86 and do p. 85.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 60,[61,62 write a note on these pages if you DON’T intend to use them to revise your Subclaim 1 argument],64,top of 65: check off your subclaim. Our End of Unit Assessment for Microbiome will be this Friday, October 17.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 50,51,53, and start p. 54 (writing a scientific argument about the channel on Mars). We will complete the argument tomorrow, and then will complete the IN for this Geology on Mars unit. Our End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars will be this Thursday, October 16.
8th Science: Today we began the Force and Motion unit. Everyone got the new IN. Complete IN pp. 6,7(discussion)8,9
October 9, 2025
6th Religion: Today we read the Venture magazine.
6th Science: No class due to the half day. Our End of Unit Assessment for Microbiome will be on Friday, October 17.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 46,47,49, start pp. 50 & 51. Our End of Unit Assessment for Geology on Mars will be on Thursday, October 16.
8th Science: No class due to the half day.
October 8, 2025
6th Religion: Today was mass.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 56,[discuss & annotate 57 or 58],59 [read & annotate F1-F2 or G1-G2]
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 43,44,45
8th Science: Today we presented our Energy inventions before the Pep Rally.
October 7, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 79,82,83
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 53,54 (writing a press release/argument for the subclaim)
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 39,40,42,[43,44 we’ll complete these tomorrow]
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 62. We also turned in our INs for the Harnessing Human Energy unit. Tomorrow, we will present our Energy inventions for the Rescue team to each other.
October 6, 2025
6th Religion: Complete pp. 75,77
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 47,[49,50,51 discussion with a partner],52
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 38
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 59,60,61. Tomorrow we will finish p. 62.
END OF UNIT ASSESSMENT IS TOMORROW! (It’s very short!)
October 3, 2025
6th Religion: No class due to CTC breakfast, trivia, and photos.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 41(one sentence at the bottom),42(one sentence at the bottom),read & annotate D1 ”Salmonella”,43, read & annotate E1-E2 ”C.difficile”.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 34,35
8th Science: No class today.
October 2, 2025
6th Religion: Today we talked about St. Therese of the Child Jesus and then read the Venture magazine.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 37, read & annotate C1-C2,38,40
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 32,33
8th Science: Complete your Energy Design for the rescue team. Then do IN pp. 55,56, your Design (be prepared to explain it to the class next time!),58
October 1, 2025
6th Religion: Mass today.
6th Science: No class today. All in Social Studies.
7th Science: No class due to Mass and the Fire Drill.
8th Science: Today we worked on building our Energy Designs for the Rescue Team.
September 30, 2025
6th Religion: Read pp. 69-75. Do pp. 70,71,73
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 35,36(nothing to write on this page, but it was an activity we did)
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 27,28,29,31
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 52(nothing to write on this page),53,54
September 29, 2025
6th Religion: Jewish high holy day/holiday posters will be due tomorrow morning when I start class.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 30,31,32,33
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 25,26, 28 sketch only, start writing observations on 27.
8th Science: Complete pp. 48 (by getting information on the other inventions from other classmates),49
September 25, 2025
6th Religion: Jewish high holy day/holiday posters will be due on Tuesday morning when I start class. On Monday, you will have the time before Advisory to work on the poster if you need it.
6th Science: Today we completed the basketball activity: Explore Basketball Motion. The packet is due on Monday.
7th Science: Today we completed the basketball activity: Explore Basketball Motion. The packet is due on Monday.
8th Science: No class due to CTC Kickoff assembly.
September 24, 2025
6th Religion: Jewish high holy day/holiday posters will be due on Tuesday morning when I start class. Tomorrow we will read the next issue of Venture. On Monday, you will have the time before Advisory to work on the poster if you need it.
6th Science: Today we listened to 6th grade Representative speeches and voted for Student Council officers and 6th grade Representative. Complete IN p. 29.
7th Science: No class today due to Mass and Student Council Officer speeches.
8th Science: Today we completed the Basketball activity: Explore Basketball Motion. We turned in our INs for grading.
September 23, 2025
6th Religion: Today we worked on our Jewish high holy day/holiday posters. They will be due on Tuesday morning when I start class. Tomorrow we have mass and on Thursday we will read the next issue of Venture. On Monday, you will have the time before Advisory to work on the poster if you need it.
6th Science: We did more of the basketball activity today. We completed Part 1: Dribbling and Part 2: Bounce Passes. If you didn’t finish, please complete those parts by Thursday. We turned in our INs for grading.
7th Science: We did more of the basketball activity today. We completed Part 1: Dribbling and Part 2: Bounce Passes. If you didn’t finish, please complete those parts by Thursday.
8th Science: We did more of the basketball activity today. We completed Part 1: Dribbling and Part 2: Bounce Passes. If you didn’t finish, please complete those parts by tomorrow.
September 22, 2025
6th Religion: We finished reading the Venture and then went to Advisory.
6th Science: We read the Science World article “She Shoots, She Scores!” We did the Check Understanding page and then we started a basketball activity that goes along with this article.
7th Science: We read the Science World article “She Shoots, She Scores!” We did the Check Understanding page and then we started a basketball activity that goes along with this article. We also turned in our INs.
8th Science: We read the Science World article “She Shoots, She Scores!” We did the Check Understanding page and then we started a basketball activity that goes along with this article. *If you missed class, the article is posted in Google Classroom.
September 19, 2025
6th Religion: Today we read the very first issue of Venture magazine for the year!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 25,26,read & annotate B1-B3,27. For most of next week, we will do a physics basketball activity!
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 20,read & annotate B1-B2, 22,23. For most of next week, we will do a physics basketball activity!
8th Science: Complete IN pp. read & annotate C1-C2, answer the question on p. 43. Then do 46,47,read the Human Energy-capturing device that you were assigned to that are on the C pages. (If you were absent, read p. C4 Energy Capturing Bike).
For most of next week, we will do a physics basketball activity!
September 18, 2025
6th Religion: Today we worked on our Jewish high holy day/holiday poster.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 18,19,20,21, + 3 sentences at the bottom of p. 21 using the Word Relationshop cards,22.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 15,16,17
8th Science: No class today.
September 17, 2025
6th Religion: Today was our class mass. Great job, everyone!
6th Science: No class. Everyone was in Social Studies today.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 12,14
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 39,40,41,42.
September 16, 2025
6th Religion: Today we practiced for tomorrow’s mass and then we chose which of the Jewish High holy days and other holidays we will make a poster about. Remember: Jesus was Jewish which is why we are learning about this!
6th Science: Complete IN pp. A1-A4 read & annotate the article, 16.
7th Science: Complete IN p. 11
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 35,36, read & annotate B1-B2,37
September 15, 2025
6th Religion: Complete p. 6
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 14,15. Then complete the Independent and Dependent Variables worksheet.
7th Science: Complete Variables Worksheet (independent, dependent, control, constant).
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 32,reread bottom of A2-A3,33,34,35 top only.
September 12, 2025
6th Religion: Today we planned for our mass next Wednesday.
6th Science: Complete IN p. 13. Draw 2 microorganisms on the page to the scale suggested. You need to make sure you pick a microORGANISM that is either in the card set or the Scale Tool.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 8, read & annotate A1-A2,9
8th Science: Complete IN p. 30
September 11, 2025
6th Religion: Complete Religion book pages K7,K9. Then do p. 3 in The New Year opening chapter.
Please turn in Band forms if you are planning to be in band!
6th Science: Complete IN p. 12. We also did some IXL work to start class.
7th Science: Complete IN pp. 6,7
8th Science: Complete IN p. 27,28,29
September 10, 2025
6th Religion: Tomorrow is PICTURE DAY! Dress to impress! If your parents don’t order online, please be sure to bring your form in to school and give to Mrs. Rand! Also, please turn in Band forms if you are planning to be in band.
6th Science: Complete IN pp. 8,9,11
7th Science: Today we worked on IN pp. 6 & 7. We will complete those pages tomorrow.
8th Science: Complete IN pp. 18,19,20,22,read & annotate A1-A3,24.
September 9, 2025
6th Religion: In the Religion book, read pp. K1-K6. Do pp. K3,K5,K6.
6th Science: We did the activity that goes along with IN p. 7. Then we looked at Lesson 1.1 Activity 4 Scale Tool model.
7th Science: Today we corrected the Independent and Dependent Variable worksheet and received our new IN for the Geology on Mars launch unit.
8th Science: Today we corrected the Independent and Dependent Variable worksheets. Then we got back into our Amplify Harnessing Human Energy unit Lesson 1.3. IN pp. 16,17
More Resources:
Below is a website for students to explore for more practice.
