March 14, 2014
Team Notes: Happy Pi Day! Next week is the end of the 3rd quarter, so encourage your student to retake any summatives while they can! Next week Tuesday and Thursday are Student-Led Conference nights in which your student will share what he or she knows using an eportfolio. These conferences are not like the conferences we had in the fall in which you meet with all of your student’s teachers. If you have concerns or questions for your student’s teachers, you can arrange it with those teachers individually.
Next week Friday, March 21 is our CARE activity to Stoughton Cinema Café. If your student did not order pizza to eat at the cinema, it is recommended that they bring a SACK LUNCH. School lunch is available as well, but the sack lunch as shown to be easier and quicker in the past. We’d like to extend a big THANK YOU to those of you who generously donated toward the scholarships for the CARE activity. We really appreciate your generosity!
One final reminder that Spring Break is March 24-28, but I doubt your children have been able to let you forget that fact. J Help your student get caught up on grades so he or she can enjoy the week and rest up for the fourth quarter!
English (Totzke): This week in English we continued our Poetry Unit by exploring poems of our choosing and learning about literary devices such as apostrophe, metaphor, simile, imagery, and personification. Next week, students will analyze one of the poems they have found and share it using Haiku Deck. Students will also be encouraged to write their own poems to go for four. You can find many resources for this poetry unit on my website:
https://sites.google.com/a/oregonsd.net/7-o-english/websites1 Happy Reading!
English (Rigell): https://sites.google.com/a/oregonsd.net/oms-enriched-english/home/homework
Geography (Vruwink for Stoller): This week, we studied the war happening in Darfur. Darfur is a region in Sudan. It is home to about 6 million people from nearly 100 tribes - some nomads, some farmers. All Muslims. In a struggle for control of the area, weapons poured into Darfur. Conflicts increased between African farmers and many nomadic Arab tribes. The government of Sudan responded by unleashing Arab militias known as Janjaweed, or “devils on horseback”. Sudanese forces and Janjaweed militia attacked hundreds of villages throughout Darfur. Over 400 villages have been completely destroyed and millions of civilians have been forced to flee their homes. Students were able to view and hear about what's going on in Darfur as they watched the PBS Frontline documentary, "On Our Watch." Today, students took a test on this war in Darfur. With the 3rd quarter ending next week, prompt them to check IC to see if they're missing anything.
Geography (Howe): We find ourselves nearing the end of Quarter 3 and also the end of our unit on Africa. Students have just finished watching the movie Invictus, and are beginning to work on a summative assessment based on the events in the movie. Students may choose to write in the R.A.F.T form (http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/using-raft-writing-strategy-30625.html), or may show the important events through art. Invictus is the story of Nelson Mandela's goal to unite South Africa through the national rugby team after the era of Apartheid.
Math (Stauss): During math this week we learned how to use both tree-diagrams and area models to find theoretical probability. After finding the theoretical probability using these methods, we compared them to our experiment probabilities found through experiments we conducted in class. Next week we will be reviewing for out What Do You Expect Test that students will take on Thursday.
Math (Krueger): See separate IC email and blog post
Science (Rockwell for vanSteenderen): We played the role of a bee pollinating a flower this week! How neat to be able to simulate something like that! Along with that, students are learning about the parts of a seed (cotyledon, hypocotyl, radicle and roots), root systems (fibrous or tap root) and how plants reproduce. We're anxiously waiting for our own Brassica plants to produce some seeds!
Science (Howe): The kids are rounding out their basic plant and flower knowledge by learning about and pollinating their Wisconsin Fast Plants. Over the next week and a half, student will create their own flower/plant that must meet specific requirement in terms of parts, seed dispersal, environment, and animal interactions. This formative assessment is due Tuesday, March 18, and will be great practice for our unit test on the 20th.
FACE (Duffy): We finished off our Kitchen Work making Muffins. The students did great, with only minor mistakes. The students will be making their own cooking show next week, should be fun!
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Andrew Dolejs (Special Education) - acdolejs@oregonsd.net
Kelly (Eickert) Manzeck (Special Education) – kjmanzeck@oregonsd.net
Alex Howe (Geo and Science) - abhowe@oregonsd.net
Bryan Krueger (Math) - bmkrueger@oregonsd.net
Katie Stauss (Math) – kmstauss@oregonsd.net
Amanda Rigell (English) - akrigell@oregonsd.net
Jeri Shumaker (Tech Tools) - jsh@oregonsd.net
Laura Stoller (Geography) – lms3@oregonsd.net
Caitlyn Duffy (FACE) - cmduffy@oregonsd.net
Tiffany (Totzke) Brian (English) - tntotzke@oregonsd.net
Debe vanStenderen (Science) – ddv@oregonsd.net
Team Blog: http://oms7-osharks.blogspot.com/
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