Newsletter December 18, 2015

Good afternoon,

A deep very heartfelt thank you to all of you who were able to donate t the OMS holiday challenge.  Because of your generosity we were able to beat the goal, number to come soon.  Every single donation counted, no matter how small it was, so thank you so much.  We had a fun week in the shark tank, a few pictures will be posted from our our dress up days later.

Next week is a short one as we only have school Monday and Tuesday.  We come back to school Monday, January 4th.  As we near the end of the year, we also wanted to say thank you so much for being a part of our life through these amazing students.  Being a teacher is something we all love and getting to teach these kids is a privilege.  

Upcoming Deadlines and Projects:

December 21st - Middle east maps and Map quiz (Howe)

December 21st - Math quiz (Gratzl)

December 21st - Unit 2 Summative Conversation (German)

December 22nd - Imaginary Skeleton due (Spaeth)

December 22nd - Non-fiction picture book due (Ripp)

December 22nd - Ugly sweater day

December 23rd - January 4th - No School

January 4th - Back to school

January 18th - Challenge Text Writing Summative (Westrich English)

January 29th - End of Quarter care trip to Ten Pin Alley

English (Ripp):

Later today, please check IC for student vocab quiz/packet from today, many kids once again did not study.  

Ask your child about:

-  How is their non-fiction picture book coming - it is due this Tuesday  - everything they need for it is in Google Classroom.

-  Which book are they reading?

-  How did they do on the vocab work?

Geography (Stoller): 

Students wrapped up a mini unit about various economic systems used around the world.  Ask your child about capitalism, socialism and communism.  While our learning was quite simplified, students begin to talk about why certain systems are preferable and/or work better than others.  Mr. Vruwink (guest teacher) will be with students on Monday andTuesday as they learn a bit about the conflict in Israel between Israelis and Palestinians.  When we return in January, we will do some learning about India.

Science (Spaeth):

Imaginary animal skeleton project (Macgyver project) is due 12-22.  It's a in class project that they will be working on the last 3 days before break.  The task is to create an imaginary animal and then build the skeletal system for that animal using only certain building materials and limited quantities of each material.

Westrich:

German: Unit 2 Summative Conversation Monday/Tuesday, Dec. 21/22

English: Challenge Text Writing Summative (Theme) due January 18th

Math (Gratzl)

Deadlines:  Quiz Monday

Things to ask your child about math:
What is a proportion?
If a number is missing in a proportion, how do you find it?
What is the difference between a part-to-part ratio and a part-to-whole ratio?

Geography (Howe):

Middle East/Asia maps and map quiz due Monday.