Shark Week is coming December 14-18! Look for more details next week on our blog. We are also doing our first silent auction Monday-Wednesday next week, where students can bid on a few items using their accumulated care cash.
Upcoming Deadlines and Projects:
December 7th - Word Work 2 re-take due (Ripp)
December 8th - Math test (Gratzl)
December 8th - Taxes/Supply & Demand Quiz (Stoller)
December 14th - Short Story re-takes due (Ripp)
December 15th: OPEC quiz (Stoller)
December 14th - 18th - Shark Week
December 17th - 22nd - Debates in Integrated Literacy (Bures)
December 17th - Science quiz (Spaeth)
December 18th - Word Work 3 due (Ripp)
December 21st - Math quiz (Gratlz
December 22nd - Nonfiction picture book due (Ripp)
December 23rd - January 4th - No School
Stoller (Geography):
It is economics season in Geography right now. Did your student talk with you about taxes? What they are? How they're collected? What they provide? Next Tuesday, students will take a quiz on both taxes and the principle of Supply and Demand. Ask your student why diamonds cost more than pebbles. From there, we will move into a discussion of OPEC and learning why gas prices rise and fall.
Westrich:
English: Challenge Text (Theme/Central Idea), Vocabulary: Ongoing
German: Review Unit 2 vocabulary for 5 minutes daily.
Integrated Literacy (Bures):
Students are preparing for their debates. Ask them about their topic and opening statements.
Math (Gratzl):
Questions to ask your child about math:
What is the shadow method? What would be an example of the shadow method?
When is your next test? What is the best way to study for your test? (hint: the review we went over in class on Friday)
What is the shadow method? What would be an example of the shadow method?
When is your next test? What is the best way to study for your test? (hint: the review we went over in class on Friday)
Science (Spaeth):
Starting 5 levels of organization in living things. Heading into Human Body Systems. We will be starting muscles and bones. Protists and levels of organization quiz Thursday.
Geography (Howe):
Students are finishing World Religion presentations today. Next week, we'll be looking at an overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Tech Tools (Shumaker):
Tech Tools students finished a "Comics" assignment last week. They created a comic strip from 2 different websites and embedded them into their eportfolio. Now they are working a tour from 3 different continents. Students will pick a city or landmark, find an image that is "labeled for reuse" and 2 facts. Another component of this project is practicing citations. They need to know how to create a website citation versus a digital image citation. I can't wait to go around the world on the tours that the 7O students create!
English (Ripp)
Ask your child about:
- What their nonfiction picture book topic is?
- What are their goals for December?
- How did they do on their short story and will they be working on it further for Yahara?
- What did they learn from our Skype market research calls with 2nd and 3rd graders today.
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