Newsletter January 15, 2016

Friday, January 29 is our next CARE trip to Ten Pin Alley in Fitchburg.  Permission slips went home Tuesday and should be returned ASAP.  

Second quarter ends Thursday.  This is a great time to review IC with your student so that there are no surprises when report cards are finalized.  We recommend setting a habit of at least a once weekly check with your child so that you are able to  ask questions about your child's learning and progress in each class.  If you need help with IC, please connect with any of your child's teachers!

Upcoming Deadlines and Projects:

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

January 19th - NF picture book speech due

January 19th - Spelling Bee 3rd hour

January 21st - Test corrections due (Math)

January 22nd - No school - teacher professional day

January 28th - Assignment 25 in Tech Tools (Shumaker)

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

February 1st - Int. Literacy and English project due

Geography (Stoller): 

Students are working in groups to learn about one of five major world religions.  They are creating presentations to share with their classmates.  Ask your child which religion (s)he is studying and what (s)he has learned.  Don't forget that almost all class resources are available on the class website.  Shoot me an email if you need assistance finding something or have more questions!

English (Ripp):

• ​What is their speech about and have they practiced?
• What is their paper blog on?
• What goals do they have for next quarter/semester?
• What has been their favorite book so far?
• Book orders due Wednesday!

Westrich:

English: Challenge Text Writing due Monday, 1/18

German: Beginning Unit 3 - Hobbies, Activities, "Doing Stuff"​

Geography (Howe):

5 Themes Quiz - India on Friday

Any retakes should be done ASAP

Tech Tools:

In Tech Tools class students are finishing all assignments through #24.  Assignment 25 is dueJan. 28 (this will count for 3rd quarter).  Students will be uploading artifacts and reflections on their eportfolio pages.  Your student will be sharing this information with you at their Student Led Conference. Hopefully students will be using some interesting tools to demonstrate their learning!

Math (Gratzl):

Deadlines:

Test Corrections for our Comparing and Scaling Unit are due Thursday, January 21st.

Ask your child about:
How they did on their comparing and scaling test.  Do they need to do corrections?
What is a unit rate?  How do they find it if they knew 12 apples cost $4?