Newsletter April 17th, 2017

Forward testing resumes tomorrow (Tuesday) in all English classes. Students must bring headphones for the listening portion of the test.  Students can bring bottled water, as long as the bottles are not noisy, gum and mints.  

Don't forget to submit boxtops or milkcaps if you have those!  We will be sending those in sometime near the end of May and we appreciate any support you can give us.  We use those funds to help provide scholarships for field trips and to purchase prizes for various events.

Geography (Stoller):  

Students finished their Africa unit on Darfur this week.  Ask your child about the Janjaweed and how China manipulated the UN to help Sudan.  We started Europe and students have maps due next week.  Ask your child about what countries and capitals (s)he would like to visit one day!

English (Ripp):

We presented Elephant and Piggie plays this week.  All of these will be made available to show in their Google Classroom accounts this week.  We are testing all week in English.

Deadlines:

Word work 4 due April 19th

Word work 5 due April 26th

Westrich:

English: Forward Exam

German: Ask your child what she/he learned from our Culture Project Gallery Walk!  Next up: Starting Unit 5 (Hobbies and Free time)

Math (Poch):

Ask how the Forward exam went? Was it hard, easy, just right? What was your favorite part of it?

Science (Spaeth):

Sesame Street genetics due 4/21

Art:

-OMS Art Show Thursday, April 27th 6-8 pm

7th Art: What are some ways to be successful when creating ceramics?

Art Extended: How are you representing yourself in your selfie project and what are you learning about?

Spanish (Jensen):

Vocab Quiz Retakes due by 4/26 (black day classes) and 4/27 (orange day classes).  SEVERAL students need to retake this, so please check in with your child to see if he/she needs to practice and complete the retake.

The unit 4 project will take place on Thursday, April 20th (black day classes) and Friday, April 21st(orange day classes).  The students will be asked questions in Spanish about themselves and their family members, and they will need to answer those questions without using any notes.

Integrated Literacy:
What is your magazine idea? Are you collaborating with anyone or working alone?

Math (Gratzl):

Deadlines:  What Do You Expect Test Corrections are Due Friday, April 21st

Questions to ask your child about math:

-Do you need to do test corrections on the What Do You Expect Test?

-What scores did you get on the What Do You Expect Test?

-What concepts is your next unit on?