7-O Newsletter October 8th, 2017

What a fantastic week of homecoming, it was great fun to see so many kids dress up and be excited about this community event.  Now on to the Urban Challenge on Thursday.  We encourage all kids to dress in layers, wear comfortable shoes, and have fun!  More reminders will be sent out prior to Thursday.

Please make sure your learner has handed in their permission slip to go on Urban Challenge, we cannot take any students without permission.

We are in search of Kleenex, if you would like to donate a box, we would be so grateful.  

English (Ripp/Bures)

Lit Studies:

Re-take dates can be found on our Google Calendar

Ask your learner about:

• How did they do on their vocab quiz and what does manifest mean?
• What is a tough question?
• What were the Indian Reservation Schools?

Info Studies:

Ask your learner about:

• How they did on their curation project.
• How did their speech go (Speeches can be viewed in Google Classroom)

Science (Spaeth):

Ask your student what their scores were on their first test test of the year.
Nature of science test retakes due 10/17
Microscope parts quiz retake due 10/18

Microscope functions quiz retake due 10/19

OMS Orchestras

Concert Tuesday, October 17, 2017
6:30 p.m. call, 7:00 p.m. concert
Reception at Froyo to follow
Dress rehearsal during hours 2, 3, and 4 on October 17

Geography (Stoller):: 

Students spent time looking at Madison maps in preparation for Urban Challenge next week.  We also had a guest speaker Thursday, a cartographer.  Ask your learner:*What is a cartographer and what skills does (s)he need for work?
*What were some of the 'cool maps' that the cartographer brought to share?
*What did you locate on the Madison map and what are you most excited to visit next week for Urban Challenge?

Spanish (Jensen)

We are coming upon the end of our first unit, which means we have a vocabulary quiz and our unit project coming up in the next week or so. 
Black Day classes:  vocab quiz is on 10/9 and unit project is on 10/13
Orange Day classes:  vocab quiz is on 10/10 and unit project is on 10/16

You can help your child study for the vocabulary quiz by saying the English words on their vocabulary list and they can give you the Spanish.  They can also practice by going to either of these websites: www.quizlet.com -or- www.studystack.com/users/kate_jnsn  (search / click on OMS Jensen 7.1)

You can help your child study for the unit project by asking the following questions in English and having your child answer in Spanish.  (Your child can also practice asking you the questions in Spanish.)
-What is your name?
-How are you?
-Where are you from?
-What is your nationality?

(above and beyond - What is your friend's name?  Where is your friend from?)

Enriched English (Westrich):

MAP testing all week except the 12th.

Band (Jaeger/Dorn):

Bb Concert Major Scale assessments begin Monday, 10/9 and end Friday, 10/20. There are three different ways students can complete the assessment: In-class, in small group, or with a video. Students are encouraged to take the video option of their scale assessment at home, because they can do multiple takes and email me (or share on google drive or dropbox) the video that demonstrates their best performance. If students would prefer to use technology at school to do their individual videos, they may also use a band iPad at lunchtime.

Math (Gratzl):

Deadlines:

-Test Corrections Due Wednesday, October 18th

Questions:

-How did you do on your math test?  Are you planning on doing corrections?

-What is the difference between -250 and 300?

-Put these numbers in order from least to greatest:  20, -50, 0 -100, -98 and 12.

Resources:

-Shapes and Designs:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/18IANdct7B-WLSp...

-Accentuate the Negative:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ANrwFrnaqjUVQU...