Newsletter April 6th, 2018

Forward Exam starts Monday in math, please remind students to bring headphones as they will need them for this exam and the English one as well the following week.

Grades are finzalized as of this afternoon.  Students who are being recommended for summer school should hva e a comment within their classes on their report card, however, individual emails have also been sent out today.

Thank you to everyone who has signed up for SLC's.  Please sign up if you haven't yet under your learner's connections teacher, here are a few of the links:

Bures:  http://signup.com/go/qBXnyWW

Ripp: http://signup.com/go/UXDUKdm

Manzeck: http://signup.com/go/tFBRAaG

Stoller:  http://signup.com/go/DTgXHaz

Gratzl's Link:http://signup.com/go/JgPwmbn

Spaeth Signup: http://signup.com/go/hTSCckT

OMS Art Show
Tuesday, April 10th
5:00-7:00pm in the OMS Library 
Over 500 works of art will be on display.
Enjoy live music and refreshments as you view the artwork.
Please stop by and show your support for the Arts at OMS!
If you would like to help provide refreshments please sign up here.https://www.perfectpotluck.com/ZCLM9802

English (Bures/Ripp)

Lit Studies

Deadlines:  Inferring project due Friday, April 13th

Graphic organizer for Don't Ask Jack due Monday, April 9th (Ripp)

Questions:

What does it mean to infer?

When do you use inference?

What do you plan on doing for your inference project?

What happened to Francis?

Info Studies:

New unit starts next week

Questions:

Are you prepared for your SLC?

Are you ready for 8th grade?

Science:

Pedigree quiz-4/9

Geography (Stoller): 

Students are exploring different forms of government used around the world.  There will be a quiz mid to late next week.  Ask your learner:*Why might some people say that the US is becoming an oligarchy?
*What are the similarities and differences between direct democracy and representative democracy?
*What are the similarities and differences between absolute monarchy and dictatorship?
*What system would you prefer to live under and why?  What system would you NOT want to live under and why?

Math 8:

Forward Testing: 4/9-4/13

Check IC for Say It With Symbol Summatives

Art:

7th Grade Art: Students should be taking a photograph of something "zoomed in" for their value projects.

Art Extended: Starting plans and formative work for a Symbolism Selfie project.

OMS Art Show
Tuesday, April 10th 

5:00-7:00pm in the OMS Library 
Over 500 works of art will be on display.

Enjoy live music and refreshments as you view the artwork.
Please stop by and show your support for the Arts at OMS!

If you would like to help provide refreshments please sign up here. https://www.perfectpotluck.com/ZCLM9802

Math 7:

Deadlines:  

-What Do You Expect Test Corrections due Friday, April 13th

Questions:

-How do you find the volume of any prism?
-How do you find the surface area of any prism?
-A cube has how many vertices, edges and faces?  (v=8, e=12 and f=6

Resources:

Filling and Wrapping Unit Resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/17sSm00dSIp5Tbb...

Spanish (Jensen):  

The students will take their Unit 4 vocabulary quiz on Monday, April 9th (black days) and Tuesday, April 10th (orange days).  They can study for this by going to either of these websites: www.quizlet.com OR www.studystack.com/users/kate_jnsn (search/click on OMS Jensen 7.4 for both sites).  *Retakes will need to be completed by 4/25 (black days) and 4/26 (orange days).Also, we will be starting our Unit 4 speaking projects on Tuesday, April 17th (black days) and Wednesday, April 18th (orange days).  The students can prepare for this by practicing with their question/answer "flipper" or by writing out their answers on the handout they received this week.