Homecoming is next week. The dress-up days are as follows:
Monday - Multiples Monday - dress alike
Tuesday - Trendy Tuesday
Wednesday - White Out
Thursday - Team Color/Animal Day
Friday - Orange and Black
Student Council - to receive an application for the student council, please see Mr.Gasner, 7M geography teacher.
GSA, Gender Sexuality Alliance, meets every Wednesday during lunch in Mrs. Ripp’s room. Anyone is welcome to come work on equity issues surrounding LGBTQ+.
Interested in Chaperoning Our Urban Challenge?
We still need a few more chaperones and would love if you would/could join us.
Date: October 10th and morning of October 11th (optional)
Time: October 10th: 7:45 AM to 3:15 PM, if you can join us on Oct 11th it is from 7:55 to about 8:30 AM
What: Supervise a team of 7-O students as they navigate Madison.
Let Pernille Ripp psripp@oregonsd.net if you are interested - this is not a commitment but just a show of interest.
English - Gunst
We are beginning to focus on memoirs and personal essays in class. Their first significant writing assignment, "How Do I...." has been completed and they will be receiving feedback and a grade shortly. It is fantastic to see so many of your kids embracing independent reading and I have been so impressed by their interest and kindness. On Thursday, they will be assigned a 6-word memoir in class. Please ask them to share their work with you.
Always ask them what they are reading and if they are enjoying it. Thanks for all you do.
English - Ripp:
We have been diving into memoir and personal essays by reading about other people's experiences and reflecting on our own lives. The students created 6-word memoirs, which are now on display outside of our room. To see a picture of them, go to our Facebook page.
Deadlines:
Day 14 - Personal essay question sheet due tonight
Day 15 - Personal essay question due Monday
How Do I re-takes due by October 7th
Questions to ask:
- What was your 6-word memoir?
- What is the difference between a memoir and a personal essay?
- What are moments that have changed or impacted you?
- What are you reading? How would you rank it?
- Who was Ida B. Wells?
Spanish (Landsverk):
We are approaching our first Spanish quiz! Students should be studying 5-10 minutes daily on their vocabulary Quizlet, link on Google Classroom, in order to prepare for next Tuesday/Wednesday. Students should also check Infinite Campus for late work as retakes will not be considered until missing work has been completed.
Orchestra
Bill's grocery receipts are a easy and wonderful way to contribute to Friends Of The Orchestra (FOTO) and have helped us raise thousands of dollars for supplemental educational experiences for orchestra students. Send them in with students to place in our basket in the Orchestra classroom!
Fall Concert is Oct. 17th at 7:00 p.m. at Oregon High School's PAC.
Concert dress is all black (a more detailed description of appropriate concert attire will be sent out later this week through Infinite Campus).
Questions to ask:
How do you feel you did on the formative peer/self assessment on the D minor scale this week?
How is a D minor scale different from a D major scale?
Choir:
I am still looking for the uniform contracts/signature pages from the choir handbook. Please check IC to see if your student has turned it in yet!
Choir students' sight singing assessment pre-test was due on Wednesday of this week. This was formative work to find out student's current level of sight singing fluency.
Questions to ask:
How do you think you did on your sight singing pre-test?
What is your favorite song so far in choir? Why do you like it?
Geography - Howe
Please check IC or my website for your student's current event date. We are also having a small quiz on maps and map projections on Friday. Students filled out a note sheet template this week to study from.
ART - Touhey:
We have been working on creating personal logo designs using the elements of art. Look for these to be published on Artsonia soon.
Questions to ask:
- What elements did you add to your logo design to represent yourself?
Geography (Stoller): Students created Inquiry Journals this week and will use them through next week as we explore creating a culture of inquiry and argument. We will use these skills all year long and the journals will pop back up throughout the year for writing our thoughts, questions and opinions. We reviewed Dream Classroom grades and discussed the procedure to retakes.
Questions to ask:
-How long do you have to turn an assignment in late? (two weeks)
-How long do you have to redo an assignment or retake a quiz? (two weeks from the date you got it back from Ms Stoller)
-What is inquiry? What word do we use often with babies and toddlers to describe how they see the world? (curious)
-How is conversation related to argument related to inquiry?
Math-Gratzl
Deadlines: Shapes and Designs Test on Tuesday, October 1st AND Shapes and Designs Quiz Corrections Due Friday, October 4th
Questions to ask:
-What questions do you need to ask Mrs. Gratzl in preparation for taking the math test on Tuesday?
-How can you figure out if 3 side lengths make a triangle?
-How can you figure out if 4 side lengths make a quadrilateral?
Resources:
German - Wochenske
We have been working on asking and answering questions with basic personal information like name and age. We are also investigating cultural practices and products. This week we will also be finalizing our classroom constitutions.
Questions to ask:
-What behaviors do you see in the classroom that you would like to stop?
-What behaviors would you like students to choose in the classroom?
Science -Krucas
We have been focusing on learning the experimental design process. Our new concepts are learning the different variables in an experiment: Independent variable, dependent variable, control variables. There are notes and practice activities on our google classroom page.
Deadlines: The first test on the nature of science is coming up next week
Questions to ask:
-What is an independent variable in an experiment?
-What is a dependent variable in an experiment?
-What are control variables in an experiment?
-What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?
-How do you know that something is an observation?
-How do you know that something is an inference?
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