Next week is the Urban Challenge. We will be busy preparing for the challenge on Tuesday and Wednesday and then it is go time on Thursday. Dress in layers, bring your lunch money or lunch, study the weather forecast and wear great walking shoes, we cannot wait for this annual event! We will send a few reminders between now and then.
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+.
English - Ripp
Missing books alert - someone grabbed two personal books from our classroom that belong to a student. They are Minecraft books and have Micah’s name on the inside. Please send them in if they made it home with you.
Deadlines:
How Do I retakes due October 7th
Best draft of memoir or personal essay on October 18th
We have been busy working on our personal essays/memoirs as well as surrounding ourselves with great reading experiences. We will also start our first read aloud this year, The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman. This is part of the Global Read Aloud for the year and will lead to our inquiry work. To read more about the book, see here https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/the-bridge-home
Questions to ask:
What is the theme of your story?
What do you hope your reader will walk away having learned?
How is your reading goal going?
Spanish (Landsverk):
Students have just taken their first quiz, which was on their Unit 1 vocabulary. Students looking to retake the quiz must have late/missing homework turned in. I will also be available to help students after school and during Homework Club on Thursdays. Students may also begin to prepare for their Unit final by studying the question/answer Quizlet on Google Classroom.
Geography - Howe
Latitude and Longitude Packet due EOD Friday
Check date for Current Events
Schedule time for map quiz retakes
Orchestra
- Bill's receipts - thank you to all who have sent some in. Please keep collecting them and sending them in!
- Fall Concert details, including concert dress, were sent out this week - please, check your email
Questions to ask:
Are you feeling prepared for the fall concert?
If no, what strategies do you have for feeling more prepared?
If yes, how can you support classmates in feeling prepared?
What sort of scale is the new piece, "Dance Scenario" based on? How is this different from a G Major scale?
Art Club meets Tuesdays after school until 4:30 p.m. All students are welcome to come and create with us during Art Club. It is “open studio” - students can work on projects of their choice with the media of their choice in the Art Room and Innovation Lab.
Art - Touhey
We have been learning about the art style of Surrealism.
Questions to ask:
What are some different ways to create Surrealism?
What is your idea to create Surrealism in your project?
Math - Gratzl
Deadlines: Shapes and Designs Test Corrections Due October 16th
Questions to ask:
-How did you do on the math test? If you need to do corrections, have you set up a time to do so?
-What is your next math unit on?
Resources:
Stoller (Geography)--
Students spent this week doing "Mock Urban Challenge" activities in preparation for the big event next week. We learned how to read maps, ride the Madison Metro, make an itinerary (plan for the day), talked about being flexible with that plan, did a Mock Urban Challenge around OMS, and reflected on how we could take what we learned this week to help our team next Thursday.
Questions:
* What were some of the sites around OMS for the Mock Urban Challenge? What was the most fun challenge you completed?
* How did your Geography team for Mock Urban Challenge strategize to earn the most points? How did that work out?
* What are some things you learned about how to ride the Madison Metro? (etiquette, how to pay, using Google maps transit feature, etc)
Gunst--English
We continue to work on Personal Essays and Memoirs. Recent assignments focused on your student recognizing the theme or less of the story as well as developing an exciting beginning or hook. We continue to stress independent reading. Please ask your student what book they are reading and if they are enjoying it. Next week, students will begin drafting their own personal essay or memoir. This will be a more demanding assignment and the culmination of the Memoir unit.
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