We are in a groove of learning - now is a great time to ask your learner how well they are engaging in class? Are they asking questions? Using their time well? Taking risks in order to grow? How are they treating their peers? The staff at school?
English - Ripp:
Deadlines:
- Module 1 due tonight (2nd and 3rd block)
- Module 1 due Monday night (1st block)
- Module 2 due Wednesday night (all blocks)
- TED talk script due Feb 24th
- TED talk speech ready to perform due Feb 26th
Thank you to all who were able to donate snacks to our Caldecott celebration, it was great fun to celebrate books and reading with all of the students.
We are in the middle of our TED talk unit, this will consist of modules for students to work through in order to fit their need in pace. There are short lessons every day and then a lot of work time most days. This is a great time of year for students to show their independence and time management skills. All modules are in Classroom, if you need an invitation into Classroom please let me know.
Questions to ask:
- Who won the Caldecott Medal?
- Which parts of your social identity hold power?
- Who is Naomi Wadler and what does she care about?
- What is your claim for your TED talk?
English - Gunst
Deadlines: Ted Talks due late February
We are doing a short unit (ending on Friday) focusing on the issue of Identity. I also will be sharing your student's reading goal for the 2nd Half of the Year--so be on the look-out for an email in the coming days.
Science-Putnam:
Deadlines: Check Google Classroom for daily work deadlines
Students are exploring the nervous system and doing labs to learn more about themselves at the same time.
Questions to ask:
- Can you explain a neuron using your hand/arm as a model?
- What's something interesting about the way that neurons work that you learned about?
German - Wochenske
Deadlines: none
After celebrating the end of the 2nd quarter, we are starting a new unit. We will learn vocabulary about family and be able to describe members of our family. We will also move onto a new story, which will reinforce learned structures as well as introduce new vocabulary.
Spanish (Landsverk):
Our first quiz of the Unit is next Tuesday/Wednesday (4th and 5th). It will be on Agreement (GG-A from Unit 3). Students are welcome to email any questions to me, study their link from their slideshow as well as look through their notes in order to prepare. Gracias!
Geography (Stoller):
We continue to explore the religions of the world and how belief systems can affect cultures and conflict. Students will be completing Middle East maps next week and use them to take a map quiz. They are never required to memorize a map but need to create one that they can read. Ask your learner:
*What are the requirements for your Middle East maps? Can I see the rubric?
*What do the 'Big 3' religions have in common?
*What makes Buddhism unique?
*What makes Hinduism unique?
Math-Gratzl
Deadlines:
Moving Straight Ahead Quiz Corrections Due Thursday, February 13th
Questions to Ask:
-How did you do on the Moving Straight Ahead Quiz? Are you planning on correcting it?
-How would you solve this problem: 2x + 8 = 4x + 4?
Resources:
Health- Hartberg:
Deadlines: GET TO KNOW YOU SHEETS due 1/30/20 or 1/31/20.
Questions to ask:
- What do you value (internally about self and externally in the world) that are introduced or supported at home?
- What values do you use daily and how do you use them?
- What can you commit to do in the short term to continue to use your values for helping self and others in the world?
- Who is one person that can commit to helping you with following through on that plan?
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