Thank you so much to those who were able to show up for the virtual Q & A event we held on Tuesday evening. If you missed it, we have a link to the recording right here.
We appreciate the great questions and support from all of you as we continue to build our learning adventure with your scholar. It has been fun to see students get more active through their participation as they get more comfortable with virtual learning.
We know that virtual school is presenting a lot of challenges. Whether your scholar is overwhelmed or feeling like it is moving too slow, please know that we are working dilligently trying to navigate this new territory and to create an experience that is engaging, challenging, and sustainable for many different needs and abilities. Please continue to reach out with feedback and questions. While we may have had 3 weeks of school, we are really just entering the second week of school if this were a regular school year.
If you would like access to your scholar’s Google Classroom, please email one of their teachers. Once you have been invited by one teacher and you accept, you will be automatically added to all of their Classroom. As a guardian, you will get a weekly summary report of assignments and whether or not assignments were turned in.
Weekly missing assignment reports will be sent out on Tuesdays instead of Fridays to be more up-to-date. You should be receiving this report from your scholar’s connections teacher if you requested it during your Ready-Set-Go conference. If you do not receive a report for a week it means your scholar has no missing work and should just focus on the current work that is assigned.
If you have a few minutes, visit the Counselors' Corner by clicking on the link! There you will meet your school counselors, learn about OMS's Zones of Regulation, and be able to visit the Counselors' Group Room where there will be new topics added each month AND times for synchronous meetings announced where you can learn more about the topic in a live session! Our current topic is Calming Strategies and Mindfulness. Be on the lookout for our next Group Room topic coming soon...Getting and Staying Organized!
Dates to know:
7th Grade GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) club kicks off this Tuesday at 3 PM. Email Mrs. Ripp for the meet link.
Next virtual Q and A will be October 13th at 5:30 PM
The end of quarter 1 is October 28th
Helpful Links:
Bookmark the 7O Team Blog
To see the slides from Tuesday’s presentation and the great links shared, please click here for the English version and here for the Spanish version.
English - Ripp:
Deadlines:
Read 2 hours+ every week in a book of your choosing.
All the weekly work is due today, Friday.
Pb & J - Take 2 formative writing assignment due today, Friday.
Questions to ask:
How detailed and descriptive are your PB&J instructions?
What is a homophone?
What was the message of this week’s read aloud “I Am Every Good Thing?”
Did you sign up for a reading conference with Mrs. Ripp? If you had yours, how did it go?
English - Gunst
We are moving into academic work this week. Your student has selected and started reading their Independent Reading Group as well have scheduled their first Reading Conference. Be sure to ask them about the book they are reading. They are supposed to be reading at least 20 minutes a day with a goal of reading approximately 20 books this year. We are also starting to begin our writing activities. Last week, they had to complete a pre-assessment writing assignment and this week we will be doing an assignment where they have to write directions of a task in order to teach others.
Science-Grady:
Deadlines:
Observation & Inference QUIZ due Monday/Tuesday.
Classification Reading & Questions due Thursday/Friday.
Questions to ask:
Why do scientists classify living organisms?
Enriched English - Darken
Deadlines:
Complete two hours of independent reading this week and do one entry in the reading tab of your English notebook. You can do the entry at any time – you don't have to wait until you've finished 2 hours of reading – but please have it done by Sunday night. Remember that if you're using a paper notebook, you will need to take a photo of your reader response entry and paste it into the pages of the "Enriched English 7 Notebook" assignment.
Study WWW Lesson #1. Test on 9/29/20.
Questions to ask:
What have you written about in class this week?
How is your independent reading going?
Orchestra
We had our first large group virtual rehearsal on "I Want You Back" today and although students were all on mute it brought so much joy to me to look at a full screen of 7th graders holding and playing instruments!
This week:
Motown Video assignment due on Wednesday, 9/23
Practice Bflat Major scale and "I Want You Back"
Practice G Major scale and "Reach Out, I'll Be There"
Questions to ask:
How does the key of Bflat differ from the key of G major?
Who are some of the Motown groups you've learned about?
What is your favorite Motown song?
Spanish (Landsverk):
Many 7th graders have been meeting with me in small groups for help in the afternoon. That is wonderful! This week, all of the meetings will take place from 2-2:30. Students who have missing work or need help on the classwork have told me they've found it helpful to come to these meetings. For grading: I have made a change that I hope will make it easier to understand what is missing or turned in. Namely, students will see one assignment missing/turned in and comments on what needs to be completed to be marked as turned in. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns! Students are doing an amazing job of learning how to complete their assignments, so keep reaching out!
Choir
Mrs. Rattmann (her@oregonsd.net)
Due dates:
How to Read a Choral Score: Watch video and complete quiz: was due 9/21
Please fill out the Small Group Placement Survey. Due 9/25
Create your name rhythm: Due 10/2
Small Groups will start hopefully the second week of October. Please watch for an email with additional information.
If your learner needs help with anything, please have them send me an email to set up a meeting time. I’m happy to help in any way I can!
If you miss a live class for any reason, the recordings and form to fill out are posted in Google Classroom!
Bilingual - Lofgren:
Fechas límites:
Completa la tarea de semana 2 (tu evaluación de lectura)
Reserva libros para recoger
Preguntas:
¿Cuales son los beneficios de ser un individuo bilingüe?
Physical Education - This week, Students will get a PE Notebook for the week. Inside they will find an activity log, some new definitions, and a few fun challenges to get you up and moving! Please have your students review the parts of the notebook and encourage them to reach out if they have any questions.
Math - Gratzl
Deadlines:
-Accentuate the Negative Quiz (Due 9/30)
-Applying Multiplication and Division of Integers (Due 10/4)
Questions to ask:
-What are the algorithms (rules) for adding integers?
-How can you rewrite a subtraction problem into an addition problem?
-What is your favorite part of our unit right now?
Geography -Stoller
Deadlines: No major projects; see HW list for daily assignments
Questions to ask:
*What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
*What question does location answer?
*What are the two parts of location?
*What does HEI stand for?
*In what 3 ways to humans have a relationships with the world around them?
*What 3 categories do we use when discussing movement?
*Can I see your 5 Themes note packet?
Art - Touhey
Deadlines:
-Logo Design Project Final (Due 9/30)
Questions to ask:
-What are some examples of logos that have interesting shapes or use of negative space?
-How does your logo represent your identity?
German - Wochenske
Students have taken their first quiz. If they are not satisfied with their learning, they can retake the quiz. We have been working on introducing ourselves and giving important information about ourselves.
Questions to ask:
-How do you introduce yourself in German?
-What is important to remember when you ask someone their name?
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