This will be the final newsletter of 2020, we will return with our next newsletter in the first week of January. We do have school Monday and Tuesday next week, please let us know if your scholar will be absent any of those days. We hope that you are able to stay safe during winter break, if you need anything, please let us know, we are here to support you.
Dates to know:
2nd semester survey is due today for choice in virtual or rephrase.
Winter break starts Dec. 23rd, school starts again Jan. 4th, 2021
Spelling bee is the week of January 4th, see below for more information.
End of 2nd quarter is January 15th, 2021
No school for students January 18th, 2021
Things to know:
The OMS Spelling Bee is coming:
Clubs happening at OMS:
To join the Multi-cultural student union email Mrs. Burton or Ms. Laibly
To join the library book club - email Mrs. Hunter
To join the Panther Pride club - email Mr. Zurawik - jtzurawik@oregonsd.net
To join the Art Club - email Ms. Touhey - mstouhey@oregonsd.net
To join the Yearbook Club - email Ms. Touhey - mstouhey@oregonsd.net
To join OMS Live staff - email Ms. Anderson - keanderson@oregonsd.net
To join GSA - email Mrs. Ripp - psripp@oregonsd.net
Helpful Links:
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Counselor’s Corner | Ms. Laibly (kjlaibly@oregonsd.net) -- Email me to schedule a time to check in!! UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES: Thursday 12/17: 2:00 Snack Break! Open to all OMS students - drop-in group on Thursdays from 2:00-2:45 for games and more! A fun game followed by TRIVIA this week! Email Ms. Laibly for the link to join. Tuesday 12/22: New Student Snack Break! 2:00-2:45, every other Tuesday. Email Ms. Laibly for the link to join!  Tuesday 1/5: Counselors’ Corner Drop-in Skill Building Session on self-care strategies and building winter resilience! Begin putting together your own Winter Resilience Toolkit! 2:00-2:45. Email Ms. Laibly for the link to the meet. CLICK ME -->  |
English
(Ripp) | We finished book clubs this week, I saw so much growth in their virtual discussion for many, it was fascinating to also discuss whether or not we live in a dystopia already, I hope your scholar enjoyed this unit . We will focus next on creative writing when we come back in January. If your scholar needs books for over break, please reach out, we will gladly get many books your way.
Deadlines: Questions to ask: Do you have late work or work that needs to be re-taken in English? How did you grow as a thinker/conversationalist through your book club discussions? Did you like your book club book? What are your reading plans over break? What is your 3rd reading goal? Are we living in a dystopia now?
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English
(Gunst) | We are finishing up our Dystopian unit this week - this will be the last major assignment of 2020. Students have been working on their assignments as well as meeting with me in small discussion groups. We have been looking at the question, “Are we living in a dystopian society?” to explore similarities and differences between the world we live in and the worlds they are reading about.
After break, we will be focusing on developing writing skills by exploring different types of writing. Please continue to make sure that your child is reading 20 minutes a day. This is also an excellent time to catch up on missing assignments. |
Enriched English
(Darken) | Deadlines:
Questions to ask: Are you thinking about participating in the spelling bee? Are you thinking about submitting some work to Yahara? How is your essay writing going?
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Geography (Stoller) | We are wrapping up our investigation on South Africa, Apartheid and Nelson Mandela. Students were given resources to guide their learning and were sharing with their small groups. We have found that even with laying out deadlines along the way, students are not completing the ‘stair steps’ to the project because they see it all due down the road. We are working on helping them understand time management and breaking larger projects into chunks. That project was due today (Friday, December 18). We will have guest speakers from Egypt on Monday and Tuesday in class.
Questions to ask: *What did you learn about Nelson Mandela? *How is Apartheid similar to segregation in the USA? *How did Mandela use rugby to try to help the healing process for South Africa? *What are some things you learned about Egypt from the guest speakers? |
Geography (Howe) | |
Math 7
(Gratzl) | We finished up our What Do You Expect Unit this week, and our next unit is Stretching and Shrinking. The main focus of this unit will be to compare different shapes to determine if they are similar or not based upon their sides and angles. We will also be graphing shapes in this unit.
Deadlines: -What Do You Expect Test (Due 12/20)
Questions to ask: -How did you do on your What Do You Expect Test? Do you have plans to correct them before winter break? -Do you have any missing work for math you should complete before winter break? -What are you doing on the Monday or Tuesday before winter break in math? |
Math Algebra (Malloy) |
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Math 8 (Wyss) |
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Science
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Science
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Literacy Lab (Tanner) | Sonday lessons in chat, flipgrid, and workbook pages. Due Friday at 4 pm Lexia: read aloud chapters 22-23, Lexia minutes 60-90 for the week. Due Friday at 4 pm
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Art (Touhey) |
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P.E. (Faulkner/ Fleming/Lund) | |
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Spanish (Cognac) |
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Spanish (Landsverk) | |
German (Wochenske) | We are finishing our Hänsel und Gretel story this week.
Deadlines: -12/15 - formative check of writing the story -12/16 - missing/make up work until now -12/17-18 - in class listening summative, reading summative -12/18 - writing summative
Questions to ask: -How are you showing Frau W in class that you understand? -If I were to see you on screen, what would I see when you are participating? -What does every story start with in German? What are some of the super 6 verbs you have learned? |
Bilingual (Lofgren) | Completa la tarea de semana 15 (lectura de Commonlit) - esta tarea es summative. Completa antes del 22 de diciembre *Ven al juego de kahoot los viernes a la 1:00 *Continua leyendo en español |
Orchestra (Black) | |
Band (Seiter, Dorn, Kading) | |
STEAM (Fischer) | |
Choir (Rattmann) | “Give Light” final project due 12/15. Found in Google Classroom Students will begin the Semester End project focused on our study of Ella Baker and the song Give Light. This will be posted in Google Classroom on 12/17 and we will go over instructions in class. Due on 1/11. Questions: What verse did you choose for the Give Light Project? Who was Ella Baker and what was she known for? Why are we talking about Ella Baker in Choir? What is her connection to the song Give Light?
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