Newsletter September 17th, 2021

With another week behind us, we are settled more into our routines.  A few things to keep speaking to your scholars about are how to wear their masks safely, as well as choices made in the hallways, lunchroom, and bathrooms.  While many of our incredible sharks are grooving right along, some are having a harder time adjusting to being back in building.  We will continue to help them, of course.

Quick things to know:

• GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance)  meets every Tuesday in Mrs. Ripp’s classroom during lunch.  Her email is psripp@oregonsd.net

• Homework club runs every Tuesday and Thursday 4 PM to 5 PM - no sign up needed.  

• Art club (open studio format) will meet after school in room 205 Mondays 4 PM to 5 PM - no sign up needed.  

• OMS has a late bus that scholars can sign up for if they go to homework club or stay late for other school purposes.

• Our library letter for the year - which was also handed out at Ready-Set-Go conferences - can be found here.

Upcoming dates:

• MAP or STAR test in English - Sept. 21st

• Picture re-take October 22nd

• No school October 28th and 29th

Quick links to help:

• Our team blog

• Our Facebook Page

• Homework blog

 

Class
Counselors’ Corner  (Severson)
English (Ripp)	We continued to dig into reading about the stories of others and also thinking about the stories we want to share with the world.  We read aloud On The Trapline and Come, Come, Come, Come by Gary D. Schmidt.  We also introduced the narrative unit project. Deadlines: Students should read at least 2 hours outside of English - this is due every Monday. First reading goal due October 15th.  (Self-selected and checked by Mrs. Ripp) First draft of narrative story due September 24th Questions to ask: What is a trapline? What kind of narrative do you want to create? What are the writing rights you want?
English (Gunst)
Geography (Stoller)	We started our week with conversation about 9-11.  Thank you for sharing your stories with your learners when they came to interview you.  We had great discussions.  Students are currently working through the structure of a practice current event. Each student will present a current event they learned about to the class once during first quarter.  Questions to ask: What are the 5 Ws? How can they help write a summary? When is your current event due? Can you present late?  Why/why not?  Can you present early?
Geography  (Howe)	Students are currently working through the structure of a practice current event. Each student will present a current event they learned about to the class once during first quarter.  Questions to ask: What are the 5 Ws? How can they help write a summary?
Math 7 & 8 (Gratzl)
Math Algebra (Malloy)	Algebra: We are completing our Introduction to Functions unit and will begin our deep dive into linear relationships. Condensed: We are completing our unit on number sense and will begin our first geometry unit soon.
Science (Grady)	Deadlines: Observation & Inference Quiz  due Tuesday Identifying Variables due Friday Questions to ask: How do you plan on studying for the Observation and Inference Quiz on Tuesday? Why do you think it is important to only change one variable in an experiment?
Science (Krucas)	Deadlines: Observation & Inference Quiz  done in class on Monday Identifying Variables due Monday 9/20 Questions to ask: Why do you think it is important to only change one variable in an experiment?
Literacy Lab (Tanner)
Health (Balbach)
P.E. (Faulkner/ Fleming/Lund)
Spanish (Cognac)
Spanish (Landsverk)	Black: Gender/Number homework (done in class on 9/13), Articles homework (due 9/17) Orange: Articles homework (due 9/16) Can make corrections and resubmit on ANY homework assignment!
German (Wochenske)	We continue to work on our voices and ideas in our community agreement. We are also working on vocabulary surrounding greetings, the calendar, and numbers. We will start our first storytelling (creating with the language) this week. Questions to ask: What are some new words you’re learning? Why is it important to answer every question she asks in German? Where should your eyes and ears be when Frau W is doing calendar talk? Why is that important?
Bilingual (Ortiz/Lofgren)
Orchestra (Black)	Orchestra Small Group Learning (SGL) begins the week of 9/13. Students have a print off of small groups and can access it in Google Classroom Performance Assessment #1 due on Oct 1 (G major scale) Questions to ask: What do you most enjoy about being a musician? What scale are you currently working on in orchestra? How does it feel to be making music in a large ensemble again?
Band (Seiter, Dorn, Cornale)	Band Small Group Learning (SGL) will begin 9/20.  Here is the spreadsheet with the groups (tab 1) and the schedules (tabs 2,3,4). Students have begun learning new music.  It’s been an exciting time to learn music again, in person.
STEAM (Fischer)
STEAM (Stansfield)	We have started our Interactive Notebooks. This is where we record all of our work for class.  We are excited to start our first project: Sign, Design Challenge.
Choir (Rattmann)	Choir Small Group Learning will begin 9/20.  Here is the spreadsheet.  Groups are on tab 3, and Schedules are separated by grade level.  Thank you to all that purchased mums for the Fall Mum Sale!
Art (Touhey)	Questions to ask: What are some examples of logos with interesting letter shape or use of negative space? How are you representing yourself with your logo design? Identity Quilt Collaborative Projects: