Homework:
As November continues, scholars have noticed that there seem to be more large projects going on in class which is leading to more outside of school work time, and while some work is expected outside of school, it should not be crushing them. We also recognize that the last time scholars were in full-time school was 20 months ago. It is a huge transition from 5th to 7th grade, one that is eased by the progress through 6th grade, however, due to the pandemic, scholars have not had as much of that transition of work expectations and time as they would have had otherwise. We are very aware of this and trying to navigate how we best can help scholars achieve without overwhelming them. If you see your scholar working for hours at night, please reach out. We are learning alongside these kids and don’t want 7th grade to be an insurmountable challenge but a good challenge.
Fall Conferences: Fall conferences will continue on Tuesday, November 16.
These are drop-in conferences with no appointment necessary.
Families will be able to pick up copies of the report card and then visit with teachers of their choosing for five-minute conferences.
If you feel you need more than 5 minutes, please reach out to us to schedule a separate time.
Clubs at OMS:
Yearbook club - contact Ms. Touhey for information.
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. See Ms. Touhey for information.
Deutschklub (German Club) meets next on Tuesday, December 7 from 4 PM - 5 PM (first Tuesday of the month). See Frau Wochenske for information.
Upcoming dates:
Fall conferences Nov. 11th and Nov. 16th 4:30 to 8 PM
Thanksgiving break 24th - 26th
Spelling bee Dec. 9th, 3rd hour run by Mrs. Ripp
Quick links to help:
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Counselors’ Corner (Severson) | 
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English
(Ripp) | We continue working on our inquiry unit diving into the many facets of reliability and bias and how to navigate sources to check if they are worth trusting. I also wanted to send a positive shout-out to all of the kids. Last week, I had pneumonia and was already scheduled to travel to Iceland as well, this meant we had a lot of different guest teachers in our space but the kids handled it really well. I am grateful for their communication and resilience.
Deadlines: Inquiry speech ready to go on the 19th Read 2 hours+ outside of English 2nd reading goal due 11/26/21
Questions to ask: How can you determine whether a source is reliable or not How can you check a source for bias and is a biased source always mean it is unreliable? How far are you with your modules? What are you reading right now?
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English
(Gunst) | We are deep into our Inquiry Unit. Your student has already chosen an inquiry question, learned about plagiarism and citations, as well as identified their sources and begun their research. Over the next week, they will be taking notes and writing. Their final presentations are due November 19.
Please continue to help your student complete their on-going Independent Reading Assignment of reading 20 minutes a day.
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Geography (Stoller) | Deadlines: Middle East Maps due Tuesday 11/16
Questions: When is your Quarter 2 Current Event due? What is different about this quarter’s Current Event from first quarter? What is a citation? What website can you use to create citations? How do you write a good summary? What is your next unit in Geography? (religion, to start Monday 11/15)
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Geography (Howe) | Deadlines: Middle East Maps due Tuesday 11/16
Questions: When is your Quarter 2 Current Event due? What is different about this quarter’s Current Event from first quarter? What is a citation? What website can you use to create citations? How do you write a good summary? What is your next unit in Geography? (religion, to start Monday 11/15)
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Math 7 & 8
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Math Algebra (Malloy) | Please see the google classroom for the coming week’s activities |
Science
(Grady) | Cell Test Review Guide- Wednesday, November 19 Cell Test- Thursday, November 18
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Science
(Krucas) | Big Cell Projects Due Wednesday, November 10th Cell Test Review Guide- Wednesday, November 19 Cell Test- Thursday, November 18
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Literacy Lab (Tanner) | |
Health (Balbach) |
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P.E. (Faulkner/ Fleming/Lund) |
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Spanish (Cognac) | |
Spanish (Landsverk) | Vocab #2 due Tuesday / Wednesday Tener (Gramatica) due Thursday / Friday Missing work? Get it in this week! (We also had time in class last week to finish it.)
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German (Wochenske) | We learned about the Fall der Mauer on November 9 and celebrated a children’s cultural tradition on November 11. We continue to grow our vocabulary in describing ourselves and those to whom we are connected. Vocabulary check on 11/11 and 11/12 as well as every two weeks. |
Bilingual (Lofgren) |
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Orchestra (Black) | |
Band (Seiter, Dorn, Cornale) | Concert Eb Scale Summative Playing Assessment due Nov 23. Video Reflection due Nov 19 - on GC Small Group Learning (SGL) Schedule. Interested in Private Lessons? Here’s a list of teachers. Learners can take their instruments and music home to practice anytime, but we ask that all instruments go home for the weekend and come back on Monday’s. Learners can practice band music, rhythms, book materials, and any new techniques they learn in small groups. Google Classroom has all music and recordings available. Performance Schedule for the year can be found here.
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STEAM (Fischer) |
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STEAM (Stansfield) |
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Choir (Rattmann) | Q2 small group schedule is HERE. Upcoming concert on Dec. 2 at 7PM. More details to come soon. Please fill out the uniform form if you haven’t yet. |
Art (Touhey) | We are finishing our lino printmaking unit in class.
Questions to ask:
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