This winter’s temperatures continue to shift on us, as usual, all scholars should bring winter wear to school in case of fire alarm drills, for recess, or even a Connections excursion outside.
8th-grade course selection form has been emailed home this week. To see all of the information, go here.
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 monthly. See Frau Wochenske for information.
Upcoming dates:
Quick links to help:
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Counselors’ Corner (Severson) | 
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English
(Ripp) | We continued our work on our nonfiction picture books, if your scholar has not shared their with you, please ask them to. Next week the books will be shared around the world with 1st and 3rd-grade classrooms eager to leave our scholars feedback. It has been a lot of fun to see scholars tap into this type of writing. Next up is exploring poetry.
We continued our focus on Black excellence, scholars were invited to read more picture books, as well as learn about important people within our history. This week we focused on Michelle Obama, Malcolm X, Althea Gibson, and Claudette Colvin.
Please look for any books that are at home, many books are missing ad we would love them back on the shelves. If you would like to donate a lost book to our classroom, please see this wishlist.
Deadlines: Read 2 hours + every week 4th reading goal due 2/18/22 Nonfiction picture book due Monday 3rd block: Vocab quiz next Friday
Questions to ask: Will you show me your draft? How close are you to meeting your reading goal? How are you using your work time in English? Who have you learned about this week?
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English
(Gunst) | We are wrapping the challenging Nonfiction Poetry Unit up. By next week, your student will have written and illustrated a 20 plus page nonfiction picture book that will be shared with 1st and 2nd graders. This will be an impressive accomplishment by your student. Well Done!
Next week, we will be starting a Poetry Unit that will last approximately 3 weeks. During the unit they will learn aspects of language such as rhythm and sensory language. Additionally, they will be asked to break down and analyze poetry as well as creating their own poetry.
Remember your student still needs to be reading their Independent Reading Book 20 minutes outside of class. |
Geography (Stoller) | We are into our next ‘inquiry cycle’ where students are practicing how to make a claim and support it with evidence. Our topic this quarter is Animal Poaching in Africa. Most work is completed during class but there may occasionally be ‘finish work’ as homework.
Questions: *What kinds of things do you do in class when you are doing inquiry work? *What is poaching and how is it different from hunting? *Why do people poach in Africa? *What is your current claim about the topic? |
Geography (Howe) | We are into our next ‘inquiry cycle’ where students are practicing how to make a claim and support it with evidence. Our topic this quarter is Animal Poaching in Africa. Most work is completed during class but there may occasionally be ‘finish work’ as homework.
Questions: *What kinds of things do you do in class when you are doing inquiry work? *What is poaching and how is it different from hunting? *Why do people poach in Africa? *What is your current claim about the topic? |
Math 7 & 8
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Math (Malloy) | Algebra: Wednesday - completing Modeling exam This week we are continuing discussion of exponential functions. Details in Google Classroom. Condensed: Completing our Butterflies, Pinwheels, and Wallpaper Unit about transformations and introducing Filling & Wrapping, which focuses on volume and surface area. Details in the Google Classroom. |
Science
(Grady) | We are learning about the circulatory and respiratory human body systems and thinking about how the two are connected.
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Science
(Krucas) | We are learning about the circulatory and respiratory human body systems and thinking about how the two are connected.
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Literacy Lab (Tanner) | Lessons and Workbook for Level 17. Please make up any work from absences. |
Health (Balbach) |
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P.E. (Faulkner/ Fleming/Lund) |
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Spanish (Cognac) |
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Spanish (Landsverk) | |
German (Wochenske) | Practice new vocab - be able to write and say what you like and dislike. We will be doing a mini assessment in class this week. |
Bilingual (Lofgren) |
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Orchestra (Black) | Winter Performance Assessment (Recital Concert) is NEXT Thursday, Feb. 10th, 7:00 p.m. in the OMS Cafeteria. Students should be putting the finishing touches on this music.
Interested in private study? Here is a list of teachers |
Band (Seiter, Dorn, Cornale) | |
STEAM (Fischer) |
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STEAM (Stansfield) |
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Choir (Rattmann) | Q3 small groups are posted in Google Classroom. Google Classroom has practice track recordings of music from class. Our next Summative Concert Assessment is March 17 at 7:30 PM at OHS.
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Art (Touhey) |
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