Red Ribbon Week is this upcoming week! This year's theme is "Life is your journey; travel drug free." Students, please remember to wear RED on Wednesday.
Progress Reports will be sent home on Monday, October 22nd. Please look out next week!
The Great Spaghetti Race: The race is on! Our school is having a friendly competition to see who can donate the most spaghetti for our Spaghetti Supper, which will be held on Thursday, November 1st. Students are encouraged to donate boxes of spaghetti and give them to their advisor during the month of October. We appreciate your donations!
Conferences: The first round of parent/teacher conferences will take place on Thursday, October 25th from 4 - 7:30 p.m. If you have not yet scheduled a conference using SignUp Genius, please contact the main office.
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students spent this week learning about the first major Ancient Greek civilizations and how they ended. Starting next week, we will begin researching and investigating various topics about the Ancient Greek city-states Athens and Sparta.
Science: Students will continue their investigations of bones this week. They have figured out that bones are made of cells and they have three different layers. Check out one of this week's investigations on our science blog. Their next questions involve trying to figure out what bone cells are like and how they are different from other types of cells. Students will have a quiz mid week so their homework is to study their notes.
Literacy: This week, using school Chrome Books, students used Newsela, an online informational text resource, to read about Groundbreaking Women. Their writing response is due to Google Classroom by Monday evening. Our team watched Akeelah and the Bee, a wonderful film about a 7th grade student who prepares to compete in the Scripps Spelling Bee. She learns the importance of learning Latin and Greek roots! The Latin Unit 3 test was Friday, and grades will be posted by Sunday.
English: This week we discussed main idea, supporting details, and how to locate the main idea of a text. Students practiced this skill with the last text we read, entitled "Barrio Boy." This upcoming week, students will have a quiz on this text. Using Quizlet as a resource is a great way to study the vocabulary words!
As a side note, students should be nearly finished reading their IRP books. Although the project is not due until October 31st, students will need to finish the book this week in order to have enough time to finish the plot diagram and book review! All requirements are listed on the purple handout.
As a side note, students should be nearly finished reading their IRP books. Although the project is not due until October 31st, students will need to finish the book this week in order to have enough time to finish the plot diagram and book review! All requirements are listed on the purple handout.
Math: Students quizzed on adding and subtracting integers on Friday. Some classes are already in the grade book, the rest will be in on Monday. Overall the team did a fantastic job, I'm very impressed. Next week we will be learning how to add and subtract positive and negative fractions and decimals. If your student is struggling encourage them to use the fractions help on the Google Classroom. This is another one of those challenging topics!
