Sunday, March 24, 2019

Weekly Update: March 24th




Trimester 3 begins with new classes!
 We've decided to mix things up a bit.  Students started their new academic and UA classes this past Tuesday.  This change will help everyone get into the mindset that we are starting fresh with the new trimester.  We still have an entire trimester to go!

Field Trip Information
The Badgers will be going on a field trip on May 1st.  Click here to download the information and permission slip.  Students all have paper copies.  Money and permission slips are due on April 12th.


Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday, March 27th.



Class Updates: 

Social Studies: We wrapped up the first segment of our Medieval Europe unit with an assessment on the early Middle Ages on Friday. Be sure to check the gradebook! We will continue our journey through the Middle Ages on Monday by researching and investigating one of the most influential documents in history!

Science:  Monday we will have our unit test.  We will start a new unit on Tuesday.  Ask your students about the phenomenon that they will be working on figuring out. 

Literacy:  Every student turned in their Omictionary for the benchmark gallery review!  The projects are looking really fantastic!  We began Latin Unit 10, can you believe it?  Next week we'll review the two Civil Rights movies that we watched with an in-class writing assignment, and do some close reading about Gandhi!  

English: Students did a wonderful job this week writing their argumentative essays.  Between writing workshops and peer editing; students really grasped the concept of persuasive writing, and I want to commend them for how well they worked learning this new material.  Mrs. Kauffman, our technology integrator, was equally impressed while students were practicing a persuasive writing module in the computer lab this past Tuesday.  Next week, we'll be finishing The Giver and preparing our March reading projects.  Just a reminder: March IRP projects are due on Friday, March 29th!

Math: Monday we are finishing up our percents unit by working with tips and gratuity.  Students will get this units study guide for Wednesdays test.  We will end the week starting our probability unit.  This will be the first time students have learned about probability, and everything will be new and exciting.