Progress Reports go home Thursday, October 17th!
Field Trip Information: Badger students received field trip forms in English class this week for our upcoming trip in early December. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. McGuire. Thank you to the students who have submitted their field trip forms and payment so far! It is greatly appreciated!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students spent the week investigating the geography of Ancient Greece and ultimately learned about two of the oldest Greek civilizations. Students were assessed on what a "Dark Age" is on Friday. Please check the gradebook! Starting Tuesday, we will begin questioning two of the oldest rivals in history.
Science: Students will start the week with a summative assessment for the microbiome unit. The assessment will consist of writing their final argument for a fecal transplant followed by two short answer questions. Students then change rolls from science researchers to medical students as we begin to study metabolism in the body.
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students spent the week investigating the geography of Ancient Greece and ultimately learned about two of the oldest Greek civilizations. Students were assessed on what a "Dark Age" is on Friday. Please check the gradebook! Starting Tuesday, we will begin questioning two of the oldest rivals in history.
Science: Students will start the week with a summative assessment for the microbiome unit. The assessment will consist of writing their final argument for a fecal transplant followed by two short answer questions. Students then change rolls from science researchers to medical students as we begin to study metabolism in the body.
Literacy: Lots of notes this week! We began the week tackling the vocabulary and roots of Latin Unit 3, and ended the week practicing a different note taking style with The
Omnivore’s Dilemma. This is a short, but busy week, as students should be preparing for the Mastery Test for Latin 3 which will be given n Friday, October 18th! If students use Quizlet, remember to access from my Google Classroom, Vocabulary Links . If it asks for a PW? It's the proper name of our school!
English: This week students finished the unit on "Barrio Boy," and we continued working with main idea and supporting details. We also switched gears to discuss the reading project due at the end of the month. At this point, students should be nearing the end of their independent reading books. An example of a completed project has been posted to Google Classroom and was discussed in class. Students also had an opportunity to ask questions. I encourage them to access this example from home if they need a model. Projects are due on October 30th.
Math: Students completed another overwhelmingly successful quiz on Friday. Grades are updated and will reflect in the progress report. This week we will continue with our last topic in our proportional reasoning unit, complex unit rates. It's one of the hardest topics this year, if your student is struggling please encourage them to use the extra practice and instructional videos on my Google Classroom. Our next test is on Thursday, October 24th.
