Warning! Grades close for Progress Reports this week!! Be sure to check the portal!
Field Trip Information: Badger students will be receiving field trip forms in English class on Monday, October 7th for our upcoming trip in early December. We will be visiting The Palace Theatre to see a live adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Please be on the lookout for this information!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Students spent this past week reviewing the basic concepts of government and took a deep look at American government. There was an assessment on Friday; please check the grade book! Starting Monday, we will begin our journey investigating Classical Civilizations.
Science: We are in the middle of our Human Microbiome Unit and will continue investigating the benefits of a fecal transplant. Binders will be checked every week and students should have completed pages 22- 35 for this week's check. Time is allowed to complete work in class but if more time is needed it may be finished at home.
Literacy: Have your students been talking about food a little more lately? They have been exploring where their fast food comes from as we have begun reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, the student edition, and we watched Fresh, The Movie. Bring them to the grocery store so they can begin looking at labels! Friday, students took the mastery test on Latin Unit 2, and I hope to have the grades posted by this afternoon. This week we will begin Latin Unit 3, and continue our reading.
English: Students have been off to a great start in English! So far, we've read two of Gary Soto's works: a short story entitled "Seventh Grade" and the poem Oranges. We began the year reviewing elements of literature and how they applied to these two texts. Recently, students finished another short story called "Barrio Boy" and together we discussed how to locate the main idea of a text. Students will be taking a quiz on Wednesday, October 9th. They are encouraged to review their main idea notes and study their vocabulary words on Quizlet (there is link right on Google Classroom)!
Also, as a reminder, students should be reading their independent reading books 30 minutes per night. Their projects are due on Wednesday, October 30th!
Also, as a reminder, students should be reading their independent reading books 30 minutes per night. Their projects are due on Wednesday, October 30th!
Math: Students did an amazing job on Friday's quiz, please check the gradebook to see how your student did. Great work! This week we will be continuing to talk about the constant of proportionality (unit rate), and creating equations in the form y = kx to help better understand graphs of proportions. We will have another quiz on Friday October 11th.
