Good
afternoon Dynamic Team!
Upcoming
Events: Term One Ends - September 20th
Important
Information: If you would like to activate your Edline account, please contact Mr. Daniels or Mrs. Pettid for your activation code.
English
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Dynamic students visited the library for orientation, book browsing and checkout, library software access, and reading. During our library time, which is bi-weekly, I meet with students to discuss their what they're reading, their reading log and reading goals.
Students are working with Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes. Students should be keeping a vocabulary study tool, i.e. app, flashcards, notebook or other. Our work with vocabulary also includes the study of academic vocabulary such as: claim, opposing claim, tone, mood, compound sentence, etc.
Our first unit theme is "What's Behind a Name?" Students will be reading, writing, listening and speaking about names. Students just submitted their first argumentative piece. Students will receive feedback to support their writing process as they work to take their writing to the next levels.
This week, students were introduced to sentence combining which will support our study of grammar and punctuation.
Math
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Dynamic students are off to a good start in math! On the first day of school students took a Baseline Test which measures what a student should know at the end of seventh grade. They will take the same time the last week of school to measure their growth. Also, this test helps me identify students who will need extra help and the students who will need extra challenges in math from day one of school. I wrote the score of this test in the front cover of your student's planner and the average score on this is (21) out of 50 questions. Please ask your student to share the score with you.
Dynamic students have an opportunity to purchase a set of three (Math Flippers) for $10. These flippers will help students review concepts in (Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Pre-Geometry). Last year’s students used them during class and for homework and found them to be very helpful. I suggest every student purchase a set of flippers because they will also be able to use in eighth grade and high school.
Dynamic team want to purchase team t-shirts. We will wear these t-shirts on field trips and during competition against other teams. The design of the T-shirt: orange 50/50 blend, big (WG) on front, on the back - big (Dynamic) across shoulder and the number (one) in the middle of back. The cost is $8.00 per shirt (S-XL); $1.50 more for (XXL or XXXL).
By next Friday, I’ll start posting the homework on-line. In the meantime, please check your student’s planner for the assignments.
Dynamic students are off to a good start in math! On the first day of school students took a Baseline Test which measures what a student should know at the end of seventh grade. They will take the same time the last week of school to measure their growth. Also, this test helps me identify students who will need extra help and the students who will need extra challenges in math from day one of school. I wrote the score of this test in the front cover of your student's planner and the average score on this is (21) out of 50 questions. Please ask your student to share the score with you.
Dynamic students have an opportunity to purchase a set of three (Math Flippers) for $10. These flippers will help students review concepts in (Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Pre-Geometry). Last year’s students used them during class and for homework and found them to be very helpful. I suggest every student purchase a set of flippers because they will also be able to use in eighth grade and high school.
Dynamic team want to purchase team t-shirts. We will wear these t-shirts on field trips and during competition against other teams. The design of the T-shirt: orange 50/50 blend, big (WG) on front, on the back - big (Dynamic) across shoulder and the number (one) in the middle of back. The cost is $8.00 per shirt (S-XL); $1.50 more for (XXL or XXXL).
By next Friday, I’ll start posting the homework on-line. In the meantime, please check your student’s planner for the assignments.
Science
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In Dynamic Systems Science the students have completed
extensive Learner Profile inventories to bring to their awareness of their
learning strengths and begin to develop these strengths as a learner! In other
words, learn how they best learn! We have begun our year-long unit Scientific
Method. They completed the Scientific Method “What Do You Know?”
Students are developing their group skills. The five
skills we are focusing on are active listening, observing, cooperating,
responding, and clarifying.
Dynamic students need your help!
I want to make sure my Dynamic Scientists have the resources they need to succeed. So I've created a classroom project request at DonorsChoose.org, an award-winning charity.
I'm asking for donations of any size to help your student. For the next week, any donation you make to my project will be doubled (up to $100). If you know anyone who is passionate about education, please pass this along. Your donation will brighten my students' school year, and you'll get photos and thank yous from our class.
Here's my classroom request:
+Tech: Connecting Students with Current Science
To have your donation matched dollar for dollar, enter the match code INSPIRE on the payment screen. This awesome match offer lasts through next Thursday, September 12, 2013.
My students and I greatly appreciate your support.
If you have any questions
or comments please let me know.
Dynamic Systems Science –
Coach Daniels
314-918-4603
Social
Studies –
Our students have begun the year with great enthusiasm. We have spent some time learning about the science of history and even been on our first field trip. This week we finished looking at the impact of geography on Egyptian civilization. We worked with both maps and Google Earth. If you do not have Google Earth on your home computer, I would like to suggest that you download and install it. This is a free program that we will be using all year long. Here is a link to the site: http://www.google.com/earth/index.htmll . We have now moved to Egyptian cultural traditions. and will continue to further explore Egypt next week.
Our students have begun the year with great enthusiasm. We have spent some time learning about the science of history and even been on our first field trip. This week we finished looking at the impact of geography on Egyptian civilization. We worked with both maps and Google Earth. If you do not have Google Earth on your home computer, I would like to suggest that you download and install it. This is a free program that we will be using all year long. Here is a link to the site: http://www.google.com/earth/index.htmll . We have now moved to Egyptian cultural traditions. and will continue to further explore Egypt next week.
Dynamic Social Studies Course
Website:
314-918-4602
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