Thursday, December 12, 2013

Dynamic Dialogue 12/13/13

Happy Friday, Dynamic Team!

Upcoming Events:         Dec. 23rd – Jan. 6th , Winter Recess
                                        Jan. 7th, Second Semester begins


Important Information:
   Hixson's Adult Trivia Night is coming up in January.  Click here for a link to all the details.  We are asking parents to contribute items for two baskets to be auctioned off  Dynamic’s theme is Home Sweet Home.  We are requesting items such as Lowes/Home Depot gift cards, gift cards for Bed, Bath, and Beyond or other items that can be used to make home a sweeter place.  All proceeds will go towards improvements in the ladies locker room.

If you would like to activate your Edline account, please contact Mr. Daniels or Mrs. Pettid for your activation code.


English –


Susan Artkras – artkras.susan@wgmail.org


Math- We started a new unit today (Stretching & Shrinking).  This unit is about understanding similarity; identify similar figures by comparing corresponding parts; construct similar polygons; use scale factors and ratios to describe relationships among the side lengths of similar figures; predict the way that stretching and shrinking a figure affect lengths, angle measures, perimeters and areas; draw shapes on coordinate grids and then use coordinate rules to stretch and shrink those shapes; use properties of similarity to calculate distances and heights that can't be directly measured.

Also, this week we went over the assessments for the Comparing and Scaling unit; Students did a good job on the assessments.  I'll have grades up-dated in about two weeks before the end of the first semester.

In the Stretching & Shrinking uni,t there are a lot of Geometry concepts which will give students the opportunity to use their math flippers 


Wilma Slaughter – slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org

Science –
Dynamic Systems Science unit test is on Tuesday, 17 December 2013.

In Dynamic Systems Science the students have finished working on Learning Goals: #2 Student will develop and use models to describe the role of gravity, #3 Student will develop and use models to describe cyclic patterns of lunar phases, & #4 Student will develop and use models  to describe cyclic patterns of Earth’s seasons. Their test on these 3 goals is on Tuesday, 17 December. The students are to finish their study guide as homework if they did not finish it during class today, Friday 13 December. They have some resources from class on GoogleCloud they can use to help them complete the study guide.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know.

Dynamic Science Course Website


Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels -
daniels.mark@wgmail.org

314-918-4603

Social Studies –

We have been working on Greek Myth Books this week.  Students began the week in the library to choose a story to retell and illustrate.  Students had every class period this week to work on the project, but you should have seen some work come home.  The project will be due December 13th by the end of class but I will also accept them at the beginning of class on Monday.  What I’m seeing in class looks very promising and I am very much looking forward to reading them.  Next week, we will continue with Greece with a specific focus on forms of government.

All missing work for Social Studies should be turned in by December 16th.

After school help is available in my room every Tuesday until 4:00
 


Dynamic Social Studies Course Website:

Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602

Please visit the following links for more information:
Dr. Heisserer's blog - http://hixsonprincipal.wordpress.com/


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