Welcome Back Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events:
Jan. 10th – Term 3 grade reports mailed
Jan. 20th - MLK Day, School not in session
Jan. 25th
– Hixson Adult Trivia Night
Important Information: Hixson’s trivia night is Saturday, January 25th. Tables are going quickly! Registration forms will be mailed with your child’s report card or you may visit www.hxtrivia.blogspot.com to register online. We are still collecting items for the silent auction, especially for our team basket. Alternatively, if you would prefer not to purchase an item, we would be happy to accept any monetary donation that may be used to purchase items for our baskets.
Hixson's Adult Trivia Night is coming up on January 25th. Click here for a link to all the details. We are asking parents to contribute items for two baskets to be auctioned off per team. Dynamic’s theme is Home Sweet Home. We are requesting items such as Lowes/Home Depot gift cards, gift cards for Bed, Bath, and anything other items that can be used to make home a sweeter place.
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-
The students really worked hard the first semester (grades are updated), please check the portal. This week we continued to learn some geometry concepts (with application) that are usually on standardized tests. Next week we will start in a new unit in the math book (Stretching& Shrinking) which is about understanding similarity.
The students really worked hard the first semester (grades are updated), please check the portal. This week we continued to learn some geometry concepts (with application) that are usually on standardized tests. Next week we will start in a new unit in the math book (Stretching& Shrinking) which is about understanding similarity.
Wilma Slaughter – slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org
Science –
Welcome back to the second half of 7th grade Dynamic
Systems Science! We have stormed into our weather unit this week! LOL The students took the pretest, “What Do You
Know about Weather,” on Wednesday and Thursday. The second semester the
students will be developing skills to use and interpret text resources. I was
out of school on Thursday and Friday this week for a funeral. The students were
using a science textbook to take notes, develop vocabulary and answer questions
about the “Causes of Weather.” The textbook sections over: Air Pressure, Heat
Energy, Winds, and Moisture. Below are the questions they investigated.
Air Pressure (pg. 10-14)
1. What is air
pressure?
2. How does
increasing the density of a gas affect its pressure?
3. As altitude
increases, how does air pressure change? How does density change?
Heat Energy (pg. 36-39
& 42-45)
4. List three
forms of radiation from the sun.
5. What happens to
most of the sunlight that reaches Earth?
6. What happens to
the energy from the sun that is absorbed by Earth’s surface?
7. Name three ways
that heat can be transferred.
8. How do the
three types of heat transfer work together to heat the troposphere?
Winds (pg. 46-52)
9. How is wind
related to air temperature and air pressure?
10. What is the
difference between local winds and global winds?
11. What is the primary
direction of the winds in St. Louis, MO which is the major influence of the
weather at our 38.6 ° N. Latitude?
Moisture (pg. 54-60)
12. How does water
in the atmosphere condense?
13. What type of
air can hold more water vapor?
14. What is the
difference between humidity and relative humidity?
Next week the students will begin recording weather data and
understanding the kinetic temperature concept.
Standards based grading (please see bulleted list below) has been
very beneficial for student learning and achievement! I have been delighted
about the students’ increased focus on learning! Please review with your
student about their learning experiences in Science and about their
achievements with developing their skills creating data tables and graphs,
identifying independent variables, dependent variables, and constants, and
writing hypotheses and conclusions.
C = Can
perform some or most the skill independently.
B = Can
perform all important aspects of the skill independently.
A = Can
transfer the skill to a new situation or set of circumstances never seen
before, or make a prediction about something which has not been tested.
Below are the first two weather learning goals.
Goal 1: Student can analyze data,
including maps, and construct and use models to develop understanding of the
factors that control weather.
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Student demonstrates
innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the
learning goal, such as
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Goal 2: Student can analyze data,
including maps, and construct and use models to develop understanding of the
factors that control climate.
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Student demonstrates
innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the
learning goal, such as
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Student will
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If you have any questions or comments please let me know.
Dynamic Science Course
Website
314-918-4603
Social Studies –
Students are getting back into the swing
of things in Social Studies. We began
our shortened week by comparing and contrasting Athens and Sparta. We will continue to look at culture in
ancient Greece and will focus our attention next week on art and architecture.
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:
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