Happy Friday Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events: Jan. 17th – Hixson Family Fun
Night
Webster Groves DQ Grill and Chill
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.
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- This week students used an on-line math program (StraightAce) to do their homework. StraightAce is allowing us to use their program (as a resource) this semester at (no cost), so we can give them feedback-- they are an start-up internet company. Students will mainly do the book work (Stretching & Shrinking) in class, then use the StraightAce program at home to reinforce what was learned in class and to help prepare for the MAP test. I am getting very positive feedback from the students; some students who usually struggle with math is spending (1-2 hours) on the computer each night.
Wilma Slaughter – slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org
Science –
The Dynamic Science Weather Unit encompasses many of the
foundational principals and concepts of the transfer of energy! This week we
have changed the way students think about temperature. The students are
beginning to understand that temperature measures the speed of particles. Kelvin
is the best temperature scale when we talk about speed of the particles because
0° K all particle motion stops! Electrons no longer spin, even protons and
neutrons stop vibrating. The concepts of focus this week also include density, air
pressure, qualities of hot and cold air masses, the three states of matter, and
the weather around barometric low pressure and high pressure centers. Anticipate
your child watching more weather forecasts and understanding them. Please
engage them in conversations about weather!
Next week they will begin taking a formative Quia quiz covering
the weather concepts. As a formative quiz they will take it about every 7-10
days. You should be seeing their scores improve as we go through the unit.
Since the quiz covers all the major concepts of the weather unit some of their
initial scores will be low. As they develop their understanding and make
connections among the concepts their scores will improve. The formative quizzes
help them see their progress and areas of which they need to focus.
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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Student will
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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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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 –
We are exploring our Greek roots. Every day, students are given a Greek root
word and asked to share as many English words from that root that they
can. Classes are competing against each
other and the competition is quite lively.
This is a great warm-up for their brains at the beginning of class.
Our focus this week has been on Greek
art and architecture and its impact on Western Civilization. I will be asking students to spot elements of
Greek architecture in their own neighborhoods and travels around St.
Louis. There will be a quick, small test
over Greek art and architecture at the end of next week.
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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