Welcome Back, Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events:
Jan. 15 – Orchestra Festival – 7 p.m. WGHS
Feb. 7 –
Adult Trivia Night (see below)
Important Information: Hixson's Adult Trivia Night is coming up in February. Click here for a link to all the details. You may also register at hxtrivia.blogspot.com. Parents are being asked to contribute to gift baskets for the silent auction. Dynamic's theme is "A Little Bit of Italy". Please send in items related to Italy. Some examples would be pasta, pasta sauce, pizza pans, pizza cutters, salami, bread, music, olives, olive oil, or cookbooks. Be as creative as you like.
English –
Susan Artkras – artkras.susan@wgmail.org
Dynamic English students
began the new semester with a discussion of life barriers. Our discussion
focused on a non-fiction
article and documentary
video about the barriers faced by Jackie Robinson as he broke the color
barrier in Major League baseball.
With the non-fiction
article, students practiced their text coding skills, a
highly effective skill for improving reading comprehension. This was followed
by a set of questions for identifying main idea and author’s purpose and developing
responses with textual references.
On Wednesday, students
visited the library for their bi-weekly visit.
Our discussion barriers
continued on Thursday as we discussed Jackie
Robinson’s Nine Values and how these values might help 7th grade
students work through common 7th grade problems (barriers.)
On Friday, students will
be writing an explanatory paragraph as to how a common 7th grade
barrier can be overcome through values.
Math-
We finished the Proportion and Ratio unit this week. Next week, we'll start with work on some geometry concepts dealing with lines, and take the assessments for Proportion and Ratio.
We finished the Proportion and Ratio unit this week. Next week, we'll start with work on some geometry concepts dealing with lines, and take the assessments for Proportion and Ratio.
Wilma Slaughter – slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org
Science –
Dynamic Science Course Website
Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels - daniels.mark@wgmail.org
314-918-4603
Social Studies –
Students have been continuing their
exploration of ancient Greece this week.
They completed a group activity that involved researching the elements
of Greek temples and designing their own versions. We also began looking at the forms of
government within ancient Greece, and began a comparison of Athens and
Sparta. We will continue looking at
Athens and Sparta next week.
After school help is available in my room every Thursday until 4:00
Dynamic Social Studies Course Website:
Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602
Please
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