Good afternoon, Dynamic
Team!
Upcoming Event: Feb. 7th – Adult Trivia Night (see below)
Feb. 13th – No Student Attendance
(Hixson)
Important Information: On February 7, 2015, Hixson teachers will be hosting our sixth annual Hixson Trivia Night and Silent Auction. You may find the registration form by clicking here; you may also register online at hxtrivia.blogspot.com. Proceeds from this year’s event will be put towards the purchase of new lockers for the girls’ locker room.
Our team has been asked by the
auction committee to create a themed basket to be auctioned. We have chosen
"A Little Bit of Italy" as our basket theme. We would appreciate your help in collecting
items that relate to our theme. Please send any donated items to school with
your child by February 3rd. We will take care of getting all donated
items ready for auction. 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.
Can't fill a table of 8? Click here to register and we'll try to get you
connected with others to fill a table.
FYI: Many students are coming to school without
fully charging their laptops the night before. Help with this would be
appreciated.
English –
The week began with responding to a short story. The written response was practice in writing in a formal academic voice, which is challenging for students because they are not allowed to use the pronouns: I, me, my, you, yours.
On Tuesday, a guest from the Safe Connections Project talked with the students about Bystander Intervention. Students were provided ideas, along with their pros and cons, about ways to support someone in a crisis.
Students are continuing to draft and revise their Breaking Barriers essay. Most students need extra time at home to work on their Breaking Barriers essay. Support resources:
Essay expectations:
- expresses the student’s barrier
- expresses how one or more of JR’s values is used to face and/or overcome the barrier
- is well organized
- has a strong personal voice
- incorporates an example of Jackie Robinson
- written with correct grammar and spelling
- is limited to 700 words
- scoring guide
Suggested outline for Breaking Barriers essay:
Introduction:
- hook reader
- main idea (identify barrier and value[s])
- establish context as it related to Jackie Robinson
Body
- describe barrier
- explain how the values helped
Conclusion
- finishing statement which is inspirational
- echo main idea
Susan Artkras
– artkras.susan@wgmail.org
Wilma Slaughter
– slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org
Dynamic Systems Science –
Coach Daniels
daniels.mark@wgmail.org
314-918-4603
Social Studies –
Your students really,
really rose to the challenge when creating their projects over the past week.
It was a true joy to see how they pushed themselves both in the
exploration of Greek mythology and with how they presented the material. I
received videos, powerpoints, board games – so many things! We are
moving on with ancient Greece next week, but will be wrapping up soon. My
hope is to have an open-note quiz during the week of Feb. 17th. I
will have a better idea as we move through the week. The notes are
up on my website and can be accessed at any time.
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 visit the following links for
more information:
Hixson home page -http://hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson
Dr. Smith's blog - http://hixsonprincipal.wordpress.com/
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