Dynamic Dialogue 4/24/15

Good Afternoon Dynamic Team!

Upcoming Events:   Apr. 27^th – Choir Concert, 6:30 p.m.

                                  Apr. 28^th – 29^th – MAP Testing

                                  Apr. 29^th – Fine Arts Festival, 6:30 p.m.      

Important Information:   

Information about Hixson’s Summer Enrichment Program can be found here.

After school help sessions are on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  If you need to come in before school, you will need to make an appointment with the teacher.

English –

Susan Artkras – artkras.susan@wgmail.org

Math- 

Wilma Slaughter – slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org

Science –

In Dynamic Systems Science we finished the Genetics unit and had the Summative Assessment on Tuesday. Now we have stormed into our weather unit! The students took the pretest, “What Do You Know about Weather,” and now have a new definition of “temperature.” Please ask them to tell you what temperature is? What you should hear is ‘Temperature is a measurement of the average speed of the particles in a system.’ Kelvin is the best temperature scale because zero degrees Kelvin is “absolute zero” because all particle motion stops! Friday we did a outside temperature lab collecting temperature of asphalt, concrete, grass, and water in both the sunlight and in the shade to better understand specific heat capacity. Next week is density once we navigate MAP testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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.

4	Student demonstrates innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal, such as Student will analyze air mass movement and weather data.
3	Student will explain changes in weather (temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind) in terms of air mass movement. explain possible weather in terms of data from weather maps, diagrams, visualizations, and experiments.
2	Student will: identify cause/effect relationship between changes in weather (temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind) in terms of air mass movement. interpret data from weather maps, diagrams, visualizations, and experiments to identify possible weather.
1	Student will: match changes in weather (temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, wind) with air mass movement. match data from weather maps, diagrams, visualizations, and experiments with possible resulting weather.

Goal 2:  Student can analyze data, including maps, and construct and use models to develop understanding of the factors that control climate.

4	Student demonstrates innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal, such as Student will analyze unequal heating and rotation of the Earth and cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
3	Student will differentiate patterns of regional climate caused by different factors. (latitude, altitude, geographic land distribution, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation)
2	Student will: identify cause/effect relationship between factors and regional climate.  (latitude, altitude, geographic land distribution, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation)
1	Student will: match factors with resulting regional climate.   (latitude, altitude, geographic land distribution, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation)

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

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

314-918-4603

Social Studies –

Students have continued with their look at the Middle Ages in Europe this week.  We have been focusing on the defining moments of the Black Death and The Magna Carta.  On Thursday and Friday, students played a game in which they had to face King John’s decisions.  Did your student do better than John?  Next week is MAP and I will be showing a medieval murder mystery as a brain break during testing.  Afterwards we will wrap up this portion of the unit with a look at the Crusades.

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

Dynamic Social Studies Course Website:

www.hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson/Classes/pettid

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/