Happy Friday Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events: Aug 28th
– Sept. 4th – Music Fundraiser
Sept.
1st – After School Activities Begin
Sept. 4th – Picture Day
Important Information:
After school help sessions and activities begin Sept. 1st. At least one teacher from Dynamic will be
available for help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 4:00.
Picture Day - For
ID purposes, we would like all students to have pictures taken. Students who wish to purchase pictures must
bring their completed envelopes with payment.
English –
We finished up our look at different 'ingredients' that make up book genres, and I think our students are well-versed on the huge variety of genres available to them in our library!
We also calculated our reading rate this week in class. Please watch this short informational video about what your student's reading rate means and how it connects to our class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cra7QifCFs
We did start tracking this week, and we'll be using the rates as a basis for our first conference next Friday, where I'll discuss whether students met their goals and why/why not. I will be giving a participation/effort grade for independent reading every two weeks.
Next week, we'll be doing some more mini lessons that start leading us into our Reader's Workshop and toward our first reading responses.
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We also calculated our reading rate this week in class. Please watch this short informational video about what your student's reading rate means and how it connects to our class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cra7QifCFs
We did start tracking this week, and we'll be using the rates as a basis for our first conference next Friday, where I'll discuss whether students met their goals and why/why not. I will be giving a participation/effort grade for independent reading every two weeks.
Next week, we'll be doing some more mini lessons that start leading us into our Reader's Workshop and toward our first reading responses.
Email: kraushaar.kaitlyn@wgmail.org
mskraushaar.weebly.com
Math-
We have been working on our first unit learning goal, "I will be able to solve problems using all operations with rational numbers." 7th grade math students have been working on identifying integers (negative and positive whole numbers) and their movement on a number line. We just finished up adding and subtracting integers with various methods. Ask the students which method works best for them!
Algebra has hit the ground running with their first chapter. They are also working on integers and operations with them as well.
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Algebra has hit the ground running with their first chapter. They are also working on integers and operations with them as well.
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coffman.ashley@wgmail.org
Science –
Welcome to Dynamic Science!
During the first week of science class the learning goal has been “I am developing my observation skills.
The targets have been:
- “I am able to demonstrate my understanding of research process skills.”
- “I able able to identify my strengths as a learner.”
- “I am practicing the engineering process.”
fine and practice inductive reasoning.”
The cross-cutting concept have been:
- “Patterns: Observing patterns and events guides organization and classification and leads to understanding of relationships.”
- “Cause & Effect: Investigating and explaining causal relationships may predict and explain events.”
The two habits of mind we were developing are #8) Gathering Data Through All Senses and #10) Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Activities students participated in this week:
- Completed learner inventories: Habits of Mind, Thinking Styles and Intelligence Types (Linguistic, Visual/Spatial, Logical-mathematical, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Musical, Kinesthetic, Naturalist, & Existential), Triarchchic Intelligences (Analytical, Creative, & Practical), and Learning Modality Preferences (Visual, Auditory, and Tactile/Kinesthetic).
- Completed a Research Method Pretest
- Began an Aerodynamic Engineering Lab - prototyping and testing paper airplanes designs.
Vocabulary Emphasis this week:
- Inductive reasoning is using all your observations and evidence to make a prediction where you have at least a 60% chance of being correct.
- Independent Variable: IV is what the engineer/researcher “INTENTIONALLY CHANGES.”
- Dependent Variable: DV is whatever is being
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Next week the students will finish the aerodynamic engineering experiment to modify a characteristic of their design.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me!
Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels - daniels.mark@wgmail.org
Social Studies –
This week, we spent some time looking at Otzi the Iceman. Students broke into groups – each looking at
a different hypothesis about Otzi’s death.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, students looked at some of the scientific
tests that were carried out on the body and artifacts found with him. We are focusing of the methods of history and again, the question: How do we know what we know?
Students received a Vocabulary Activity (due
9/2) on Thursday. We will have a quick
Vocab test over those ten words next Friday.
Finally, on Friday students began their first Geo Challenge Activity.
Dynamic Social Studies Course Website:
Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602
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