Good afternoon Dynamic,
Upcoming Events: Oct. 2nd – Book Fair Begins
Upcoming Events: Oct. 2nd – Book Fair Begins
Oct.
3rd – Hixson Trivia Night
Oct.
13th – 15th – Parent Teacher Conferences
Oct.
16th – No Student Attendance
DYNAMIC is to be
CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCTIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING!
Important Information:
Hixson’s Trivia Night
and Silent Auction is October 3rd! Proceeds
from this year's event will be used to bring the Rachel's Challenge program back to Hixson. For more
information and to register your table of 8, please click here.
Thanks to everybody who
provided items for our Trivia Night basket!
At least one teacher
from Dynamic will be available for help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
until 4:00.
We are extending t-shirt orders until the end of parent-teacher conferences. If you would like to order them during conferences there will be a station set up and we can take payment during that time. If you would like to order before hand, you can click here.
English –
This week in ELA, we explored looking for Invisible Ink (inferences) and the Bigger Picture in our reading. You might have seen your student with a small 'bookmark' that contained a graphic organizer to help students recall the thinking needed to capture these ideas. We're calling these response seeds, with the idea that we will be 'growing' these seeds into longer responses next week and throughout the year.
Our next unit, beginning on Friday, will be a writing unit that focuses on creating realistic fiction, a step up from the personal narratives students crafted last year. I am excited to see what wonderful stories my students create throughout this term-long unit!
Reminder: The Scholastic Book Fair is here next week! We will be visiting as a class on Tuesday, so students may bring money along to purchase at that time. Click the link to purchase online!
I am still accepting plastic bags! Thank you so much to those who have sent bags already!
Our next unit, beginning on Friday, will be a writing unit that focuses on creating realistic fiction, a step up from the personal narratives students crafted last year. I am excited to see what wonderful stories my students create throughout this term-long unit!
Reminder: The Scholastic Book Fair is here next week! We will be visiting as a class on Tuesday, so students may bring money along to purchase at that time. Click the link to purchase online!
I am still accepting plastic bags! Thank you so much to those who have sent bags already!
Email:
kraushaar.kaitlyn@wgmail.org
Math-
This week in math we have been reviewing everything that we have covered since the beginning of school. They are testing this Friday. We are starting our new unit on ratios and proportions next week. They've done great so far!
mathrm214.blogspot.com
coffman.ashley@wgmail.org
Dynamic Science -
The learning goals this week have been:
- I am able to develop and use models to describe cyclic patterns of eclipses.
- I am able to analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast objects in the universe.
See proficiency scales below.
- The Super Moon Lunar Eclipse on Sunday was a disappointment for it was a very cloudy night obscuring the eclipse. :(
- On Monday, NASA announced the discovery of “Recurring Slope Lineae,” (RSL), liquid water on Mars.
- The “What Do You Know about the Universe?” (aka pretest) was taken on Tuesday. [See goals & proficiency scales below.] Introduced “So You Want to Be a Martian” NASA simulcast.
- On Wednesday, the student’s began their Space Systems Goal tracking and viewed with class discussion on some of the NASA news release liquid water on Mars, RSL. See link below.
- Thursday the students participated in the NASA simulcast “So You Want to be a Martian?” NASA presented details about the ongoing preparation for sending humans to Mars in the 2030’s. They had Bob Cabana, the retired Astronaut/Director of the mission to Mars, female engineers, astronauts, botanists and had Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mackenzie Davis from the movie “Martian” being released tomorrow. Martian is a heavy true science based book and movie being released today.
- Friday G.C. #004 ThinkQuiry Knowledge Rating Guide and Questions/Answers about the Mars mission.
- Consider asking your student about Mars.
Goal 1: I am able to analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast objects in the universe.
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I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I am able to:
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Goal 2: I am able to develop and use models to describe the role of gravity.
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I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I am able to:
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Goal 3: I am able to develop and use models to describe cyclic patterns of lunar phases.
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I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I am able to:
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Goal 4: I am able to develop and use models to describe cyclic patterns of Earth’s seasons.
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I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I am able to:
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I am able to be able to model motions that cause or result from Earth’s seasons:
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Goal 5: I am able to develop and use models to describe cyclic patterns of eclipses.
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I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I am able to:
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Next week the students will motions of our universe.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me!
Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels - daniels.mark@wgmail.org
Social Studies –
We began looking at
Egypt this week. As with every unit, we began by looking at
the geography of the region. Egypt is
our second river valley civilization and we will be comparing and contrasting
it with Mesopotamia. Early next week we
will work on some new vocabulary and later in the week we will be starting the
Egypt Project. The project is posted in
the Unit Resources/The Ancient
World/Egypt section of my website if you would like to preview.
Our current learning
goal is People, Places, and Environments. The expanded learning goals are available on
my website.
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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