Good afternoon Dynamic Team!
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Upcoming Events: Nov. 18th – 7th and 8th Grade Choir Concert
DYNAMIC is to be CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCTIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING!
Important Information:
We still need about 20 more t-shirts ordered before we can submit the order to customink. If you have not yet ordered a t-shirt please click here to order or send money with your student to give to Ms. Coffman.
If this order is not filled by Tuesday, November 24th we will cancel the order and refund the money already turned in.
If this order is not filled by Tuesday, November 24th we will cancel the order and refund the money already turned in.
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Each year the Hixson staff and students try to help some of our families in need. We collect food to help sustain over breaks and adopt families to assist with clothing/winter needs. This year we have a goal of making 20 food baskets to help sustain families over the winter break. In addition, certain teams are adopting families in an effort to fulfill some holiday wishes. Currently, your child(ren) have the opportunity to donate funds toward the wishes of a Hixson family. If you have questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact the 7th grade counselor Linda Peterson at 314-918-4554.
At least one teacher from Dynamic will be available for help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 4:00.
English –
Page goals are due on 11/23! Students' final performance event for our writing unit will also take place on Monday, November 23rd. If you and your family are headed out of town early, please email me to schedule an alternate testing time!
We are nearing the end of our realistic fiction unit! Next week, we will be looking at grounding our dialogue in scenes, getting rid of parts of our stories that don't do any heavy lifting, and participating in writing critique groups that help us make good changes to our stories.
Before Thanksgiving, on Tuesday, we will be celebrating our writing with a Sip 'N' Share day in class. I'll bring in hot chocolate and hot apple cider and some treats for us to munch on while students share their stories with each other. It will be a fun day!
We are nearing the end of our realistic fiction unit! Next week, we will be looking at grounding our dialogue in scenes, getting rid of parts of our stories that don't do any heavy lifting, and participating in writing critique groups that help us make good changes to our stories.
Before Thanksgiving, on Tuesday, we will be celebrating our writing with a Sip 'N' Share day in class. I'll bring in hot chocolate and hot apple cider and some treats for us to munch on while students share their stories with each other. It will be a fun day!
Email: kraushaar.kaitlyn@wgmail.org
Math-
Students worked on their animal project in class on Monday and they were due today! Look for a blog post about the students animal proportions work with pictures soon! Students also had a test Wednesday over rates, unit rates and ratios. We are going to be starting on geometry unit this next week.
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Social Studies –
We have focused this week on the geography of India. Students completed Geo Challenge 3, a chart rating the best places to form a settlement, and compared/contrasted the Indus River Valley with another river valley civilization of their choice. We also began looking at the mysterious Harrappan civilization. Next week we will look into the culture ancient India.
* The Indus River Valley Graphic Organizer is due Tuesday.
* The Indus River Valley Graphic Organizer is due Tuesday.
Dynamic Social Studies Course Website:
Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602
Science –
Dynamic Science!
The learning goals this week have been:
- Goal 2: I am able to develop and use models to describe the role of gravity.
- Goal 4: I am able to develop and use models to describe cyclic patterns of Earth’s seasons.
- Cross-Cutting Concepts
- Systems and System models: Defining systems and system models are ways to understand ideas/concepts.
- Cause and Effect: Investigating and explaining causal relationships may predict and explain events.
- This week the summative on Goals #2 & 3# above was on Tuesday.
- Wednesday was studying how gravity causes an elliptical orbits of all objects in the universe.
- Thursday was Rachel’s Challenge assembly and understanding causes of seasons.
- Friday was understanding the shape of an ellipse.
- Vocabulary: Axis, Eclipse, Ellipse, Gravity, Moon Phase, Orbit, Revolution, and Rotation.
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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I am able to be 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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Next week the students will finish gravity and do labs on seasons and review lunar phases.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me!
Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels - daniels.mark@wgmail.org
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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