Welcome Back Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events:
Jan.
8th – Term 3 Report Cards Mailed
Jan. 18th
– MLK Day, No Student Attendance
DYNAMIC is to be CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCTIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY
LEARNING!
Important Information:
At least one teacher from
Dynamic will be available for help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until
4:00.
English –
We have been working on our winter break snapshot writing! Snapshot writing is a skill with a yearlong focus. We'll have three formative grades on this skill, which will culminate in a summative grade in April. For more information on how the snapshot writing is graded, please see the scoring guide here.
The Winter Break Snapshot Writing is due on Tuesday, Jan. 12th.
Next week, we will be beginning our next unit of study: Companion Novels and Informational Writing. Students have selected a book that they will be reading with a partner. This book will be used throughout the unit. Students will be increasing the depth of thinking in their reading responses and writing in a way that shows their voice and opinions in a compelling manner.
Ask your student about what book he/she is reading!
Next week, we will be beginning our next unit of study: Companion Novels and Informational Writing. Students have selected a book that they will be reading with a partner. This book will be used throughout the unit. Students will be increasing the depth of thinking in their reading responses and writing in a way that shows their voice and opinions in a compelling manner.
Ask your student about what book he/she is reading!
Email: kraushaar.kaitlyn@wgmail.org
Math-
We are finishing the last learning target for our geometry unit . We will be working with scales, scale factor relating to maps and blueprints. We will be moving to solving equations soon! Remember I am here Tuesdays after school for any student who needs help.
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coffman.ashley@wgmail.org
Social Studies –
As we returned this week,
students have been exploring the geography of ancient Greece. How is it different from the river valley
civilizations we have previously studied?
We also began our Word of The Day competition. Please ask your students to share the words
they are learning as we explore Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Next week, we will begin to look at the rise
of democracy.
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 1: Student understands that living organisms are systems of interacting subsystems composed, on the most basic level, of cells.
- Goal 2: Student develops and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
- Goal 3: Student gathers and synthesizes information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
- Cross-Cutting Concepts
- Systems and System models: Defining systems and system models are ways to understand ideas/concepts.
- Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure and/or performance.
- Structure and Function: The way in which an object or living thing is shaped & its substructures determine many of its properties and functions.
- Tuesday introduced Cell Unit (Structure, Function, and Information Processing) learning goals and proficiency scales, “What Do You Know about Cells” pretest (Google Classroom #033 ---G.C. #033), & Knowledge Rating Guide of Cell vocabulary (G.C. #034)
- Wednesday introduced scale by class discussing powers of 10. Students did G.C. #035 interactive site to investigate scale of objects in the universe. http://futurism.com/interactive-scale-universe/
- Thursday students did a self-assessment of their cell knowledge based on the formative activities creating their Goal Tracking and Vocabulary Tracking in their notebooks, and G.C. #036 Scaling Earth objects activity and answering questions. Starts with coffee bean size (12 x 8 mm) down to a single carbon atom (10-12 m or a trillionth of a m). http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/scale/
- Friday class discussion about feeling “confused” is a good thing because it means we are learning new skills/concepts, and began a small group research project about recent disease outbreaks in the United States, G.C. #037.
Next week the students will finish their research, do their in class disease outbreak presentations and begin understanding cell theory and characteristics of living things.
If you have any questions or concerns please email me!
Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels - daniels.mark@wgmail.org
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