Good afternoon Dynamic
Team!
Upcoming Events: Feb. 23 – Papa John’s Pizza Night
Feb. 23 – Steiger Night (6:30 – 9)
DYNAMIC is to be CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCTIVE AND CONTINUOUSLY
LEARNING!
Important Information:
Student Lead Conferences Link
https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Hixson_Middle_School_1
https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Hixson_Middle_School_1
You should only sign up for one time slot. Your student will lead this conference and present samples of their work for each of their core classes. We are available if you need to briefly speak with Ms. Kraushaar, Mrs. Pettid, Ms. Coffman, or Coach Daniels.
Mrs. Kraushaar and Ms. Coffman have written another Donors Choose project to get some bouncy bands and fidgets to help our students focus. Any donations toward our project will directly aid students in focusing in on daily tasks, which translates to better grades and increased learning. We want our students to move their bodies while growing their brains. We hope this project will help our students to continue to move toward the goal of lifelong learning! You can find the link to view our project here.
At least one teacher from
Dynamic will be available for help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until
4:00.
English –
Students are still working hard on their companion books. I checked in on Tuesday to see their progress and asked to see two chapters that were drafted. I'll check in again on Monday, and I'd like to see three drafted chapters. On Monday, I will also be contacting parents of students who are not hitting these "checkpoints" in order to make a plan for how to best help the student meet the goals we're setting in class.
I am available before school starting at 7:30 (please email me the night prior to let me know that your student plans to come in), during lunch and after school on Wednesdays until 4 PM.
The final due date for the completed companion book is tentatively set for the last Monday before spring break, March 7th.
Please click here to see an example of a companion book just so you can get an idea of what your child has been working on for these past few weeks.
I'm taking Scholastic orders up until next Friday, so please check out the flyer online at www.scholastic.com/readingclub (use my class code HYW38 so that we can get free books for our classes!)
Email: kraushaar.kaitlyn@wgmail.org
Math-
mathrm214.blogspot.com
coffman.ashley@wgmail.org
Social Studies –
We continued looking at
Greek culture this week, as well as exploring the impact of Alexander the
Great. There are only a few “Greats” in
history – why is that so? What makes a “”Great”
great? There will be a project assigned
next week – the information is available on my website in the Unit Resources
menu.
Please ask your students to
share the words they are learning as we explore Greek and Latin roots,
prefixes, and suffixes.
Dynamic Social Studies
Course Website:
Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602
Science –
Goal 3: I can gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
Dynamic Science!
ON TUESDAY students will be doing a lab which has then swishing 1 oz of a non-caffeine tea across the tip of the tongue which will temporarily alter their taste bud perceptions for at most an hour. Diabetic students should not participate in this lab. Other than restrictions for diabetics, there are no other reported drug interactions or allergies. The link to the lab activity is found in the National Institute of Health, NIH, site. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3592606/
If you choose for your student not to participate in this lab activity please notify me by 07:30 on Monday, 22 February 2016 at daniels.mark@wgmail.org .
Goal 3: I can gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
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- Students should have completed and turned in their summative Cell Project on Google Classroom #047 by Wednesday 8:30 am this week. This project is worth 2 “Summative Assessment” grades.
- Wednesday students did a formative assessment on Levels of Organization and Cell Organelle Structure and Functions.
- Thursday, we reviewed our stimulus/response learning goal and proficiency scale and some students did their voluntary Cell Project presentations for their classmates. After some Q & A did a formative review on cell organelle functions via a Kahoot.
- Friday the students did pre-lab questions, demonstration, discussion, and began data collection on a 2 point skin sensation discrimination lab activity.
- Next week the students will finish their data collection, do the formative re-assessment which will count towards their semester grade, and the sensory taste bud lab. 2 point discrimination lab reports are due on Tuesday.
Next week the students will continue to research #3 Stimulus - Response.
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
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