Willow Weekly 2/13 to 2/16

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Important Information: 

• Please remind your students to charge their Chromebook every night! We have had many students come to class with dead Chromebooks, which slows down instruction.
• This is also a good time to check your student's supplies. Many students have been asking us to give them paper and pencils during class.
• Pig Heart Dissection Field Trip Forms were due Thursday. Please turn them in ASAP!
• After school help sessions and activities are after school Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday until 4:00. At least one teacher from Willow will be available for help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until 4:00. A list of other after school opportunities can be found here.
• Parents of 7^th grade math students: your child recently completed the Algebra Readiness Test.  Please take a moment to discuss the test with your child and reflect on his/her mathematical experiences.  Then complete this one-question form found at this link (https://goo.gl/j1LVeu) indicating which math course you feel is the best placement for your child in 8^th grade.  If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s math teacher or anyone in the Hixson office.  Student input, parent input, teacher recommendations and Algebra Readiness Test scores are all considered when determining class placement for 8th grade.  For more information about 8^th grade course placement please click here.
• Want to know more about the counselor's Mindfulness group? Check out this letter from them!

English –

• Take a picture of a small moment over your four-day weekend for our summative snapshot writing assessment next week!
• Have three chapters drafted in your companion book by next Friday!

Don't forget to stay updated with what's going on in ELA by visiting Ms. K's blog.

Social Studies –

This week we have been looking at the early history of Ancient Greece.  Students watched a movie called From Cavemen to Kings.  The questions for this movie are due next Wednesday.  They, and a link to the movie can be found on my website.  There will be a vocabulary test next Thursday.  Students have a vocabulary activity that will act as their study guide.  Next week, we will look at the various forms of government in Ancient Greece.

 www.hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson/Classes/pettid

Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org

314-918-4602

Math- 

Algebra- Finishing up chp 7 test will be next week

7th Math- They had their first test over learning targets 1-3 this  week.

Ashley Porter 

porter.ashley@wgmail.org

mathrm214.blogspot.com

Science –

Summative Cell Project is DUE on Tuesday, 21 February.

Summative Cell Project Scoring Guide

Pig Heart Dissection Field Trip Forms

Pig Heart Dissection Permission Forms are PAST DUE!

Here are suggested conversation starters for your young engineer:

• What organ system are you researching for science?
• What organ did you choose?
• What is the name of the cell you are doing for your project?

1. Goal 1: I understand that living organisms are systems of interacting subsystems composed, on the most basic level, of cells.
2. Goal 2:  I am able to develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
1. See Proficiency Scales for these goals below.

The cross-cutting concept have been:

1. Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure and/or performance.
2. Structure and Function: The way in which an object or living thing is shaped & its substructures determine many of its properties and functions.

Activities students participated in this week:

1. Monday - Formative Assessment #3 and received Summative Cell Project Scoring Guide and instructions to select the cell they wanted to study.
2. Tuesday - Received and posted Cell Project step by step guide and recommended resources. Researched their projects as I approved their choices. Finished Vocabulary Sorting Activity.
3. Wednesday - Project Research, Q & A.
4. Thursday - Project Research, Q & A.
5. Friday - Faculty Professional Development.

Emphasis this week:

1. }Structure and Function of a specific cell you choose.
2. Vocabulary: Cell membrane, Cell wall, Chloroplasts, Chromosomes, Cytoplasm, Mitochondria, Nucleus, Organelle

NEXT WEEK the students will work on summative cell project.

Goal 1:    I understand that living organisms are systems of interacting subsystems composed, on the most basic level, of cells.  (Scale/Proportion) (Systems) (Structure & Function)

4	I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I will be able to: predict the effect(s) on an organism if a specific subsystem or cell does not function properly or does not exist OR demonstrate additional understanding of cells.
3	I use both cell theory and levels of organization to show that an organism is living.

Goal 2:  I am able to develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.   (Scale/Proportion) (Systems) (Structure & Function)

4	I demonstrate innovation, in depth inference(s), or advanced application(s) with the learning goal. In addition to level 3 I will be able to: create an analogy between cell and non-cell OR demonstrate additional understanding of cells.
3	I am able to develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole. describe the function that each organelle contributes in the cell.  (cell wall, nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondria, cell membrane).

If you have any questions or concerns please email me!

Team Willow Science – Mr. 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/