The Willow Weekly: Willow Weekly 5/8 to 5/12

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Important Information:

Six Flags information- The cost for each student this year is $33.00. This fee includes admission and transportation to and from the park. Students must turn in their permission slip (click here for a copy) and pay this amount no later than Monday, May 15, 2017. Students who already have passes to the park will need to pay a $6.00 transportation fee. Checks should be made payable to Webster Groves School District. Please place the signed permission form and payment (cash, check or money order) in an envelope with your student's name and team on the envelope. Please turn the envelope in at the main office.
Buses will depart Hixson at approximately 9:30 am and leave Six Flags for the return trip to school at 4:30pm. We should arrive back at Hixson at approximately 5:00pm. You may pick up your child upon our return to school. Hixson students who use transportation provided by VTS will board the activity bus at Hixson for the trip home.
Students with significant disciplinary offenses in Term 6 may not be allowed to attend the field trip and will instead spend the day at Hixson providing community service.

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. Chromebook collection for Willow is the 19th!

This is also a good time to check in with your students to make sure they are finishing the year strong. We've had an increase of late work and off-task behavior as we've entered this last term.

After school activities and help sessions have ended for the year

ELA –

Students are still moving ahead in The Outsiders. They have until the 19th to finish the entire book, and many students have torn through it and are moving on to other extension activities. On Monday, we will have our second discussion about the novel in preparation for the final discussion on the 19th.

After talking it over with a few students, I have decided to offer two options for the final summative assessment: students may either participate in the whole class discussion on the 19th and receive their grade based on their contributions, or they may opt to take a traditional comprehension test over the novel. Students will choose their preferred testing method next week.

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

Social Studies –

Next week is the final week for students to work on their cumulative project on The Middle Ages. Research should be finished or near finished by Monday. For the rest of the week they will need to begin organizing their information into concept webs. Work will be shared on May 23rd.

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

Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org

314-918-4602

Math-

algebra- final review is posted and final will be next Thursday.

7th grade- working on probability next week.

Ashley Porter

porter.ashley@wgmail.org

mathrm214.blogspot.com

Science –

Contact info for Mrs. Krueger, Willow Science long-term substitute