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Important Information:
Important Information:
- After school activities are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 3:30 to 4:15
- After school help is available during those same times.
- T-Shirt order deadline is September 29th. Please see a teacher if you have any questions.
ELA –
This week, we wrapped up our first unit, Launching the Reading Workshop. Students wrote me a letter reflecting on how they have grown as a reader so far this school year. This is a summative grade. I'm looking forward to reading their letters!
Next week, we'll start our first writing-heavy unit: writing realistic fiction! I love this unit because it allows me to really get to know my writers and their unique ideas. We'll be generating story ideas and setting goals for our stories. I'll be writing alongside them, and I can't wait to learn from them.
Don't forget to stay updated with what's going on in ELA by visiting Ms. K's blog or follow Willow ELA's Instagram page.
Social Studies –
This week, we spent several days working through a webquest based in the Mesopotamia section of The British Museum. Students explored the history of the region as well as the archaeology involved in understanding it. Next week we will spend some time going over the notes with an open-note quiz on Friday. After that, we will move on to Egypt.
This week, we spent several days working through a webquest based in the Mesopotamia section of The British Museum. Students explored the history of the region as well as the archaeology involved in understanding it. Next week we will spend some time going over the notes with an open-note quiz on Friday. After that, we will move on to Egypt.
Information and assignments for my class can all be found on my website. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602
Math-
All Math- Most students sent me their picture collage and they are hanging up in the room to represent our diverse students. We will use one from each class each week to try to guess which classmate it belongs to. I am still missing some, please check with your student that they submitted it me so, it can be printed.
****I will allow reassessments this following week but they HAVE to be completed by Wednesday before we take our next summative. They will only be allowed to reassess for 90% of the points.
Students took their first summative last week on Learning Targets 1-4. The grades were posted on the portal earlier this week. If students are interested in reassessing they have one week to complete the reassessment guidelines. So, this reassessment will need to be completed by next Friday. Link to the Reassessment Guidelines Sheet. In my class, anyone can choose to take the reassessment, there is no minimum grade. IE a student that scores an 85% could choose to take the reassessment to potentially due better. However, if a student does poorly on the initial assessment, I may require them to retake it.
Just to give you some information about my rules about reassessment:
- I will always use the reassessment grade even if the initial grade was higher (I feel this ensures that students take the reassessment seriously)
- Parents need to sign the original assessment and it needs to be returned to me
- All reassessment meetings and work needs to be completed outside of class. If students need extra help or support I am available in the mornings before school.
- Students have one week to complete the guidelines sheet and initially meet with me and then one additional week to take the test
I know this may seem like a lot of steps, but I believe it will help your child be more successful on the reassessment and have an overall better understanding of the content. Students have until Thursday September 28 to complete the guidelines reassessment sheet and meet with me to review it. In that meeting the student and I will schedule the follow up meeting where they will take the actual reassessment.
This week we worked on learning target 5 which covered order of operations with rational numbers. Students took the formative Thursday. We began learning target 6 which covers converting fractions, decimals, and percent and will work on this through the middle of next week. As of now, our next summative over the entire number system unit is tentatively scheduled Tuesday, October 3. Remember that students do not need to spend more than 30 minutes a night on math homework; just sign their homework verifying they worked diligently for 30 minutes and they can stop.
Ashley Porter
porter.ashley@wgmail.org
Science –
This week was all about Space Systems Goal 2 - How gravity affects the items around us. We spent Monday through Wednesday describing gravity as a force that exerts a constant pull on all objects and that gravity affects all objects - regardless of size as long as they have mass. This idea is difficult to see happening on Earth.
In order to view the limitations of falling objects on Earth we made objects fall to Earth with the question in mind - “Do all objects fall to Earth with the same speed?” Ask your student how it turned out!
Enjoy your weekend - please email or call if you have any questions.
Matt Geringer
geringer.matt@wgmail.org
geringer.matt@wgmail.org
Please visit the following links for more information:
Hixson home page -http://hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson
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