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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 is our last week before our first official assessment over our first learning goal: students will be able to read with stamina, choose good fit books and show their thinking about their reading in writing and conversation.
We've been exploring different ways to think about and respond to our books, and students have been writing about their books in the way that works for them. Next week, they will be writing me a letter about their progress as a reader over the first month of school as their first summative assessment.
Page goals are due on Monday, 9/25.
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 –
On Monday, in honor of Constitution Day, we discussed The Bill of Rights and the development of law from the time of Hammurabi forwards. We have explored Hammurabi's Law Code for the remainder of the week, ending with "What If Hammurabi Was Your Principal?"
Next week we will have a vocabulary test on Monday and move towards the conclusion of our look at Mesopotamia.
On Monday, in honor of Constitution Day, we discussed The Bill of Rights and the development of law from the time of Hammurabi forwards. We have explored Hammurabi's Law Code for the remainder of the week, ending with "What If Hammurabi Was Your Principal?"
Next week we will have a vocabulary test on Monday and move towards the conclusion of our look at Mesopotamia.
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.
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 –
Students began this week learning to compare and contrast objects and supporting them with observations, qualitative, or quantitative data. Students then made observations of objects on the front lawn of Hixson Middle. Using their observation data they practiced comparing and contrasting the objects with their classmates. They completed their summative assessment for the unit on Tuesday and Wednesday by comparing and contrasting their space objects they researched last week.
Next week we will be exploring gravity, mass, and weight. Students will explore the idea of universal gravitation by dropping objects and assessing how quickly they fall to the ground.
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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