Willow Weekly 3/26 to 3/30

Welcome to the Willow Weekly.  Here you will find all of your Team Willow news and information.  Please sign up for automatic updates and you will be notified whenever an update is made.

Important Information:  

• Please make sure your child is charging their chromebook at night.
• The Jim Schoemehl run is coming up on Saturday, May 5th. You can find information on this flyer.

ELA –

We're moving forward in our argument unit. Students read 4 short stories over the past two weeks. Team Willow will be assigned one story to analyze in preparation for a debate with other 7th grade students! We'll be debating the merits of the story's protagonist, antagonist, theme and mood.

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 –
Students have spent the week looking at the contributions of the ancient Greeks and their effects on today's world.  We also looked at Alexander the Great.  There are only a few people throughout history who have been labeled "the Great", and I have asked students to share what they think constitutes greatness.  The open note quiz for Greece will be Tuesday.

Next week, we will begin looking at the Roman Republic and Empire.


Permission slips for the April 11th field trip to the Art Museum have been sent out.  They and the $5.00 fee may be turned in at the office.

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

Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org

314-918-4602

Math- 

Algebra- We are working through chapter 10 now

7th grade math- Students took their math placement tests Thursday and Friday. We did review over Expressions and Equations beforehand. We will be working on Geometry Area and Angles next week. 

If your student is wanting to reassess their last test they have until next Friday April 6th.

Ashley Porter 

porter.ashley@wgmail.org

Science

This week we started a new unit on Growth, Development, and Reproduction.  We will be focusing on how plants and animals live through their life cycles and adaptations they use to reach maturity and reproduce.

Our first goal asks students to use evidence to identify parts of plants that help them to successfully reproduce and animal behaviors that increase their chance of successful reproduction.

geringer.matt@wgmail.org

Please visit the following links for more information: Hixson home page -http://hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson

Willow Weekly 3/5 to 3/9

Welcome to the Willow Weekly.  Here you will find all of your Team Willow news and information.  Please sign up for automatic updates and you will be notified whenever an update is made.

Important Information:  

• Please make sure your child is charging their chromebook at night.
• No after school activities next week!!
• Conference sign ups can be found at this link. These are student led conferences, if you are wanting to schedule to talk to the teachers directly please email Mrs. Pettid to schedule.

ELA –
This week, I assessed what students already know about argument writing by asking them to write about an issue a lot of them care about right now: Should Hixson students be required to have PE every day?

Students read articles on each side of the debate, chose a side and wrote a letter to Dr. Lee expressing their thoughts. I'll use their responses to assess what they excel at as writers already and where I need to focus on for my teaching.

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 –

Students have spent the week working on their Greek Myth Projects.  They are doing some amazing work and I'm so excited for the gallery walk next Wednesday.  I have enjoyed watching them put their spin on some very old stories.

Permission slips for the April 11th field trip to the Art Museum have been sent out.  They and the $5.00 fee may be turned in at the office.

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

Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org

314-918-4602

Math- 

Algebra- We will be testing on Chapter 9 before spring break!!!

7th grade math- We finished taking the geometry scale factor test. We will be working on a project next week.

Ashley Porter 

porter.ashley@wgmail.org

Science

Students worked on a choice project about the human heart.  This was due on Thursday.  This was in preparation for our trip to the practical anatomy lab next week.

As a reminder - we will be traveling to the SLU Practical Anatomy lab to dissect pig hearts on March 15th. Permission slips were sent home as part of the back to school packet as well as on Tuesday of this week if they had not been turned in.  Please return the permission slips and $12 cost as soon as possible. 

geringer.matt@wgmail.org

Please visit the following links for more information: Hixson home page -http://hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson

The Willow Weekly 2/26-3/2

Welcome to the Willow Weekly.  Here you will find all of your Team Willow news and information.  Please sign up for automatic updates and you will be notified whenever an update is made.

Important Information:  

• Please make sure your child is charging their chromebook at night.
• End of the grading period is March 2nd!!
• Conference sign ups can be found at this link. These are student led conferences, if you are wanting to schedule to talk to the teachers directly please email Mrs. Pettid to schedule.

ELA –

We finished up our informational writing unit with a post assessment on Monday and Tuesday. We took the rest of the week to invest in resetting the reading climate in the classroom and also engaged in our first ELA Exploratory Day. I'm experimenting with giving students one day per week to work on choice reading and/or writing. Kids seem excited about the possibility of getting to "just read" and "just write," so we're going to continue it next week.

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 students spent time comparing and contrasting the governments and societies of Athens and Sparta.  They discovered that even a democracy can have inequity and that it was better to be in Sparta if you were a woman.  Next week we will begin the Greek Culture Project.  Directions can be found on my website.  Projects will be presented as part of a gallery walk on March 14th.

Permission slips for the April 11th field trip to the Art Museum have been sent out.  They and the $5.00 fee may be turned in at the office.

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

Lisa Pettid – pettid.lisa@wgmail.org

314-918-4602

Math- 

Algebra- We took a quiz on chapter 9.1-9.4 Thursday. We will be testing on Chapter 9 before spring break!!!

7th grade math-  We finished LT3 and will be taking a summative next week!

Ashley Porter 

porter.ashley@wgmail.org

Science

Students this week presented their summative projects on goal 3 in our cells unit.  They explained to their classmates how our body systems work together to complete a necessary task. We will begin exploring the human heart in preparation for our heart dissection field trip. 

Speaking of that:

As a reminder - we will be traveling to the SLU Practical Anatomy lab to dissect pig hearts on March 15th. Permission slips were sent home as part of the back to school packet as well as on Tuesday of this week if they had not been turned in.  Please return the permission slips and $12 cost as soon as possible. 

geringer.matt@wgmail.org

Please visit the following links for more information: Hixson home page -http://hixson.webster.k12.mo.us/pages/Hixson