Week of 12/12 - 12/16
Week of 12/12 - 12/16
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I hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and happy holiday break! Thank you for your continued support throughout the school year. Your children bring our school and my life so much joy! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
IMPORTANT DATES
IMPORTANT DATES
Dec. 12-16 Christmas Spirit Week (see flyer below with details)
Dec. 16 – 11am dismissal
Dec. 19-30 – Christmas Break
Jan. 2 – New Year Holiday
Jan. 12 – 2:30-7:00pm P/T/S Conferences
Jan. 13 – 11am dismissal, P/T/S Conferences 11:45am
Jan.23-27 8th Grade Grand Canyon Fundraiser, free dress for $1 per day
Please keep the following in mind:
Please do not wear anything that makes noises, blinks lights, or will cause a distraction in class.
Students still need to be in full uniform Monday-Wednesday, but they can wear the spirit week items over their uniform.
Thursday is not an out-of-uniform day. If a student isn't dressed as a character, they need to be fully in uniform.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
LA - MRS SCHMITT
This week students will continue their focus on the essential questions:
How can I briefly and accurately express the main ideas and supporting details of the text?
How can using the text to justify my answers help me better understand what the author is saying?
Students will be focusing on the following skills:
Identify the main idea and themes
Explain how details are needed to support the main idea
Summarize text with key supporting details
We will be reading informational texts as a class to practice strategies in determining the importance of a text. Students will also be reading leveled texts and informational passages with the use of graphic organizers to synthesize and summarize their thinking using text evidence.
Students will be identifying and using roots and affixes to determine the meaning of words. Students are practicing these skills on IXL, Khan Academy, and Freckle Apps.
Homework:
Weekly Reading Log for week of 12/12-12/16. Due by Friday 12/16. The form is posted on their Language Arts Google Classroom.
There will not be a Vocabulary Test this week. Students will receive new words when they return in January.
MATH: MRS. BENNETT
This week in Math class students will be challenged to design their own constellation representing their name. Using a coordinate plane students will place each star on an X and Y coordinate. Students will connect their stars to create a constellation. We will measure the angles represented in their designs using a protractor. Students will start to write a myth about their constellation design.
12/12 SS #61 & ONE HMH dashboard assignment due Friday 12/16
12/13 SS #62
12/14 SS #63
12/15 SS #64
12/16 SS Quiz #16 & HMH Dashboard Due!
SOCIAL STUDIES: MRS. CRUSH
We will continue our unit of Geography of the United States. Students will understand that the United States has a diverse geography and various maps can be used to represent and examine the geography. They will identify and map major physical features, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and large bodies of water. They will also examine climate and vegetation maps to explore the relationship between physical features and vegetation/climate. We will begin our studies about the Midwest Region. Students will be assessed on the Midwest Region State Capitals + States when we return from Christmas Break. They will also be researching and presenting a landmark on the Midwest Region in the next few weeks.
RELIGION: MRS CRUSH
We began our lesson on Advent last week and will complete this week. Participation in our lessons will help the students: learn that Jesus is the Light of the World, understand that Advent is a time of waiting and preparing, identify Advent traditions, and use prayer to express the joy of Advent waiting.
Open Book Quiz on Advent: Thursday, December 15 (Blest Are We workbooks, page 320-327)
HW: 2nd Trimester Service Hours due Friday, February 17 (Students may turn in on Google Classroom or fill out paper copy)
SCIENCE: MRS JACKEL
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