Students in period 5 just completed an assessment over “How did the Civil War change over time?” All of Bayne’s classes will continue on with the war focusing on various things such as women, African-American troops, photography, technology and on the battlefield of how the war changed to “total war”. 

Students have been talking about what specifically caused the Civil War, which was of course, fought over the issue of slavery. We’ve talked extensively about the stance of the abolitionists, including the women who played an integral role in the abolitionist movement, and used that momentum to continue advocating for women’s rights and suffrage after the Civil War. We’ve begun talking about the events leading up to and the primary reason for the Southern states seceding from the Union. As part of our curriculum, Causes of the Civil War is Unit 7, and the Civil War is Unit 8. Since these topics build off one another, and since we’ve cut Unit 7 so short, I will be collecting all Unit 7 and 8 work at the end of Unit 8, which will be in a few weeks.

English:

Students are finishing the short story “The Story of the Holocaust,” and getting ready to begin our next novel study, Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz. Our quarter unit focuses on the essential question: What responsibility does the individual have to society? There is no DCA essay this quarter, students will be completing a Social Responsibility project beginning after our novel study in May.

Next week, students will be completing the Reading (English) NSCAS test during their English classes beginning on Wednesday, March 25th, through Friday, March 27th.

English (Diff):

Students are finishing the short story “The Story of the Holocaust,” and getting ready to begin our next novel study, Night by Elie Wiesel followed by Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. Our quarter unit focuses on the essential question: What responsibility does the individual have to society? There is no DCA essay this quarter, students will be completing a Social Responsibility project beginning after our novel study in May.

Next week, students will be completing the Reading (English) NSCAS test during their English classes beginning on Wednesday, March 25th, through Friday, March 27th.

What’s left in Course 3?

• Chapter 9: Angles & Pythagorean Theorem - Test around April 16

• NSCAS Math Test on April 8-10

• Chapter 10: Surface Area & Volume - Test around April 30

• Chapter 7: Slope & Association - Test around May 18

• Course Closure & Reflection

• NSCAS Testing on April 8-10

• Chapter 8 - Quadratic Functions (Test in April w/ Ch 7R)

• Chapter 9 - Solving Quadratics & Inequalities (Test in early May w/ Ch 8R)

• Semester 2 Final in May

• Chapter 9 Retention in May

What’s left in Geometry-D?

• NSCAS Testing on April 8-10

• Chapter 10 - Circles & Probability (Test in mid-April w/ Ch 9R)

• Chapter 11 - Solids & Circles (Test in May)

• Semester 2 Final in May

Rewards Plus: We started Unit 10 this week where we are using a variety of reading and writing strategies and skills along with a story and information about Rachel Carson, the author of “Silent Spring.”  We are also reviewing the many reading strategies and skills that we have been focusing on to prepare for the NSCAS March 24-26. 

Rewards Secondary: We just started a unit about scientific models incorporating many reading and writing strategies and skills.  We are also reviewing the many reading strategies and skills that we have been focusing on to prepare for the NSCAS March 24-26.

****Please encourage your child to read at home, practice fluency and practice spelling.

Students in 8th grade TLC are reviewing how to write goals.  From there, we brainstormed WHY people fail classes and WHAT they can do during the class to learn more and get better grades before they wrote their own goals in their planners.   

Also, during library time this week, the students learned about a database called Newsbank where they can see newspapers from all over the world from 1980 until now in a variety of languages for FREE on the their Chromebooks.

Students are finishing the Food vocabulary unit, and can categorize food by type, where it buy it and their preferences. Our test is March 25 and 26th.  The next unit focuses on ordering in a restaurant and dining out culture. Students will design their own menus and practice as both customers and servers in a restaurant.