Related Arts and Independent Reading
Parents, please remind your students to attend their Related Arts and Independent Reading classes.
If students are unsure when they need to attend a class, ask your students to contact their teachers.
Select Your Second Semester Learning Mode by Nov. 9
Dublin City Schools is preparing for the second semester of the 2020-21 school year and we are asking all parents to select their preferred learning mode for the second semester, either in-person or the Remote Learning Academy (RLA). This application window will be open until Nov. 9. Due to staffing constraints, we must adhere to this deadline. Click HERE for more information and links.
Veterans Day - Wednesday, November 11
Please wear red, white, and blue
Students will have the opportunity to do activities related to the day through their Social Studies classes.
DCS VIRTUAL CALMING ROOM
Need a brain break? Need a place to virtually chillax and zone out for a few minutes?
Take a moment to check out our DCS Virtual Calming Room. You will find live animal cameras, online coloring books, and visual relaxation videos, to name a few.
Dublin Arts Council is preparing for the 19th annual emerging exhibition of student artwork; and this time, the popular exhibition is all virtual, online at Artsonia.com. Click HERE for more information.
Cameras and Google Meet - Please encourage your student to turn on the camera on Google Meet during classes. It is difficult to know if a student is on task or is understanding the material when the camera is turned off. Google Meet is releasing a new feature to blur the background that is being pushed out through the next few days.
If your family is experiencing hardship, please see THIS FLYER with information about support available within the Dublin community.
We focused on applying our understanding of Notice and Note strategies to analyze a text and determine the theme. Students are working on using text evidence to support written responses to texts. We also focused on adding transition words to help our writing flow. Next week we'll continue to revise our narratives by examining the overall structure and editing the conventions in our writing.
We are continuing to move through our Personal Narrative. We have learned about pacing and different story telling modes. The modes we've learned about are narration, dialogue, description, interior dialogue and exposition. We will take a closer look at each of the modes next week to add to our fast draft.
We continue to recognize, create and interpret visual models for division of a fraction by a fraction. We will also be creating situations to demonstrate understanding of dividing a fraction by a fraction. Our time will be spent exploring patterns and visual models of dividing a fraction by a fraction to discover the relationship between multiplication and division.
Click the link to view my daily agenda. Mrs. Yang - Math 7 Daily Agenda
We just finished our test for Equalities and Inequalities and are moving on to multiple representations of Equations and Linear Equations will be next.
To see what's happening in Algebra, click here to view the daily agenda.
Pop art projects are due Monday 11/9/2020. Students will begin a new assignment next week focusing on creating depth in an underwater environment!
Reconnecting with Nature artworks are due Friday 11/6/2020. We will start our new project on Monday next week. The next unit will focus on using recycled and natural materials to create a functional artwork. Remember we will meet on Tuesday and Thursday on google meet. I am available the other days during class time for questions. Have a great week of creating.
In music this week students explored the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra of students who play instruments made out of completely recycled materials. We delved into how these instruments were made and students made their own instruments out of recycled materials. Next week we will be examine our cultural heritage through music. Students will research and share a song connected to their cultural heritage.
The high school band and orchestra teachers have worked together to put together a site with resources for middle school RLA students. The purpose of this site is to provide a place where students can go to choose materials and ideas for continuing their instrumental practice. This is not a graded curriculum, but rather an extension opportunity that students in RLA may take advantage of. It is optional and designed to help students continue to learn and grow in band and orchestra. Students must be logged in to their DCS account to access this resources in this site.
Strings: https://sites.google.com/dublinschools.net/dcsorchestra
This week, we were inspired by Ada's Violin The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay. Students created their own instruments made of recycled materials from their own home. We then used drums from found things around the house to practice basic rhythm patterns to prepare for our world drumming unit. Next week, we will focus on the Afoxe which is a Brazilian style of drumming performed during parades and Carnival!
This week we began talking about what it means to be a Digital Citizen with lessons on online safety and personal information. Next week we'll wrap up our unit on digital citizenship and begin our first project focused on research skills!
The students began creating a Rocks Google Earth Tour this week. They will continue to work on each section of the tour next week. The final edition to the project is due Friday, November 13, 2020. Our Rocks unit test is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, 2020.
To see our Daily Agenda and To Do list click HERE
Next week we will be starting to work on our "Pet Rock Rock Cycle Project." This will be our Rocks/Rock Cycle unit final assessment. Students will be working in class on this project. It will be introduced on Monday.
This week, the students learned about Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Next week, we will learn about:Hinduism, Buddhism, and the diffusion of the 5 main religions throughout the world. We will also learn about Veteran's Day and write letters to veterans. If families feel comfortable, we are collecting the letters and sending them to veterans. Families can drop off the letters to GMS in the mail office.
*In December, we will begin reading Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo (Author), Ann Leonori (Translator). The students will NOT need to have a copy, but they are welcome to purchase the book to follow along in class.
We will be finishing up our review of the 4 types of government: democracy, theocracy, monarchy, and dictatorship and then explore the 3 types of economic systems: capitalism, socialism, and communism. We will also be learning about Veterans Day on November 11th.
Here is a link to our "What's Happening" information.
Wednesday, November 11 - Veterans Day - Wear red, white, and blue
Friday, November 13 - World Kindness Day
Wednesday, November 25 - Thanksgiving Break - No School
Thursday, November 26 - Thanksgiving Break - No School
Friday, November 27 - Thanksgiving Break - No School