December 4, 2020

This week we continued to review parts of speech with a sentence observation. We had a great debate to determine if one of the words in our sentence was a preposition or a conjunction. In reading, we are learning about nonfiction Notice and Note signposts to help us become stronger readers of nonfiction. These strategies will also help us as we focus on informational texts and research skills. On Thursday, we launched our "Curiosity Projects". Students are brainstorming ideas they are curious about and will be creating a muli-genre project to share their findings.

Mrs. Eddington - KMS

We have spent time reviewing decimal operations, as well as, discussing different strategies to solve. We continue to build on our prior knowledge of volume, area, and decimal operations. We will then move into exploring the volume.

Mrs. Yang - Math 7 - GMS & KMS

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Mr. Gorgias - Math 7/8 - GMS & KMS

We will continue our work analyzing and creating equations this week.

Mrs. Bailey - Algebra - GMS & KMS

Students are finishing their 3-dimensional cake display drawings which are due on Monday, December 7th. Next week will be the second-to-last week of art! Students will have a little more opportunity to explore various creative projects, as well as incorporating photography!

Ms. Cover - Art - GMS

This week in art we are starting our last unit “What’s My Story” This will be a narrative work of art and the students can choose to create this artwork 2D or 3D.

Students are exploring Narrative Art: Visual art that tells a story. The viewer needs only to look at the artwork and “read” the image. The students are exploring a variety of artists and how they tell stories through their artwork. They all will create artwork based on “What's My Story”.

Ms. Reyes - Music - GMS

This week in music we explored Soundtrap, a digital audio workspace. Soundtrap empowers students to create their own compositions by editing and producing sounds in a real time collaborative audio platform. They have created some outstanding projects and really enjoyed exploring this wonderful learning tool! Next week we will continue to work in Soundtrap to create a group project as a class and have a special guest visit on Thursday and Friday to explore the Tuskegee Airmen and USO music during WWII.

Mrs. Thornton - Music - KMS

This week, we have been working on music theory which is the study of how to read music and all the elements of reading music. We learned some things as a group, but students also got to spend some time working independently on topics that interest them.

Next week, we will work on The Grand Staff and where to find the notes on the keyboard. Students will then have the opportunity to practice piano music and collaborate and play duets using chrome music lab!

Mrs. Harper - Cog Ed - GMS and KMS

The students began discovering cells and completed an Egg Lab demonstration this week. Be sure to ask your student about the bouncing egg and about osmosis. They also read about cells and completed an online simulation to take a closer look at cells. They will investigate the organelles within the cells next week and continue to complete online simulations to take a closer look.

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Mrs. Hill - GMS

Mrs. Tucker - KMS