February 26th - March 2nd

Monday 2/26- iMiddle Wear (Blue and Grey)

Today in Advisory:

1. Say Pledge of Allegiance

2. Watch the iMiddle News

3. Vote for the 17-18 Standouts for yearbook

4. Announcements: Pasta for Pennies, Night at the Opera, and ELPAC

5. Respect and Kindness video

iMiddle News - Please Watch

Pasta for Pennies - Collection Day

Keep collecting that money to help a great cause! Bring it in to your Advisory Teacher. You have till March 9th!

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty students to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Admin Announcements: Students taking the Listening Portion of the ELPAC (final portion) need to report on THURSDAY, not Tuesday as was on the passes. Sorry for the confusion but we need to postpone this test until Thursday March 1. Report to the room on your summons at 8am on Thursday. Thank you!

Respect-

Too often we go about our day, thinking only of ourselves and what we have to get done or want to do. What if we stopped and looked around. Respectful and kind acts are happening around us daily. These acts do not get as much attention in the news as the violence but respect and kindness can influence us and inspire us

Watch the short video (use your sandi.net account), stop it at 4:18

Your challenge: What can you do in the next few days that is respectful and kind toward someone else? How many acts of kindness can you witness even at lunch today? Be that kindness....Be that respectful act.

As a class, take a few minutes to review our iMiddle Courtesy Policy and School-wide Behavior Expectations, found on page 8 of the planner. Evaluate how often you are following these expectations. What can you do as a student to ensure you are following these? What can you do to encourage your peers when you see them not following the expectations?

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Tuesday 2/27 -

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty students to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Genius Hour Check in -

Each Tuesday we will be checking in with students on their progress toward their Genius Hour Project.

Teachers: Check in with student on the progress they are making. Consider doing the round robin activity from last week if you did not use it (see below). Teachers you can also show the video below while you conference with students. My Student assignment today is that all students in my class need to upload a picture or video of them working on their genius hour project that I will share with my class next Tuesday. They will upload it to an assignment in my google classroom!

Students: Remember to DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT. Take pictures or video of you building/creating/making/practicing. Take a moment today to reflect on what you have done so far and what adjustments you may need to make!

Past announcements:

2/23 - Students should continue to research, learn, make, create and document their efforts. THEY MUST BE DOCUMENTING. They can use the class time to get this documentation done, collected in one place, update their planning doc etc. Remind them that they created a plan on their yellow paper to follow! This is a good time to start with a round robin and have student briefly share their progress. "I'm researching", "I've made one recipe", "I'm building my first version of ____", "I have been practicing ____________ 3 times a week for an hour I can now ________."

2/13: All students should have selected their project and had it approved by their teacher. This is the learning and exploring time. Many students want to start creating their final product but this is TOO EARLY. Students should be researching, learning, making, creating and documenting their efforts. They should NOT be making google slides, editing iMovies or making cookbooks yet. These will be the results of their learning!

Still looking for an idea? Love science? Here is an option:

Calling all curious minds and problem solvers! The Young Scientist Challenge is now open for entries. Students in grades 5-8 are invited to submit a 1-2 minute video describing a unique solution to an everyday problem for the chance to win $25,000 and an exclusive 3M Mentorship. Ten finalists will be chosen for their passion for science, spirit of innovation and ingenuity, and effective communication skills.

Here is one of the finalists from last year: