No advisory this week due to NWEA testing.
School Supplies and Field Lesson Donations:
Great news, Explorer families! Westlake Charter School has already reached 24% of our School Supplies donation goal and 11% of our Field Lesson donation goal. Keep up the great work, Explorers! CLICK HERE to make your donation today!
After School Live - Fall Explorer Enrichment:
Some of our fall Explorer Enrichment classes have begun and others start soon - most classes still have space, so CLICK HERE to see the catalog of Explorer Enrichment course offerings and information about how to sign up. E-mail amayle@westlakecharter.com with scholarship inquiries.
Language Arts:
Argumentative Writing (reviews) and 1:1 conferencing with teacher
Social Studies:
Revolution in the Colonies: Moving towards independence
Week of 9/15:
Argumentative Writing (W8.1)
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
Read informational articles: Newsela
Reading skills: Lexia
Writing skills: NoRedInk
(These resources will be linked as soon as they are introduced to students.)
Math: Unit 1: Rigid transformations and congruence
Science: Unit 1: Contact forces
Math Unit 1 Benchmark: Week of September 8th (tentative)
Science Unit 1 Benchmark: Week of September 15th (tentative)
Khan Academy Unit 1 Extra Practice, Imagine Math Aligned Practice (login with Clever),
Additional practice and activities posted in Google Classroom (login with Clever)
Components of Fitness
- Cardio Endurance
- Muscle Strength
- Muscle Endurance
- Flexibility
- Body Composition
Team Games
Baseline Fitness Evaluation
We will be begin to explore acrylic paint! 8th grade will be creating monochromatic paintings with the color of their choosing; utilizing their knowledge from the last project to emphasize shadows and highlights.
Next week we will add the final touches to our Identity Walls. We will draw images of things that descibe ourselves, we will add some tecture details to our wall paintings. Once all parts are painted we will cut and attach our drawings and paintings to our walls.
Students will continue the "La Familia" (The Family) unit. We will learn how to introduce family members and what they like to do.
Duolingo, Blookit, Gimkit, or other language-learning apps.
Continue on Unit 1 on Family
Students will use possessive adjectives to express ownership. (my. his, her. their, our etc.)