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AUGUST 24TH
Advisory
This week in Advisory, we wrote SMART goals for the first trimester of 6th grade. SMART goals ranged from making new friends, to reading 10 books, to memorizing the more difficult multiplication facts. For our community building activity this week, students were put into random groups and had to brainstorm as many things as possible that they had in common on note cards. They then use the note cards to try and build the tallest tower. Alex, Jenise, and Skye's group made the tallest at 24 1/2 inches!
Odds and Ends
On Friday, students were sent home with the following papers:
Sign and return: Expanded learning opportunity programs
Clever At-Home Log In
Olympic Triathlon Information
Olympic Triathlon Sponserships
Westlake News
Olympic Triathlon:
We are so excited for our Olympic Triathlon event day on Friday, September 29th! Be sure to create your family’s website or prepare for our in-person drop off days!
Bring donations to our K-8 campus on Wednesdays at drop-off: 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27
CLICK HERE to set up a family donation page
CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer on event day
Enrichment sign-ups:
Our fall Explorer Enrichment programs are starting soon! CLICK HERE to see the catalog of course offerings and information about how to sign up. Email achavez@westlakecharter.com with scholarship inquiries.
Middle School Explorer Athletics:
HOOPS are here! All 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Explorers are invited to come play basketball! The season starts the week of September 5th. Athlete packets, including a doctor’s physical clearance, are required for participation.
CLICK HERE to sign up your middle schooler for basketball!
CLICK HERE for the digital athlete packet, or pick up a hard copy from the front desk or Coach Sterling.
Email swynne@westlakecharter.com with any questions and check back next week for schedules and more information!
Week of 8/21
Humanities - Erickson/King
WEEKLY FOCUS
Language Arts:
Refugee- Textual Evidence in literature/ non fiction
History:
Unit 1: Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization
Lesson 3: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
NWEA Testing This Week
08/28 - 09/01
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME
Epic! (King Class Code: chs6003)
Newsela
STUDENTS SHOULD USE THE LOGIN WITH CLEVER BUTTON TO LOGIN TO RESOURCES
Math/Science - Power/Lee, Hubbard
WEEKLY FOCUS
Math:
Decomposition of shapes, strategies for finding area, and area of composite figures.
Science:
Detailed scientific modeling, transfer and transformation of energy, scientific reading protocols with claims, evidence, and reasoning, and energy-oriented experiments!
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
NWEA Testing This Week
08/28 - 09/01
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME
PE - Woodard
WEEKLY FOCUS
- Self/Peer Pre-Fitness Evaluations
- Team Building Games
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
N/A
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME
CLICK HERE to get to our PE Website
CLICK HERE for Sick/Injury Form
Art - Jackson
WEEKLY FOCUS
Students will be using watercolor to add some vibrancy to their chameleon projects.
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
N/A
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME
Please visit my ART WEBSITE throughout the year to view student artwork. These posts will include in-progress work, completed projects and any information regarding upcoming events or art contests.
Art - Winston-Sandefur
WEEKLY FOCUS
Students will be using watercolor to add some vibrancy to their chameleon projects.
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
N/A
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME
Spanish - Cooper
WEEKLY FOCUS
This week students will review colors in Spanish and will practice spelling their names using the Spanish alphabet.
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
N/A
RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE AT HOME
WEEKLY FOCUS
Colors & Spanish alphabet
Students will learn letter names in the Spanish alphabet to be able to spell their name and random words. Students will also practice using vocabulary for colors to tell the color for things around us.
Gimkit / Blooket
We will play Gimikit and Blooket to practice identifying and spelling colors.
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
N/A