- October 22nd—Students are encouraged to wear pink to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness this Tuesday! Classroom teachers will collect donations and send them to local breast care centers.
- October 28th (5-6 PM)-6th Grade Exhibition: Face Your Face @ Ohio County Public Library
- October 30th and 31st-7th/8th Grade Bike Ride
- November 1st (7-10 PM)– Monster Mash Middle School Dance – Wear your costume!
- November 4th7th/8th Grade Exhibition: November 4th Time and Location TBD
In my best George Costanza voice, ” I gotta focus. I’m shifting into soup mode.” My favorite season on the middle school campus is fall! The kids are excited to get outside, I’m not losing pounds of water weight in sweat a day, and our first exhibitions are nearly upon us. I love seeing the kids engaged in their learning. We are excited to showcase our projects on November 4th!
English w/ Mr. Rouse
- Upcoming Test/Quizzes: none
- Students finished The Giver.
- Students did a Summary as a final project.
- Students started Maze Runner.
- Next week, we will be showing the movie The Giver.
Deep Dive w/ Mrs. Ochap and Mr. Jividen:
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – None
- This week, the students finished up their model bikes and wrote a description about why they chose what they did to make them. We are looking ahead to our exhibition, and the students have started to split into groups based on their interests of the different aspects of bikes that they have learned throughout this deep dive.
- We are taking our final bike ride on Wednesday, Oct. 30th, and Thursday, Oct. 31st. A permission slip and more information will be sent out on Monday of next week.
- Science Behind Cycling Exhibition: Monday, November 4th (Time and Location TBD)
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Not Scheduled
- The students took a test on using all operations with rational numbers. The tests are graded and handed back for corrections. Any student with a 79% and lower may submit corrections for half credit.
- Students were given the opportunity to do practice work for the test and earn participation scores. This was a chance to gain study time while also gaining extra points. I will provide more of these opportunities. I encourage the students to take advantage of this work.
- Next week, we will learn about positive and negative exponents and the laws of exponents.
Math w/ Mrs. Howells
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – None Scheduled
- Students took the Chapter 1 Test and showed that they had learned new concepts and perfected their skills! The tests were graded, handed back, and students made corrections to earn half credit. Your child’s graded test is in their folder and the grades are posted in Google Classroom.
- We began Chapter 2: Expressions & Equations with a lesson on Mathematical Expressions.
- Next week the students will learn to simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions and work with equations.
- Students are assigned homework most days except Friday. Please check in with your child on the completion of those tasks.
Social Studies w/ Mr. Jividen –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- Students read two articles about Columbus Day and Indigenous People’s Day
- Students were asked to write a few paragraphs about history and how we teach some subjects
- We had a discussion about holidays and controversies surrounding civil war monuments
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
Science w/ Mrs. Farris
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – None scheduled
- Students completed a challenging cells and function test. Many improved their score by utilizing their notes.
- We will continue to work on study habits to build the skills needed for a successful closed-note exam.
- Students learned the parts and functions of a compound microscope. They are excited to use them next week!
Arts w/ Mr. K
- We continued to work and finish up the art project based on pumpkins/creating a unique card with a fall/spooky theme.
