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Please mark your calendars for the “Middle School Winter Concert”, which will be held on Monday, December 16th at 6:00 on Main Campus. We will have a rehearsal on Friday December 13th at Main Campus from 1-3pm. Students will be bussed over to Main Campus and will need picked up at Main Campus.
I tend to talk about how late October and November tend to feel like a blur. These last few weeks perfectly illustrate why. We keep these kids busy- and they keep us busy in return. This week: we wrapped up our exhibition and then took a trip to the Clay Center! Shout out to Britney Farris for setting up and chaperoning; Britney always goes above and beyond for these kids!
English w/ Mr. Rouse –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes:
- Continued our reading of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
- In our Warm-Ups, we reviewed sentence sentence formulas for simple, compound, compound-complex, and complex sentences.
- We created a writing prompt together for writing on Friday.
Deep Dive w/ Mrs. Ochap and Mr. Jividen –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- Wow! These kids really did an amazing job at exhibition. Their knowledge of the subject and their confidence while speaking to families was outstanding. I loved watching them get excited about their topic and engage with parents about questions they had. We hope that they can continue to enjoy riding and gain the confidence to ride even further one day.
- Next trimester the 6th-8th graders will will move on to their Mythology Deep Dive with Mrs. McFadden and Mr. K.
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Exponents Test, Wednesday, November 13
- The last two laws of exponents were introduced this week – Power of a Power, and Power of a Quotient.
- I require each step to to written down to receive full credit for each problem. I remind them that writing each step gives a visual representation, which makes solving the problem much easier.
- The students will review for the test by taking a practice test on Monday. We will review this practice test and answer any questions about the processes on Tuesday.
- Algebra 1/Geometry – The students learned about supplementary and complementary angles, adjacent and vertical angles, and linear pairs of angles. They will have a test on angles next Wednesday, November 13.
Science w/ Mrs. Farris –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- We enjoyed NASA Day at the Clay Center! Our day was packed full with different STEM activities and exhibits to visit.
- Students love the climbing exhibit, testing out robotics, calculating the speed of their volleyball serve, exploring density, building hydraulic claws and more!
Music w/ Mrs. Chelsey –
- This week the students experienced a Sound Bath Meditation using various instruments that immerse the listener in frequencies and vibrations that activate our brain waves that are responsible for relaxation and rest. They wrote responses to what they experienced and it was really great to read what it was like for each of them. We will begin researching sound healing as well as learning how to play all the instruments and present our own mediation at the winter concert.
- Our journal prompt this week was “What song could you listen to on repeat and never get tired of?”
Elective-
- Movie Making- Movie making- The students worked hard all trimester writing, filming and editing their movies and now you can enjoy them at home
- Please include this link to the final project- https://youtu.be/E14gfX2uIz0
