Week before conferences

STUFF TO KNOW ABOUT!

Your student will be leading you in a conference Monday-Wednesday next week (Thanksgiving week).  Please set up a 30 minute time slot with your student's homeroom teacher.  Your student will tell you about their classwork and reflect on what is going well and not so well.

WEP forms are due the 25th (the Tuesday of next week).  They go to the office.  There are many great program options for your student this year!

Last week we finished our second round of Amplify testing.  Not all student tests have been graded yet, but on average those that have have shown great progress!

In Math, the students are transitioning from studying ratios to percentages.  They have a ChOW to work on this week.

In Language Arts, the students are finishing their personal narrative final drafts.  Students have written several pieces in class and chose their favorite to publish as a final draft.  While they have time in class to do this, some students may have brought theirs home in order to type.

In Social Studies, students are working on Egypt research projects.  These include reading source material, taking notes, writing a report, and creating a visual presentation of some kind.

 In Science, student are performing an experiment on seed growth.  Independent variables include the type of seeds and the amount of light, while the students measure the dependent variable of how much the plants grow.

Science test tomorrow

Tomorrow, the students have an exam on the parts of cells.  These parts are called organelles.  The important things to know are what organelles all cells have and what the difference between a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell are.  Eukaryotic cells can be multicellular (animals, plants, fungi) or single celled (protists and some fungi).  Prokaryotic cells are all single celled and are mostly bacteria.