Important
notice: “Life Threatening Peanut and Tree Nut allergy. All celebration
snacks will be eaten outside of the classroom. Parents are encouraged
to provide nut free lunches and snacks.” Thank you!
Parent Conferences will be coming up. You will be receiving an email for sign ups, soon.
Halloween News:
There will be a dance this Friday, October 28th, in the cafeteria, from 6-10 p.m. Cost is $5 if a costume is worn and $7 without a costume.
Students may wear Halloween costumes to school on Monday, October 31st---no masks or really horrible/disgusting make-up. We will have a costume parade.
Our class will have an activity, but no food or candy since they will be getting so much when they go trick or treating that night.
STORES IS THIS WEDNESDAY!
Projects: Students will be presenting their endangered species projects and testing on the ecosystems unit. The second quarter will be covering genetics and heredity.
8th Writing: Students will begin working on argumentative writing unit.
6th Writing: Students will begin argumentative writing unit
Reading: Students will have a reading log to complete every night as I am finding that many are not reading every night and many do not have a chapter type book, which is what they are supposed to be reading for 20 minutes every night, Monday through Saturday. They will be graded on this weekly and will have a reading project or two to complete this quarter
Important
notice: “Life Threatening Peanut and Tree Nut allergy. All celebration
snacks will be eaten outside of the classroom. Parents are encouraged
to provide nut free lunches and snacks.” Thank you!
Archery
for Oasis students is being offered. Cost is $30. Practice will be
from 3:30 to 4:30 on Mondays for 4th-6th graders and Tuesdays for
7th-12th graders. (in the dungeon). This is under the direction of Mrs.
Lane and Mr. Lewis. Please contact them with questions. Thank you.
Projects:
Students will be working in groups of 3 to prepare a slide show that explains their plan to preserve an
endangered species. They will also create an infographic (on online poster) featuring major facts about their chosen endangered species.
8th
Writing: Informative writing--Students will use the writing process to
write an essay, comparing and contrasting two similar animals. This week they will finish their informative poster (in Venn diagram form), write a thesis statement, chose block or point by point form to produce an essay on their two animals.
6th
Writing: Informative writing--Students will use the writing process to
write a cause and effect essay, based on our Civil War book Two Miserable Presidents. This week they will write body paragraphs using text evidence, will write their conclusion, type up a rough draft for revision & editing. Their final is due Thursday.
Reading:
Students are being assessed for reading improvement. In addition, they are reading about the Civil War in book club groups. They complete study guides with each chapter and have quizzes. This week they are taking a vocabulary quiz on the early causes of division between the North and the South and also learning about John Brown's influence in beginning the Civil War.
Important notice: “Life Threatening Peanut and Tree Nut allergy. All celebration snacks will be eaten outside of the classroom. Parents are encouraged to provide nut free lunches and snacks.” Thank you!
Archery for Oasis students will begin this week. Cost is $30. Practice will be from 3:30 to 4:30 on Mondays for 4th-6th graders and Tuesdays for 7th-12th graders. (in the dungeon). This is under the direction of Mrs. Lane and Mr. Lewis. Please contact them with questions. Thank you.
Projects: Students will be learning about ecosystems and will have a project assigned Tuesday (due next week) about creating a plan to preserve an endangered species.
8th Writing: Informative writing--Students will use the writing process to write an essay, comparing and contrasting two similar animals.
6th Writing: Informative writing--Students will use the writing process to write a cause and effect essay, based on our Civil War book Two Miserable Presidents.
Reading: Students are being assessed for reading improvement. They are also researching and learning about the Author to their recent Read aloud, Never MInd. They will be finishing their own version of a final chapter to the book and writing to the author.
