2. Open Team Meeting Dates
All meetings are on Wednesday from
11:30-12:00 pm
5/6 Assembly Room
• January 9, 2013
• March 20, 2013
3. Social Studies News…
• Mysteries – Weekly mystery is
researched and due on Fridays
– Combined grade at 9 wks end
• Map Skills – Quizzes and review
• Geography – Create a Continent
• Introduction to Culture
4. More social studies news..
• Australia/New
Zealand-
geography, gov.,
Austr
economics, culture alia
• Aboriginal Art
• Australia Fun Day alan
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• Students tested on
Monday, Oct. 22
6. Upcoming Units
• Oceania & Antarctica
– Design travel brochures
with ExMo technology
• Middle East Region:
North Africa &
Southwest Asia
– Research projects
7. China Day Volunteers!
• Coordinated through Room Moms
• Sign up if you would like to donate food
items or electric woks
• Sign up if you would like to volunteer on
the day of the event!
• Early January
8. Math 2News…
1 and
st
Period
nd
• Last week we finished unit on Algebraic
Thinking
• Falling Into Order Projects
• We are now diving into solving equations
• Test next week on equations
• We will then move into Place Value with
decimals
9. Math News…
4th and 5th Period - TAG
• Units covered– integers, decimals, and we are
finishing fractions
• Test Thursday on Fractions and Mixed Numbers
(adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing)
• We have started practicing for Math Olympiads
– first competition November
• We will begin Measures of Central Tendency
next and students will receive their first project!
10. Math News…
• Are you seeing the black Math
binder at home?
• It’s full of detailed notes on every
lesson, as well as graded
homework and quizzes!
11. Online Textbook
Every student has access to the online
textbook. It has practice tests and practice
quizzes over every lesson we do in class
and can be a great supplemental resource
to the notes and activities done in the
classroom! In addition, students can print
workbook pages from online.
my.hrw.com
12. Science News…
• Unit 1 Lab Skills and Measurement
• Labs – Color Challenge Lab, Popcorn Lab,
Stroop Effect Lab, Bugsy Copter Lab
• Bubble Gum Lab
– Cumulative unit 1 lab
– 5 days of experiment design process
– Graphing, writing, equipment use
– Major grade
• Quia test review games
• TAG Amusement Park Ride Project
13. Science News…
• Unit 2 - Chemistry
• Periodic Table - elements
• Mixtures and Compounds
• States of Matter
– Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
• Physical and Chemical
Properties
• Physical and Chemical Changes
15. “READ READ READ!!
Reading is the rhythm of
language.
Never ever stop reading!”
-Susan Cooper
16. Common Sense Media
• - What parents need to know
• - What families can talk about
• - What's the story
• - Is it any good
cybersafefamily.com
17. Author Research Project
• Students are studying an author
• Read work(s) by the author (the time
spent reading this book may be
counted on the reading log)
• Research the author using
resources (mostly online)
• Purpose & process sheet
• Calendar of due dates
18. Students will:
• Learn to ask relevant questions before beginning a
research project to direct research
• Learn to take notes and categorize information
• Improve comprehension as they read and skim text
for main ideas and details
• Describe a well-supported opinion about the writer’s
work(s) based on their own reading
• Develop research skills (book and internet) with the
purpose of sharing with an audience what they have
learned
• Think critically as they analyze a work or works by
the author
19. Audio Books
Students are welcome to use audio books IF they read
the book while they listen.
– Audio books can be found on iTunes, as well as other places.
The MIS/HPMS library has audio books in two formats.
– Other audio books are play aways.
– Some of their audio books are CDs.
– A play away is about the size of a regular iPod and works
very similarly. It runs on a single AAA battery, and must have
earbuds or speakers plugged into the audio output.
– The playaways can be checked out for up to two weeks, just
like a regular library book. However, if lost or stolen, they
cost between $35-$70 to replace.
– If a student doesn’t have earbuds, the library sells them for .
50, and the student may keep them.
20. Noodle Tools
• A web-based tool to take notes and organize
sources – eliminates note cards that can be
lost
• It also does the MLA formatting of the works
cited page for the student
http://www.noodletools.com/
21. Analytical Writing
• Provides students the opportunity to apply
concepts and skills learned in class:
• Analysis of literary elements
• Reading comprehension
• Writing mechanics
• Stating an opinion and providing
convincing support through text evidence
• Noticing author purpose and author craft
