Hi all. Hope the week is going well. I did not imagine having this long of an extended break. Some students have been emailing to ask about upcoming projects. In Social Studies, our Ancient Egypt Project will still be due on February 5th and we will still have class time to work once we are back. Our biographies in ELA do not have a due date but you may continue to work on taking notes organized by your subtopic clusters and adding to your bibliography. No updates for Science and Math. Hope to see you all on Thursday!

Happy to be back today as it has been a crazy short week. The Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Madison is February 4-8th. This is the third year that a growing number of schools and communities around the country are holding a BLM week in schools. Our intention for the week is to bring together community members, teachers, parents, students, and union members to put forth a vision for a school system and community that truly values Black lives. This week is one action embedded in the lifelong work of creating a society and school system where all of our students, staff, and families experience respect, equity, and justice. We will focus on one theme per day: Restorative Justice and Empathy, Diversity and Globalism, Intergenerational, Black Families and Black Villages, Black Women and Unapologetically Black and Queer Affirming, Transgender Affirming and Collective Value. Velma Hamilton PTO is sponsoring the showing of The Hate U Give (See above) during the week.

Homework:
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and extra credit- 1/28/19
Social Studies: Ancient Egypt project due 2/5/19 (Use the plan above to help stay on track)
Math Mr K: R & P 5.1.4 #34-38 pg 224

Homework:

Reading: Latin Stem Quiz AND extra Credit due 1/28/19
ELA: Ask 10-12 Biography Questions (linked to google classroom) of any adult in your life. MAKE A COPY OF IT FIRST, please. Due 1/24/19
SS: Ancient Egypt Project: due 2/5/19
Mr K math: R & P 5.1.3 #24-28 pg 219-220

Tomorrow there will be a Socratic Seminar in Science and we will discuss: the elite long distance runner and genetics. We were able to see the 8th grade musical of Into the Woods today. If you get the chance, they are showing it again tonight at 7:00 pm in our cafeteria. In ELA we created topic clusters for our biographies. Some examples: important life moments, inspirations, hardships, childhood, education. Today was our last in Reading Class to take the MAP reading test. We will find other times throughout the day tomorrow to finish up if need be.

Homework:

Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and Extra Credit due 1/21/19
Mr K Math: Any missing work
Science: Socratic Seminar planning sheet due tomorrow

The students worked in ELA on putting topic for our biographies into "clusters."  For example: Achievements was the "cluster" and under that cluster were topics like: awards, accomplishments, nominations, etc.... After tomorrow, students will choose a person to study.



Mr K Math: R & P 13-17 pg 216

In ELA, we started our biography unit of study. Please remember to have headphones/earbuds for the next couple of weeks for ELA.

Homework:

Math Mr K- R & P 5.1.1 #4-8 pg 213
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and Extra Credit due- 1/22/19
* We are MAP testing again tomorrow. 

Happy Monday. A preview for what is to come, as we are starting biography writing tomorrow. In Reading, we have spent time discussing Reading Reasons. We have seven more (and there are obviously more than that) reasons to cover in class.

Homework:

Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and Extra Credit: 1/22/19
Science: 3.5- homework

Today our students took part in a Socratic Seminar around the article Microaggressions Matter. What a great conversation. I am honored to work with students who are able to name a microaggression and process how to handle one if they hear them.

Homework:

Seen above AND
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and Extra Credit 1/17/19

Hello there! Today we were much more in the swing of school than yesterday! We have this week to work on a co-created Literary Visual with our writing partners and they will be presented on Friday during ELA. In Social Studies we will have a Socratic Seminar tomorrow based on the article Microaggressions Matter.

Homework:
SS: Finish Socratic Seminar Prep worksheet
Science: Finish any missing work
Math Mr K: Quiz enlarging
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and Extra Credit- 1/14/19

So glad to be back. Happy New Year!

Homework:

Reading: Latin Stem Quiz and Extra Credit due 1/14/19
Math Mr K: R & P 4.2.3 #70-74 pg 196-197