Wednesday, April 2, 2014

What's Happening?

21st Century

Designers have been Diving into Density! (and apparently using those "alliteration" skills learned in Language Arts!)  Lab experiments have students finding mass with triple beam balances and finding the volume of both regular (L x W x H) and irregular (water displacement in GCs) objects.  We've also kicked off our work toward researching, planting, and maintaining rain gardens on specific sites of our school's land.


Math

8th graders are solving algebraic equations to find the value of a variable.  The equations involve the distributive property, combining like terms, and other algebraic properties.

7th graders are working on rates of change and percents.


Language Arts

Story Element Book Projects have been a big focus in the beginning of Trimester 3.  Vocabulary development continues with studies on using vocabulary in context (in our case, from a news article) to unlock meaning.  Students continue to improve their writing skills through RACE responses about their Independent Reading books (so please make sure you're reading at least 30 minutes a night!)


This & That

It's time for all of our students to develop their Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) to think about their future.  8th graders will be preparing their capstone speeches to deliver in June.

Stewardship and Community Jobs continue to progress.

Now that the weather is finally looking like spring, we hope to be getting outside more, for both academic learning opportunities and wellness opportunities.

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