Happy Friday! There are so many exciting end-of-year items on the agenda for next week including Spirit Week. Here is the plan for our Spirit Week:
Monday, 6/6: Park Day (rain date)
Tuesday, 6/7: Color Day –
Grade 6- Green
Grade 7- Yellow
Grade 8 – Blue
Wednesday, 6/8: Wacky Wednesday (Wear your wackiest outfit & hair style!)
Middle School Water Day @ 1 pm (Pack your towels, suits, and water games!!)
Thursday, 6/9: Decade Day- Dress for any decade
Friday, 6/10: Sports Apparel Day
Humanities
The 6th grade Humanities class spent the week writing. They composed an essay about three of the challenges that Fadi, the main character in Shooting Kabul, faced. They started classes by warming up with mechanical editing practice, then composed different portions of their essay. Final current events presentations are next week!
The 7th grade finished reading the memoir, Four Perfect Pebbles by Marion Blumenthal Lazan. They also read about Anne Frank, another young Holocaust victim. We discussed the power of using human experience to move people and wrote a guided reflection on the novel. Final current events presentations are next week!
The 8th grade class was busy this week! They first finished their graduation speeches and practiced them. Then, they read most of the historical fiction book, Witness by Karen Hesse. This story is told in verse and highlights a time in 1920s Vermont when the KKK tried to gain a following. Students looked at Reconstruction legislation through the Great Migration to gain an understanding of this time in U.S. history.
Science
6th year Earth Science students have been working on designing and constructing their rockets as part of their unit, Astronomy. Students were able to choose between 3 different styles of rockets to build which we will launch next week. Each student has chosen how many fins their rocket will have and how they anticipate their rocket to launch and descend back to the ground.
7th year Physical Science students have continued their unit, Friction. The objectives of this unit are for students to define friction and explain how it relates to kinetic energy, the transfer of energy between objects that are in contact with each other, and explain how friction can affect the motion of an object. This week, students conducted their own research describing how friction is related to a sport/activity of interest to them.
8th year Life Science students have been working on their unit, Nervous System. The objective of the unit is for students to understand the parts of the nervous system, explain the structure and function of neurons, and understand how nerve impulses travel through the body. Students will be asked to illustrate the variety of neurons our body has, as each is designed specifically to meet the needs it is intended for and the environment it resides in.
Math
In Transition class, students concluded their learning of the final chapter in the UCSMP textbook. They reviewed linear combinations and how to graph equations in the form of Ax + By = C and Ax + By < C. Next week students will begin to build their final projects which involves constructing a geometry city with 3D prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones.
In Algebra class, students continued to work through chapter 11 titled, Polynomials. We learned about classifying polynomials, finding common monomial factors, and multiplying polynomials using a FOIL strategy. This class will write their final assessment next week and then solve a fun escape room challenge to summarize their learnings from the year.
In Geometry class, students explored the final chapter in the Geometry curriculum. We learned about the volume of a prism, cylinder, cone, and pyramid. Students also learned how to solve for the volume of a sphere and complex shapes. Next week they will begin to construct our 3D kites!
Math Joke: Do you know why seven eight nine? ………Because you’re supposed to eat three squared meals a day!
