What’s Happening in Class?
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· North Cascades Institute
Camp is next week! It is coming fast… Please remember to check the list of items students need for camp. Students need to be on campus ready to leave at 7:00 am. The bus will depart by 7:30am. Students need money for a breakfast/snack stop on the way there and dinner for the return trip. Please let me know if you have questions (dcarrillo@foundationcampus.org) Also, please let me know if your student is unable to attend Mountain School as we need to get a final count for billing purposes. Since we will be at camp, I need a couple of parent volunteers to take my place at McTeachers’ Night at McDonalds so I can still earn my classroom money from the event. Anyone willing?...just email me.
· Spelling and Vocabulary
Spelling and Wordly Wise will begin on Wednesday 9/10 and will be due on 9/17. Spelling and Wordly Wise are assigned on a weekly basis. Tests are also always on Wednesdays. Spelling tests are given once a week; Wordly Wise tests are given every two weeks. Spelling lesson one is due Wed. and there will be a test on this lesson. Wordly Wise lesson one exercises A, B, and C are due this Wednesday as well. Our first test on Wordly Wise lesson one will be on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd, due to camp.
· Reading
We will begin our novel study for Call It Courage tomorrow during reading class. Typically all reading assignments are completed in class so there isn’t much homework for this subject. Last year we kept a count of the number of pages students read for a grade; this year we will be logging genres read instead.
This week we will be reading chapters 2 and 3 from Call It Courage.
· Science
I will be teaching boys’ science on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and alternate Fridays; however, girls’ will be covering the same subject matter with Mrs. West. Our first nine week unit is on earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters. We will be working on an interdisciplinary study that integrates this unit into reading and writing as well.
· Writer’s Workshop
During Writer’s Workshop students will be learning how to represent factual information about our natural disasters unit through visual literacy such as charts, diagrams, cross sections, graphs, maps, etc.
