Upcoming Events:
*Wed. Jan. 25: Fieldtrip this Wednesday(note day change). Kroc center. Bring $7 for ice skating and a sack lunch
*Friday Jan 27: Report Cards sent home.
*Friday Jan 27: Costco Pizza to purchase for lunch
*Tuesday Jan 31: Fieldtrip to Mission Valley old IA school sites. $5.00 for trolley and bus bring lunch or money for lunch to eat at Fashion Valley mall. Wear tennis shoes for capture the flag and river walk.
This past week was amazing! I was so impressed with our students' POLs. It was obvious they put much preparation into their responses. All three socratic seminars were done with professionalism and respect for each others' opinions. Thank you to the many parents who came and help with the assessment process of their children. We hope you enjoyed the experience.
We have finished the first semester and students are aware the last day to turn in any unfinished work is Wednesday Jan 25.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Happy New Year!
Upcoming Events:
Wed Jan 11 6pm or Sat Jan 7 3pm: Parent Meeting in the Multipurpose Room to celebrate IA
Mon Jan 16: Martin Luther King Jr Day no school
Tues Jan 24: Field trip to Kroc center
Fri Jan 27: Report Cards Handed Out
Hope everyone had a safe and relaxing two weeks off. We got off to a great start last week. It seemed to be over before it began! We are coming up on the end of the semester and started preparing for our presentations of learning (POLs) The eighth graders will be participating in socratic seminars with two main topics of discussion. The humanities portion will discuss the novel Nothing But the Truth, and the math/science portion will include chemistry and closing our murder mystery case. In order to make this meaningful and successful for our students, we would like parents to be there to support the students. You would be involved in the questioning and assessment portion of the socratic seminar. This will help students to prepare for articulating and answering their topic questions in a way that those who were not involved in the assignment can understand. The socratic seminars will be held the mornings of Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19. You will recieve an email by Thursday as to when your student is scheduled to participate.
As the new semester begins, students have been told that Jennie and I are holding them to a higher expectation. Accountability for their work as well as excellence are top priority. I handed out a checklist of math assignments that will be due Friday, January 20. This checklist also includes a self assessment of their struggles, successes and overall effort in completing the work.
Once POLs are complete, students will be starting the 2nd and 3rd phase of our AMA project. The 1st phase ended with amazing presentations given about buildings and structures around the world. Students were able to show their knowledge of elements of architecture, symmetry, geometry and history involved in the building of their structures. Jennie and I were very impressed with the seriousness and professionalism in which they presented themselves. The 2nd and 3rd phases will move much quicker as they design and build our hydroponics garden.
Another project to look forward to starting on the 24th is the IA Beginnings documentary. If you have any still cameras or video cameras that we may use for this project, please let me know.
Wed Jan 11 6pm or Sat Jan 7 3pm: Parent Meeting in the Multipurpose Room to celebrate IA
Mon Jan 16: Martin Luther King Jr Day no school
Tues Jan 24: Field trip to Kroc center
Fri Jan 27: Report Cards Handed Out
Hope everyone had a safe and relaxing two weeks off. We got off to a great start last week. It seemed to be over before it began! We are coming up on the end of the semester and started preparing for our presentations of learning (POLs) The eighth graders will be participating in socratic seminars with two main topics of discussion. The humanities portion will discuss the novel Nothing But the Truth, and the math/science portion will include chemistry and closing our murder mystery case. In order to make this meaningful and successful for our students, we would like parents to be there to support the students. You would be involved in the questioning and assessment portion of the socratic seminar. This will help students to prepare for articulating and answering their topic questions in a way that those who were not involved in the assignment can understand. The socratic seminars will be held the mornings of Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19. You will recieve an email by Thursday as to when your student is scheduled to participate.
As the new semester begins, students have been told that Jennie and I are holding them to a higher expectation. Accountability for their work as well as excellence are top priority. I handed out a checklist of math assignments that will be due Friday, January 20. This checklist also includes a self assessment of their struggles, successes and overall effort in completing the work.
Once POLs are complete, students will be starting the 2nd and 3rd phase of our AMA project. The 1st phase ended with amazing presentations given about buildings and structures around the world. Students were able to show their knowledge of elements of architecture, symmetry, geometry and history involved in the building of their structures. Jennie and I were very impressed with the seriousness and professionalism in which they presented themselves. The 2nd and 3rd phases will move much quicker as they design and build our hydroponics garden.
Another project to look forward to starting on the 24th is the IA Beginnings documentary. If you have any still cameras or video cameras that we may use for this project, please let me know.
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