News from Room 101!
Week of March 16th - March 20th!
“Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
- Michael Jordan
Science Homework Assignments:
Monday - None.
Tuesday - Work on the "Women in Science" mini-project research and poster - due on Thursday (end of the class period).
Wednesday - Finish the "Women in Science" mini-project research and poster by Thursday (end of the class period).
Thursday - None.
Friday - None.
In Science class this week:
This week will be a very busy week in science class. We will finish the "Design a Roller Coaster" summary on Monday. We will create a Google Classroom for science (due to the impending closing of school on Friday). We will be working on a "Women in Science" research mini-project that will be due on Thursday, and we will begin the matter unit on Friday.
On Monday, we will finish the "Design a Roller Coaster" summary during class. The students did a fantastic job on the "Design a Roller Coaster" mini-project. The roller coasters were awesome and all of the students worked together with their groups. The students will have twenty-five minutes to complete the summary (handwritten or typed). The summary must follow the requirements that Mr. Starowicz wrote on the board and on the half sheets that were on every desk. The summary will be due at the end of the class period. At the end of the class period, we will all log into the new science Google Classroom. The Classroom is not ideal for science because we engage in hands-on investigations and learning, but the Classroom will be necessary for when we are away from school.
On Tuesday through Thursday, the students will work on the "Women in Science" research and poster mini-project. Mr. Starowicz will show the students a few websites to use to complete the research of the woman scientist. Most of the sites will be accessed through the library's digital site. This site can be accessed at home. They will have time to research in the classroom on Tuesday (half the class period), Wednesday, and Thursday. The poster will be due on Thursday (at the end of the class period).
On Friday, we will begin the Matter and Its Interactions unit. Due to the fact that the unit is filled with investigations (a little over 30 labs), we will progress slowly through the first few weeks because we will be away from school. The goal will be to complete two to three labs/investigations a week. This is far from ideal, but we will do what we can to learn about matter while we are away. When we return on April 14th, we will focus on completing as many of the hands-on labs that we can before the middle of June.
If the students have any questions about information learned in class this week, they may see Mr. Starowicz during 2nd period (Tuesday-Thursday), 8th period (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday), or 9th period on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday. Please make sure that you make every effort to keep up with the activities completed in class. If the students have any questions about the "Design a Roller Coaster" summary, the "Women in Science" mini-project, or access to the Google Classroom for science, they will need to see Mr. Starowicz right away.
SCIENCE EXTRA CREDIT: Next opportunity is coming soon.
Make sure to keep up on current events!:
Throughout the year we will be discussing current events that are going on around the world. It is important for you to be an active participant in finding current event articles in the newspaper, on television (local or world news), or in magazines. Another good source for up-to-date news stories is the Science World web site.
Language Arts (Periods 6 and 7) Homework Assignments:
Monday - Begin reading the Civil Rights literature circle novel and complete the bookmark - first meeting on Friday.
Tuesday - Continue reading the Civil Rights literature circle novel and complete the bookmark - first meeting on Friday.
Wednesday - Continue reading the Civil Rights literature circle novel and complete the bookmark - first meeting on Friday.
Thursday - Finish reading the Civil Rights literature circle novel and complete the bookmark - first meeting on Friday.
Friday - Continue reading the Civil Rights literature circle novel and write down notes to discuss when we return to school on April 14th.
In Language Arts class this week:
Last week, we had a productive four-day week. We are one chapter away from finishing Surviving Hitler, so we will be finishing it this week. We had an amazing guest speaker, Ms. Johnson, who told some incredible stories. This week, we will continue to read Flipped, and we will continue to read the last few poems of the poetry unit. We will start the civil rights literature circle novels, and the first literature circle meeting will be on Friday. With the start of the novels, we will also be researching our event from that era of time.
On Monday, we will read the final chapter in Surviving Hitler. The discussions from this book have been thought-provoking and very serious. The students have learned many lessons from Jack Mandelbaum's stories of life in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. Mr. Starowicz is hopeful that the students have shared stories from the book or the classroom discussions at home.
The week will consist of three different poems and the writing of our final poem. This week, we will read "Young Sea", "Buffalo Dusk", and "Hippos on Holiday". We will be identifying repetition, imagery, tone, mood, stanza, and metaphor while reading the three poems. During the second half of the week, we will be writing our final poem for the poetry unit. We will utilize all of the poems that we read in class to help us write the final poem.
On Monday, we will be starting the civil rights literature circles. The students will need to read the assigned pages for the literature circle meeting on Friday. The students can use this reading as their twenty minutes of reading a night. There will be some class time allotted for the reading of the novels. When we are away from school, the students can continue to read the novel and finish it by the time we return to school on April 14th. When we return to school on April 14th, we will have a final literature circle meeting to discuss the book. The students will need to take some notes while reading the book, so they can talk about it during the final literature circle meeting. To follow along with the reading of the novel, the students will also research an event during this era of time. The research will be done in the classroom and the students will need to create a Google Slide for their event (like the example that they saw in class on Thursday).
While we are away from school, we will use the Google Classroom to give updates on the reading of the literature circle novel. Mr. Starowicz will also provide a few short stories to read (the ones we would have read in class). This week, the students will log into Scholastic Scope, so they can access the short stories from home. The comprehension questions will be in the Google Classroom.
The ELA binders will be going back and forth from the library to the classroom, and they may even come home for one night. It is important to keep the binder organized and make sure that it makes it back to the ELA classroom bin after each library visit and/or night. If a student has any questions about the poetry unit, Surviving Hitler, and/or the civil rights literature circle book, they can see Mr. Starowicz during 2nd, 8th, or 9th period study halls.
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY: Coming soon.
Classroom Novel: We will continue to read nonfiction. This week, we will begin reading Surviving Hitler. The real story is about Jack Mandelbaum's young, teenage life during the Holocaust. Jack is taken from his Polish home and placed in a concentration camp. He spends his teenage years in a number of concentration camps in Europe determined to defeat Hitler and survive. We will spend the next two and a half weeks reading Surviving Hitler.
WRITING CONTEST ANYONE? -
Book of the Month: Last Shot by John Feinstein (because of all of the March Madness basketball)
Scholastic/Arrow and Tab Book Order Money Due Date: SENT.
Have a good week! Enjoy the weekend - stay healthy!
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