Current Events Concerning the Transition Issaquah Middle School

Please note that on Friday, Students will bring home Early Course Registration Packets 

Wednesday, March 1

Today We Are Learning:

Date:  Wednesday, March 1

Subjects	Learning Targets	Notes:
Math	Drawing and interpreting fractional models for word problems.	HW Lesson 6 - p.100 only
Writing	Reflection on Weedflower and/or Milkweed.	This may partially satisfy the writing homework listed on the week 24 literacy homework sheet.
Word Work	Sentence writing with predicate adjectives and our weekly vocabulary.
Reading	Confirming one another's thinking on read aloud texts. **District Reading Assessment -Post test
Science/ Social Studies	S.S. - Topics in diversity and inclusion in America and Europe during WWII.	Integrated into our literacy study.
Community /	Discussion of Milkweed and Weedflower: issues of prejudice, poor treatment of others	Part of our study of cultural inclusion through comparative literature.

Tuesday, February 28

Monday, February 27

Today We Are Learning:

Date: Feb. 27

Subjects	Learning Targets	Notes: Success Criteria/ Big Picture/ Unit of Study/ Purpose / Homework
Math	I can use tape diagrams to model fractions as division.	Math Lesson 4 HW through problem 3.
Writing	I can write sentences with our new vocabulary and grammar focus.
Word Work	I can understand and use knave and extrovert. I can understand plural possessive apostrophes.
Reading	I can use “stop and ask questions” to think about a story. **Become aware of my inference making.** ***Confirm another’s thinking	We are using the speech frame: I heard you say, __________. Did I get that right? We are reading Van Gogh's Cafe for illustration of the inference and confirmation topics.
Science/ Social Studies	I can collaborate with my team members, record details of an experiment, and report results. **  I can relate my marble drop experiment to Newton’s Laws of motion.	We are preparing to design bolt catchers by considering Newton’s laws, forces, mass, and motion.
Community / Special	Reading Weedflower.  Understanding history; building community; family and friendly affection	Successfully talking about connections and sharing.

Academic Calendar and Connections for the week beginning Feb. 27

Monday

Read Aloud: Weedflower:  Family relocated to AZ desert emcampment; Sumiko prefers to eat snake to cow toungue and Bull builds Tak Tak a cricket cage.

Math Lesson 4 HW

Science:  Continuation of Boeing Science Unit; record - keeping, data analysis, team conversation & collaboration; review of Newton's laws of motion.


Tuesday:

Permission slip forms were sent home on Tuesday for the visit to Middle School on this coming Monday. For reference, prior to the break,a yellow informational handout about the field trip was sent home with your student.  We would like these returned as soon as possible..

Thank you,

Mr. Hagstrom

Math HW Lesson 5, problems 2-3
Science to Go: 12:40 - 1:30    Moved to Thursday.
Issaquah Middle School Music Program Introduction in Multipurpose room: (Band, Choir, and Orchestra's perform and middle school students and teacher share program information with 5th grade students.

Wednesday:

District Reading Assessment
Math HW Lesson 6, p. 100
Collecting Field Trip Permission Slips for next Monday's visit to Issaquah Middle School

Thursday: 
Collecting Field Trip Permission Slips for next Monday's visit to Issaquah Middle School.  25 of 28 students have turned these in as of this morning.

Math: Lesson 7:  See HW help for a few completed problems for the Lesson 7 HW
Math differentiation groups: Zearn Computer; restudy group worked on presenting fractions as tape diagrams. Advanced group worked on Perennial math.

Writing: Researching for our Feature Article Reports.  Research note pages provided and explained.

Science to Go: 12:40 - 1:30:  Fossils

Boeing Project:  Mini-session.  Reflecting, writing, and drawing on design for bolt catchers