February 2, 2018

Germantown Elementary School

UPCOMING

EVENTS

Feb. 2

11:40 Dismissal

Feb. 6

6:00 8 th Grade

Parent Meeting -

Graduation

Feb. 23

Jump Rope for

Heart

Junior High Jazz SHAPIN’ UP WITH SHUBERT

Yoga has started in 5th and 6th grades and is going very well. Another

thank you to the Kernel Nut Club for the grant to purchase the mats. Next

week, 7th grade will have yoga on Tuesday and begin Health on Monday.

We will be studying the Nervous/Endocrine System. 5th grade will also

begin DARE with Chief Wuebbels on Tuesday. This class will be held on

Tuesday and Thursday during February. Have a great Weekend!

THE BAND PLAYED ON—MRS. HENRICHS

Solo Practice with the accompanists starts next week. Marge Detmer will

be here on Tuesday, February 6th during the school day to practice with

some of the solos & all the chorus entries. Kelsey Lohman will be here

Wednesday, February 7th evening from 4:30 to 8:00pm to accompany

most of our students. The schedule was sent home with the students on

Tuesday. It is also posted on my web page. Just click on Kelsey or Marge’s

name to find your child’s scheduled practice. Students need to be here 15

minutes prior to their scheduled time in order to get warmed up before

playing with the accompanist.

The uniform fitting day has been set for Tuesday, February 13. The

schedule is as follows:

2:15p.m. 7th Grade

2:45p.m. 8th Grade

3:00p.m. - 6th grade & 5th Volleyball

3:30p.m. - 5th grade

4:00p.m. – 4th grade

We will need parent help. Please come if you are available.

Thank you to those that signed up for Volleyball concessions. We still

need someone for the 3:30 to 5:30 shift on Thursday, Feb. 15th. I can

work until 4:15 if someone else can work from 4:15 to 5:30.

Please encourage nightly practice from your child. It will only

help them enjoy the accompanist rehearsals & solo contest day.

7th Grade ELA: We are starting to pick up momentum with To Kill a

Mockingbird. This is a challenging book to undertake, and I am so proud of how

this class has taken such a proactive approach to utilizing resources available to help

them understand the content and engage with the text on a deeper level. There are

several resources that we use in class that students are able to access at home as well

for additional support. Some of which include: https://www.shmoop.com/to-kill-a-

mockingbird/ and https://depreyenglishtkm.weebly.com/. We will also continue

developing our argumentative writing. Next week, we will be undertaking a group

writing project to showcase our ability to write arguments to support claims with

clear reasons and relevant evidence (W 7.1).

8th Grade ELA: Next week, we will continue our poetry unit and students will get

to try their hand at creating some of their own poetry paying particular attention to

developing a consistent theme (RL 8.2). We will also continue to develop our

argumentative writing. Students will continue to work collaboratively to produce a

rough draft of an argumentative piece on a topic of their choice. Next week, in

particular, students will receive guidance and support to strengthen their writing by

revising, editing, rewriting, or possibly trying a new approach to focus on producing

a final copy that clearly addresses the topic and audience (W8.5).

**It’s almost mid-quarter! Is your student on the path to getting their AR

goal? It is very important that they stay motivated and read every day. Even 15

minutes can significantly impact their ability.**

RAKERS’ RABBLE

WISE WORDS FROM MRS. Y

CAN YOU ANSWER THIS MOVIE TRIVIA QUESTION?

Marvel’s next big

summer movie,

which comes out on

July 6th had its

trailer drop

yesterday.

The movie is called

“Ant-Man and Wasp”

What was the name

of the doctor that

created the shrink-

ing Ant-Man suit?

8th Grade: Next week we will continue working on Covalent Bond

Structures and prepare for our Community Presentations this Friday.

7th Grade: Next week we will be reviewing and testing over Complete,

Incomplete, and Co-Dominance in Punnett squares.

6th Grade: Next week we will move from plate tectonics into earth-

quakes and volcanoes.

5th Grade: Next we will complete our PowerPoints on common injuries

and prepare to present them to the class.

Green Screen: Search Bulldog Broadcast on YouTube and subscribe to

our channel. Our new quarter groups are back on screen and doing a great

job so far!

Last Week’s Answer:

My favorite Disney

animated film is...

Aladdin

EVERSGERD’S WORDS

6th ELA– Next week we will warm our minds with Bellwork. This will

be due on Friday. I plan for us to continue working with arguments, by

evaluating pros and cons of different issues. We will begin to write our

own argumentative soon. During literature we will have an assessment

on “Exploring the Titanic” on Tuesday. The rest of the week we will fo-

cus on different elements of short stories and how they contribute to the

overall text.

5th ELA– Next week we will warm up with Study Island. We will have

a short session on five different skills and take an overall grade on Fri-

day. You will be given a tracking sheet Monday. Our focus in LA will be

narrative writing. Bring your creativity with you next week! As for liter-

ature our focus is to analyze how visual and multimedia elements con-

tribute to a text. This includes illustrations, graphs, charts, and videos.

BOX TOPS

We will have a Box

Tops Drive through

February 9. Submit

your Box Tops to

school in a baggie or

envelope with your

child’s name on it. The

class that submits the

highest percentage of

Box Tops will earn an

ice-cream party. MS. COLLMAN

6th Grade Math– We will move to 6.EE.9. This standard focus-

es on applying properties of operations and inequalities in order

to solve equations in real world applications. There will be an as-

sessment towards the beginning of the week.

7th Grade Math– We will continue with geometry! Our third

standard focuses on properties of 2-D vs. 3-D shapes 7.G.3. There

will be a possible assessment later in the week.

**Additional practice can be done by logging on to Study Island or

IXL and working problems that list these specific standards. Stu-

dents should study daily as they are assessed frequently through

classwork assignments and assessments to monitor their pro-

gress.

BULLDOG SPORTS NEWS

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MR. GLYNN’S SOCIAL STUDIES SCOOP

5th—This week we will be examining the Constitution. We will be

looking at it from the perspective of the Federalist and Anti-Federalists

RI.5.6. Students will be using text and political cartoons to compare

and contrast the different point of views.

6th—This week the students will finish their Greek god/goddess post-

er and present it to the class RI.6.2 & RI.6.7. We will also have our

STEM competition. Students worked in groups last week to design and

test a catapult. This week they will have one class period to construct

their final product, and we will test them for distance and accuracy.

7th—We will be spending this week reviewing for the final US Consti-

tution test. We will be going to the lab two days to use ICivics to re-

view. Your child can use this website at home as well. It is a great re-

source to use. The test date is now February 14th.

8th—We will be continuing our unit on the Civil Rights Movement.

This week we will be focusing on comparing the path to Civil Rights by

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X. Students will be watching in-

terviews and reading speeches by the two leaders RI.8.9.

Student Council

--Next meeting is Feb. 7

during recess.

Go to lunch first.

5th grade– Students will be exporing avolume and its proper-ties (5.MD.3) There will be a quiz this week.

Study Island- Units of measure, Representing and interpret-ing data, and any topic covered so far.

8thgrade– Students will be working with similar triangles to add to our study of angles and lines. There will be an overall assessment this week. (8.G.5)

Study island– Similar triangles, angles and lines, and any topic we have covered so far!

Algebra– Students will be exploring quadratic functions. Ther is a possible quiz this week.

WEEKLY “BARK” FROM MS. CLARK