March 31, 2017

Germantown Elementary

School

UPCOMING

EVENTS

March 31st

7th &8th Grade Field

Trip to Mater Dei

High School Musical

April 3rd

Game Plan 8th Grade

April 4th

Bulldog Dash Meeting

7pm

Junior High Jazz SHAPIN’ UP WITH SHUBERT

Thank you to the 8th grade parents who attended the Game Plan

informational meeting on Wednesday night. Classes will begin on

Monday, April 3rd at 8:35.

First Aid/CPR classes have been scheduled for all junior high classes on

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 18-19. This will take place at the

firehouse and be facilitated by Jeff Kampwerth. These classes will be our

4th quarter health unit, and they will take place during their regular PE

time.

PE classes will hopefully be outside next week, depending on the weather.

Please take your uniform home to wash, putting deodorant on

it to make it smell better is not the solution. Thank you!

THE BAND PLAYED ON

Wow, what a week! The Band played very well on Saturday. We earned

one first Superior, one Very High first and one Middle First. The students

should be very proud of their performance and all the hard work that they

put in to it. The volleyball kids made it back for the bus and won STATE!

You can’t get much better than that. On Tuesday, we had Mr. Darryl

Johnson II come and work with the band on “Bullet Train” which is a

piece that he composed. The band students were very receptive and

attentive. I was very proud of their behavior and politeness.

The permission slip and information for the Band & Chorus Festival on

Thursday, April 6 went home on Thursday. Please ask your child for it.

Their fee for the Subway lunch is on this paper also.

Our State performance for the Concert band is on Saturday, April 29th.

We will once again have to play early at 8:00am because the track team

has regional's in Nashville that day. I love that our students here at

Germantown work hard and are involved in many different things!

7th & 8th Grade: Both 7th and 8th grade have made it through two of the three

PARCC ELA units. I am very impressed by how diligently they have applied the strate-

gies we have covered in class toward helping them achieve their best. Next week, they

will get to continue demonstrating their mastery of the New Illinois Learning Stan-

dards on the last ELA unit of the PARCC. Good job, everyone! Keep up the great work

next week and rock the PARCC!

7th Grade: In between testing, students will continue reading and discussing To Kill

a Mockingbird. Next week, we will continue to analyze the progress of the trial and

how it impacts character development (RL 7.3).

8th Grade: In between testing, students will begin working on designing their own

theme park based on a literary work covered this year. Students will select a novel,

short story, or collection of short stories and research famous theme parks, pinpoint

what makes them so successful, and decide what attraction they want t include in

their own park (W 8.9 B).

*DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR HEADPHONES/EARBUDS NEXT

WEEK!!*

RAKERS’ RABBLE

WISE WORDS FROM MRS. Y

CAN YOU

ANSWER THIS

MOVIE TRIVIA

QUESTION?

Fantastic Beasts… was

released on DVD this

week.

What is the name of

the main character

played by Eddie

Redmayne?

Last Week’s Answer:

Tom Hiddleston

portrays Loki, Thor’s

scheming step-brother,

in the Marvel Universe.

8th Grade Science: Next week, we will continue a unit on Scientific Math

Formulas. We are currently working on Density and will be dealing with

Momentum next week, or as my Dad called it “Mighty Mo”.

7th Grade Science: The students will be teaching their individual animal

group to the class next week with games and fun worksheets.

6th Grade Science: Next week, we will continue learning about the Earth’s

stress as well as the types of faults that occur on our planet.

5th Grade Science: We will continue our Electricity Unit next week as we

are now gaining knowledge of the vocabulary and symbols used with it.

8th Grade Green Screen: The 8th graders had a good first week. Learning

to edit is a challenge, but they’re handling it pretty well.

The 8th graders have been put into 5 groups and given their day of the week to

work on. They will be writing scripts, as well as recording, editing, and

uploading their videos to one of our YouTube channels.

EVERSGERD’S WORDS

5th LA: Since this week you are testing and I will see you here and there, it

will be difficult to have a warm up and steady lesson. Bellwork from last

week will be due Monday. We will watch the movie The Lion, the Witch, and

the Wardrobe this week. I hope this will encourage you to start reading the

series of Narnia.

6th ELA: We will take our last PARCC test for ELA on Tuesday morning

from 8:35-10:30. This week, we are consistent with our normal time and

classes. We will start the period with DOL week 14. This quiz will take place

on Friday. We will start reading our new novel The Lion, the Witch, and the

Wardrobe. To start, we will read the historical note and answer questions.

As we read the first 37 pages, there will be a quiz over those pages on Friday.

We will be journaling each section we read and start to construct the journal

in which we will keep all papers.

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Coming Soon!

April 5th

Game Plant 8th Grade

April 6th

Clinton County

Music Festival

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April 7th

Game Plan 8th Grade

April 8th

Germantown Day at

the Cardinals Game

MS. HEMPEN

A brief overview: With the first week of PARCC under our belts, I would like

to announce that the 5th grade students have given their very best effort in

showcasing their knowledge of the New Illinois Learning Standards. In fact, at

times I was almost to tears because of how proud I was of their individual effort

during each testing period. At one point, a student even said, “I’m smiling so

hard that my cheeks hurt!” What a great moment! And… it’s moments like these

in which the kids are truly proud of their effort and can denote the amount of

progress they have made over the course of the year that makes being a teacher

the best job in the world. Kudos to the first week and this fabulous group of 5th

grade students! Could not be more proud!!!

5th Grade Literature: Next week, the students will finish PARCC testing for

ELA. In between testing, they will participate in reviewing concepts such as

narrator’s point of view, figurative language, characters, and summary. They

will also bring attention to the concepts in which they feel extremely confident

in as well as those in which they’d like to practice more. This serves as a great

self-assessment tool!

5th Grade Math: Next week the students will begin the Math portion of the

PARCC. They feel SO very confident in their abilities, but are a little hesitant

about the time limit. (They only get 60 minutes!) One student even asked me to

call the PARCC people and ask for more time so he could showcase multiple

strategies! Needless to say, everyone in the class agreed! However, I reassured

them that if they are utilizing the most effective strategies (which we have been

practicing all year long), they would do a phenomenal job. It just makes my

heart happy that the kids are so thrilled to showcase all of their hard work!

MR. GLYNN’S SOCIAL STUDIES SCOOP

5th: We will be having a quiz next week. I will send home a study guide on

Tuesday or Wednesday. In our next unit we will be discussing the causes of the

Civil War and the major events of the Civil War.

6th: This week students will be exploring the Renaissance. Students will have

the choice of which Renaissance figure they want to study. We will spend a day

or two learning about their influence. Then we will spend the rest of the week

doing hands on activities that are similar to those that their Renaissance figure

did.

7th: This we will start exploring the causes of the American Revolution.

Students will be taking part in some hands on activities that will help illustrate

how the colonists were being mistreated by the King of England.

8th: The 8th grade class has decided that they want to create a movie about the

battles in the Pacific during World War 2. Next week we will be researching the

battles and planning how we are going to film their scene. Any props or other

items that you can send in is much appreciated. Some of the students have

asked about filming scenes outside of school. I am fine with it, as long as what

they are doing is safe and okay with parents. I will also be sending home a field

trip permission slip for our visit to the Holocaust Museum on April 20th.

Student Council

6th grade: In between PARCC testing, students will be reviewing previous

standards. They will primarily be focusing on the number system, which includes

all operations with decimals, division of fractions, and working with rational

numbers. There is a possible quiz/assessment this week.

Study Island– Any concepts covered so far!

7th grade: In between PARCC testing, students will be able to use the formula

of circumference and area of a circle to solve real world problems. We will also

be reviewing all standards with PARCC practice as well. There is a possible quiz/

assessment this week. (7.G.4)

Study Island– Scale Drawings, Two-Dimensional Shapes, and Three-

dimensional shapes (Any concepts covered so far!)

8th grade: In between PARCC testing, students will be reviewing standards

related to functions, angle relationships, and transformations. There is a possi-

ble assessment this week.

Study Island– Solutions to linear equations, Solving linear equations, Systems

of linear equations, Linear Relationships, Describe Functions, Understanding

Functions, and Compare Functions (Any concepts covered so far!)

Algebra: In between PARCC testing, students will be wrapping up rational

equations in Chapter 11. After this chapter is completed, we will be moving on to

semester review. There is a possible quiz/assessment this week.

WEEKLY “BARK” FROM MS. CLARK

Next meeting is Wed., April 5th.

Spring Dance Fri., April 7th

7pm-9pm

Dance Theme: Senior citizen and/or opposite gender

BULLDOG SPORTS

NEWS

·4/4/17 - Track

Meet in Mascoutah

Field events –4:15

Running –4:45

·4/8/17 - Germantown

Day at the Ballpark

·4/8/17 - Track Meet

@ Central—

C.C.Open 10:00am