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November 9, 2015 Crown Pointe Academy Volume 11 Number 12

November 9-13 Monday, November 9:

RF Honey Buttons Cereal

Hawaiian Meatballs with Island Style Rice, (DF) Chicken Salad Sandwich on a Wholegrain Bun, Steamed Carrots

Tuesday, November 10:

Blueberry Muffin, Egg & Sausage Quesadilla

Sesame Noodles, Chicken Taco Trio, Chicken Caesar Wrap, Blanched Broccoli Florets

Wednesday, November 11:

End of Grading Period for Progress Reports

8th Grade Play Practice 3:30-5:00

Destination Imagination 3:30-5:00

Elementary Science Fair Open House 3:30-4:30

FISH Grades 4-8, 3:45-5:00

CPA Year Book Club 3:45-4:45

BAAC Meeting 4:30-6:30

CPA Board Meeting 7:00-9:00

Eng Muffin with Turkey & Cheese

Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla, Ham & Cheese Sandwich on a Wholegrain Bun, Steamed Corn

Thursday, November 12:

8th Grade Play Practice 3:30-5:30

Destination Imagination Practice 3:30-5:00

Whole Wheat Bagel with Cream Cheese & Orange Juice

Pasta with Zesty Beef, (V) Cheese Sandwich on a Wholegrain Bun, Chilled, Seasoned Green Beans

Friday, November 13:

Open Gym Grades 5-8 ONLY 7:00 am-7:35am

Middle School Science Fair Awards 2:45-3:45

8th Grade Play Performance 6:30-8:30

Pancakes with Syrup

(DF) Grilled Chicken Sandwich on a W/G Bun, (V) Sunbutter & Jelly Sandwich on a W/G Bun, Cherry Tomatoes with Ranch & Three Bean Salad

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Science with Mrs. Roe [email protected] X504

CPA SCIENCE FAIR TIMELINE

November 13 Announce Winners at

All-School Assembly - 2:45 PM Projects taken Home after School

Science:

6th Grade –

Monday: Galileo

Tuesday: Science Fair Presentations

Wednesday: Rocks Cycle

Thursday: Rocks Cycle

Friday: Rocks Cycle

Rock Cycle and Boundaries Test on November 18th

7th Grade –

Monday: Galileo


Wednesday: Photosynthesis/Cell Respiration Review

Thursday: Photosynthesis/ Cell Respiration Test

Friday: Science Fair Wrap up

8th Grade –

Monday: Galileo


Wednesday: Climate and Weather

Thursday: Climate and Weather

Friday: Climate and Weather

Climate and Weather Test on November 18



Social Studies with Mrs. Hughes [email protected] x514

Dear Parents and Students,

My husband and I are pleased to announce that we are expecting a baby this coming May. While we are hoping that this won’t interfere in the long term with anything school related until the end of the year, we are very much aware that students will come home with this information and may have questions. I am happy to answer as many of them as I can however, I don’t want to take a lot of school time to do this. As it currently stands, my due date is the during the last week of school so if all goes well we will have the year pretty much wrapped up before this time. We look forward to that time with much anticipation and hope you will celebrate this blessing with us.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Hughes

All Classes

All community service hours will count toward 2nd

quarter.

The next Continuation meeting for 8th grade parents will be on Monday, November 2

nd at 4:45pm. Please email

me to let me know if you want to be involved but can’t make it. Please let me know what times would work for you.

Pearson Login

User names: cpafirstname.lastinitial Passwords: CPAlunchcode

They must have internet access on a nightly basis as we will be relying on our digital texts as well as an online

classroom forum called Google Classroom. Please make a plan so that students can finish homework on time.

Please make sure you have access to Infinite Campus for grade information. Please have your student show you our Google Classroom if you would like to know what is going on.

6th

Grade Social Studies

Core Concepts – Geography

We will continue our unit on geography. We will be focusing this week on basic map skills.

7th


Core Concepts – Civics and Junior Achievement Financial Park

Most of this week will be spent working through the curriculum for the Junior Achievement Financial Park we will be attending on December 9

th.

8th


European Colonization of North America (1500-1750) and Junior Achievement Financial Park

Essential Question: Why do people move?

Most of this week will be spent working through the curriculum for the Junior Achievement Financial Park we will be attending on December 9

th.

Weighted Grades

I do weight my grades for academic classes as follows: Tests/Projects = 40%

Quizzes/Homework/Classwork = 35%

Notes/Participation/ = 25%

This does make it so that you can’t add up their total number of points and divide it by the total points possible and calculate a correct grade. Please email me if you have any questions.


Literature with Mrs. Carscallen [email protected]/x513

carscallencpa.webs.com (for spelling lists and class information)

6th Grade

This week we will continue to apply literary terms we have learned in class, to the novel

The Giver. Students will also spend time learning new vocabulary words in their Rev It Up

workbooks. 11/9/15: Spelling Test #10, 11/11/15: Vocabulary Test Lessons 5-8, 11/12/15: The

Giver Final

7th Grade

This week we will continue to analyze the play Cyrano DeBergerac, utilizing the liter-

ary terms we have learned in class.. In addition, students will complete assignments in their

Word Wisdom workbooks. 11/9/15: Spelling Test #10, 11/11/15: Cyrano Final, 11/12/15: Vo-

cabulary pgs. 58-61 Due

8th Grade

This week we will continue to analyze the novel The Good Earth more closely as students

focus on applying literary concepts to what they have read. In addition, students will complete

assignments in their Word Wisdom workbooks. 11/9/15: Spelling Test #10, 11/12/15: The

Good Earth Final, Vocabulary pgs. 58-61Due

7th Grade Math, Pre-Algebra, and Geometry with

Ms. Wood [email protected] ext. 512

In 7th Grade Math this week we will be revisiting percent change, solving one step equations

with rational coefficients, and completing our second round of Galileo testing.

In 8th Grade Math we will be studying for our Unit 2 Test on Linear Equations and Functions.

We will take the test on Wednesday, November 11th. We will then complete the second

round of Galileo testing.

In Geometry we will work on the mid segment theorem and coordinate proofs, using perpen-

dicular bisectors, and using angle bisectors of triangles. We will then complete our second

round of Galileo testing.


6th Grade Math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra with

Mr. Armstrong [email protected] x510

7th Grade Writing-This week students will analyze the themes and characters in The Outsiders in

depth. We will begin to compare and contrast the characters to the those in Call of the Wild. Students

have a grammar test this Wednesday on commas, comma splices, run on sentences, fragments, and

participial phrases. They have notes and grammar skill book pages to study! Thursday and Friday we

will watch the movie adaptation of The Outsiders, pending parent permission slips turned in.

6th Grade Writing-This week students will finish A Wrinkle in Time. We will read chapter 12 on Mon-

day. Students will need to submit their discussion log packets on Tuesday for chapter's 1-12. Students

will then analyze the themes and characters in depth. We will begin to compare and contrast the char-

acters and themes to the those in The Giver. Students have a grammar test NEXT Wednesday on com-

mas, comma splices, run on sentences, and fragments. We will review this Wednesday for our gram-

mar lesson. They have notes and grammar skill book pages to study!

8th Writing: I am really enjoying reading The Book Thief with your students - their level of interest and

analysis is encouraging and enjoyable to watch! As always, students will have one take-home chapter

this week as well as a discussion log to fill out. We will FINALLY finish our unit on verbals (gerund, in-

finitive, and participle) this week. Look to the homework hotline for final quiz dates.

Students will also take on their second round of Galileo testing this week. We hope they will truly do

their best so as the teachers can best gauge their progress.

6th Grade Math- We start Unit Two by studying rates and ratios this week. We will

also be shifting how we teach class, focusing on small group work and spiral review

along with our current topics of study.

8th

Grade Math- We put the FUN in FUNctions! Yeah, I totally just wrote that. This

week we move from identifying functions to describing and comparing them.

Algebra- Chapter 5 continues this week with midpoint and distance formulas, slope-

intercept form, and direct variation. We will have a quiz on Wednesday covering 5.1-

5.6.

Writing & Grammar with Ms. Emmett & Ms. Murphy [email protected] x511

[email protected] x 512



Community Service/Mrs. Hughes [email protected]/x514

Community Service Grading

2.5 new hours each quarter in addition to the hours required the quarter before

To receive a 100%, students should have a total of 2.5 hours at the end of 1st quarter, 5 hours at

the end of 2nd

quarter, 7.5 hours at the end of 3rd

quarter, and 10 hours at the May 11th cutoff date

for 4th quarter.

Until the previous quarter’s requirements are met no new credit will be given.

Students will receive 20 points for each completed half hour of service in the quarterly require-

ment. Additional half hours are credited to the following quarter up to the 10 hour requirement. Once the 10 hour requirement is met the student will receive a 100% for that quarter and all follow-ing quarters.

A log (available in Mrs. Hughes’ room) must be completed for each month’s service and turned in

to Mrs. Hughes’ room.

Partial half hours will receive no credit. Hours turned in after the quarterly deadline will be counted

toward the total in the next quarter.

Community Service

Students can turn their hours in to the bin marked “Return Completed Forms Here” on the black tower in my room. 2

nd quarter hours are due December 11

th.

Total Middle School Hours Completed: 911.25

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like ideas of where to volunteer please contact me at [email protected]

10 Hour Students 20 Hour

Students

30 Hour

Students

Ahlinna L.-14, Dominic O-O.-11, Cameron S.-10,

Ethan S.-10, Krystal F.-14, Jonathan L.-10,

Cameron W.-10, Michaella W.-12,

Ciara C.-10, Dominic L.-15, Noah S.-10, Marina T.-10, Zek

B.-11, David C.-13, Mya O-O.-10, Sabrina B.-18.5, Alicia

S.-11, Priscila O-O.-10, Jackie A.-19, Dale W.-10.5, Jaden

C.-12, J’lyssa M.-15, Maddie S.-10, Serenity T.-13, Anthony

V.-10, Xalen W.-12, Asia P.-11,

Haley M.-11, Justin R.-13, Francisco L.-12

Marissa A.-24

Carlee K.-20

Hector S.-27

Kenny H.-20

Anthony A.-22

Isabel C.-27.25

Mazie V.-32

Trevin J.-31

mailto:[email protected]

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