ExMo Open Team Meeting

October 2, 201311:30-12:00

Open Team Meeting Dates

All meetings are on Wednesday from

11:30-12:00 pm5/6 Assembly Room

• January 8, 2014• April 9, 2014

Social Studies News…• Mysteries – Weekly Mysteries are

researched and due on Fridays– Combined warm-up quiz grade at 9 wks end

• Map Skills – Planet Earth PBL– Daily Grades: Collaboration & Teamwork, Self

Reflection Response– Major Grades: Presentation Skills, Map and

Graph Design– eBooks of student work can be found on

bit.ly/exmosocialstudies

Presentation Day!

Cultural Institutions• Characteristics of Cultures• Family Interviews &

Crests• Stereotyping - Danger of a

Single Story, TED Talk• Government types

– Limited/Unlimited and examples

• Economic Systems and Indicators– Free Market, Socialism,

Communism

Coming Up…• Geography and

Culture Test on Thursday!

• Features of Civilizations– Ancient artifact study

and connections to modern cultures

• North Africa and Southwest Asia• Monotheistic

Religions• Map Skills

• Contemporary issues • Arab Spring• International

relationships• Natural Resources• International Trade

Math News…1st and 2nd Period

• Pre-Tests• Finishing unit on

Algebraic Thinking (Test Friday)

• Graphing the Issue Project • Monday we will begin

diving into solving equations

• We will then move into Place Value with Decimals and Decimal Operations

Math News…4th and 5th Period - TAG

• Units covered– integers, decimals, and we are finishing fractions

• Integers Videos • Test Friday on Fractions and Mixed Numbers

(adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing)• We have started practicing for Math

Olympiads – first competition November• We will begin Measures of Central Tendency

and Graphing on Monday

Math News…•Are you seeing the black Math

binder at home?•It’s full of detailed notes on

every lesson, as well as graded homework and quizzes.

•Encourage your student to come in for help!

Online Textbook

Every student has access to the online textbook. It has practice tests and practice

quizzes over every lesson we do in class and can be a great supplemental resource to the

notes and activities done in the classroom! In addition, students can print workbook pages

from online.

my.hrw.com

Math Team • Math Team Meets every Wednesday from

3:15-4:15

• Students can come to practice math skills and improve number sense (mental math) abilities

• Various competitions- first one is November 2nd.

Science News…• Unit 1 Lab Skills and Measurement• Labs – Color Challenge Lab, Popcorn

Lab, Stroop Effect Lab, Bugsy Copter Lab• Bubble Gum Lab

– Cumulative unit 1 lab– 5 days of experiment design process– Graphing, writing, equipment use– Major grade

• Quia test review games • TAG Amusement Park Ride Project

Science News…

•Unit 2 - Chemistry • Periodic Table - elements• Mixtures and Compounds• States of Matter

– Solid, liquid, gas, plasma

• Physical and Chemical Properties

• Physical and Chemical Changes

Science News…•Halloween-themed lab Halloween-themed lab activitiesactivities

•Sep-ORE-ation of a Mixture Sep-ORE-ation of a Mixture LabLab

Cumulative Unit 2 labCumulative Unit 2 lab•Robotics ClubRobotics Club

“READ READ READ!! Reading is the rhythm of

language. Never ever stop reading!”

-Susan Cooper

Author Research Project

• Students study an author• Read work(s) by the author (the time

spent reading this book may be counted on the reading log)

• Research the author using resources (mostly online)

• Purpose & process sheet • Calendar of due dates

Students will:

• Learn to ask relevant questions before beginning a research project to direct research

• Learn to take notes and categorize information• Improve comprehension as they read and skim text

for main ideas and details• Describe a well-supported opinion about the writer’s

work(s) based on their own reading• Develop research skills (book and internet) with the

purpose of sharing with an audience what they have learned

• Think critically as they analyze a work or works by the author

Audio Books

Students are welcome to use audio books IF they read the book while they listen.– Audio books can be found on iTunes, as well as other places.

The MIS/HPMS library has audio books in two formats.– Other audio books are play aways.– Some of their audio books are CDs. – A play away is about the size of a regular iPod and works

very similarly. It runs on a single AAA battery, and must have earbuds or speakers plugged into the audio output.

– The playaways can be checked out for up to two weeks, just like a regular library book. However, if lost or stolen, they cost between $35-$70 to replace.

– If a student doesn’t have earbuds, the library sells them for .50, and the student may keep them.

Noodle Tools

• A web-based tool to take notes and organize sources – eliminates note cards that can be lost

• It also does the MLA formatting of the works cited page for the student

http://www.noodletools.com/

Analytical Writing

• Provides students the opportunity to apply concepts and skills learned in class:

• Analysis of literary elements

• Reading comprehension

• Writing mechanics

• Stating an opinion and providing convincing support through text evidence

• Noticing author purpose and author craft

Common Sense Media

• - What parents need to know

• - What families can talk about

• - What's the story

• - Is it any good

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