ACA II Middle School Newsletter 3-26-18
ACA II Middle News
03/27/2018
Announcements:
- Wednesday 03/28 – Spring Pictures
- Friday 03/30 – Minimum Day dismissal at NOON
- Monday 04/02 – NO SCHOOL
- Thursday 04/05 – Asian Art Museum Field Trip
- Friday 04/06 – 2nd Cup Room 6
- Monday 04/09 – Friday 04/13 – NO SCHOOL Spring Break
- April 18-19 WE Day (optional field trip)
WALKATHON UPDATES
Here’s a HUGE thank you to all the students for running/walking/dancing their way around the course for the 8th Annual Walkathon! Also HUGE thank yous go to all the parents that helped put on this great event! Please remember to post your pics to the FB page AND send them to the memory book at acaiimemorybook@gmail.com.
The laps have been recorded and the students will be bringing their WAT packets home for final pledge collection this week. Please remember that you can send in checks, cash or use the 99Pledges link that was send to you a few weeks ago. ALL money is due back by Tuesday, April 17th. We will then calculate the raffle tickets earned per family. Remember that for every $25 you turn in, your family earns 1 ticket and every $100 earns you a bonus ticket. There are some fabulous prizes at stake– Chromebook, Kindles, Headphones, Gift Cards etc etc!
Homework:
****Reading:
No Journal this week
Read for 30 minutes each night.
1st 300 page book talk due April 5th
****Social Studies:
****Vocabulary:
Definitions and sentences/pictures
Due Friday
****Twitter Assignment:
****Article of the Week (AOW):
Article #4 Stephen Hawking
- Read
- Discuss
- Respond
Due Thursday
****Moby Max Language:
45 minutes of Language Practice
Due Friday
****Writing:
Speech Example:
Students need to research a speech given by a professional speaker. They need to identify the following:
- Speaker
- Audience
- Purpose
- List 3 strategies that the speaker uses to perform a successful speech
Bring in or identify a 30 second clip of your speech showcasing at least one of the strategies you identified.. I recommend using www.clipconverter.cc if you are using Youtube.
Due Wednesday
****Math:
See attached calendar
****Science:
Invention/Innovation Design Challenge due April 26th. Optionally, students may submit their video to the 3M Discovery Education Young Scientist Challenge by the April 19th deadline. More details are attached. This week, students should identify a problem and brainstorm ideas for a solution to the problem.
****SPA Project: Invention/Innovation Design Challenge due April 26th.
****Music:
Practice everyday.
Online Resources:
School Website: www.AntiochCharterAcademy.org
- resource pages, tool kits, extra practice and tech resources – Student homework help is available ALSO – Parent resource page has tutorials so you can better help your student!!
learnersdictionary.com – great website for vocabulary
- Search ANY math topic to watch a short video tutorial, practice activities to get better at skills.