Be in the Know
*Yosemite: This Thursday morning, the whole class will be taking a walk to Contra Loma Reservoir. Students who are going to Yosemite need to bring their hiking boots or hiking shoes with them so we can check them off. Students not attending Yosemite still need to wear comfortable walking shoes. Our trip to Yosemite is Feb 11-13 (W-F). Students not attending the trip need to confirm with us on whether their student will be doing an independent study on campus with the Intermediate class, or will do an independent study at home (will be marked absent if they stay home).
*Family Harvest Farm (1/3 of class): We are continuing trips to the farm by sending out 15 students at a time. We will need drivers for these trips. Please look at the list to see when your student will be going, and email us if you can drive. Drivers need to be at campus by 9:35am, and we will leave the farm to come back to campus around 11:45am (drivers do not need to stay, but make sure you are back to bring us back). Drivers need to have a copy of their 100,000/300,000 liability car insurance on file in the office to drive. Students not attending the farm will have regular morning rotations.
Week 4- Extreme Earth – not an exhaustive list – more assignments will added. Have your student show you their Google Classroom to get the details of each assignment…
- Writing (many in–class and overnight assignments throughout this unit) Writing #3 : Resume; due Friday
- Emmersion Wall: research/track severe weather/natural disasters (daily) around the globe; due daily
- Membean (45 minutes a week); due Friday
- Debates: Work in teams to debate a topic chosen in class; due tomorrow
- Literature Book (Nation) Assignments: read required chapters (pacing guide), RJW (one per week), Reflections (one per week), Assessment on reading; all due Friday
- Writer’s Workshop: creating and working on portfolio (yearlong project due): finished project due in April
- Math: Khan, CPM, Math Review, Math Projects, Desmos, Assessments,
etc; various due dates - Science (Air Pressure): participation, activities/worksheets, labs, etc: assignments due on Science day
- Extreme Earth Unit Project (see attached document): cleaning up project, running experiment, and finishing creative teaching portion; Presentations are on Feb. 3rd, 5th, and 9th.