We still have 40 families that have not purchased binders and planners! This contribution from you allows us to cover the cost of the binders and planners and most especially prevents us from drawing from other budgetary allowances.
Don’t forget to make your planner and portfolio payment to Kim Russ. Returning students $7.00 AND new students $12.00. Thanks!
Voyager ART project
We have several students who are motivated to create a sculpture or painting outside Voyager House to represent our new image and motto. We would love an artistic volunteer. If anyone is good with sculpture, tile, etc. (we haven’t decided what it will be made of), we would love your volunteerism and help! Any takers?
Fundraising
Reminder that Voyager is sponsoring the media sale at the WCS Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov. 3rd. Please send your books/CD's/DVD's/Videos/Records in with your child whenever you can...we are storing them in the Voyager Project Room. There are also large collection boxes in the front offices of ABS and WCS. If you are not signed up to collect in your neighborhood -- please collect from your home and tap into friends. Another great tip: your workplace!!!! We sent a note out at my husband's place of business and we've been able to collect 3 boxes!!! The sale will only be successful if we have merchandise, so please take a moment to collect!!!!
NECAP Testing:
Thank you to all the families that supplied Voyager with snacks...brain food. Students have all been working hard during this morning and afternoon sessions. Students have been respectful of their peers by keeping a quiet environment. Thank you Voyager students for doing such a great job this week!
If your son or daughter has missed any NECAP testing, there will be a make-up day on Monday (October 15th) starting at 8:30. Students should come to school on Monday at the regularly scheduled time, sign in with their core teacher, and then be prepared for NECAP testing by 8:30 in the Dining Room.
Literature Group Parent Tip:
Thanks to a parent who asked, “What happens in lit group?”, we will now have an occasional tip for parents re: literature groups! Our focus question for this Literature Group session is, “What does it mean to take a voyage?” Ask your child about the “voyage” in his/her lit book. They might speak about an actual geographical voyage, or the development of one of the characters in the book! Our next literature group book will be a mystery. Look forward to our focus question coming soon!
Spelling Tips By Ms. Sherman:
“When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking”
Using this phrase may help students to remember the order of vowels in a word when two vowels are placed side by side in a word. When this occurs, the vowel that comes first is heard, typically with a long sound, and the second vowel remains silent. This rule is applied when a long vowel sound is heard, but two vowels are place in a word to create that sound.
Examples:
boat (long o sound)
feat (long e sound)
bead (long e sound)
Ms. Q’s Corner
7th/8th Science
The NECAP week ended with the continuation of our Energy Pathway Model Project. Students are finishing them off and will present them on Monday. A quiz on our unit is planned for Thursday, October 18th. Students have a review sheet with quiz topics and should review vocabulary, reading handouts, class notes and lab experiments. The big focus is the motion of energy and matter through an ecosystem. During the NECAP testing, student’s science inquiry journals were assessed. All-in-all they are off to a good start. Organization, precision, use of scientific vocabulary and relating scientific claims to quantitative evidences are areas that students need to work on. We are all looking forward to getting back to class!
Math 7th and 8th
Classes were not held, but I encourage students to visit Khan Academy to work on their math skill.
Mr. Merrill’s Wrap Up
⅚ Social Studies and Language Arts
We wrapped up our NECAP week with a reflection on the Candidate Forum and poster project. Next week, students will be participating in activities to prepare for a persuasive writing assignment using information from the issues of the 2012 election. We are also looking forward to blogging with students from other houses about the election.
Students are reminded to keep up with reading for 20 minutes per night and to check their planners for vocabulary/spelling assignments that are due next week.
News from Ms. O
Math and Science All
Phew! NECAP testing week is over! This week learning in my classroom was limited to:
- a few FASTT math sessions if you were on house during core
- some reflective writing for math and science
- lots of reading (following NECAP testing)
- work on our Lit Group Quilt Square
- review of our science tests and some rewrites to earn additional points
- a review of science notebooks using a rubric and a goal for the next checkpoint assessment in three weeks
- Grade 6 On-demand writing task (to be double scored by November)
Please be reminded that FASTT math sessions will help computational fluency. Many students have not been on since our first visit in September. PLEASE encourage this!
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