Discovery School
December 2, 2016
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BE 212 Degrees!
Academics:
Peek at the Week…
ELA: Argumentative writing;
Con’t Identifying literary
elements in short stories.
Recognize and explain mood/
tone. Start short story project
with group. Analyze text
structure and compare and
contrast stories with similar
themes.
Parents,
Short Stories:
All summer in a Day
The Monkey’s Paw
The Lady or the Tiger
The Bet
The Story of an Hour
Vocab/Word Study: Latin
roots con’t
Grammar: vague pronouns
Math: diagnostic
Social Studies: Ancient Egypt;
quiz on vocal Monday
Science: circuits
DUE: Monday: Webquest,
study guide for Ch. 4;
argumentative ROUGH draft
on google classroom.
Quiz over Ch. 4 Thursday
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This week we began our study of Ancient Egypt,
studied the short story The Lottery, and started our
argumentative writing. We will continue and finish our
short story unit along with our entire STEAM unit
over these next two weeks before the break. The
students were briefed on the short stories they could
choose from and will present to the class an in depth
look at it based on the literary elements we will be
discussing next week. The students will create a book
trailer and will be awarded based on certain criteria at
our “Academy Awards” event on Dec. 14th .
The students are developing their skills in
argumentative writing. WARNING: they may or may
not use some of these skills in their favor with you;)
In math the students began taking their mid year
assessment on i-ready. Their results will determine all of
their assignments on i-ready since it differentiates
based on skills they need the most help with.
Thanks for your support.
Please let me know if you are able to donate any of
these items.
Thanks!
B.Turner
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Discovery School
December 2, 2016
Calendar
DECEMBER 2016
Dec. 6th The first “Perfect
Attendance Day” for the system.
MTSU Basketball Game…
Dec. 6th Spring tryouts
production of Alice in
Wonderland 3:35-6:00
Dec. 14th Book Trailer Awards
Friday, December 16: Student
Half Day/Teacher Half Day
Monday, December 19--Monday,
January 2: Winter Break
Jan. 9th Book Bucket log and
project due
Mar. 20th Conferences
Mar. 21st-24th LBL Trip
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