TABLE TALK May 5, 2017 5th and 6th Grade SCIENCE We just started to talk about Earth's Changing Surface and Tectonic Plates. What are the different directions that plates move that can cause the surface to change? Or... after May 11th you should ask about the Field Trip to the Rice Center. What did you learn? Where was it? What was it like? ENGLISH & HISTORY: Research Writing This week Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Carmichael have opened the door between their classrooms to work collaboratively on turning social studies research into a multi-paragraph essay. How has working together between both rooms been a helpful experience for you? Fill in the blank to one or both of these sentences: I am really proud of myself for _________________. I really surprised myself when _________________. MATH What fraction (or percent) of your family is male? female? # of family members who drive cars? Have a tv in their room? Play a musical instrument? Play a sport? Have long hair? Etc. For basic math: If we have 3 Fridays left in May, but one of those Fridays we will go to Camp Friendship – how many Food Truck Fridays do we have left in May. LF - WORD UP! Can you guess the meaning of the Latin root verge? Think "tectonic plates." Yes, verge means "edge or border." The prefix con means "together," so when two edges come together, what do they do? You got it – they converge. The prefix di means "twice or double," so if a border splits in two different directions, it diverges. Anyone read or seen "Divergent?" Why is it called that, do you think? HEALTH For the past month, the middle school students have been learning about the endocrine & reproductive system, puberty (physical, emotional/mental, & social changes), as well as ethical decision-making. Share with your child what middle school was like for you with regard to how your life changed, a time you felt peer pressure, or a situation where you had to make a tough decision. Ask your child if something similar has happen in their life recently. TABLE TALK April 21, 2017 7th grade SCIENCE What is your opinion of nuclear energy? Are the threats of a nuclear accident and the danger of nuclear weapons too great a risk for us to consider expanding the use of nuclear energy? If we don't use more nuclear energy, what would we use instead? ENGLISH What do the terms phrase and clause mean? Why is a clause considered the "building block" of a sentence? HISTORY What are the origins and beliefs of Hinduism? How is that similar or different to some of our beliefs as a family? MATH What fraction (or percent) of your family is male? Female? # of family members who drive cars? Have a tv in their room? Play a musical instrument? Play a sport? Have long hair? etc. For basic math: If we have 3 Fridays left in May, but one of those Fridays we will go to Camp Friendship – how many Food Truck Fridays do we have left in May. LF - WORD UP! Can you guess the meaning of the Latin root verge? Think "tectonic plates." Yes, verge means "edge or border." The prefix con means "together," so when two edges come together, what do they do? You got it – they converge. The prefix di means "twice or double," so if a border splits in two different directions, it diverges. Anyone read or seen "Divergent?" Why is it called that, do you think? HEALTH For the past month, the middle school students have been learning about the endocrine & reproductive system, puberty (physical, emotional/mental, & social changes), as well as ethical decision-making. Share with your child what middle school was like for you with regard to how your life changed, a time you felt peer pressure, or a situation where you had to make a tough decision. Ask your child if something similar has happen in their life recently. TABLE TALK May 5, 2017 8th grade SCIENCE Next week we will "release" our trout. Ask your child about the trout this year. Where are they? How long have we had them? What did they look like when we first got them? Why does Mr. L need to keep the tank covered? Who in your class is the most interested in the trout? How big are they? When you release them into the wild, what do you think will happen? How many do you think will survive and grow old enough to reproduce? Do you ever want a fish tank? ENGLISH Currently in our novel Stargirl, Stargirl was blamed for losing the championship basketball game – even though she wasn't even on the team. Do you think she was the reason they lost? tell me about what happened? Have you ever felt like you were blamed for something that was not really your fault? How did you handle it? HISTORY Imagine if our family grew three times larger. How would that be similar to when Rome expanded into an Empire? Challenges? Benefits? If you were a leader in Rome, would you want to expand into an Empire? MATH What fraction (or percent) of your family is male? female? # of family members who drive cars? Have a tv in their room? Play a musical instrument? Play a sport? Have long hair? Etc. For basic math: If we have 3 Fridays left in May, but one of those Fridays we will go to Camp Friendship – how many Food Truck Fridays do we have left in May. LF - WORD UP! Can you guess the meaning of the Latin root verge? Think "tectonic plates." Yes, verge means "edge or border." The prefix con means "together," so when two edges come together, what do they do? You got it – they converge. The prefix di means "twice or double," so if a border splits in two different directions, it diverges. Anyone read or seen "Divergent?" Why is it called that, do you think? HEALTH For the past month, the middle school students have been learning about the endocrine & reproductive system, puberty (physical, emotional/mental, & social changes), as well as ethical decision-making. Share with your child what middle school was like for you with regard to how your life changed, a time you felt peer pressure, or a situation where you had to make a tough decision. Ask your child if something similar has happen in their life recently.
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