JOURNEY JOURNAL
February 3, 2017
A Message From Our Health Office
Just a reminder: Please call the Health Office at
847-486-7712 if your child is going to be out sick,
going to arrive late for school, or is going to be
picked up for early dismissal. Thank you.
Mrs. Stern, Math
[email protected]
657-2098
Important Upcoming Dates:
Ms. Caputo, Student Services
[email protected]
657-2083
February 8 – Presentation at Senior Center at 10
am
Ms. Biller, Language Arts
[email protected]
657-2096
February 20 – President’s Day; No School!
Mrs. Lindner, Language Arts
[email protected]
657-2050
Mr. Leinbach, Social Studies
[email protected]
657-2088
Ms. McDonald, Science
[email protected]
657-2094
Ms. Chow, GE Language Arts
[email protected]
657-2057
Upcoming Weekly Schedules:
February 6-10
Monday – 124
Tuesday – 354
Wednesday – 12
Thursday – 351
Friday – 2354
February 13-17
Monday – 1234
Tuesday - 5124
Wednesday - 3514
Thursday - 2351
Friday – 2354
ATTEA NEWS AND NOTES!
LATE BUSES: Attea’s late bell rings at 4:05, and any student with a pass may take
the bus home. Students must be with a teacher or in the LRC to obtain a bus pass.
On Wednesday, February 8th the Journey Team will be
attending a President George Washington presentation at the
Glenview Senior Center, which is located next door to Attea at
the Park Center. The President Washington impersonator will
speak in character to our students while discussing his life
story and his role as the First President of the United States.
The Journey students and teachers will walk over to the Senior
Center at 10:00A.M. for a 45 minute presentation by President
Washington that will tie in nicely with our study of United
States History. Thank you to the Glenview Senior Center for
this wonderful invitation and the opportunity to enhance our
learning!
Global Language:
Mr. Rodriguez
Ms. Perona-Albrecht
Ms. D’Alessandro
Mrs. Noonan
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
657-2061
657-2059
657-2051
657-2048
Fine Arts:
Ms. Stanton (Music)
Mrs. Shellard (Drama)
Mrs. Harwell (Art)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
657-2007
657-2006
657-2005
Physical Education:
Mr. Daniels
Mr. Ehresman
Ms. Lord
Ms. Jasonowicz
Mr. Zellmann
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
657-2011
657-2010
657-2010
657-2011
657-2010
Band:
Mrs. Reatherford
[email protected]
657-2008
Orchestra:
Ms. Kall
Ms. Tatz
[email protected]
[email protected]
657-2008
657-2008
Classroom Notes:
Language Arts (Ms. Biller) - I can't believe how fast January flew past! We have accomplished quite a lot,
however! Students in Blocks 2/4 and 3/5 finished their commas units, including a tricky project based
upon the book, Eats, Shoots and Leaves. They did very well!! Quizzes were handed back last week.
We've also continued our Word Parts unit, with a new list each week. Students have done very well with
their activities & study strategies, the quizzes, and working together to learn as a team! Finally, we have
begun our historical fiction unit on Literature of Slavery & Civil War. Students have begun reading picture
books to help build background knowledge and a deeper understanding of the historical fiction genre.
These classes will continue into next week with a summative analysis of a book, reading a variety of
primary sources and writing several different expository pieces.
Students in Block 1 reading with me are continuing their commas unit, which comes to an end next week
with the quiz on Tuesday. We're also continuing with the Word Parts Unit (week 4 begins next week!) and
we will begin the historical fiction unit described above. They've already begun reading historical fiction IR
novels, and their choices in titles are amazing! Ask your child what (s)he is reading and what they are
learning from it!!
Language Arts (Mrs. Lindner) – Students have been working very hard finishing our unit on figurative
language by writing argumentative paragraphs and poetry using show, don’t tell methods. The paragraphs
showed increased depth of engagement in the topic and complex examples of figurative language. Next,
we will move to a historical fiction unit, focusing on the literature of the American slavery experience. We
will explore historical and personal perspectives, while still focusing on argumentative and informative
writing. As part of this unit, students will be asked to read a historical fiction novel and practice many of
our reading strategies with their own IR. Bookmarks, as always, are due on Thursdays.
Language Arts (Ms. Chow) - Students are conducting research in order to gain a more in-depth
understanding of setting and historical allusions in the novel Wednesday Wars. Some topics of interest
include Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement; controversy surrounding the Vietnam War;
and the counterculture, art, and music of the sixties. Research will culminate in an informational
presentation supplemented by visual aides. Students are also practicing the skills of paraphrasing,
summarizing, and quoting information, as well as using proper citations. Next week, students have a
cumulative vocabulary quiz covering their first three lists of word stems. We have been working through
analogy puzzles, as well as using word stem knowledge and context clues to infer the meanings of difficult
words.
Math (Mrs. Stern and Mr. Glassner) – This is what we have been working on:
In double acc. math we have been working on solving equations. Students are now able to apply
properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational
coefficients. They also now understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in a problem context
can shed light on the problem. Test will be on Tuesday Feb. 7th. In common core math, students have
been working on dividing fractions. They can now interpret and compute quotients of fractions and solve
word problems involving division of fractions by fractions. We will continue with this next week. In single
acc. math, we have just completed the unit on dividing fractions. Test will be on Monday Feb. 6 for block 4
and Tuesday Feb. 7 for block 3.
Science (Ms. McDonald) – The Journey scientists have recently used microscopes to investigate uni and
multicellular organisms. The students have a mid-point quiz Monday 2/6 and Tuesday 2/7, covering the
vocabulary topics discussed in section 1 and 2 in the Cells & Hereditary textbook. We are also starting a
cell analogy project in the next week. The students will pick an idea/concept or business (like a factory)
and compare its parts to the cell parts and organelles. The students will have a week to complete the
project individually. They will have 1 class to work but otherwise will need to complete at home. We will
also have a Cell Unit Test in the coming weeks. Ask your son or daughter what analogy they are thinking
about to for their cell model!
Social Studies (Mr. Leinbach) – This week we took a quiz on Chapter 15 in our textbook, “The Nation
Breaking Apart 1848-1861.” This chapter focused on events leading up to the Civil War and the growing
tensions between the North and South. To help students prepare for the quiz and understand the
differences between the North and South, we created detailed symbols of the North and South to compare
and contrast the key differences and similarities. Students also prepared for the quiz by "close reading"
the textbook while highlighting "specific text evidence" to detailed questions. To further enhance our
understanding of Chapter 15, we performed a Reader’s Theater about The Election of 1860 and Lincoln’s
campaign for the Presidency. Great job in Social Studies this week girls and boys!