December 9 , 2016

Germantown Elementary

School

UPCOMING

EVENTS

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Junior High Jazz SHAPIN’ UP WITH SHUBERT

We will be back to our normal schedule next with the concert and play

finished. Thank you to all who helped decorate, rearrange, set-up or

tear-down the gym. Mrs. Henrichs and I appreciate your cooperation and

helpful/kind acts during this season of giving. We will play some

Christmas games and have some winter fun next week with the weather

really gearing up for the holiday season. Happy Fitness and Merry New

Year!

THE BAND PLAYED ON

Congratulations to the students on a great Christmas Concert! We

worked very hard, and I think the end result was worth it.

I will be passing out solos for the February 25th Solo/Ensemble Contest

next week. This will give students a chance to start working on them over

the Christmas break. The earlier they start and the more they practice the

more rewarding the contest experience will be.

The Jazz Band is gong to be trimmed a bit for Contest. I will only be

taking one on a part. I will be letting students know who will be

participating in the Contest Jazz Band next Thursday. I’m determining

this group from the progress and positive participation I have seen with

the individual students the last three months. The Full Jazz band will

rehearse on Mondays & Contest Jazz Band on Thursdays beginning in

January.

The District Organizational (Full) band contest is March 25th & State is

April 29th.

7th Language Arts: We have finished the revisions for The Lightning Thief

comparative essay. Now, we will start applying those analytical skills to an oral

presentation in which students will pick a topic in the news, gather information, and

present their findings to the class.

7th Literature: We have been discussing several short stories in class, and next

week we will continue with reading and analyzing “The Most Dangerous Game”. We

will work on identifying and determining the purpose of figurative language and

symbolism in the text.

8th Language Arts: Students are working to complete their oral presentation

project on Wonder. For this assignment, students selected either an element of the

theme, setting, or character development to analyze, established a thesis, and

identified textual support in order to present their findings to the class.

8th Literature: We will have finished reading Part 8 of Wonder by Monday which

will finish the novel. There will be a test on Wednesday over the novel and reading

journals will also be due on Wednesday. Afterwards, we will begin preparing for a

final project focusing on the development of precepts to wrap up the unit on Wonder.

RAKERS’ RABBLE

WISE WORDS FROM MRS. Y

CAN YOU

ANSWER THIS

MOVIE TRIVIA

QUESTION?

In the Star Wars

Universe, who did

the character Anakin

Skywalker eventually

become?

Last week’s

answer:

The 2 desert planets

in the Star Wars

Universe are

Tatooine and Jakku.

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8th Grade Science: We are currently working on Lewis Dot Structures for

Ionic Bonds and will work on Covalent Bonds next week.

7th Grade Science: We tested over cell organelles this week and will move

on to Mitosis and the cell cycle next week.

6th Grade Science: We will pick our planet groups next week and begin

researching our planets and writing our scripts for our Planet Plays.

5th Grade Science: We tested over our knowledge of Motion last week. We

will move on to Simple Machines next week.

7th Grade Green Screen: Our next step is for everyone in class to learn

how to edit and eventually become video directors.

EVERSGERD’S WORDS

6th ELA Block: This week we will start our day with Bell work 17/18.

This will be due on Friday, so make sure to take it home Thursday. I plan

for us to continue our Christmas spirit by writing narratives associated

with Christmas. Bring your creativity to class! During literature, we will

have a little PARCC practice by looking at some samples and working with

those texts.

5th LA: This week we will start our period with DOL week 8. Some skills

we will cover are direct address, proper nouns, regulars and irregulars,

linking verbs, compound sentence, abbreviations, and subject pronoun.

The spelling of the week rule is soft -g. We will continue our “Elf for Hire”

writing from last week.

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Merry

‘Kris’mas!

Our Christmas tree

with gift ideas for

our Adopt-A-

Family is now on

display in the

hallway by the

office.

If you are

interested in

purchasing a gift

for Ms. Kris’s

family, please grab

an ornament off

the tree, purchase

the item listed on

the back of the

ornament tag, and

bring the item you

purchased to

school by

Wednesday,

December 21.

We will take care of

wrapping and

delivering. Display

the ornament on

your tree at home

to remind you of

the family you

helped this holiday

season.

MS. HEMPEN

5th Grade Literature: Students will continue reviewing RI.5.6 focusing on

point of view and begin RL.5.7 which emphasizes the importance of using visual

and multimedia elements to showcase a story’s mood and tone. Each student

will be creating his or her own digital storybook by remaking a fairy tale.

Study Island: Main Idea and Supporting Details, Compare and Contrast,

Narrator’s Point of View, Drawing Inferences, Theme, and Visual Elements

5th Grade Math: Students will continue reviewing NF.1, NF.2, and NF.3 and

begin working on NF.4a all focusing on adding, subtracting, and multiplying

fractions. There will be an assessment on December 13th and December 20th.

Study Island: Add and Subtract Fractions, Real World Add and Subtract

Fractions, Multiplication with Fractions, Add and Subtract Decimals, Multiply

and Divide Decimals

MR. GLYNN’S SOCIAL STUDIES SCOOP

5th: We will be finishing our unit on George Washington’s presidency. Student

will take a look at the XYZ Affair and the Alien & Sedation Acts, and make

connections to how they are similar to government actions that are being taken

today (RI.5.3). We will have an assessment before Christmas Break.

6th: We will finish up our unit on Ancient Greece next week and students will

have assessment Thursday or Friday. I plan to have the students do a research

project on a Greek God after our assessment (RI.6.7).

7th: We will be finishing our class Constitution. I plan to create a mock

government in the classroom that we will be using until Christmas break. The

students will have their exam over the Illinois Constitution on 12/20.

8th: We should finish our unit on WWI next week. I plan to give the

assessment next Friday. With the days remaining until Christmas break, I’m

going to have the students do a short research project on the history of

Germantown.

WEEKLY “BARK” FROM MS. CLARK

Next meeting is December 7th!

Algebra kids!!

Sunday Session: Dec. 11th from

1:00-2:30! See you there!

5th Grade Math: Students will continue reviewing NF.1, NF.2, and NF.3

and begin working on NF.4a all focusing on adding, subtracting, and

multiplying fractions. There will be an assessment on December 13th and

December 20th.

Study Island: Add and Subtract Fractions, Real World Add and Subtract

Fractions, Multiplication with Fractions, Add and Subtract Decimals,

Multiply and Divide Decimals

6th grade: Students will continue 6.EE.2 which includes reading, writing,

and evaluating algebraic expressions. They will also dive deeper into

identifying parts of an expression and creating equivalent expressions.

Study Island- Write Expressions with Variables, Parts of an Expression,

Evaluate Expressions, and Equivalent Expressions.

7th grade: Students will begin standard 7.RP.1 which includes unit rates

and complex fractions. There will be a possible quiz next week.

Study Island- Linear Expressions, Symbolize and Solve Equations, and

Symbolize and Solve Inequalities.

8th grade: Students will focus on standard 8.EE.3 which is representing

large and small numbers in scientific notation.

Study Island– Square and Cube Roots and Exponential Expressions

Algebra: We will continue semester exam review and begin the semester

exam on the 15th. Happy Studying!

BULLDOG

SPORTS

NEWS

12/10/16

JV Boys @ WAMAC

Shootout at 9:30 am

12/12/16-12/17/16

Varsity Boys

Conference Tourney

at Mater Dei

12/19/16-12/22/16

Varsity Girls

Holiday Tournament

at Smithton