Happy New Week Parents and Students!
The DAJA Christmas program is quickly approaching and students are practicing for the program. Please note that the day of the Program is December 16, 2015 which is a Wednesday. If any parents are willing to help with props, costuming or in some other way, please contact Miss Felicia Barnard (1st and 2nd grade teacher), the program director.
This week we will be learning about Climate and Weather in 5th and 6th Grade for Social Studies. Students will be building a terrarium as a part of their class project this week. Students may bring in a mason jar, small fishbowl from a dollar store (such as Dollar Tree) or some other bottle with a wide neck.
We will be learning about the ancient civilizations centered around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and Mediterranean Sea, and the beginning of writing and laws. Students will dress up and talk about one of the ancient civilizations.
All students will complete in-class projects about harvest festivals around the world and complete their "Did you Know?" presentations.
In Language Arts, we will continue writing and learning about how to enhance our writing with lively and brilliant verbs instead of using forms of to be (is, was, were). We will also explore the use of compound subjects and predicates (connecting two subjects with conjunctions--and, but, or; or two verbs with conjunctions). Students did an amazing job on writing their Chanthaburi Durian Festival stories. I can't wait to see what else we come up with this week. Students who brought in food for their country last week before Thanksgiving will receive extra credit since we did not get to share cultures that Friday.
Homework (all grades): Students will complete Lesson 2 in their Vocabulary Textbooks. All work is due Friday. The words listed in lesson 2 are the words they will be tested on Friday. This is the book we will continue to use throughout the duration of the year. There will be no word work due on Friday; however, students must be prepared for the test on Friday.
Students will complete Lesson 2 in Handwriting textbooks and turn in all work on Friday.
Here are some of this week's memorable quotes from your students when writing on Thanksgiving and Black Friday:
"Black Friday is like a sad emoji." --Aubrey
"Black Friday is like the Hunger Games in the store."--Ivan
"Thanksgiving is like Christmas without the presents"--Aaron
"Trampling and running over people for stuff the day after being thankful for what you already have..." --Jordan
"Thanksgiving is the day to give the turkey credit for surviving this long and Black Friday is the day to work off all the weight you gained the day before."--Jared
Thanksgiving is a time for being thankful about what we have; Black Friday destroys that."--Derrick
"What did Nala say to Simba on Black Friday? You gotta 'Mu-fasa'!--Simone/Josiah
"Black Friday is overrated."--K'Ann
"Black Friday is shopping gone wrong."--Amauri
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Week of November 9 - 13, 2015
Happy New Week Parents and Students!
FIELD TRIP:
This week we will be going on one of our first field trips this year. Fifth through Eighth grades will be going to the Fernbank Center of Natural History and Imax theater on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. The cost is $26 and the permission slips have gone home today. If your student does not have his or her permission slip, then please be sure to have written permission with contact information and the specific trip that you are giving permission for, which in this case would be Fernbank Center of Natural History. This is a day trip. Students may bring a sack lunch or money to order food. We will leave at 9 a.m. and return by 1 p.m. Please make sure all permission slips are returned by Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Thank you for your continued support.
HOMEWORK:
Students are currently presenting on projects from Friday (Forces of Nature or Prehistoric peoples) . So far the projects have been very impressive and well constructed.
Monday: Study Vocabulary Words for the Week: (5-6) sculpted, cascade, spacious, cringe, solemnly, miserable, bestow, anticipate, debris, recall, accost, transfer, unrelenting, humiliation, ridicule.
(7-8) collateral, compensate, congregation, co-author, collide, commencement, coordination, confrontation, commodity, coherent, comment, collaborate, complicate, colloquial, coincide, collapsible, concert, consonant, commiserate.
Students must complete three of the six activities from the Super Speller Packet and turn in at the end of the week for Word Work Credit (due Friday and graded). Please Study words and meanings everyday for success on the Vocabulary Test.
Study for Social Studies tests (5th though 8th Grade)--Earth's Physical Geography for 5-6th Grade and The Beginnings of Human Society for 7-8th Grade.
Tuesday: Students will take a Socrative test on the Language Arts theme book current chapters (Chapters 7 and 8 of Esperanza Rising for 5th and 6th Grade and Chapters 8 and 9 of Eric Liddell: Greater than Gold for 7th and 8th Grade) --Look for the link and student's access code on the Blog tomorrow.
Wednesday: Field Trip-- No Homework Scheduled
Thursday: Study for Friday's Vocabulary Test
Friday: Vocabulary and Bible Memory Verse Tests. All Homework due.
FIELD TRIP:
This week we will be going on one of our first field trips this year. Fifth through Eighth grades will be going to the Fernbank Center of Natural History and Imax theater on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. The cost is $26 and the permission slips have gone home today. If your student does not have his or her permission slip, then please be sure to have written permission with contact information and the specific trip that you are giving permission for, which in this case would be Fernbank Center of Natural History. This is a day trip. Students may bring a sack lunch or money to order food. We will leave at 9 a.m. and return by 1 p.m. Please make sure all permission slips are returned by Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Thank you for your continued support.
HOMEWORK:
Students are currently presenting on projects from Friday (Forces of Nature or Prehistoric peoples) . So far the projects have been very impressive and well constructed.
Monday: Study Vocabulary Words for the Week: (5-6) sculpted, cascade, spacious, cringe, solemnly, miserable, bestow, anticipate, debris, recall, accost, transfer, unrelenting, humiliation, ridicule.
(7-8) collateral, compensate, congregation, co-author, collide, commencement, coordination, confrontation, commodity, coherent, comment, collaborate, complicate, colloquial, coincide, collapsible, concert, consonant, commiserate.
Students must complete three of the six activities from the Super Speller Packet and turn in at the end of the week for Word Work Credit (due Friday and graded). Please Study words and meanings everyday for success on the Vocabulary Test.
Study for Social Studies tests (5th though 8th Grade)--Earth's Physical Geography for 5-6th Grade and The Beginnings of Human Society for 7-8th Grade.
Tuesday: Students will take a Socrative test on the Language Arts theme book current chapters (Chapters 7 and 8 of Esperanza Rising for 5th and 6th Grade and Chapters 8 and 9 of Eric Liddell: Greater than Gold for 7th and 8th Grade) --Look for the link and student's access code on the Blog tomorrow.
Wednesday: Field Trip-- No Homework Scheduled
Thursday: Study for Friday's Vocabulary Test
Friday: Vocabulary and Bible Memory Verse Tests. All Homework due.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
This Week October 26-30, 2015
Happy New Week to Parents and Students!
Just a few announcements for your attention this week: The Fall Extravaganza ( Fall Festival) will be this Sunday, November 1, 2015 from 11a.m. until 3 p.m. The cost is $7 for all games and activities indoors. The Mobile Arcade, Hay Rides, and food/drink booths are extra. All are welcome to come and join in the fun! Parents, if you are available this Sunday, please come and support the school by volunteering at the booths and through your donations and participation. Monies raised will benefit the DAJA school and classrooms.
We are celebrating Red Ribbon Spirit Week to say NO to Drugs this Week. Students are dressing out especially for each day: Monday--Neon, Tuesday--Super Hero, Wednesday--Sports Teams Jerseys, Thursday--Onesies Day, Friday--Wear as much RED as possible.
This week we will be studying several concepts in Social Studies that tie into the Science Curriculum as well. We are learning about the Rotation of the Earth around the Sun and the corresponding Seasons, The layers of the Earth, and the Water cycle/weather and climate as it relates to the geography of the earth. We will have a test on the chapter next week Wednesday, November 4, 2015.
Students in grades 5th and 6th have projects to work on in both Science and Social Studies. In Social Studies, Students will create a 3D diagram of any of the forces that act on the earth: earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami, sinkholes, weathering, erosion, etc. The project will be due on the Friday after next, November 6, 2015. The diagram must describe the force that is being displayed and show the following information: A label with the name of the force, How the force affects the earth and changes it, how people interact with (eg. live with, survive in) the force of nature, and where/how often the force of nature occurs. The diagram can also be done in minecraft, however, please be sure to either create a display with pictures or create a video of the space so that it can be viewed. Please no PowerPoint or posters.
Students in grades 7th and 8th have a project to work on in Social Studies. They will create a 3D display of a group of ancient peoples before the Bronze Age. They must show how these early people interacted with the environment: tools, housing, foods/agriculture, location and social. The display can be a diorama, on Minecraft, built from art materials (clay, salt dough, wood, paper, etc) or any other materials a student deems necessary. The display should clearly demonstrate the previously mentioned aspects of prehistoric life/hunter and gatherer life. Note Cards or a short write up of the group and its interaction with the environment is required as well as a Title Card Sharing the name of the group and location in world. Please no PowerPoint or posters. Their projects are due on Friday, November 6, 2015.
Vocabulary Tests for 5-8 will be on Friday, October 30, 2015. Students have the words recorded in WNB and/or Planners.
Just a few announcements for your attention this week: The Fall Extravaganza ( Fall Festival) will be this Sunday, November 1, 2015 from 11a.m. until 3 p.m. The cost is $7 for all games and activities indoors. The Mobile Arcade, Hay Rides, and food/drink booths are extra. All are welcome to come and join in the fun! Parents, if you are available this Sunday, please come and support the school by volunteering at the booths and through your donations and participation. Monies raised will benefit the DAJA school and classrooms.
We are celebrating Red Ribbon Spirit Week to say NO to Drugs this Week. Students are dressing out especially for each day: Monday--Neon, Tuesday--Super Hero, Wednesday--Sports Teams Jerseys, Thursday--Onesies Day, Friday--Wear as much RED as possible.
This week we will be studying several concepts in Social Studies that tie into the Science Curriculum as well. We are learning about the Rotation of the Earth around the Sun and the corresponding Seasons, The layers of the Earth, and the Water cycle/weather and climate as it relates to the geography of the earth. We will have a test on the chapter next week Wednesday, November 4, 2015.
Students in grades 5th and 6th have projects to work on in both Science and Social Studies. In Social Studies, Students will create a 3D diagram of any of the forces that act on the earth: earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami, sinkholes, weathering, erosion, etc. The project will be due on the Friday after next, November 6, 2015. The diagram must describe the force that is being displayed and show the following information: A label with the name of the force, How the force affects the earth and changes it, how people interact with (eg. live with, survive in) the force of nature, and where/how often the force of nature occurs. The diagram can also be done in minecraft, however, please be sure to either create a display with pictures or create a video of the space so that it can be viewed. Please no PowerPoint or posters.
Students in grades 7th and 8th have a project to work on in Social Studies. They will create a 3D display of a group of ancient peoples before the Bronze Age. They must show how these early people interacted with the environment: tools, housing, foods/agriculture, location and social. The display can be a diorama, on Minecraft, built from art materials (clay, salt dough, wood, paper, etc) or any other materials a student deems necessary. The display should clearly demonstrate the previously mentioned aspects of prehistoric life/hunter and gatherer life. Note Cards or a short write up of the group and its interaction with the environment is required as well as a Title Card Sharing the name of the group and location in world. Please no PowerPoint or posters. Their projects are due on Friday, November 6, 2015.
Vocabulary Tests for 5-8 will be on Friday, October 30, 2015. Students have the words recorded in WNB and/or Planners.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Week of September 28-October 2
Happy New Week Parents! Just in case there was anyone who did not get the reminder sent via email concerning this week's activities, I am providing it here:
Good Afternoon Parents,
This is just a reminder for all students of grades 3-8. This week the teachers of grades 3-8 will be
administering the IOWA Standardized Test. Testing will begin on Tuesday,
September 29, 2015. To ensure that the students perform their best, we are
asking that the students sleep at least 8 hours each night and eat a nutritious
breakfast. No sweetened cereals please. Try to include a fruit and protein.
Thank you for helping us to provide
great environment in which to learn and grow. Have a Blessed Weekend!
Please watch this quick video on taking multiple choice tests to familiarize yourselves with the skills:
7th and 8th Grade Students: Thanks to all students who submitted their Personal History Projects last week. They were well done and very enlightening. Keep up the good work!
5th and 6th: This is a reminder to make sure that your Maps of the World/Different Countries/Places are complete and ready to turn in on Wednesday, October 30, 2015.
Get good rest tonight and have a great week!
5th and 6th: This is a reminder to make sure that your Maps of the World/Different Countries/Places are complete and ready to turn in on Wednesday, October 30, 2015.
Get good rest tonight and have a great week!
Sunday, September 20, 2015
September 21-25, 2015
Happy New Week Parents and Students!
Last week's field trip to Stone Mountain was a great success and students had a great time! This week will be pretty action packed as we approach the close of the first quarter of school. Students will be bringing home midterm reports today in an envelope. Please sign and return those forms by Wednesday of this week.
This week's lessons in Language Arts will center around what makes a complete sentence, the understood subject of imperative (commands and directives) sentences and subjects of interrogative (questions) sentences. We will also be learning more about prominent individuals of Hispanic heritage during Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15) and the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games (7-8). We are also reviewing Author's Purpose (all grades). 5-6th Graders will also be working on creating a Spanish/English Picture Dictionary as they encounter Spanish words from the story (Esperanza Rising) and in their environments. This is an ongoing project until the theme story concludes.
In Social Studies, we will be wrapping up Chapter 1 for all grades and preparing for a Test on Next Tuesday (September 29, 2015). 7-8th graders have a project in which they must create a Personal History which includes the 5 themes of Geography: Location, Place, Regions, Movement, and Impact/Interaction with Environment. Students may create a PowerPoint Presentation, a monologue, a poster, a video or other way to present the information. Students will be graded on Presentation (participation and involvement--25 pts), Display (25pts), Creativity (25pts), Focus on 5 themes (5 pts each--25 pts total).
5-6th Graders will be living like a Geographer this week and creating a map or other type of representation of a place of their choice on earth using the tools Geographers use such as globes, photographs, or GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Students will choose a location in the world to create a map, image or other type of representation (globe, relief map, replica of satellite imagery) of that place on the earth. They may use Google Earth, Maps online, satellite imaging, globes and Photographs of those places. Students will be graded on accuracy (as much is as possible--25pts), use of resources (cite where information was found--25pts), Creativity (25pts) and Appearance (Don't repeat--be neat!--25 pts). Please include the following: compass rose, scale, type of map/projection. Latitude and Longitude are welcome, but not required. Please do not print out a copy of a map made by someone else as it will not be accepted.
In Spanish we are still on Lesson 3 about enfermedad y salud (illness and health). We will have a quiz this week on Lesson 3. Please be sure to watch the videos on Ser and Estar on Last week's blog post. You can go to the post by clicking here.
Videos:
This week's videos will focus on the use of Primary Sources...
And our featured person of Hispanic Heritage for Hispanic Heritage Month:
Here is a quick video on how to cite sources for Internet and other uses:
Homework for this week:
Study for Vocabulary and Bible this week (Tests on Friday)
Complete Social Studies Projects (7-8th due Wednesday (Sept 23); 5-6th due Wednesday (Sept 30)). Watch the video on Primary Sources posted above and bring in a personal primary source (from your home, heritage or family) to share with the class by Wednesday of your project's due date (E.g. Ms. Wilson's picture of her Great-Grandmother from earlier in the school year is a primary source).
Watch the video posted above on Sonia Sotomayor (first Hispanic Supreme Court justice). Write a short summary of what you learned about her accomplishments and her heritage.
Complete Study Guide (to be given this Wednesday) for Chapter 1 in Social Studies (all Grades). All Test will be on Tuesday (Sept 29).
Be on the look out for some other videos later this week!
English Homework:
Students will complete p.40-55 this week (7th)
Students will complete p. 37-49 this week (8th)
Students will complete p 37-43 this week (5th)
Students will complete p35-48 this week (6th)
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Homework and Vocabulary Words
Good Evening Parents and Students!
I just wanted to make available the vocabulary words for the test on Friday. Students should already have these words and definitions in their notebooks; however, I am making them available for your convenience.
5/6th Grade:
fiesta
porcelain
sympathetic
Abuelita
crochet
resurrected
generations
trellis
valise
papaya
7/8th Grade:
disinfect
nonchalant
dissatisfied
unemployment
deodorant
nonpayment
disadvantage
unbreakable
nonpartisan
deception
unwieldy
displeasure
nonconformity
unguarded
disconnect
nonflammable
depreciate
disrespect
nonproductive
disembark
Videos on the use of Ser and Estar:
I just wanted to make available the vocabulary words for the test on Friday. Students should already have these words and definitions in their notebooks; however, I am making them available for your convenience.
5/6th Grade:
fiesta
porcelain
sympathetic
Abuelita
crochet
resurrected
generations
trellis
valise
papaya
7/8th Grade:
disinfect
nonchalant
dissatisfied
unemployment
deodorant
nonpayment
disadvantage
unbreakable
nonpartisan
deception
unwieldy
displeasure
nonconformity
unguarded
disconnect
nonflammable
depreciate
disrespect
nonproductive
disembark
Videos on the use of Ser and Estar:
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Week of September 14-18, 2015
Happy New Week Parents and Students!
Thanks to all the Grandparents who were able to attend this year's Grandparent's Day. Your students made them feel loved and special.
Both students and parents may join my Remind messenger by using the following link: https://www.remind.com/join/daja5 or by sending the text message @daja5 to 81010. If you ever need to send me a message directly, you can email at daja5@mail.remind.com, chanisha.wilson@gmail.com or through Class Dojo. Speaking of Class Dojo, if you joined the Dojo in the 5th grade class and found yourself removed from the list, please let me know and I will send a new sign up or input your email to be sure that you are receiving all notifications.
This week in Language Arts we are focusing on using our punctuation accurately and determining what makes a simple and complete subject/predicate in a sentence. In Reader's and Writer's workshop we will practice building stamina in our writing and determining why authors write.
All students will continue to focus on applying the 5 themes of Geography as they continue with Chapter 1 in Social Studies. 7th and 8th grade will have an upcoming project soon, so please be on the lookout for that information by the following week.
In Spanish students will review the basic greetings and social questions ( How old are you? What is your name?) and add new structures dealing with health (salud) and illness (enfermedad).
Video: Author's Purpose--This is just an introductory video about Author's Purpose and choosing a purpose for writing.
Here is another video that should make you smile when you think about the Author's Purpose.
Homework:
Spanish--Create a Picture Dictionary of the words and structures from Lessons 1-3. Due Friday
Language Arts-- Use three of the six practice activities from the Super Speller List in your Student Notebooks to prepare for your Vocabulary Test this Friday.
Create a section in your WNB for Noticing the World and Crafting Sentences (2 total)-- Ongoing
Complete the following Prompt: Look at the picture below. Decide your purpose for writing this piece (P.I.E.--persuade, inform, entertain) and then create a piece of writing based off of your purpose and the picture. This is due on Thursday.
Bible--Study Lesson 3 Memory Verse for Test on Friday
Thanks to all the Grandparents who were able to attend this year's Grandparent's Day. Your students made them feel loved and special.
Both students and parents may join my Remind messenger by using the following link: https://www.remind.com/join/daja5 or by sending the text message @daja5 to 81010. If you ever need to send me a message directly, you can email at daja5@mail.remind.com, chanisha.wilson@gmail.com or through Class Dojo. Speaking of Class Dojo, if you joined the Dojo in the 5th grade class and found yourself removed from the list, please let me know and I will send a new sign up or input your email to be sure that you are receiving all notifications.
This week in Language Arts we are focusing on using our punctuation accurately and determining what makes a simple and complete subject/predicate in a sentence. In Reader's and Writer's workshop we will practice building stamina in our writing and determining why authors write.
All students will continue to focus on applying the 5 themes of Geography as they continue with Chapter 1 in Social Studies. 7th and 8th grade will have an upcoming project soon, so please be on the lookout for that information by the following week.
In Spanish students will review the basic greetings and social questions ( How old are you? What is your name?) and add new structures dealing with health (salud) and illness (enfermedad).
Homework:
Spanish--Create a Picture Dictionary of the words and structures from Lessons 1-3. Due Friday
Language Arts-- Use three of the six practice activities from the Super Speller List in your Student Notebooks to prepare for your Vocabulary Test this Friday.
Create a section in your WNB for Noticing the World and Crafting Sentences (2 total)-- Ongoing
Complete the following Prompt: Look at the picture below. Decide your purpose for writing this piece (P.I.E.--persuade, inform, entertain) and then create a piece of writing based off of your purpose and the picture. This is due on Thursday.
Bible--Study Lesson 3 Memory Verse for Test on Friday
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