Open Team Meeting - October 18th, 2017 House of Agnew Open Team Meeting - October 18th, 2017

Math - Mrs. Price Test on Tuesday, October 24th Multiply decimals/divide decimals with decimal in the dividend Raw problems and word problems Students should be FLUENT with their multiplication facts Unit 2 Review is homework tonight. (Paper copy) We will go over it tomorrow in class and I’ll post the answer key on my calendar Office Hours: Every Wednesday with me, every Tuesday with Mrs. Griffin Retake Policy: Major assessments usually replace minor assessment grades Encourage your child to become comfortable with asking for help! Advisory is a great time to come in and ask a quick question Coming Up: Fractions and Fraction Tutorial Mini Project

TAG Math - Mrs. Price Family Movie Night Projects due October 24th Concepts: multiply decimals/divide decimals with decimal in dividend or divisor Students will present in front of our class and Mrs. Griffin’s class Office Hours: Every Tuesday with me, every Thursday with Mrs. Griffin Retake Policy: Major assessments usually replace minor assessment grades Encourage your child to become comfortable with asking for help! Advisory is a great time to come in and ask a quick question Coming Up: Integer Operations (Unit 2C)

Maternity Leave - Mrs. Price I will be out January - Early April Ms. Harrison will be my long term sub Mrs. Griffin will be a great resource during this time. Use her for office hours as well as Ms. Harrison. Our office hours schedule is posted on my MIS homepage (Also right outside my classroom door if you want to take a photo)

Science - Mrs. Stager Science project Part I completed Research websites and databases- educational research site (no more Googling) Creating Bibliographies Research process- taking notes, creating our own work Science project Part II- due day of presentation (Oct. 25 or 26) Presentation and 3D object

Science- Mrs. Stager Finish Unit 1 Safety tools and rules Lab equipment Processes of science- writing hypothesis, testable questions, inferences and observations Unit 2- Properties of matter How we classify matter, mixtures, solutions, melting/freezing points, etc.

Science - Mrs. Stager Grades Quizzes- minor assessments, announced one week in advance Tests- major assessments, announced one week in advance Quick checks- minor assessments, not announced, meant to assess current level of knowledge of concepts, some grades replaced after unit test Retake Policy: Major assessments may be re-tested is score is less than 85. Highest score on retest is 85.

Science - Mrs. Stager Sky Ranch Forms- Due Thursday, November 2 Participant form Medical History Form Guidelines for administration of medication- one day drop off only Sky Ranch roommate request forms- Due Friday October 27 No guarantees Chaperone Meeting- Monday, November 13, 5PM

Social Studies - Ms. Durgin & Dr. Blackwell Currently Native Americans & Early Colonies utilize resources Next Nine Weeks Road to Revolution American Revolution Government Ongoing-Geography, Economy, and Current Events

ELA - Dr. Blackwell & Ms. Durgin LA: Major Assessments Test on Characterization & Conflict-October 20th Final draft of Personal Narrative due October 20th (Blackwell) Oct. 25 (Durgin) Next Nine Weeks Focus on Nonfiction Book Clubs Expository Writing Biblionasium