Welcome to the October Open Team Meeting!

Earthshaker English Language Arts Liz Sheldon

Author Research Project: Novel by Author completed by Sunday, November 15th Author Project due Friday, November 13th Novel Reflections due Friday November 20th

Plot Structure, Tone/Mood, Theme

Any 3 “Needs Work” mark earns the student a detention. Classdojo The Earthshaker Team is using ClassDojo to document behavior, completion of assignments, and class participation. A report is available at all times to see how your child is doing. If you have not signed up using the code, please let us know and we will give you the information. Any 3 “Needs Work” mark earns the student a detention.

Earthshaker Social Studies Kathy Wofford

Water Walk and Trick or Treat for UNICEF If your child chose to participate in the UNICEF project, please have them return their box with change by Tuesday, Nov. 2nd.

Please return Trick or Treat for UNICEF boxes by Tues., Nov. 2nd.

Project Based Learning Students will begin working in groups throughout the year on PBL projects. Groups will change for each project. Students are learning the following skills - Collaboration Communication Creativity Problem Solving New Technology Skills

First PBL - South and Central America How do the GDP’s per capita, governments, geography and cultures compare in the different countries? Groups will present their projects to class It is important that students bring their ear buds and atlas to class each day. Ear buds are available for $3.00 in the Raider Shop.

Next Unit of Study - Europe We will continue covering the geography of the world with Daily Geography. Some websites that will help your child - www.yourchildlearns.com www.sheppardsoftware.com studystack.com

Earthshaker Math Lisa Vaughan

Math QUIZ – Tuesday, November 3 over Multiplying and Dividing Integers TEST - Friday, November 6 over all Integer Operations Next Unit – Proportionality: Rates, Ratios, and Percents

Math Information Morning Tutorials- 7:45-8:10am. Can check homework, prepare for next assessment, ask math questions, make up assessments. Website – Notes and homework are posted on my google calendar at the end of each day. If absent or lost homework, please check attachments on calendar. (Must be signed in to google with student login to view/print attachments).

School Websites Team Calendar...www.hpisd.org; Schools; MIS and HPMS website; MIS; MIS Core Teams; Earthshakers Just Math...bit.ly/vaughanmath Online textbook…..my.hrw.com Username: firstname.lastname@stu.hpisd.org Password: LV123456

Math Websites www.khanacademy.org www.brainpop.com (User: hpisd,Password: mis) www.math-play.com www.softschools.com www.sheppardsoftware.com www.xpmath.com www.mathisfun.com www.arcademics.com

Earthshaker Science Ms. Asher

What We’ve Learned 3 Types of Scientific Investigations: Descriptive, Comparative, Experimental CSI Lab, Brown Apple Oxidation Lab, Helicopter Lab Lab Safety Lab Tools Metric Measurement: Length, Mass, Volume of Liquids & Solids, Displacement Ice Cream Lab Calculating Density

CHEMISTRY Quiz Tomorrow, October 30 Properties of Matter – Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter – Physical and Chemical Elephant Toothpaste, Physical & Chemical Changes Lab Next Up: Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids Elements and Compounds Periodic Table Next Unit: Energy Potential and Kinetic Energy Thermal Energy Transfer 9 forms of Energy and Transformations

4 Unit Tests This Year Chemistry Unit Test week of November 16 Covers what we’ve learned in Chemistry In gradebook the score will be broken down by TEKS. It will appear as multiple assignments in gradebook. 6.6B (Calculating density) 100=Got all correct, mastered content 6.5C (Differentiate between elements and compounds) 50=Got half correct, need to work on this TEKS in tutorials

Thank you for attending our Open Team Meeting Thank you for attending our Open Team Meeting. We look forward to seeing you again on January 13th, here in the 5/6 Assembly Room.