Although the magazine sale wrapped up last week, student council is still accepting magazine orders through next week. If your student has sold any magazines (or you or your family members would like to place an order) please feel free to do so! Checks should be made out to Avonworth Middle School.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Mock Trial
The verdict is in! English 8 spent last week preparing for a Mock Trial. The purpose of the trial is to develop argumentative reasoning - using evidence to prove an argument in an organized and clear manner. Students acted as lawyers or witnesses and developed arguments that proved that the doctors from the short story "Flowers for Algernon" were either liable for their actions during the experiment on Charlie Gordon or that they were not liable. Students did a great job! Visiting judges included Dr. Ralston, Mrs. White, Mr. Hall, Mrs. Applegate, Mrs. Clare and Miss Spiker. Each decision was a tough one, but students had a chance to understand how strong arguments are developed and presented to an audience.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Layered Curriculum started this week
Students will be completing a layered curriculum starting Wednesday, 10/29, until the end of November. A layered curriculum is a unit of study designed to allow students to choose activities from a bank of possible activities. The daily mini-lessons teach specific topics and skills while students work on content at their own pace. The layered curriculum’s assignment sheet, a menu of possible tasks, indicates all of the offered activities and their point value. Most of the assignments are available on the class website, www.HaskinsSci8.info.
Only a single grade will be on Edline reports for each category such as “C1, C2, etc.” The weight will be as indicated on the assignment sheet.
When your child has completed an assignment, the teacher will sign the assignment sheet (menu) in the project folder. All graded work should be added to the project folder. Here are some helpful websites to guide you through the layered curriculum:
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Project folder for science class
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[science] Students need to bring their project folder with 3 fasteners to class tomorrow. Some folders have been stored in the lab!
[science] Students need to bring their project folder with 3 fasteners to class tomorrow. Some folders have been stored in the lab!
Second-nine week grading period begins!
The second-nine week grading period
begins today, Tuesday, October 28!
begins today, Tuesday, October 28!
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Don't forget that Student Council is sponsoring Spirit Week! Oct 27-31!
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Don't forget that Student Council is sponsoring Spirit Week! Oct 27-31! Tomorrow is PJ Day! Read more: http://amsgrade8.blogspot.com/2014/10/spirit-week.html
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