10/11/22 - Indigenous People's Day - No School
10/14/22 - Pride Stride
10/21/22 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students
10/24/22 - Chicago Metro History Fair Workshop @ Coonley
10/26/22 - High School Entrance Exam
10/28/22 - Middle School Dance
11/8/22 - Election Day - No School
Reminders:
- Make sure to sign up students for Pride Stride. It would be great to enjoy popsicles and an extra recess. 8th graders love both, 8th grade teachers too!
- Please take care of your student's Graduation Fee of $130.00 as soon as possible at the Coonley E-pay site. We are in the process of booking sites and materials many of which require deposits. Thank you.
- Ms. Wheatman, our counselor, will continue individual meetings with students to discuss the High School Application process during advisory.
Homeroom/Advisory - We will continue the 7 Mindsets: Unit 1 with a focus on Everything is Possible: Embrace Creativity. We are continuing to read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson as our Equity Read Aloud on Wednesdays. Thursdays - students had time for Free Reading. On Friday, we will check Google Classroom Submissions to ensure all assignments were submitted, checked Aspen Gradebook for any missing word/assignments or opportunities for retakes, cleaned out binders, desks and lockers as needed.
ELA - This coming week, students will perform their group scenes from Act 2 in class. They unpacked the embedded assessment rubric and are focusing on performance aspects of Communicating Ideas, Structure, and Use of Language to enhance their scenes and use humor to convey 12th Night's Universal Truth. Students will share out new vocabulary, and annotations for literary devices that are highlighted in their groups scene.
Civics/Social Science - Students have been completing and inquiry and research on a particular First Amendment right in Launch 1-4. They will be sharing out their findings early next week. Students will begin their Annotated Bibliography of sources for their History Fair topic using a template to guide their citations. We will look at Launch 1:5 with a focus on the limits of our rights.
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If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].