March Open Team Meeting, ExMo
- 1. ExMo March 20,2013 Open Team Meeting
- 2. Science Energy/Physics Unit –Potential vs. kinetic energy – Transformation of energy – Calculating speed with games • Bike Race and Hill Climb – Simple Machines – Newton’s Laws of Motion – Energy Sources/ Energy City Project • Design a city that runs on alternate energy sources
- 3. Science Project: Physics Olympics – 5 day project – Design an event for the Physics Olympics – Creativity, collaboration, and athleticism – Newton’s Laws of Motion – Balanced and unbalanced forces – Speed= distance/time – Create a graph showing motion
- 4. Science Ecology and Geology – Ecosystems – abiotic and biotic factors – Earth’s structure and plate tectonics – Rocks and the rock cycle Biology – Classification – Domains and Kingdoms – Microscopes – Earthworm Dissection – organization of cells Rocketry - Build and launch model rockets
- 5. Social Studies • Currentunit – Europe – Western – test grades on Skyward • We learned about European cultures, created postcards, heard classical music, and read Grimm Bros. fairytales! – Eastern –overview covering Central Europe and Russia – Quiz - Wed. March 27th
- 6. Social Studies • Sub-SaharanAfrica – Analyze the people, cultures, history, and environment of regions of Africa. – Learn about the legacy of colonialism and the impact on Africa. – Stay up-to-date with current events through news articles, clips, and discussion.
- 7. Social Studies • NorthAmerica – Canada – Group projects – government structure, environmental issues, wildlife preservation, indigenous cultures & colonial cultures
- 8. Social Studies • Central& South America – Indigenous cultures, Spanish Colonialism, Independent Mexico – Culture: art, music, religion – Current Events: economy, drug cartel, immigration, NAFTA – Geography: rainforests, desert
- 9. Language Arts STAAR tutorials •In class, questions targeting trouble areas in STAAR format • Going over questions from benchmark
- 10. Language Arts Reading: • TAG= historical fiction & Shakespeare – Text-to-text connections • Standard = short stories • Everyone = poetry
- 11. Language Arts Reading/writing connection •TAG = society rules essay & sonnets • Standard = short story
- 12. TAG Project Radio BroadcastPodcast – Internet research – Narrative skills – Script writing – Listening/speaking skills – Collaboration skills
- 13. Language Arts Listening/speaking connection •Poetry Coffee House – Thurs., May 30th More information in May!
- 14. Math – 1st/2nd •We just started a unit on Geometry – Identifying geometric attributes – Angles – Polygons – Transformations Next Test: April 2nd
- 15. Math – 1st/2nd Next: •Measurements of Geometric Shapes/Solids – Perimeter of polygons – Areas of Shapes – 3D figures/nets
- 16. Math – 1st/2nd After the STAAR test… • Multiplying and dividing fractions • Adding and subtracting positive and negative integers • Multiplying and dividing positive and negative integers
- 17. Math – 4th/5th •Continuing the Stock Market Game – Will end on 4/12 – Binder due on 4/19 • We are finishing up Geometry – Test on Friday! • Next: – Formulas and Volume • Metric/Customary conversions • Perimeters of polygons • Circumference, areas of squares, circles, and more!
- 18. TAG Math News– 4th/5th After the STAAR test… • Surface area of 3D shapes • Pythagorean Theorem
- 19. STAAR Test • Math– April 23rd • Reading – April 24th
- 20. 7th Grade PlacementTest • May 21-22 (Taken in class) • The kids do not need to study for the test. It will test their ability on concepts they have not learned yet and how well they can pick up on them.
- 21. 7th Grade PlacementTest • Students in regular math this year: – Placement will determine whether they will go into regular 7th grade math or Pre-Algebra (7th and 8th combined). • Students in TAG math this year: – Placement will determine whether they go into regular 7th grade TAG math (doing 8th grade concepts) or Algebra I.
- 22. 90… 90… 90… –Overall grade this year - 90% – This year’s STAAR score* – 90% – Placement test – 90%
- 23. Further questions? • Ifyou have further questions about the placement test, please fill out an index card with your question and email address. I will be happy to send you an email!