Student Planners and Assignments
Hello Students and Parents,
As the year is progressing, the correlation between homework assignments and class success is becoming more apparent everyday. In order to keep up to speed on what/when assignments are due it is imperative that students develop a system of organization. At ISB and in my classes our system is centered around student planners. (Every student receives an ISB student planner in the fall.)
As technology advances and the accessibility to Internet, email, and websites becomes increasingly part of our lives, I continue to believe that personal communication is the most valuable way to check in with your child. As discussed at parent teacher night your child is the best source for you to find out what is going on in class.
In science and math classes their is a designated time at the end of the day to write homework assignments in our planner. We do this as a class and it is expected that your student participate because knowing what is assigned is the first step to being successful at completing homework. For absent students a running planner that I keep will be accessible in class. Please check in with your student and ask to see their planner as this is where the conversation about homework can begin.
Every class also has a running journal of in-class notes that I keep with daily class progress. If your student is absent or unsure of in-class work this is the first place to start.
We are off to a great start with a high percentage of students completing homework assignments. Thank you for your support and help in making our students successful learners!
Happy Fall,
Caitlin Anghilante
As the year is progressing, the correlation between homework assignments and class success is becoming more apparent everyday. In order to keep up to speed on what/when assignments are due it is imperative that students develop a system of organization. At ISB and in my classes our system is centered around student planners. (Every student receives an ISB student planner in the fall.)
As technology advances and the accessibility to Internet, email, and websites becomes increasingly part of our lives, I continue to believe that personal communication is the most valuable way to check in with your child. As discussed at parent teacher night your child is the best source for you to find out what is going on in class.
In science and math classes their is a designated time at the end of the day to write homework assignments in our planner. We do this as a class and it is expected that your student participate because knowing what is assigned is the first step to being successful at completing homework. For absent students a running planner that I keep will be accessible in class. Please check in with your student and ask to see their planner as this is where the conversation about homework can begin.
Every class also has a running journal of in-class notes that I keep with daily class progress. If your student is absent or unsure of in-class work this is the first place to start.
We are off to a great start with a high percentage of students completing homework assignments. Thank you for your support and help in making our students successful learners!
Happy Fall,
Caitlin Anghilante
Science 6--Week of 9/22
This week in science we have been exploring inquiry!
We are actively participating in the "Designing the Investigation" phase as students are creating experiments at home to answer the question: "How can you make a penny the shiniest?"
This is a pre-assessment, so take a deep breath! Do the best you can and follow the rubric provided in class. This should be done on a SEPARATE sheet of paper of turn-in quality.
A day students: Penny lab Due FRIDAY
B day students: Penny Lab Due THURSDAY
Wednesday/Thursday= Technology class. Students should always have tech journals handy in their back packs.
Friday/Monday= Homework check/Journal Quiz
* Designing the Investigation continued
**delay in post due to sickness and technical difficulties. My apologies, but students should have accurate information from class.
Algebra/Math 8--Week of 9/22
This week in math we will be working on starting the journey for the Overland Trail.
Monday:
Homework check (HW #4 "Family Constraints")
Planning for the Journey Pt.1 and Pt.2
Final drafts of families due--each person responsible for 1 type
HW: "Party Time" Due FRIDAY
How does a Hawaiian Baritone Laugh? Due: Wednesday
Wednesday:
Homework check (HW: How does a Hawaiian Baritone Laugh?)
Planning for the Journey Pt. 2
Writing equations
HW:
"Party Time" Due FRIDAY
Friday Quiz
Back to school night! 9/18-- 6 pm!
Howdy Parents,
This Thursday night (9/18) you will have the opportunity to experience a "Day in the Life of Your Student...". Actually, it will be two days! Luckily we have shortened the A/B day so classes will only be about 10 minutes! The fun starts at 6 pm!
This is an opportunity for us to meet and for you to get a glimpse of what the year will look like for 6th grade science, 8th grade math, and Algebra at ISB!
I look forward to meeting you and working together to make this a successful year for your student at ISB.
Cheers,
Caitlin Anghilante
Science/Math
International School of Beaverton
Math 8 and Algebra 1-- Week of 9/15
This week we will continue our Interactive Math Program (IMP) unit on the Overland Trail!
HW Due Tuesday:
Classwork: Each group member needs to have 4 family units with ages, gender, relationships, and names.
Homework: Hw #2 "Hats for the Family"
Tuesday: Display families, family constraints, HW #3 "The search for dry trails" pg. 201
Thursday: The journey begins...... HW #5 "Lunchtime"pg. 208
Quiz Alert: We will have a quiz Monday 9/22! All classwork, warm-ups, and homework is fair game so be sure to be familiar with it and ask for help if you are feeling shaky.
***As always, information subject to change! The most accurate information is what you receive in class!
Science 6--Week of 9/15/08
What is Science?
This week we will continue our investigation of "What is Science?" We will be looking further at observations and how we interpret the data we collect with our senses.
Upcoming Labs:
Do you see what I see?--students will use quantitative and qualitative observations to communicate with each other about samples from the natural world. Volunteers please remember to bring your items (4 of the same) to class.
Penny lab-
This at home lab will be used to investigate changes in experimental design and variables. Students will do some work on this lab at school but expect to see "hands-on homework" happening later this week and into next week.
Inquiry and the Learning Cycle--
Formal investigation as to what the inquiry cycle is and practice on developing our skills in each of the steps. These concepts of the learning/inquiry cycle will drive this unit "What is Science?" and students should expect a synthesis project bringing our learning all together with each component at the conclusion. More to come.....
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