mighty minds open team meeting october 28, 2015 sciencescience mary kelch sobhani
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Mighty Minds Open Team Meeting
Mighty Minds Open Team Meeting
October 28, 2015
SCIENCESCIENCE
Mary Kelch Sobhani
Currently, we are:
Exploring Energy…–Potential/Kinetic Energy
[JASON Learning Coaster Creator]
–Energy Transformations [JASON Learning Transform It!]
– Energy Resources–[JASON Learning Energy City]
Coming Up…• Next Science Units –
o Physics o Engineering/Robotics
• Rocketry – Parent Volunteers
“21st Century” Skillset
Critical thinking & problem solvingCommunicationCollaboration Creativity & innovation[Partnership for 21st Century Skills @ http://www.p21.org/]
Resources! Resources! Resources!
LANGUAGE ARTSLANGUAGE ARTS
Angelique Foster
Character Analysis EssayCharacter traitsLeadsIdea organizationClear thesis statement“So What?”
First half of The Phantom Tollbooth
Personal technology options!
Just Completed
Author project planning!Bag-o’-Skills!
Citing source materials Extracting important information Highlighting skills /Outlining/Labeling Notecards: direct quote, paraphrase,
summary Synthesizing: Digital Narrated Comic
Multi-paragraph Essay
Book “Promo”
Personal technology options!
Current News
Plot Structure – author novel
Current News
Plot StructureConflict and its Impact in stories
ThemeCharacter changeMulti-paragraph essay writing
Coming Up!
Spelling Bee -Classroom: Before Winter Break -School: Date TBA, 4pm
HPMS/MIS auditorium
Coming Up!
Elements of Literature•class novels studies•pleasure reading
My Personal Editing List
Reading “Club”
Coming Up!
MATHMATH
Cindy Hodgkinson
• Whole numbers / Decimals Fractions
• Currently working on Integers
• Redo’s on homework
• Quality Work
Coming up next:
• Rates• Ratio• Proportion• Percent• Integer Test next week
• Notes, Notes, Notes!!!!
• Homework– Check your child’s agenda – Visit teacher website for homework
• Be prepared for Class– Keep an organized homework folder– File papers in Binder– Notebook Paper, Pencils, Red Pen, Math book
Tips for Success
Online textbook…..my.hrw.comUsername: [email protected]: CH123456
Resources:Hpmath.comBrainpop.com (user- hpisd; p/w - mis)www.khanacademy.org
WORLD STUDIESWORLD STUDIES
Lynn Simoneaux
It’s been great so far…
We’ve been busy
Acquiring amazing Geography skills, such as Population Density
S p a r s e l y populated
Densely Populated
Defining and exploring our “Culture”
Thanking our First Responders and our Veterans for their
Service
Lt. Lance Koppa of Highland Park First Responders spoke with 6th graders on 9/11 about how they keep us safe!
Learning through PBLs (“Problem-based Learning”)
Global Issues Project
We Thought of the World as a Village of 100 People
…and how different some people’s lives are…
Performing a “Water Walk”
Using our new Google Chromebooks
Global Issues Projects
created in Google
Slides, using Google
Classroom
Thank you, parents, for yourwonderful support of the online Registration Technology Fund AND also Mad for Plaid. Your generosity has allowed many of us to acquire the technologywe need to teach your children!
Canada/U.S. Comparison
Research: Digital
Presentations and lively
classroom Debates!
DIGITAL or DEBATE?
My country is BEST Debates:
U.S. v Canada
Looks friendly, right?
Gummy-ment
Taiwanese Exchange Students Visit MIS 6th
graders
When you accept a gift you bow!
Our Friends from Taiwanshare their culture!
Current Study: Mexico and Central America
We have just begun our study of Latin America, creating a Map and reading of articles in our Junior Scholastic magazine
Next: Latin America Research
Future Studies
Your Involvement• Our World
Studies experience will be enriched by your input.
We welcome visitors to class who can share global experiences!
We are looking for people in other countries to contact by Skype or email
Junior Scholastic Magazine
Junior Scholastic online magazine:www.scholastic.com/jsclick: student sign-inp/w: rolls22
Digital access to our NEW textbook
bit.ly/HPPearson
Use your usual school login
The PROGRAMS green box will take you to the textbook with digital extras!
The CLASSES orange box goes to your assignments AND to the E version of your textbook, which is set up just like the paper textbook used in class. You may listen to the narrator read to you.
Shhh… This Halloween we will be MUMMIFYING a Chicken!
(Don’t TELL … secret!)
(Canopic jars for the organs!)