Backyard work in Progress, by DAS PVO...Backyard work in Progress, by DAS PVO We are very lucky to have such an organized PVO at our school. They are reorganizing the school backyard

Hello Discovery Academy of Science Friends and Families, 10/02/2020

Backyard work in Progress, by DAS PVO We are very lucky to have such an organized PVO at our school. They are reorganizing the school backyard so

our students can enjoy lunches or outdoor activities during recess. This is so important during such time we go through due to pandemic. As you are aware, students have to each lunch in their classes. I am grateful to each one of the volunteers. I am looking forward to see the change on Monday. Stay tuned at our school facebook page. Thank you.

2nd Quarter Learning Options for Parents We have sent out the 2nd quarter learning choice options survey, Wednesday, Sep 30th. You can access the survey from this link. You will need your student’s DAS Connect username and student ID to fill out the form.

• September 30: Parent survey out via email, school website and DAS facebook account.• October 9: Due date for parents to submit their choices.• October 9-16: DAS Admin will make schedule adjustments IF needed.• October 19-23: Schedules communicated to parents• October 23: The last day of Quarter-1• October 27: First day of the second quarter for students.

- As of Monday, September 28, we won’t be able to make any changes from E-Learning to face to facemodel until the end of 1st quarter.

E-Learning Updates- If you have any tech or curriculum-related questions, please contact your E-Learning teacher first. If they

can't solve it, they will direct you to the right person at DAS.- We expect lower elementary school parents read all the communication from classroom teachers very

carefully. If you have any questions the best method to communicate with your teacher is to email.- E-Learning students must use their school google accounts while they are in E-Learning. If

the student workstation is logged into any other google account previously other thanschool account, you may encounter problems accessing some of the digital resources.

Progress Reports & DAS Online Resources - 1st quarter progress reports are distributed to all face to face learning model students. E-Learning 2.0

students and families can access the report from DAS Connect. To learn how to access progress reportsonline click HERE

- The last day of 1st quarter is Friday, October 23rd.- Progress report grades are not final, it only shows your student’s progress mid-quarter. Please contact your

teacher if you have any questions about the assignments or grades.- AR Platform: DAS AR system was mostly up during summer. Many students in K-5 participated summer

AR program. DAS Elementary teachers are now working on student's AR goals for the first 9 weeks.Please contact your classroom teacher about your child's AR goal. Please remember that all kids in grades1-5 will have AR goals to reach in each quarter. Happy Reading DAS Tigers �����

- NWEA MAP learning path are now active at your student’s study island account. This is such a great toolfor intervention or enrichment based on your student’s score. The learning path is custom to each studentbased on their weaknesses and strengths. Please contact your classroom or subject teacher if you have anyquestions regarding how to use it.

Emre Akbaba, M. Ed. Principal

Greetings DAS Students and Families.

I hope you all had a very good week. I have met with your teachers and review your students’ NWEA scores

and their class performances together. I have created your students’ learning path on their Study Island accounts.

Your teachers will meet with your students and set achievable long- and short-term goals with them. Students will

also have weekly blue-ribbon goals to achieve.

Also, our intervention team is diligently working on supporting our students who need extra help. Those, who

scored below 50th percentile on the NWEA tests, will have supplementary I-ready lessons to work on in class and at

home. I-ready will prepare student specific lessons based on their needs and progress monitor students on a regular

basis. Your teachers will be in touch with you about your child’s progress.

In addition to above, in elementary classes, we extend our gifted and advanced service via enrichment

activities which are based on real word problem solving projects that stimulates high order critical thinking skills. This

project is also available for our e-learning students.

Here are the important dates and event:

Quarter 2 Parent Survey for Learning Model (F2F v. E-Learning)

• We have released the parent survey for the quarter 2 until Oct 9. (mark your calendars)

• You must submit your choice even if you do not intend to change your current learning model

• If you have more than one child attending DAS, you must make separate submission for each of your children

• Your student will be placed in your requested learning model for the entire Q2 (Oct 26-Jan 15) and your request for changing the learning model will not be granted during Q2.

• Please note that request for switching the current learning model between face-to-face to E-learning will

NOT be granted until the 2nd quarter.

Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTC)

• We are planning to hold virtual parent teacher conferences after Q1

• The tentative dates are Oct 27-30 after 3pm

Dates and Upcoming events:

• End of Quarter 1: Friday, Oct 23

• 100% AR goal completion due: Thursday, Oct 22 (your teacher may have an earlier cut off date please follow

your teacher’s instructions.

• No school for students: Monday, Oct 26

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend

Mr. Melihcan Duman has been the assistant principal at Discovery Academy since 2014.

Previously, he had worked as math and science teacher. He has a master’s degree in

educational leadership. He is a father of two; Omer Faruk (6) and Iclal Melisa (3).

Assistant Principal’s Corner

Discovery Academy of Science October 2, 2020

WEEKLY NEWS FROM YOUR DEAN OF STUDENTS!

School Store is Open!

Friday’s will always be the official day

for the DAS School Store to be open for

the students! Every homeroom teacher

has their very own school store for this

school year to help prevent

unnecessary exposure to others.

Students can purchase items such as

pens, pencils, erasers, notepads,

popcorn day tickets, Dress Down Day

tickets, and the quarterly incentives!

GOTCHAS!

Each staff member receives 10 tickets

per quarter & writes his/her name on

each. Receiving student will write

this/her name on it, as well and place in

jar at the desk in the main office.

I will draw several names from the jar

every 2 weeks! The first 5 names will

get to choose something from the small

items. The 6th name pulled will win

free entry to the next quarterly

incentive. Those pulled names are

emptied out to make room for new

ones! Students' names can be pulled

more than once per quarter, except for

the Grand Raffle winner.

There will be another drawing in 2

weeks!

Fun Events Coming Up! What: Dress Down Day! When: Friday, October 9, 2020 Time: All Day Cost: 5 Tiger Bucks or $5 cash

The Incentive for Quarter 1 What: Kona Ice Truck Visit! When: Friday, October 23, 2019 Time: 11:30-2:3- How to purchase: Students get a ticket from the DAS school store or their homeroom teacher. Cost: 20 Tiger Bucks

Be on

Students and staff members can submit their

videos to me of the DAS Student Pledge, the

Pledge of Allegiance, and the Joke of the Day!

You may see yourself on the next episode of

TIGER TV!

just check out the following links to submit yours!

Joke of the Day:

https://forms.gle/kwL6BWyhr7JAwokn7

Pledges: https://forms.gle/U6FxsufuM4H2uRNXA

Character Education

This month’s character trait is

RESPONSIBILITY!

• Responsibility means you

do the things you are

supposed to do and accept

the results of your actions.

• A responsibility: something

you are expected to do

• Being responsible: doing

the things you are

supposed to do

• Accepting responsibility:

taking the praise or the

blame for something you

have done

We will be watching our

students closely to see who can

lead by example and display

respect all year long. They will

be rewarded with praise and

Tiger Bucks!

8th Grade Graduation

We are currently looking for

TWO 8th grade students to serve

on this year’s committee! If you

are interested: https://forms.gle/NHTVHTBJUJ8Jbs3C6

The Tiger Times

More information at: https://daspvo.org Contact us: [email protected]

CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE PARENT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION

STAY CONNECTED

• Facebook – DAS PVO (closed group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/daspvo/

• DAS PVO Website: https://daspvo.org

• DAS School Site: http://discoveryacademy.info/

SPIRIT GEAR Spirit shirts are available for purchase from Salty Crab. Spirit

shirts can be worn to school with uniform bottom on Fridays.

You can order at: saltycraboutfitters.com/das123/ shop/home

HELP THE SCHOOL BOXTOPS: Did you know our school

collects boxtops for education?

Daspvo/boxtops, or www.BTFE.com

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY – CURLEW! Attention Level 1 and Level 2 Volunteers!

The PVO and school are working together to create an outdoor

cafeteria/classroom space for the students at the Curlew Campus.

A big thank you to Mrs. Cassidy's husband from Great Outdoors by

Ryan who is donating his time to do the needed landscaping. We

will be ready to start building the area and need

volunteers to help with the work. We need volunteers:

Saturday October 3rd 9am until finished

If you are able to help please sign up at:

https://www.trackitforward.com/site/67582/event/560501.

You must be an approved volunteer and wear a mask at all time in

order to help out.

SATURDAY, Oct 3 – 9am VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED – Build outdoor

cafeteria at Curlew

FRIDAY, Oct 23 – Live drawing of

October Raffle Winner

MONDAY, Nov 9-22 – Scholastic Book

Fair - Virtual (both campuses)

THURSDAY, Dec 10 – 6:30 pm General

PVO Meeting

Register with Amazon Smile and every time

you make eligible purchases, Amazon will

donate %0.5 to Discovery Academy of

Science!

1. Go to http://smile.amazon.com

2. Login using your existing Amazon.com account or register for an account if you don't already have one.

3. Under "Pick your own charitable organization" search for "Discovery Academy of Science".

4. Click the "Select" button and you're done!! Remember to buy your purchases through http://smile.amazon.com, not through the regular Amazon site.

Be the change you wish to see in

the world! - Mahatma Gandhi

DATES TO REMEMBER

AMAZON SMILE

INSPIRATION

Starting now there will be regular raffles for great prizes that families can purchase tickets for to support the DAS PVO and various school needs. This month we are kicking off the raffle with a great prize package of

For more details please go to the following link:

www.daspvo.org/raffle Tickets are $5 each. They can be purchased until October 16th.

There will be a live Facebook (DASPVO) drawing on October 23rd.

Save the Date Scholastic Book Fair is Coming to both Curlew and Pinehurst Campus!

Dear Parents and Families,

The Scholastic Book Fair is back! While the Fair will be exclusively held online this year, we still

plan on making it a fun and joyous experience for our kids. Remember, every dollar you spend

will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!).

The Online Fair will include features like: Live Book Readings, Scavenger Hunt.

Save these dates and view our school’s Fair site:

Fair Dates: November 9th – November 22nd

Online Store Pinehurst: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/daspinehurst

Online Store Curlew: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/dascurlew

We can’t wait to “see” you at the Fair!

If you have any questions please email [email protected]

“Education is not the

learning of facts, but the

training of the mind to

think”.

Albert Einstein

Mrs. Milligan’s

Gifted Classroom

2nd & 3rd Grades – We have been investigating Kangaroo

Island, an island off the coast of Australia. A few things we

learned: * Kangaroos are marsupials

* Home to seals, penguins, sea lions

* Consists of soaring cliffs, pristine white

beaches, dense woodlands, towering sand dunes, desert,

wetlands, and the surrounding majestic ocean.

4th and 5th Grades – We have been discussing mosquitoes,

bats, and their role in the control of the West Nile Virus. We

will be making mosquito traps so please have your online

student collect: 1 2-liter bottle, 1 gram of yeast, and ¼ cup of

brown sugar.

And the face-to-face students will need to only bring in a 2

liter bottle.

All 2nd – 5th grade teachers and I are implementing an enrichment activity for the gifted and

advanced students. This includes the virtual students as well as the face-to-face students.

The packets are all Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) which are realistic problem-solving

activities aligned to multiple subject-area standards. MEAs are open-ended,

interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking

about the concepts embedded in these realistic activities. MEAs resemble engineering

problems because students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and

mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs

and clearly documenting their thought process.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

Chicken Sandwich

Sweet Potato Fries

Broccoli Florets w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

2

Cheese Sticks &

Toasted Ravioli Boat

Marinara Sauce Cup

Curly Seasoned Fries

Carrot & Celery Cup

Cupped Fruit & 100% Fruit Juice

5

Hamburger or Cheeseburger

Steamed Broccoli

Fresh Baby Carrots & Dip Cup

Cupped Fruit

Choice of Milk

6

Beef, Pork or Chicken Tacos

Refried Fiesta Beans

Salsa Cup

Celery & Grape Tomatoes w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

7

Chicken Nuggets or

Chicken Tenders

Corn Niblets

Sliced Cucumbers

100% Fruit Juice

Choice of Milk

8

Max Cheese Sticks OR

Max Snax Cheese Quesadillas

Marinara Sauce Cup

Crispy Fries

Broccoli Florets w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

9

Italiano School Choice Entree

Marinara Sauce Cup

Green Beans

Carrot & Celery Cup

Cupped Fruit

Choice of Milk

12

Popcorn Chicken & Waffle

Country Baked Beans

Fresh Baby Carrots & Dip Cup

Cupped Fruit

Choice of Milk

13

Loaded BBQ Pork &

Cheese Nachos

Salsa Cup

Corn Niblets

Celery & Grape Tomatoes w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

14

Teriyaki Beef Dippers

with Rice & Roll

Steamed Broccoli

Sliced Cucumbers

100% Fruit Juice

Choice of Milk

15

Chicken Sandwich

Sweet Potato Fries

Broccoli Florets w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

16

Cheese Sticks &

Toasted Ravioli Boat

Marinara Sauce Cup

Curly Seasoned Fries

Carrot & Celery Cup

Cupped Fruit & 100% Fruit Juice

Choice of Milk

19

Hamburger or Cheeseburger

Steamed Broccoli

Fresh Baby Carrots & Dip Cup

Cupped Fruit

Choice of Milk

20

Beef, Pork or Chicken Tacos

Refried Fiesta Beans

Salsa Cup

Celery & Grape Tomatoes w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

21

Chicken Nuggets or

Chicken Tenders

Corn Niblets

Sliced Cucumbers

100% Fruit Juice

Choice of Milk

22

Max Cheese Sticks OR

Max Snax Cheese Quesadillas

Marinara Sauce Cup

Crispy Fries

Broccoli Florets w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

23

Italiano School Choice Entree

Marinara Sauce Cup

Green Beans

Carrot & Celery Cup

Cupped Fruit

Choice of Milk

26

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For

Students

27

Loaded BBQ Pork &

Cheese Nachos

Salsa Cup

Corn Niblets

Celery & Grape Tomatoes w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

28

Teriyaki Beef Dippers

with Rice & Roll

Steamed Broccoli

Sliced Cucumbers

100% Fruit Juice

Choice of Milk

29

Chicken Sandwich

Sweet Potato Fries

Broccoli Florets w/ Dip

Fresh Fruit

Choice of Milk

30

Cheese Sticks &

Toasted Ravioli Boat

Marinara Sauce Cup

Curly Seasoned Fries

Carrot & Celery Cup

Cupped Fruit & 100% Fruit Juice

Choice of Milk

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NOTES The importance of note taking.

As students learn new vocabulary on different themes, phrases, sentences, verbs, nouns, articles and much

more, the need to keep record of the information given each week, with clear titles for retrieval and study.

They will need to use their notes for all quizzes, and evaluation.

Quizzes and evaluations are based on the vocabulary given during class.

All notes are also on Das Connect. No Spanish translators are allowed for the purpose of evaluations. The use of translators for evaluations will

have a 2 points penalty per question.

¡Gracias!

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

Spanish 1

• Revise “El salón de clase 2”

• Numbers 0-31

• Next quiz October 2nd classroom 2 and

numbers vocabulary

Spanish 2

• Oral presentations introductions.

Students are doing oral presentations

introducing themselves and others

• Pronunciation, writing and reading

Character Education words: Agosto/Septiembre * Respeto Octubre * Responsabilidad

All students Q1 Progress reports are available on DAS Connect under “Report Cards” tab

Ms. Brown

Classroom News

October 5-October 9, 2020

Greetings Parents,Thank you for your support of E-learning students! Please make sure that learning devices like laptops, tablets, and phones are charged before school in the morning!

Teacher Wish List:Masks and plastic gloves (PPE)

Reading: Students will learn about characters, setting, and plot.Writing: Students will learn to write opinion pieces.Math: Students will learn how to solve number stories. Students will use tools to add. Science: Students will learn about water habitats.Social Studies: Students will learn about history and time.

October’s Character Education word is Responsibility.

Discovery Academy of Science Issue 6: October 5 - October 9

Coming Up Next Week…In language arts students will be focusing on characters, setting and plot in the books we are reading and in students’ writing. In phonics we will be focusing on words that have short o and long o.

In math we will be focusing on digging a bit deeper into odd and even numbers and more challenging story problems. At home you can help students continue to practice with counting mixed groups of coins and becoming more automatic with their facts (sums to 20).

In science we are finishing our unit about habitats. Next week we will finish exploring deserts and review the other habitats we have learned.

AR Goals Students should be at 100% of their AR goal for the end of the quarter on October 23rd. Students who met 100% at the halfway point for progress reports had their goal increased.

Character Trait

This month we are focusing on the character trait:

Honesty!

Online Resources

Students have access to many great online resources they can use at school and at home. Be sure to check them out on the DAS website under the tab “online resources’’ at the top. Brain Pop, Jr. Study Island, MyOn, etc. are all excellent practice for students!

WEEKLY NEWS Ms. Pettinicchi’s 2nd Grade Class

Reminders: Coming Soon

Spelling Bee Classroom Round Last Week of

October date TBA

October Character Trait Responsibility

Parent Teacher Zoom Meeting I will send you individual

emails shortly with the invite

😊

Classroom News

2nd Grade Teacher: Ms. Shatto

Oct 1, 2020

This Week

Reading: Students are able to talk

about word meanings and

understanding and were able to expand

sentences

Writing: Students identified the short

and long sounds for /i/ and used i_e

Math: Students added and subtracted

within 20

Science: Students investigated hot and

cold desert habitats

Social Studies: Students identified

countries on a map

Things to Remember

• Water Bottles

• Snack for mid-morning

• A jacket to keep in the backpack for daily classroom use, our AC keeps us very COLD

• Homework packet went home this Friday. You have a week to work on it, Due back by the following Friday.

• Spelling Bee words went home all students will be participating in the classroom round and finalist will progress to the school wide competition

High Frequency Words Reviewed this week:

All, any, says

Total Words: 3

3rd Grade E-Learning

Ms. Kochick

For the week of October 5th

ELA: *Theme *Phonics/Spelling: Long /i/, Long /u/

Plural – y to i *Antonyms *Using context clues to find unknown word meanings *Kinds of Nouns Math: *Multi-step Number Stories *Arrays *Practice multiplication and division fact families Science: *Earth Science: The Moon & Earth Social Studies: *Studies Weekly -Our State’s Constitution

This Week’s Focus

Reminders:

10/9- Learning Submissions Due

10/22 – 100% AR Due

10/23- Last Day of Quarter One

10/26 – No School for Students

Check DAS Connect for your daily assignments and homework!

KEEP UP THE FANASTIC WORK, TIGERS!

Parents:

I look forward to meeting with you

via Zoom for our conferences in

October to discuss your child’s

progress thus far in third grade! A

sign up will be sent out in the near

future.

Mrs. Dividock’s Parent LetterReminders

Check that your child’s mask is fitting properly, even when talking. Many are becoming loose and falling down around their chins.

I have not heard anything about Book-O-Ween yet but I will let you know when I do.

What are we learning next week?

Reading: Students will be learning Antonyms and Themes English and Type of Nouns for Grammar.Writing: The children will work over two weeks to write two paragraphs about their scariest experience they had focusing on sequencing of their story. Rough draft due Fri. 10/2. Final Draft due 10/9. Math: Our class will be working on making sense of multiplying by 0 and 1, division stories with representation, and two-step number stories. Science: Our student scientists will be a study on how our Earth moves around the Sun which creates seasons. On Thursday, there will be an experiment followed on Friday by a graded scientific write up of the experiment. Social Studies: The children will be studying the commonwealths around North America. They will work to complete certain parts of the Florida Weekly Newspaper during Centers time. This work will be handed in on Friday for a classwork grade.

Mark your calendars!

Week of Oct. 12th - Q1 benchmark testsWed. Oct. 7th - Math QuizWed. Oct. 14 - ELA QuizFri. Oct. 16 - Math Unit 2 testThur. Oct. 22nd - 100% of AR goal is dueFri. Oct. 23 - End of Q1Mon. Oct. 26th - No School - Teacher In-Service Day

MATH (UNIT 2 Underway!)

-We are a week or so into Unit #2, and the

students are doing well!

-We are focusing on word problems right

now-both ONE STEP AND TWO STEP

Problems.

-The BFG is a 207 page chapter

book that I have been reading

aloud to my students during

snack time.

-We are finally nearly finished

with it, and we will be watching

the movie most likely on Friday

October 2nd!

-Whenever we watch a movie

after reading the book, we

always have a class discussion

where we compare/contrast the

book to the movie.

-Please Continue to Check

ClassDojo Regularly!

-Let me know if you ever have

any questions, comments,

concerns about anything going

on-we can talk/handle it right

away!

-Q1 Incentive (for 20 Tiger Bucks)

is the Kona Ice Truck. It is on

Friday October 23rd.

ALMOST DONE WITH THE BFG!

Discovery Academy of Science 2020-2021

October 1, 2020

Volume 1, Issue 6

Mr. Thorelli’s 3rd Grade Class

Special points of

interest:

• Fill out reading logs

every night.

• Homework packets

will be going home

every Friday.

• Make a habit of check-

ing ClassDojo if you

can! :)

• Keep in contact with

me! :)

Ms. Lowe’s Fourth Grade Class For The Week Of: 10/5/20

eLearning News!

Reading / Writing+ Essay Writing

+ Answering A Prompt+ 4 Paragraph Essay+ Citing Evidence

Math+ Please Practice Math Facts+ Multiplication

+ Converting Time+ Multiplicities

Comparison+ Real World Problems

Science+ Florida’s Plants and

Animals+ Ecosystems

Social Studies+ Florida

+ Spanish Explorers of FL

+ Reading+ Both Wonders Books+ Reading Notebook+ Your Turn Practice + Context Clues Poster+ RACES Poster+ Week 7 pages

+ Writing+ Writing Notebook+ Grammar Practice

+ Science+ Inspire Science Book

+ Social Studies+ Studies Weekly

+ Week 7+ Math

+ Everyday Math Workbook

+ Math Notebook

A Peek At Next Week

Friendly Reminders

Materials Needed

• Math Quiz 10/8

• Attend ALL live sessions

Week of October 5th ,2020

AcademicsWe will be finishing up reading

wonder. I think the students have really enjoyed reading the

book and discussing it as a class. We will be watching the

movie Friday October 9th. I sent out an email with more

information.

In the Weeks Ahead

*ELA-Finish reading Wonder. -Practice FSA writing

*Math-Unit 2 math test on Monday. Go onto study island for a study guide-We will begin new unit on fractions*Science- Begin working on animal

structures *SS-week 6: Early French and English explorers

* 10/6 Wonder theme test*10/12 No school!*10/22 100% AR Due10/23 end of first quarterMost of the test and quizzes are given on

Study Island. Students are able to log onto study island ahead of time to practice before their quizzes and tests. Many of the practice questions are very similar to the actual test questions. Students should be taking advantage of this help

Ms. Atherholt’s News

News from

Mrs. Broccard’s 5th Grade [email protected]

727.369.6361x158

CommunicationClass AnnouncementsStudents may message me via DASConnect.

Parents may email or send quick

messages/questions through ClassDojo.

Please log into DASConnect for the most

current information, including grades. Any

item graded after 12 pm may not show as

graded on the daily report until the following

day. AR grades are updated until the due date.

Zoom Reminders:

Students may drink water from a clear

container during live lessons; there is no

eating on camera please. Lunch is from

11:30-12 daily. Please remind your student

to take care of their personal needs during

breaks to avoid disruptions to the lesson.

AR 100% points goal is due on 10/22 by

8:00 PM

Late Work:

*Please send an email with “missing work”

in the subject line, your student’s name

and the name of the completed late work

in the body. No screen shots, messages

via student DASConnect accounts, or

ClassDojo messages please.

*Log on to the parent portal of PBIS

rewards to see your students rewards and

items available to “purchase” with their

rewards. The Q1 big incentive is a $20

Amazon gift card- just 25 points!

AcademicsELA- We’ll continue our class study of Fish

In a Tree, have weekly grammar and writing

instruction and practice and spelling

activities and tests. See SpellingCity for the

weekly assignment. The test will be due by

Friday each week.

Science- We’ll continue our study of animal

systems.

Math- We’ve begun Unit 2, the study of

Whole Number Place Value and Operations.

All are invited to join our class on Prodigy

to help with math skills. See Math on

DASConnect for info.

Social Studies- Weekly assignments will

vary. Please be sure to check DASconnect

for weekly assignments, attachments, and

directions.

Art- Meets via Zoom weekly on Friday’s at

12:15-12:45. See Art on DASConnect

for details.

PE- log in daily, complete your

log and submit to Mr. Heppe

on Friday

Q2 Learning Options

October 1, 2020

•2nd quarter learning options timeline,

September 30: Parent survey out via email,

school website, and DAS Facebook page.

•October 9: Due date for parents to submit

their choices.

•October 9-16: DAS Admin will make

schedule adjustments IF needed.

•October 19-23: Schedules communicated to

parents

•October 23: The last day of Quarter-1

•October 27: First day of the second quarter

for students.

©The Little Ladybug Shop

We are almost finished reading Wonder. I feel as though students have enjoyed the story. We will be watching the movie in class on

Friday, October 9 and Monday, October 12. Please see email for more details.

EditableMrs. Hablutzel’s NewsWeek of October 5, 2020

Academics

ELA: Continue reading Wonder. FSA Writing Style Practice

Math: Unit 2 Test Monday-Please see Study Island for Study Guide. Starting

new Unit on Fractions

Science: Continuing our study Animal Structures

SS: Week 6: Early French and English Explorers

Students well start having 2 Blue Ribbons assigned from the NWEA Path each week on Study Island. This first week will be Reading. Students will need to have 2 Blue Ribbons completed by 10/12

In the Weeks Ahead

10/5- Genre Book AR Quiz

Completed

10/6 Wonder Theme Test

10/19 Genre Project Due

10/22 100% AR Goal Due

10/23 End of 1st Quarter

MR. PROCOPIO’S CIVICS AND WORLD

HISTORY CLASSES WEEK OF OCTOBER 5

CONTACT

Joseph Procopio

[email protected]

(727) 369 – 6361 EXT 136

IMPORTANT DATES

World History: Tuesday, October 6 -

Vocabulary for unit III quiz and flash

cards are due, students need to make

sure they are turning these to me at

the right time for full credit

Civics: Wednesday, October 7 -

Vocabulary for unit III quiz and flash

cards are due, students need to make

sure they are turning these to me at

the right time for full credit

THIS WEEK

This coming week in World History we will be continuing with our study

of the cultures which developed from Ancient Mesopotamia. Students

will be learning about the first recorded kingdoms and battles which

led to the rise of an empire. In Civics students will continue with a brand

new unit on the Constitutional convention. Students will learn what led

the founders to change and craft a new constitutional republic out of

what had once been a very weak system.

HOMEWORK AND UPDATES

E-learning:

Students need to be sure that they are turning in assignments. If there

are any technical issues, please email me as soon as possible and I will

help you out.

I will be sending out formats for documents and quizzes via email just in

case things do not go according to plan with DAS connect.

Civics Homework:

Monday October 5: Reading (online) and Convention Sheet

Tuesday October 6: Reading (online) and Great Compromise Sheet

Wednesday October 7: Reading(online) and Constitution sheet

Thursday October 8: Constitution and Articles Sheet (use readings)

Friday October 9: Constitution Review sheet

World History Homework:

Monday October 5: Reading (online) and Sargon Sheet

Tuesday October 6: Reading (online) and Hammurabi’s Code Sheet

Wednesday October 7: Reading(online) and The Assyrians Sheet

Thursday October 8: Readings (online) and The Chaldeans Sheet

Friday October 9: Readings (online) and Babylon Sheet

Ms. Adams room 216 Oct 2, 2020

My Phone #360-477-1431 [email protected]

U.S. History: Students are learning about the

differences and similarities of The English Colonies in North

America. Students will complete a TIC TAC TOE

project to help solidify the content.

ELA: Students will complete a TIC TAC TOE project for The Outsiders to show understanding of characterization, setting, plot and theme. We will watch the Outsiders movie in class and via Zoom on Friday, October 9th. Students will then write an explanatory essay that analyzes multimedia elements compared to the text.

Character Traits Respect

Weekly Homework

Students are required to Read 2 NEWSELA articles each week and complete the comprehension quiz following the article, with a 75% or better score to meet the assignment requirements.

16 Passing NEWSELA articles due October 21.

Students are required to complete 2 topics weekly in their NWEA Maps Learning Path with a passing score of 70% or better to receive a Blue Ribbon. Only Blue Ribbons will be counted towards the assignment requirements in the grade book. This assignment will begin Qtr 2

NWEA Maps Test Results will be available soon.

6TH GRADE ELA & HISTORY

Sixth and Seventh Grade Math News from Ms. Chapin ([email protected])

This week in math, the sixth grade math students studied operations on fractions, including addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Next week, they will master division. The key with adding and subtracting is lining up the decimals and making sure to regroup (carry or borrow) as needed. With multiplication and division, they need to keep track of the place value. Decimals are like fractions in terms of operations.

In 7th grade math, the students learned even more real-world applications of percentages, focusing on financial skills. They studied tips, taxes, discounts, mark-ups and mark-downs, commissions, and simple interest. We discussed important aspects of investments and loans with the caveat that compound interest is more common in real life but more complicated to calculate.

Any skills that students need to review on IXL are encouraged to be reviewed and improved before the test as a study technique that will also improve their scores.

Students’ IXL skills for the last week will be checked Oct. 5. For 6th grade math, the chapter 3 test will be on Oct. 9. For 7th grade math, the chapter 3 test will be on Oct. 13. Seventh grade math will start chapter 3 on Monday, covering integers and operations with negative numbers. I’ve posted the chapter reviews on Study Island to help students prepare.

Any students who are absent are welcome to join the e-Learning classes, as I have those for every class, too. 7th grade Advanced meets virtually 9:20-10:05, 7th grade meets 10:08-10:53, 6th grade math meets 11:48-12:32, and 6th grade advanced meets 1:05-1:50. The only one with a different class time than normal is 6th grade, but that is something to be aware of if your 6th grade math student is absent. All of the work can be done from home online, so hopefully he or she feels well enough to stay pretty much caught up with the class.

Mr. Almy’s ELA Newsletter

For the Week of Oct. 5h-Oct. 9th

THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK Honors English should have a copy of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein by now. The class finished analyzing some significant quotes that covered major themes in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. On Friday, students took a cumulative test on the whole novel.

8th Grade finished discussing major ideas in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. On Friday, they began reading, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. The class examined the text to see features of Gothic Literature and how Poe employs the device of the unreliable narrator.

7th Grade read through chapter six of Ender’s Game. On Wednesday, all classes took a quiz on chapters three through five.

Next week 7th grade will have a quiz on chapters six and seven of Ender’s Game on Tuesday. Honors English will begin reading Frankenstein and have a quiz on the first four letters and chapter one on Friday.

8th Grade will begin looking at various essays about horror and will study an H.P. Lovecraft short story.

REFLECTION “I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make belief more complex and more textured, more real. Good writing unsettles, destroys both the author and the reader.”-Brian Evenson

Announcements

• Students should do fifteen minutes of

I.R. a night.

• 7th Graders need a copy of Ender’s

Game.

• Mr. Almy needs tissue boxes.

Mr. Hannon

2 Oct 20

Science

Remember, homework for face to face students will be online unless you or your student and I have discussed an exception. Note: This only applies to homework, classwork will still include paper for face to face. If you have any confusion or difficulty with accessing online work or turning it in via DASconnect, please reference the video posted last week on my DASconnect page or see it here. If you still have issues or questions, please feel free to contact me through email. If you turned something in late, notify me on DASconnect

For my online students, please use care to ensure you arrive to the classes zoom meeting on time. I understand that sometimes there are technical issues, but some of my online classes have half or more of the students routinely showing up after the start time. Also ensure that your name on Zoom is your actual name. I do not need to see nicknames or clever puns. For the security and safety of my students I have to ensure that everyone allowed into my Zoom meetings are students who belong there. This means that if a name is not one of my students, they will not be permitted to enter.

Monday will be a quiz for all my students so make sure that my 7th graders study the information from our notes on the rock cycle, and continental drift. 8th grade please make sure to study up on atomic theory and structure, and biology, please study up on atomic structure and reading the boxes on the periodic table.

Science news in the world. Neanderthals are at Risk

Recent studies have indicated that humans who have a higher than average percentage of neanderthal DNA are at increased risk for COVID-19. Neanderthals are a subspecies of Homo sapien (human) who were wiped out thousands of years ago, but there is significant evidence that early humans interbred with them as evidenced by the small percentage of their DNA present in current human DNA, which is higher than average in people whose ancestors are from certain regions of the world.

“Everything is theoretically impossible until it’s done.”

-Robert A. Heinlein

September 28 – October 2, 2020

Mrs. Lykon (like the camera brand Nikon but with an L!)

This week in 6th grade STEM, students worked on another build

challenge at home and in theclassroom. Students could pick from25 build challenges to create their

designs!! Check out Sophia F.’s straw raft design and creation below!

We need boxes of all sizes.

Please send in if you can!

[email protected]

Current Event Summary Reminder

Did you know that every week in 6th

grade Science the students find a Science current event article to read and summarize? Here are some sites to use if your child needs inspiration:

www.popsci.com

www.sciencenews.org

www.sciencenewsforstudents.org

www.sciencedaily.com

www.sciencemag.org

www.scientificamerican.com

This week in 6th grade Science we started Chapter

Two – Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations. Students spent time

analyzing the greenhouse effect. Next week we will move on to Air Currents &

Ocean Currents!

Mr. Zehnder’s Math Class 

Next Week: Week of 10/5 

Important Dates!   

● NOETIC begins in November 

● MATH League sign up ends in 

December 

● Career Project is due 10/16 

● Q1 Ends on Friday 10/23! 

Week of 9/28 in Review: 

Geometry: We’ve completed Module 2 which introduced to foundations across various skills in 

geometry. Our module 2 test was on Friday! 

Algebra: We solved and modelled equations in one variable including absolute value equations and 

formulas. Our module 2 test was on Friday! 

Pre-Algebra: We began our new module, and we learned skills to dilate figures on grids and off grids 

with measurements. 

Next Week: 

Geometry: We will begin Module 3 with an introduction to our performance task and a first look at 

properties of logic. 

Algebra: We will begin Module 3 with an introduction to our performance task and with properties of 

functions and graphs. 

Pre-Algebra We will continue practicing dilations and applying dilations to prove similarity of figures 

and triangles. The module 3 quiz is on Friday! 

Zehnder News: 

Parents & Students! For E-Learning students, remember you may submit workbook assignments either 

through entering text or through uploading images of the pages directly to assignments in DAS 

Connect. For face-to-face students, you may also use this feature to submit a late assignment or an 

assignment you may have left at home. As a last option, you may share assignments to my email if completed in the google suite. As a reminder, Mr. Hannon provided us this video on uploading 

documents to assignments: https://youtu.be/ggVZikR_kDQ 

DAS PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

VOLLEYBALL 

This week the students are learning how to play Volleyball. We are working on how to properly 

Bump, Set and Serve the ball. Students are also working on space coverage on the court and 

communicating with their teammates when a ball is between two players. Students are also 

learning how each activity we do helps them physically, mentally and emotionally. These 3 

domains are the main areas that are improved when a person lives a physically active lifestyle 

vs. a sedentary lifestyle. 

E-Learners 

E- Learners had a very intense week of Crossfit Activities. Parents were challenged to 

participate with their students as well. Crossfit is a great way to stay physically fit without 

having to go to a gym or purchase a lot of equipment. There are Crossfit gyms that you can join, 

and they create a really neat supportive environment for their members. Have a great weekend 

Coach Bartlett