STEM Language Arts – Ms. Fryzel

8th Grade

1. Journals x2
2. Watch: Ms. Fryzel Video reviewing last week’s reading, capstone project, and the Big Blue Button.
3. Read: “Flowers for Algernon” part 3 – pages 216-223 (AKA pages 300-306)
4. Sign up for iLearn course – new hangout format
5. “Flowers for Algernon” Essay
6. Office Hours Tuesday 3:00 – 3:30; drop in anytime for help and questions
7. Google Hangout class Friday: 2:00 1st hour / 2:45 2nd hour

6th Grade

1. Journals x2
2. Watch: Ms. Fryzel’s video that goes over the chart and reviews Chapters 5 – 8 and the Big Blue Button
3. Read: Chapters 9 – 12 of THE WESTING GAME (pages 64 – 87)
4. NEW Team Chart
5. Office Hours Wednesday 11:00 – 11:30; drop in anytime for help and questions
6. Google Hangout class Thursday 11 AM 3rd hour / 11:45 AM 6th hour

8th Grade

1. Journals x2
2. Watch: Ms. Fryzel Video reviewing last week’s reading and class discussion.
3. Read: “Flowers for Algernon” part 2 – pages 209-216 (AKA pages 293-299)
4. Google Question
5. IXL 9.M.7 (90%)
6. Office Hours Tuesday 3:00 – 3:30; drop in anytime for help and questions
7. Google Hangout class Friday: 2:00 1st hour / 2:45 2nd hour

6th Grade

1. NO journals this week
2. Watch: Ms. Fryzel’s video that goes over the chart and reviews Chapters 1 – 4
3. Read: Chapters 5 – 8 of THE WESTING GAME (pages 27 – 64)
4. Office Hours Wednesday 11:00 – 11:30; drop in anytime for help and questions
5. Google Hangout class Thursday 11 AM 3rd hour / 11:45 AM 6th hour

6th Grade:

Wednesday Office Hours: 11:00 – 11:30

Thursday Hangout Classes: 11:00 for 3rd hour / 11:45 for 6th hour

8th Grade

Tuesday Office Hours: 3:00 – 3:30

Friday Hangout Classes: 2:00 for 1st hour / 2:45 for 2nd hour

OK, I think I may be going crazy… I woke up to SNOW this morning! How long did I sleep? Is it December already?

I hope everyone else is doing well and staying safe, I just wanted to do a quick check in and clarification with everyone.

8th Grade

We will have a Google Meet Friday 11:00 AM for 1st hour and 12:00 PM for 2nd hour. About 5 – 10 minutes prior to the meeting I will EMAIL you a link and a code to join us! Can’t wait to see you 🙂

6th Grade

We will have a Google Meet Thursday 11:00 AM for 3rd hour and 12:00 PM for 6th hour. About 5 – 10 minutes prior to the meeting I will EMAIL you a link and a code to join us! Can’t wait to see you 🙂

The character trait/even oddities chart is something that you fill in as you read. Not EVERY character or EVERY chapter will have something. I will check it at the end of each week.

8th Grade

1. There are 2 journals this week to complete.
2. A video from me to watch introducing the story we will read over the next couple of weeks – “Flowers for Algernon”.
3. NEW: A Google Classroom question will post and students will be divided into two groups (created by me). Students need to respond to the question and respond to at least one other person’s response.
4. Complete IXL 9.G.1 (95%)
5. We will hold a Google Hangout as a class on FRIDAY. 1st hour will meet at 11:00 AM and 2nd hour will meet at 12:00 PM. Hangout codes will be in Google Classroom.

6th Grade

1. There are 2 journals this week to complete.
2. A video from me to watch introducing the novel we will be reading – THE WESTING GAME.
3. An entry event video. LOL.
4. Read Chapters 1-4 (pages 2-26) of THE WESTING GAME.
5. Start a character trait and even oddity chart – provided in Google Classroom.
6. We will hold a Google Hangout as a class on THURSDAY. 3rd hour will meet at 11:00 AM and 6th hour will meet at 12:00 PM. Hangout codes will be in Google Classroom.

Last chance to purchase your yearbook is this week (last day, Monday the 13th). Even though we will not see each other this school year, I WILL GET YOUR YEARBOOK TO YOU! It just may be in the fall. The memories will all that much better. Buying information is:

Go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter code #12296020

Can you believe that we are entering our third week of this??? I still can’t believe that we are in the crisis that we are in. I miss seeing all of you and miss hearing what you are up to 🙁 I wanted to just make a couple of comments to update everyone.

1. NO, there will be no work assigned next week as it is Spring Break 🙂
2. School is STILL in session. Governor Whitmore will be giving us some more clarification tomorrow about whether or not we will be seeing each face-to-face again this year, but whatever the announcement may be, online learning will continue to take place.
3. After Spring Break I hope to have some Google Hangout sessions so that we can see and engage with each other in an academic way, so look for that to happen 🙂
4. Academic dishonesty. I know that an all online curriculum makes it much easier to share work among each other, but it is cheating and will NOT be tolerated. Also, it is not “helping” each other when work is virtually word-for-word the same as other students.

Be safe everyone!

Take care of each other and I can’t wait to see all of again 🙂

I hope that everyone is doing well and continuing to stay safe! I know that there remains a lot of confusion out there about what is counting and what isn’t counting; hopefully, we will get more clarification on that this week.

Needless to say, remember, it is about the LEARNING not the potential points. Keep getting those assignments in, so that you are on top of whatever comes next!

8th Grade

1. There are 3 journals for you to complete. There is a Google Doc for these.
2. Read the article and story excerpt “What’s in an Inkblot? Some Say Not much” and Frankenstein (Chapter 4). Both are in Google Classroom and both are in preparation for the story we will read after Spring Break.
3. Answer the 2 CER (TED) questions for “What’s in an Inkblot? Some Say Not much” and the 2 CER (TED) questions for Frankenstein There are separate Google Doc for this.
4. PSAT Friday – – we return after Spring Break 🙂

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

6th Grade

1. There are 3 journals for you to complete. There is a Google Doc for these in Google Classroom.
2. Read the stories “Yeh-Shen” and “Sootface” – In Google Classroom.
3. Watch the 3 part video of the story “Yeh-Shen”
4. Create a modern day and/or culturally relevant of “Cinderella” – see Google Classroom for more details.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

Hi everybody! It is hard to believe, but we are into week 2 of not seeing each other. I hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy.

I want to thank all of the 6th and 8th graders…98% of you turned in your work and did a great job. I recorded the completion of the work in Student Connect with a “grade” of 1 point. This will communicate to you what was and was not done AND it will serve as a record too. We are hoping that our State Legislature will count these days as a part of the 180 required days of school. Proving that our students are still learning from home will help send the message that we got this virtual learning thing!

Keep up the good work 🙂

I hope that everyone is doing well and staying safe! I know that there is a lot of confusion out there about what is counting, what isn’t counting, what is going to happen next, and the list goes on and on.

I want to say that I am committed to continuing to provide enriching assignments that will further your learning and bring a sense of stability and normalcy during these difficult times. The work that I am assigning is work that I would be assigning (just in a non-PBL way) if we were still seeing each other face-to-face. Remember, it is about the LEARNING not the points.

That said, THANK YOU for all the support parents are providing during this time and to ALL of students completing and submitting work on time. Last wee we saw a 95% completion rate 🙂 Keep up the fantastic work!

8th Grade

1. There are 3 journals for you to complete. There is a Google Doc for these.
2. Read the 3 stories “Abuela Invents the Zero“ (from last week), “Us and Them” and “Out of Bounds”. All are in Google Classroom.
3. Answer the 3 CER (TED) questions for the three stories. There is a Google Doc for this.
4. PSAT Friday – – we will hold off on this for a week as I gather more sources. I know that all standardized testing seems to be on hold, but the learning and practice is still a valuable thing.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE FRIDAY.

6th Grade

1. There are 3 journals for you to complete. There is a Google Doc for these in Google Classroom.
2. Read the story “Tuesday of the Other June” – In Google Classroom.
3. Answer the three TED format questions – in Google Classroom.
4. IXL P.2 (95%) – linked in Google Classroom.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE FRIDAY.