{"id":865,"date":"2018-05-04T23:37:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T03:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/?p=865"},"modified":"2018-05-04T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T03:37:42","slug":"week-32-may-7-to-may-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/2018\/05\/04\/week-32-may-7-to-may-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 32: May 7 to May 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft \" src=\"https:\/\/image.slidesharecdn.com\/m-stepstafftrainingpresentationths1-150331095722-conversion-gate01\/95\/m-step-3-638.jpg?cb=1427813939\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" \/>6th Grade M-Step Day 2!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week we administered the\u00a0Math\u00a0 version for the M-Step. This week, students will\u00a0 be assessed on M-Step\u00a0<strong>ELA<\/strong> on <strong>Tuesday, May 8 during\u00a0<\/strong><strong>their 2nd hour block!<\/strong>\u00a0 Best of luck to you and always remember to<em><strong> read the directions, questions and responses 2-3 times<\/strong><\/em> before making a response.\u00a0 Again,\u00a0 I would like to remind you to ALWAYS read the directions, passage and responses 2-3 times.<\/p>\n<p>Parents, please encourage your child to do their BEST, have a good night&#8217;s sleep and ofcourse breakfast.\u00a0 \u00a0Please review some additional tips below that our school website shared with you a few weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 324px;\" width=\"498\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Before Test Tips<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>During Test Tips<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a positive attitude. \u00a0Tell yourself, \u201cI will do my best on this test.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Go to sleep at a reasonable time to get a good night\u2019s rest the night before the test.<\/li>\n<li>Wake up early enough to avoid rushing to get ready for school.<\/li>\n<li>Eat a healthy breakfast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Relax, take a deep breath, and think positive thoughts, \u201cI am going to do well.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Listen carefully to directions.<\/li>\n<li>Ready each question carefully. \u00a0Identify key words. Think about what the question is really asking.<\/li>\n<li>Read the entire question and all the answer choices.<\/li>\n<li>Apply strategies that you learned in class to figure out the answer. \u00a0Pick the best answer.<\/li>\n<li>Recheck answer before moving on to the next question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In science this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ERC regarding advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction is due.<\/li>\n<li>We will begin a new unit on Weather and Climate as we .\n<ul>\n<li>Design a Cloud in Jar model to explain the cycling of water in our Earth&#8217;s system.<\/li>\n<li>Review the water cycle if needed in some sections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some of the questions we will be answering through discussions are\n<ul>\n<li>How do we know the weather?<\/li>\n<li>Can we predict the weather?<\/li>\n<li>How does the weather impact our lives?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr. Trerice and myself distributed the forms for our annual 6th Grade Field Trip to the Adventure Park in June. Please sign the online waiver I posted on Google Classroom for your child and yourself if you were asked to be a chaperone for that day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desicomments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Thank-You-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I would like to send a heartfelt thank you for all of the kind &#8220;<em>Teacher Appreciation Week<\/em>&#8221; gestures and gifts.<\/p>\n<p>It truly brightened my week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mrs. Savage \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6th Grade M-Step Day 2!\u00a0 \u00a0 Last week we administered the\u00a0Math\u00a0 version for the M-Step. This week, students will\u00a0 be assessed on M-Step\u00a0ELA on Tuesday, May 8 during\u00a0their 2nd hour block!\u00a0 Best of luck to you and always remember to read the directions, questions and responses 2-3 times before making a response.\u00a0 Again,\u00a0 I would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/savagea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}