Team Abuja Newsletter

For the next two weeks, we will be having Spirit Week at Deal! Please have fun wearing school appropriate outfits. The themes are:

Monday, November 18th: Sports/Team Day

Tuesday, November 19th: Crazy Hair/Hat Day

Wednesday, November 20th: Wear Purple for Epilepsy Awareness Day

Thursday, November 21st: Decades Day

Friday, November 22nd: Twin Day

Monday, November 25th: Team Color Day – Wear Green for Team Abuja!!

Tuesday, November 26th: Teachers Dress as Students/Students Dress as Teachers

This week, students will write a continuation narrative for Roll of Thunder.

Students should continue to read their independent books. If you are interested in adding to our classroom collection, please visit our Amazon Wish List

Students did great work this week and had great feedback while I was out regarding the lessons they completed! For anybody who needs some extra practice, I offer tutoring on Monday and Wednesday during recess as well as tutoring after school on Wednesday from 3:30-4:30.

This upcoming week for Math 7 we will be wrapping up unit 3 on Circles. They will complete a Formative and an RCT during the 2nd half of the week and we will have a review/practice day on Tuesday.

This upcoming week for Math 6, students will continue our unit on dividing fractions, Students will have a Formative over Dividing Fractions using the Bar Model and Reciprocal method at the end of the week.

If you are able to donate, I have linked the math Amazon Wishlist. https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/3HGDSTYZTUUQL

I am looking forward to seeing all these wonderful presentations your scholars are making in class. They have researched a story of the diaspora and are making PowerPoints on some very interesting topics/people. Students will finish their projects in class on Monday and present on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, we begin Unit 3: Middle East/North Africa: Wednesday – Political and Physical Maps, Thursday and Friday – Thematic Map Exploration.

I will be sending home permission slips on Monday for our next Geography field trip on December 6th. Please read over it with your student and return ASAP!

If you would like to contribute to my classroom... here is my Amazon wish list: Wesselhoft Wishlist

Hi Scientists!

Congratulations on completing the Rock Identification and Crayon Labs this week – great job! Next week, we’ll be diving into the concepts of Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition. Students will engage in a Skittles Lab, which uses Skittles to help students understand these geological processes in a fun and hands-on way.

Later in the week, we’ll be working on the Slope Deposition Lab, where students will simulate and observe how materials move and settle on different slopes. This lab will be due on Monday, November 25.

Week 3 Roots:

• Pyro – fire (as in pyromaniac, pyroclastic, pyrotechnics)

• Chrono – time (as in chronological, chronic)

• Topo – place/area (as in topography, topical)

• Seismo – shaking (as in seismograph, seismology)

• Trans – across, through, over (as in translation, transfer)

Keepers: petro/petri, super, ign, centi, octa, milli

Please encourage your student to review these root words as well as the keepers for the quiz.

Link to World Languages Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/u/patricia.balestra4

Team Abuja will come together to celebrate Friendsgiving on Tuesday, November 27th during lunch. Students should bring in their normal lunch and will be able to purchase their cafeteria lunch if they need to do so. Students are asked to bring one of the following based on their 1st period class to share with their friends:

• Kirschenbaum/Daboh - Chips (must be store bought and nut free)

• Wesselhoft – Beverage

• Gomez – Dessert (must be store bought and nut free)

• Sagan – Dessert (must be store bought and nut free)

Please check in with your student to make sure that they have a stock of pencils to use in school.

As the year goes on, we want to ensure that students are able to access help when they need it! Team Abuja teachers are available by appointment, and there is a dedicated Tutoring Time in either Mx. Gomez's room or Ms. Sagan's room on Wednesdays from 3:30 - 4:20. Here We Grow!

Library Corner

Welcome to the month of November! Check out these great resources that the library is offering for the month. Links are available in this month's Library Newsletter below:

DEAL MS LIBRARY NEWS! | Smore Newsletters

Library overdue emails will be sent out next week for any student who has not returned books for over 30 days. Please be on the lookout to help us get those precious books back!

The latest library newsletter has arrived! Check it out at the link below:

https://secure.smore.com/n/9vs8z

Stay up to date with the complete list of clubs and activities by going to the Deal website: https://www.alicedealmiddleschool.org

Adam Kirschenbaum, ELA adam.kirschenbaum@k12.dc.gov

Lauren-Ashley Gomez, Math lauren-ashley.gomez@k12.dc.gov

Naeemah Wesselhoft, Geography naeemah.wesselhoft@k12.dc.gov

Ellie Sagan, Science ellie.sagan@k12.dc.gov

Connie Patsalos, MLL Geography - constance.patsalos@k12.dc.gov

Ameera Daboh, MLL ELA - ameera.daboh@k12.dc.gov

Devin Watson, ISS Coordinator devin.watson@k12.dc.gov

Ellen Barr, Social Worker ellen.barr@k12.dc.gov

Tysha Morris, School Counselor tysha.morris@k12.dc.gov

If your child will not be in school, please email DealAttendance@k12.dc.gov .