Weekly Update from Team Mesa Verde

September 18: Back to School Night- Please come with your child's schedule printed from Aspen.

September 21: 7th Grade Family Lunchtime BBQ

September 26: Picture Day

Dear Families,

Thank you for preparing your scholars so well for the I-Ready diagnostic. Now that we’ve completed testing, we’re ready to dive deeper into our curriculum!

For Math 7, we’ll be continuing our work on scale drawings and scale factors as we progress through lessons 6-9. In Math 8, students will focus on lessons 8-11, reviewing the rules for transformations on a grid and understanding the attributes of figures after transformation.

This week, students will be expected to complete and pass at least one I-Ready lesson for homework, in addition to their weekly assignment on PEAR. Please remind your scholar to stay on top of both!

Thank you for your continued support, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

This week students learned to use microscopes. It was a lot of fun to hear them squeal as they saw what things look like up close. Today they will write and perform their own experiments on iodine and corn starch. They will have tomorrow to finish their write-ups. This lab paper (Starch Lab part 2) will be graded as a summative.

Next week we are required to take a beginning of year pretest (MAP). After this test we will start learning about cells and organelles.

Hello! We spent this week completing a writing diagnostic. The purpose of the diagnostic is to assess your student's current writing skills and identify where support is needed. The students were given blurbs about four candidates and prompted to choose a new leader for society. The students demonstrated their reading, annotating, and writing skills.

Next Week:

Monday: Unit Launch

Tuesday: Native Americans Overview

Wednesday: Native American Tribes

Thursday: European Exploration (Motivations)

Friday: European Exploration (Interactions)

This week in ELA 7 we will be exploring the Hero's Journey and beginning our reading of the book The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer. Students will analyze the exposition of the text for character and setting and begin to determine the central conflict.

Library Corner

The school year is off to a great start! Students are coming to the library with ELA classes this month to check out books and learn more about the exciting programs and activities that the library has planned for this year. The hours for the library are listed below in case some students missed out on this month's class visits:

When to visit:

Library Hours 8:15am-3:45pm daily.

•With permission from grade level admin – Students can come from 8:15 – 8:35am

(Mr. Reichlen must be present).

•Recess visits – You must get a pass from Mr. Reichlen or Ms. Gathers.

•No pass, no entry.

•After school – If Mr. Reichlen is here, you can come.

Please reach out to Mr. Reichlen directly with any questions or concerns at: stephen.reichlen@k12.dc.gov

Keep up to date with library news and information at library website aka. LibGuide:

https://bit.ly/DealMSLibGuide

Retakes and Grading:

· Any assignment that earned a D+ or below may be retaken once within the progress report marking period. The highest possible grade on a revised assignment is a C (76).

· All late work for assignments due before progress reports must be submitted by the end of the progress report marking period. Assignments due before this period will not be accepted after this deadline. All late work for assignments assigned after the end of the progress report marking period is due by the end of the term. The grade for a late assignment will be reduced by one letter grade (i.e. A- to B-).

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