Team Kendrick

Join us for an engaging Executive Functioning Workshop on Thursday, October 24th at 6:30 PM in the cafeteria! Designed for families, this workshop will provide valuable strategies to help children develop essential skills like organization, time management, and goal-setting. Discover practical tools to support your child’s success at school and home. Don't miss this opportunity to empower your family!

Eighth grade Spanish 2 students have been reading a book about immigration this advisory and will end the unit participating in an immigration panel and having one-on-one conversations in Spanish with students from Cardozo International. We are looking for VOLUNTEERS to speak on our immigration panels on Friday November 15th from 8:45am-3:15pm.

We need: Spanish speakers who they themselves have immigrated or have families affected by immigration, or people who work in the field of immigration and would be comfortable sharing their knowledge/ experience with our students.

The panels will take place in each period all day from 8:45am until 3:15pm, in 50-minute slots. You could come for one or stay for all five! If you are in a position to help or know someone who might be willing to, please let us know by signing up on this document or emailing Kathryn.wooten@k12.dc.gov and/or anna.henderson@k12.dc.gov . Feel free to reach out also with any questions you may have before committing.

Thank you for your consideration. In the past, our students have found this to be a very valuable experience in terms of understanding the themes of this unit and their growth as language learners. We are looking forward to it and appreciate your support!

Deal will be hosting a virtual High School Night (HSN) Thursday, November 21, from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to hear from DCPS application high schools. Additionally, a DCPS Enrollment team representative will speak to families about the high school application process and how to navigate through myschooldc.org. More details will be shared in team newsletters as we get closer to this event.

All student immunization records are due to be updated by December 1st. If you received a letter stating your student's immunizations are not in compliance, please make sure the nurse receives their updated immunization records no later than December 1st. Please contact the school nurse with any questions or concerns.

Team Kendrick is excited to announce its celebration for term 1! Students have worked so well this term, and we are looking forward to rewarding them for all their hard work. We will be having a team breakfast on October 31st during period 1 (8:45-9:45). In order to make this celebration a success we need your help. We would appreciate any items that you could donate for our group of 115 students! To streamline this, we have created a sign-up genius linked here. Thank you so much for your consideration!!

This week in ELA, students took their second summative assessment of Term 1. Students extended a scene from A Raisin in the Sun focusing on using effective dialogue to enhance the plot and reveal character traits. Students ended the week by reading and annotating Act 2 Scene 2 in A Raisin in the Sun.

On Monday and Tuesday of next week, students will use their annotations of Act 2 Scene 2 to create a recap poster in small groups. Students will share their posters / creative representations on Wednesday in class. On Thursday, students will prepare for a Socratic seminar on A Raisin in the Sun. Students will be given guiding questions to help them prepare. On Friday, we will have our Socratic Seminar fishbowl style, where students will be in 2 groups. While one group is having a discussion the other group will take notes and capture the discussion to give feedback, and vice versa.

Homework:

Students should finish reading and annotating Act 2 Scene 2 in A Raisin in the Sun. Annotation guidance can be found here: https://dcps.instructure.com/courses/382882/files/41683229?module_item_id=19923249

Last week students were able to wrap up their election projects by finalizing their research and creating short PowerPoint presentations to demonstrate their findings! I am very impressed with how well the students researched throughout this project. Although the election project is over, we will continue to discuss key events and details as we lead up to the election. The schedule for next week is below!

• Monday: Unit 2 Vocabulary Activity
• Tuesday: Unit Launch & Life in the Colonies
• Wednesday: Continued Life in the Colonies
• Thursday: 7 Years War
• Friday: Colonial Resistance Day 1

This past week Algebra 1 students took their RCT for their first unit in the course on Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities. Math 8 students continued their exploration of dilations on the coordinate grid. This coming week Math 8 students will explore dilations in space and also take a quiz on dilations and sequences of dilations. These students should also expect a unit test at the beginning of next week. Algebra 1 students will being their second unit on Functions this coming week. All students in all classes should bring their math notebooks, pencil and paper to class each day. Computers will be used on an as needed basis.

Last week in science, Monday (10/14)-Friday(10/18) Students had No school on Indigenous Peoples Day.Students had time to complete their IB Formative. Students also completed a Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy PreTest and practice using Mastery Connect. Then on Wednesday (10/16) Students were introduced to the Kinetic Theory of Matter On Thursday (10/17) and Friday (10/18) Students explored the relationship between kinetic energy and temperature through CER arguments and a PhET simulation.

This week in science,

Monday (10/21) Students will complete the Canvas assignment on the relationship between kinetic energy, temperature and state of matter (solid, liquid and gas) and describe states of matter and interactions with particle movement.

Tuesday (10/22)Students will calculate temperature conversions and participate in a hands on experiment.

Wednesday (10/23) Students will continue to practice temperature conversions.

Thursday (10/24) Students will complete a temperature conversion formative and explore phases of matter.

Friday (10/25) Students will further explore phases of matter and learn about phase change diagrams.

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to do so using the links below. Expect a response from teachers, during school hours, within 1 to 2 business days, of the time your communication was received.

Teacher Email Addresses:

• Science: Charmaine.Thompson@k12.dc.gov
• History: Marlena.Wikander@k12.dc.gov
• English: Catherine.Cunha@k12.dc.gov
• Math: Brandi.Anderson@k12.dc.gov

Website: alicedealmiddleschool.org
Location: 3815 Fort Dr NW, Washington, DC, USA
Phone: 202-939-2010