9th Grade Newsletter
December 6, 2024
We hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving Break, but we are glad everyone is back!
World History:
Students will be finishing the last two chapters of our unit next week and begin to prepare for their final test the week after. Please reach out if you have any concerns.
Mr. Bottom
Physical Education:
All is well in PE! We will continue a second week of weight room and Monster Ball. Students in Sports Conditioning will continue their daily workouts. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have for your student!
*We will look to go outside as much as possible for PE (weather permitting). Please help us in reminding our students to bring water bottles and tennis shoes every day they have PE.
Contact Information:
Coach Amon
Phone 913-651-7371. Ext 4111 Email pamon@usd207.org
Coach Dreiling
Phone: 913-651-7371 Ext. 4110 Email: tdreiling@usd207.org
Coach Turner
Phone: 913-651-7371 Ext. 4138 Email: cturner@usd207.org
Avid 9:
This week we learned about engaging with our community and the meaning of giving back. Students worked together to create tie blankets. One blanket is going to the animal shelter on post and the others will be donated to children in need.
Have a great weekend!
Math:
Just a reminder that students can check Google classroom for the Weekly Learning Plan, Vocabulary, Lesson Recordings, and Completed Notes.
Please continue to check Skyward regularly to check that students are completing assignments.
Algebra students completed Module 4 “Graphing Linear Functions”. The Module 4 Vocabulary Quiz was Friday, Nov. 22, and the Test is Monday, Nov. 25. We will begin Module 5 “Creating Linear Equations” following Thanksgiving break.
Pre-Algebra students completed Module 6 “Algebraic Expressions”. The Module 6 Test will be Tuesday, Nov. 26. We will begin Module 7 “Equations & Inequalities” following Thanksgiving break.
Geometry students took the Module 4 Test Monday, Nov. 18. We started Module 6 “Relationships in Triangles” and will take a quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Thank you and have a great weekend! Mrs. Blount
Art:
Using the media of their choice of media, 7th, 8th and 9th grade artists are creating dessert artworks that demonstrate the use of three-dimensional volume on a two-dimensional plane. 6th grade artists continue to design and construct mini-mosaics using cut straws.
Culinary Essentials:
Students began learning the Rules of Mise en Place, “to put in place” this week. To put this new skill into practice the class has been working together to produce a Classgiving Meal! Put their Culinary skills to work next week in the kitchen over the break.
If you have any questions, please contact me at kcox@usd207.org
Foods and Nutrition: Foods & Nutrition: As we begin wrapping up Unit 3: The Food We Eat, students have selected a common food allergen to research and prepare a presentation over. The students have been working all week in class and will have next week(2 days) to complete this project. Please encourage your kiddos to join you in the kitchen over the break to continue practicing their culinary skills.
If you have any questions, please contact me at kcox@usd207.org
Principles of Biomedical Science:
There are a few topics which are NOT in the PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science curriculum but need to be included if this class is to count as a biology credit. Photosynthesis is one of these topics. We have been studying photosynthesis this past week. One of the highlights was looking at a stomata opening on the underneath side of a geranium leaf. This opening allows gas exchange to happen in plants–oxygen leaves the plant and carbon dioxide is absorbed. Next week, we will study cellular respiration.
Students continue with weekly quizzes over the assigned reading material. These quizzes focus on simple concepts from the reading, vocabulary in the section and often contain the exact questions from the reading! To be successful on the quiz, students must do the reading. In addition, students may use their notes on the quiz so it is a good idea to record vocabulary as they read. Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Elder
Spanish 1:
Spanish 1 is currently working through Savvas 3A & 3B. Our next quizzes will be over the vocabulary from these sections on Tuesday, 12/10 (3A) and Friday 12/13 (3B).
We are adding the verb conjugations for "-er" and "-ir" verbs in the present indicative tense. We will be learning a few commonly used rule-breaking verbs.
Students are also doing a Señor Wooly Video of their choosing, completing 5 nuggets (3,000 coins) by the end of the day on Monday, December 9th. (The absolute deadline for this is Tuesday, 10 December.)
It is important for students to stay up to date with their work as we approach the end of the second quarter and first semester. No extensions for work will be given.
Señora Ford kford@usd207.org
Biology:
Here is the final two weeks for Biology:
Monday - Mini Assessment #2, Discuss Fermentation, Assign Chapter 10 Lab (due Friday)
Tuesday - Finish discussion of Fermentation, Fermentation Homework due end of class
Wednesday - Mini Assessment #3, Review for test
Thursday - Chapter 10 Test
Friday - Retest, Study for final, Chapter 10 Lab due
Monday - Final Day 1
Tuesday - Final Day 2
Wednesday - Dome Theater Trip
Thursday - School Planned Activities, Make up any missing work.
ELA:
It's been another great week in ELA 9. Students worked on a flyer that they presented to the class (with the theme of “never again”) and then worked on a persuasive speech intended for a school board. They also did a sketch/drawing similar to a graphic novel (just shorter). Next week we will be focusing on a graphic novel about the Holocaust entitled Maus.
Please reach out if you have any questions!
–Trace Gibson (tgibson@usd207.org)
Drama 8/9 – WOW! What a great night! The Drama 8/9 class did an outstanding job with How to Get Away with a Murder Mystery. Thank you to all who attended the show. The show was so enjoyable that the students have been asked to give 2 encore performances the last week of the semester.
As the quarter winds down, we will rest for a day or two before planning for our next two shows – Dr. Seuss and an original production. Stay tuned for more about each of these.
Ms. Paradies pparadies@usd207.org
Broadcast:
Students have their choice board activities to work through. They should be using their feedback from past assignments to guide their work. Students also have their own roles to complete for the daily announcements.
Engineering Essentials:
Students have been working to calculate mechanical advantages of simple machines. In the week ahead, we are using pulley systems and calculating gear ratios. This section is very mathematically challenging, but it will set them up for our Unit 2 project that we will complete going into Semester 2.
ESL
We are continuing our study of Christmas around the World to learn how other countries celebrate Christmas. Students will choose six countries from several to research. They will create a book detailing the information they learned. The main reading skill they are using is comparing and contrasting the information from each country they selected.
December 6, 2024 is early dismissal.
Nina Hewitt ESOL Teacher
Patton Jr. High: 913-651-7371
Have a great weekend!
- 9th Grade Team
