Week 19

Ruqayah.Zuhair@k12.dc.gov

Michael.Martis@k12.dc.gov

Kelynn.Offley@k12.dc.gov

Kaitlyn.Johnson@k12.dc.gov

Tierra.Peteet@k12.dc.gov

Emily.Bullock@k12.dc.gov

We are so very excited to meet you all and get this school year started! In our weekly newsletter we will have updates on events, class assignments, school news, and a little information about your teachers.

At Alice Deal Middle School - Here We Grow!

SAVE THE DATE!

International Night

January 25th

6pm – 8pm

Students and families from all grades are welcome and encouraged to join us for International Night!

This time-honored Alice Deal event brings together the Alice Deal community as we celebrate the many cultures and nations represented among our student body. The event includes "Taste of the Nation" tables where families share sample size offerings of foods from around the world. Please sign up as a host Deal International Night Volunteer Host Tables

Wear your dancing shoes - we will have a DJ! And of course, Deal merch will be on sale.

Join us for this festive night of celebration! Buy your tickets here https://DealInternation.givesmart.com

****International Night is our number one fundraiser for important scholarship dollars for the upcoming 8th grade foreign language trips!

Questions: shannonharrisbehm@hotmail.com

Deal will continue to offer an in-person, Summer Math Acceleration Camp (SMAC) and an Online Asynchronous Math Course (Zearn) for our current 6th and 7th graders during July of 2025 (July 7 - July 31; 8:45 am - 12:00 noon).

SMAC Math 7

This intensive course is for 6th graders currently taking Math 6 who become eligible based on the iReady MOY and EOY Assessment. Students who successfully complete this in-person course and the final assessment will be placed in Math 8 in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

Zearn 7

This online asynchronous course is for 6th graders currently taking Math 6. Only students who qualify based on their MOY i-Ready score will become eligible. Students who successfully complete the course and the final assessment will be placed in Math 8 in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year

SMAC Math 8

This intensive course is for 6th & 7th graders currently taking Math 7 who become eligible based on the MOY and EOY iReady Assessment. Students who successfully complete this in-person course and the final assessment will be placed in Algebra I in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

Zearn 8

This online asynchronous course is for 6th or 7th graders currently taking Math 7. Only students who qualify based on their MOY i-Ready score are eligible. Students who successfully complete the course and the final assessment will be placed in Algebra I in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

We will host a Virtual SMAC & Zearn information Meeting for families on Teams at 6:30 pm on Thursday, January 9 - bit.ly/DEALJAN9

Please remember to bring you math notebook, pencils and device to class DAILY!!!!

Homework for Math Class

2 Weekly PEAR HWs Due Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:00 am

1 iReady Lesson due every Sunday

Deal Math Curiculum - https://im.kendallhunt.com/MS/families/1/index.html

This Week in Mth 6

This week in Math 7

Please click above to see the weekly schedule.

This can also be found on student's Canvas page.

Daily Expectations:

• Math notebook
• Pencils
• Device

Math class is accepting Donations for:

• Tissue boxes
• Clorox Wipes
• Hand Sanitizers
• Pencils
• Index Cards

• Happy New Year, Scientists!

  I hope you all had a restful and fun break. This past short week students reviewed classroom expectations before finishing up and presenting their presentations about planets in our solar system.

  Next Tuesday 1/7 we will have our Term 2 Roots Summative on all the roots from this term. This weekend students should be reviewing their Root words using their Roots organizer in their agenda, the study guide, and the below Blooket links.

  Roots Blooket - Tower Defense Mode

  https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6776c8d0789c3bb1109eef83

  Roots Blooket - Monster Brawl Mode

  https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6776c9001f27bc3337daa3fa

  Roots Blooket - Factory Mode

  https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6776c91f16584db4e03d2267

  Roots Blooket - Cafe Mode

  https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6776c94516584db4e03d2268

  After the Roots summative, students will spend the rest of the week completing their mid-year MAP standardized test to track student progress.

Last Week students continued mapping SSEA with physical feature glossary words and thematic map exploration. Students will receive all of their study material to study over the weekend. Their SSEA map quiz will be Wednesday (January 8th).

This Week students will continue their map quiz preparation and review through jeopardy review game. Quiz is January 8th. After, at the end of the week, students will launch into the theme for their unit on barriers to education, learning the four major barriers or physical geography, poverty, conflict, and labor.

Monday – Review of character and plot with novel

Tuesday – watching Tuck Everlasting movie to compare to the novel

Wednesday – watching Tuck Everlasting movie to compare to the novel

Thursday – RACE paragraphs comparing and contrasting

Friday – Introducing introductory paragraphs and thesis statements

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Library Corner

Happy New Year! Let's make 2025 a great year for reading and inquiry! Check out these great resources that the library is offering in January. Check out this month's Library Newsletter below:

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