GMP Newsletter

Dec. 3- Prospective GMP Parent Night - 6:00 - 7:30pm

Dec. 3- ELA Star Test

Dec. 4- Math Star Test

Dec. 5 - Sixth Grade Theater Class Play - 5:00pm

Dec. 6- Career Panel for 8th Grade Only - 7th and 8th Periods

Dec. 12- Seventh and Eighth Grade Field Trip to Junior Academy

Dec. 13- ELA Book Logs & Grades Reflections Due

Dec. 19- Snowball School Dance - 4:00 - 5:30pm

Dec. 19- Eighth Graders Career Presentations - 6:00 - 7:00pm

Dec. 20- End of Semester Celebrations (Sign Up Genius Coming)

Dec. 21 - Jan. 6- Winter Break

Sixth Grade: Roller Coasters

North Pole Field Trip, Construct Themed Amusement Park Rides, Highs & Lows Reading in ELA

Seventh Grade: Egypt

Reading The Red Pyramid, Artifact Dig, Mummify an Apple

Eighth Grade: Careers

Career Research, Panel Discussion, Career Day Presentation on 12/19/24

Sixth graders will read and analyze selections from The Highwayman (poem), No Dream Too High: Simone Biles (Non-fiction), and A Christmas Carol (Fiction) and will be writing responses using evidence from the text to support their analysis.

Seventh graders will wrap up their novel study on the Red Pyramid and will engage in research of a specific Egyptian artifact. Students will write an original poem from the point of view of that artifact.

Eighth graders will complete and present their Portrait as a Biography research/arts integration project and will research an area of passion that may grow into a career. They will interview several panelists and create a presentation about a possible career choice.

Sixth graders are learning all about the mighty Mayan Empire and all of their remarkable achievements. Students will be building temples, performing a reader’s theater and flexing their creativity in their narrative writing about a day in the life of a Mayan. Additionally, students are creating and presenting their amusement park proposals as part of our cross-curricular physics collaboration with Science.

Seventh graders are splitting their time between completing their Egyptian cross-curricular unit and our personal finance lessons with Junior Achievement Park Financial lessons and simulation. I am looking forward to students having the opportunity to simulate financial decisions that they will make as adults. I believe analyzing these details will be impactful for years to come. Students are making text-to-text connections with their ELA readings and SS Egyptian primary and secondary sources. They are enjoying the creative arts and doing a great job of making connections to the modern world.

Eighth graders are splitting their time between completing their American Revolution unit and our personal finance lessons with Junior Achievement Park Financial lessons and simulation. I am looking forward to students having the opportunity to simulate financial decisions that they will make as adults. I believe analyzing these details will be impactful for years to come. We are excited to move forward in history after the break. I am looking forward to our Passion Project presentations and seeing what hopes and dreams are students have for their futures.

6th Grade: Students are experimenting with kinetic and potential energy! They worked so hard in their marble lab, tying in lots of math and ELA for their lab write-ups! They are now designing their own roller coasters for our cross-curricular theme.

7th grade: Students are learning about the Geologic Processes of Earth. They experimented with weathering, erosion, and deposition and modeled how that looks with different types of Earth's surfaces. They will soon begin learning about Earth's plate tectonics and continental drift.

8th Grade: Students finished learning about synthetic materials in chemistry and both the importance and repercussions of mishandling these materials. They will begin learning about cells and heredity next.