This week in AVID…8th AVID

· Monday:

· Tuesday: TRF’s (Tutorial Request Form)

· Wednesday: Bio Poem Preparation

· Thursday: TRF’s

· Friday: Team Building Activities

AVID 101

We will be starting a unit on Focused Note Taking and will also be doing some Team Building.

AVID 7

We will be starting a unit on Focused Note Taking.

Course Information:

• This course is designed to work on building reading and writing skills for struggling students.
• The first two weeks of school will be for conducting screener and/or assessments to find base-line data and placing students in the correct course level.

This week in Language!…

This week in Spanish…6th grade Spanish:

· Monday: Assembly

· Tuesday: Numbers Quiz

· Wednesday: Body parts

· Thursday: Body parts

· Friday: Continue Body parts

7th/8th Spanish

· Monday: Finish Skits

· Tuesday: Greetings Quiz

· Wednesday: Numbers

· Thursday: number cont.…

· Friday: Number Quiz?

This week in STEM…6th Grade STEM Exploratory

Monday-Simple Machine Introduction

Tuesday-Newton’s Laws

Wednesday-Newton’s Laws

Thursday-Newton’s Laws

Friday- Mouse Trap

7/8th STEM Lab

Monday-Ahead of the Game-Research

Tuesday-Ahead of the Game-Newton’s Laws

Wednesday-Ahead of the Game-Newton’s Laws

Thursday-Ahead of the Game-Egg Drop Preparation

Friday-Ahead of the Game-Egg Drop Preparation

This week in Robotics…Monday-Coding-Sprites

Tuesday-Coding-Sprites

Wednesday-Coding-Sprite Animation

Thursday-Coding-Variables

Friday-Coding-If…then…

This week in Math Strategies:

Monday

math 180 – Identify equal groups

Navigator – Beginning Place value

Tuesday

math 180 – interpret products

Navigator – developing number sense

Wednesday

math 180 – applying the commutative property

Navigator – Learning about place value system

Thursday

math 180 – Reinforce multiplication facts

Navigator – adding two parts to make a whole

Friday

math 180 – Explain multiplication patterns

Navigator – Finding missing numbers

Course information…

STAR-Strategies to Achieve in Reading

The goal of this elective is to develop skills in the area of reading including decoding and segmenting multi-syllabic words and improving fluency. We are currently completing testing to finalize placement in this group.

This week in STAR…

This week in Strength & Conditioning…Introducing and practicing heart monitors, team and individual activities

PE Course info:

• PE Uniforms will be required starting on September 3rd. Until then students need to bring a change of clothes (Shorts, T-shirt, and athletic non-marking shoe). Uniforms can be bought at The Screen Machine, 115 East 7th Street, Junction City. (785-762-3081)

This week in PE…

Introducing and practicing heart monitors, team and individual activities

This week in Band…White Band is playing out of their books. We set a daily goal at the start of every class and then we try to reach that goal by the end of class. The key to reaching our goal every day is practicing at home. Students should be practicing 20 minutes a day. If they play an instrument that is too big for the bus, please contact me so we can arrange for a home instrument. Playing tests start on Tuesday August 28th . Their playing test scores will be averaged and they will be placed in chairs according to those numbers. They have a list of all the test numbers in their band binders. Please encourage them to practice at home!

Blue Band is playing out of their books. We set a daily goal at the start of every class and then we try to reach that goal by the end of class. They key to reaching our goal every day is practicing at home. Students should be practicing 20 minutes a day. If they play an instrument that is too big for the bus, please contact me so we can arrange for a home instrument. Playing tests start on Tuesday August 28th . Their playing test scores will be averaged and they will be placed in chairs according to those numbers. They have a list of all the test numbers in their band binders. Please encourage them to practice at home!

Red Bands are working out of their music theory books. We try and do 2 pages a day and anything they don’t complete in class should be done at home. We will need instruments and accessories by August 28th. Clarinets, Saxes, Bass Clarinets will need reeds, strength 2.5 and a swab to clean the instrument out, I recommend the silk ones because they last forever and don’t leave fuzzies in the instruments. Trumpets, baritones, and tubas will need valve oil, and trombones will need slide oil.

IMPORTANT: if your percussion students does not have a percussion kit that includes bells and a snare drum, they will need to get them. The expectation for my percussion students is that they are proficient on both bells and snare and our testing covers both. I have given several of them passes to practice in the morning, please encourage them to take advantage of that extra practice time.

Any 7th and 8th graders who are interested in pep band need to see me so I can put them on a list. If they do not need a strategy course they may be selected for pep band.

There will be a sub in my class August 23, 24, and 27 so please remind your students that their best behavior is expected! If you have any questions, please contact me at

[email protected] or 785-717-7777

Course Information:

October 10: All Choir, Guitar, Blue Orchestra, Red Band, 6:00 pm at FRMS

November 8: USD 475 Choral Festival, 7:00 at JCHS

December 11: All Choir, Guitar, Band, 6:00pm at FRMS

(Concert dates are subject to change, should they change information regarding new dates and times will be sent out ASAP)

Concert attire for any student involved in Choir or Guitars.

Concert attire for the men- nice dress slacks (black, khaki, or other darker color), polo or button down shirt, dress shoes.

Concert attire for the ladies- nice dress slacks (black, khaki, or other darker color), blouse, dress shoes (ballet flats, heels may be worn). OR dress (knee length or below), OR skirt (knee length or below) and blouse

Please refrain from wearing t-shirts, jeans, tennis shoes, flip flops, snow/rain boots, and any very brightly colored clothing that would be distracting to the audience such as hot pink, neon yellow/green.

If there are any questions please email [email protected]

This week in Choir…

Course Information:

October 10: All Choir, Guitar, Blue Orchestra, Red Band, 6:00 pm at FRMS

November 8: USD 475 Choral Festival, 7:00 at JCHS

December 11: All Choir, Guitar, Band, 6:00pm at FRMS

(Concert dates are subject to change, should they change information regarding new dates and times will be sent out ASAP)

Concert attire for any student involved in Choir or Guitars.

Concert attire for the men- nice dress slacks (black, khaki, or other darker color), polo or button down shirt, dress shoes.

Concert attire for the ladies- nice dress slacks (black, khaki, or other darker color), blouse, dress shoes (ballet flats, heels may be worn). OR dress (knee length or below), OR skirt (knee length or below) and blouse

Please refrain from wearing t-shirts, jeans, tennis shoes, flip flops, snow/rain boots, and any very brightly colored clothing that would be distracting to the audience such as hot pink, neon yellow/green.

If there are any questions please email [email protected]

This week in Guitars…

Course information:

• For our beginners, we will be trying out each of the four orchestra instruments. This will include the violin, viola, cello, and bass.
• I am excited to be here at Fort Riley Middle School and cannot wait to begin rehearsing with the orchestras. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected].

This week in Orchestra…Blue Orchestra

Monday: Sight-Reading

Tuesday: Sight-Reading

Wednesday: Sight-Reading

Thursday: Theory Thursday (will need computers)

Friday: Sight-Reading

White Orchestra

Monday: Book 1 Review

Tuesday: Book 1 Review

Wednesday: Book 1 Review

Thursday: Theory Thursday (will need computers)

Friday: Sight-Reading

Red Orchestra

Monday: Bow Hold Review and Book 1 #2-5

Tuesday: Bow Hold Review and Book 1 #5-8

Wednesday: Bow Hold Review and Book 1 #7-9

Thursday: Theory Thursday (will need computers)

Friday: Bow Hold Review, Tape Instruments for finger placement, and Book 1 #9

Course information:The primary mission of the Middle School Program is to help 6th to 8th graders to transition more successfully from middle to high school. Specialists will provide an array of counseling, skills development, career association, and experiential learning experiences that will improve their academic performance, school behavior, attendance, confidence, participation and self-esteem. Middle School participants will improve their skills in leading and being an effective member of a team.

The Middle School Program is committed to increasing the potential for success in high school by preparing middle school students for a successful transition into high school. Middle School students participate in the following:

o Visits to their respective high school

o High school shadowing days

o Guest speakers from the high school, i.e., counselors, administrators, teachers, High School Scavenger Hunt

o Sporting events and Concerts

This week in Computers…· Monday
o Keyboarding Skills
· Tuesday
o PowerPoint Project Assigned
· Wednesday
o PowerPoint Sue
· Thursday
o Keyboarding Skills
· Friday

This week in App Design…· Monday

o Book Lesson 1.2

· Tuesday

o Book Lesson 1.3

· Wednesday

o Book Lesson 1.3

· Thursday

o Book Lesson 1.4

· Friday

o Book Lesson 1.4

This week in Makers & Innovators…· Monday

o Book Lesson 1.2

· Tuesday

o Book Lesson 1.2

· Wednesday

o Book Lesson 1.3

· Thursday

o Book Lesson 1.3

· Friday

o Book Lesson 1.3

8/20-8/24 (What we did last week)

Explorations in Art, 6th Grade

Monday: Nametag Project Studio Time

Tuesday: Nametag Project Studio Time/ Intro to Elements and Principles

Wednesday: Optics4Kids.org, Exploring Optical Illusions on a 2D surface.

Thursday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Friday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Art, 7/8th Grade

Monday: Nametag Project Studio Time

Tuesday: Nametag Project Studio Time

Wednesday: Intro to Elements and Principles. E & P Team Presentation Project

Thursday: E & P Team Presentation Project Studio Time

Friday: E & P Team Presentation Project Studio Time

8/27-8/31 (What we are doing this week)

Explorations in Art, 6th Grade

Monday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Tuesday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Wednesday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Thursday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Friday: Optical Illusion “Quilt” Project

Art, 7/8th Grade

Monday: E & P Team Presentation Project Studio Time

Tuesday: E & P Team Presentation Project Studio Time

Wednesday: E & P Presentations

Thursday: E & P Presentations, Multi-Media E & P Collage Project

Friday: Multi-Media E & P Collage Project

This week in Multimedia…8/27: Presentations: About Me

8/28: Class grade license plates. Sign up for clubs, sports picture takers. Look at multimedia available on devices. Make class list & do a sample project with each one.

8/29: work on projects

8/30: work on projects

8/31: share work, write short description of what was done. If time, watch book trailers. Go over rubric & listen to a book talk