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Parent Teacher Conferences

Our parent teacher conferences will be taking place on February 17th-19th! A post will be sent out this coming Monday with more details. Please watch for this!

Our PTO is looking for your feedback. We appreciate all they do to provide us with field trip and classroom funds; but they would love to know your ideas! The survey responses can be anonymous if need be! For an anonymous response, simply do not type in the name text boxes. :)

Parent Survey Link: Parent survey link

Here's The Happenings:

Science:  We will wrap up our Matter & Atoms  unit next week!  Students will review Tuesday and Wednesday, taking the unit test on Thursday.  I will also introduce our next unit on Cells & the Nervous System!

Homework Due 2/4: Study Guide

Math: Unit 5 (Chapter 2-7th GB)-Multiplying & Dividing Rational Numbers

Ask your student what the helpful triangle is and how we use it to multiply values. Students got class time after their test yesterday and today to work on their Masked Mathematician Extra Credit Opportunity. We will finish our first lesson for Chapter 2 on Tuesday. 

Homework: Masked Mathematician EC (optional, due on Wednesday)

Social Studies: Students will be learning about The Industrial Revolution. We will learn about Karl Marx and other attempts at reform. Then we will finish up the unit with a story about the Industrial Revolution..

English:  We’ll be continuing our reading of The Iliad in class. Students may have occasional homework connected to the reading, so a little encouragement at home to stay on track is always appreciated. Thanks for your support!

Writing & Research: Our middle school students are finishing their unit on identifying and eliminating redundancy in writing. They’ve been practicing how to make their sentences clearer and more concise—an important skill that strengthens communication across all content areas.

As we move forward, students will continue working on a variety of grammar skills to support strong writing habits. These upcoming lessons will help them improve sentence structure, clarity, and overall confidence as writers.

Thank you for your continued support as our middle school learners grow in their writing and research skills!