March 24, 2017

Germantown Elementary

School

UPCOMING

EVENTS

March 20-26

Germantown Groceries

Shop Local Fundraiser

March 25

District Organizational

Band Contest at Triad

Middle School

March 28th

Composer Darryl Johnson

visits Germantown

Junior High Jazz SHAPIN’ UP WITH SHUBERT

PE classes will be outside as much as possible depending on the weather.

Please come prepared if it is chilly. Also, please take your uniform home

to wash, thank you.

Game Plan dates have been set, and Parent Information Night will be

Wednesday, March 29 at 6:30. If you did not receive an email regarding

this, please let me know. Class dates are in the letter as well and will

follow the information night.

Still waiting to set the dates for First Aid/CPR, I will let you know as soon

as I do.

Have a Great Weekend!

THE BAND PLAYED ON

District Band Contest is tomorrow, March 25th at Triad Jr. High School.

We will be playing at 8:00a.m. so that the Volleyball Players and anyone

wishing to cheer them on at State can get to the 1st game. We will meet at

School at 6:10 a.m.. Please make sure your child has their black socks and

black shoes. Wearing shorts makes it very easy to get the band uniform on

and off quickly. If you are planning on leaving from Triad for the

Volleyball game, please let me know, so I can help with getting you out of

there quickly. Any band parent that can help to carry stuff from the home

room to the gym and back would be very much appreciated. Our

performance time is 8:00a.m., so we will be back in

Germantown by about 9:30a.m..

On Tuesday, March 28th we will have a very special guest here at school—

Darryl Johnson II, who is a composer from California. He will be here to

work with the concert band and then he will have a presentation on

composing music for movies for the Jr. High Students. The band is

playing one of his pieces on Saturday, so we are really looking forward to

meeting him.

“PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT”

7th & 8th Grade: Next week, the 7th and 8th grade will get to demonstrate the

knowledge they have gained through working hard all year long on mastering our

state standards by participating in the PARCC Assessment. We have gained some

experience with practice assessments, identified areas that have proved challenging,

and learned strategies that can help each student best showcase their skills. Now, we

are ready to show how much we have grown this year and rock the PARCC!

7th Grade: In between testing, students will continue reading and discussing To Kill

a Mockingbird. Next week, we will focus on how character development and setting

impacts the plot of the novel (RL 7.3).

8th Grade: In between testing, students will begin a research unit. Students will

establish a topic of particular interest and engage in pre-writing and research

activities (W 8.7).

*DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR HEADPHONES/EARBUDS NEXT

WEEK!!*

RAKERS’ RABBLE

WISE WORDS FROM MRS. Y

CAN YOU

ANSWER THIS

MOVIE TRIVIA

QUESTION?

The newest version of

King Kong is in

theaters, starring Tom

Hiddleston (picture

below).

What character does he

play in the Marvel

Universe?

Last Week’s Answer:

Emma Watson is the

actress portraying Belle

in the new Beauty and

the Beast film.

8th Grade Science: Next week, we will continue a unit on Scientific Math

Formulas. We are currently working on Acceleration and will be dealing with

Density next week.

7th Grade Science: We will continue to work on the individual animal

groups next week.

6th Grade Science: Next week, we will be discussing the Earth’s stress. Just

like our own stress, it is due to pressure, but this pressure is physical.

5th Grade Science: We will continue our Electricity Unit next week. We will

probably invite the 4th graders in for a lesson as well.

8th Grade Green Screen: The 8th graders have been put into 5 groups and

given their day of the week to work on. They will be writing scripts, as well as

recording, editing, and uploading their videos to one of our YouTube channels.

EVERSGERD’S WORDS

5th LA: We will start the period this week with Bellwork. It will be due next

Monday due to the lack of time from PARCC testing. Then we will be

working on biography posters. It’s a nice relaxing project while you are

PARCC testing this week.

6th ELA: We will start our period with DOL week 14. This short quiz will be

Wednesday due to PARCC testing. Monday and Tuesday we will work on

writing a narrative in a different point of view. Wednesday morning we have

ELA unit 1 PARCC test from 8:35-10:30. We will also step back into a novel

that afternoon! We will start reading Across the Wide and Lonesome

Prairie. Thursday morning we will head to Central to watch “Sister Act”.

After lunch, we will take the ELA unit 2 PARRC test. I will not see you on

Friday due to the early dismissal.

*DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR HEADPHONES/EARBUDS

THIS WEEK!!*

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Coming Soon!

March 29th

Central Math Contest

March 29th

Game Plan Parent

Meeting

6:30pm

March 30th

6th Grade Field Trip to

Central Play

March 31st

7th &8th Grade Field

Trip to Mater Dei

High School Musical

March 31st

11:40 Dismissal

SIP Day

MS. HEMPEN

A brief overview: Many parents have been wondering “What exactly IS the

PARCC Assessment?” First and foremost, I feel very confident that if any of my

fifth grade students were asked this question, they could answer with complete

confidence. The PARCC is not something scary—and not something to be afraid

of. In fact, it is a wonderful time of year in which the students are able to

showcase their hard work by meeting and exceeding the expectations of the 5th

grade standards. That’s it! All year long students engage in activities that cover

the 5th grade learning standards that not only prepare them for 6th grade, but

the academic rigor helps them tackle tasks that require them to think critically

to problem solve. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to

contact me. I would be happy to help you see the multitude of benefits the 5th

grade standards bring to everyday instruction! :)

5th Grade Literature: Next week, the students will begin PARCC testing for

ELA. In between testing, they will participate in reviewing concepts such as

narrator’s point of view, figurative language, characters, and summary.

5th Grade Math: Next week the students will have a final review over each

math domain. Individualized instruction allows for students to practice the

standards they need to most help in. It also provides students of varying abilities

to put their skills to work at a level that meets their needs. ANY practice on

Study Island would be greatly beneficial.

Important: Please make sure that all students have a pair of

headphones by Monday. They will need them for the listening

component of the PARCC assessment. Thank you!

MR. GLYNN’S SOCIAL STUDIES SCOOP

5th: Students will be comparing and contrasting the treatment of slaves in the

South and the treatment of factory workers in the North (RI.5.3). We will be

reading excerpts from The Jungle, and we will look into the development of

labor unions.

6th: The students will have a quiz on Monday over the Middles Ages. Your

child should have a study guide to use. We will then start our unit on the

Renaissance. The students will complete a web quest as an introduction

(RI.6.9). We will then start working in stations to learn about important people

and ideas of the Renaissance.

7th: We will be wrapping up our unit on the colonization of America. We will

have a quiz on Wednesday. We made a few changes this week, so the quiz was

pushed back. Students will be getting a study guide on Monday. We will then

start studying the causes of the American Revolution (RI.7.3).

8th: We will start discussing battles on the western front of World War II. With

PARCC testing getting started, I want to give the students an option on how

they want to learn about these battles and what areas they would like to focus

on. They will be required to determine an author's point of view or purpose in a

text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting

evidence or viewpoints (RI.8.6)

Student Council

6th grade: In between PARCC testing, students will be reviewing previous

standards. They will primarily be focusing on ratios and proportions this week.

There is a possible quiz/assessment this week.

Study Island– Any concepts covered so far!

7th grade: In between PARCC testing, students will be able to identify

cross-sections created from 3-D figures. We will also be reviewing all standards

with PARCC practice as well. There is a possible quiz/assessment this week.

(7.G.3)

Study Island– Scale Drawings, Two-Dimensional Shapes, and Three-

dimensional shapes (Any concepts covered so far!)

8th grade: In between PARCC testing, students will be finishing up solving

systems of linear equations using different strategies. There is a possible

assessment this week. (8.EE.8)

Study Island– Solutions to linear equations, Solving linear equations, Systems

of linear equations, Linear Relationships, Describe Functions, Understanding

Functions, and Compare Functions (Any concepts covered so far!)

Algebra: In between PARCC testing, students will be learning about rational

equations in Chapter 11. After this chapter is completed, we will be moving on to

semester review. There is a possible quiz/assessment this week.

WEEKLY “BARK” FROM MS. CLARK

Next meeting is Wed., April 5th.

Math Team

Next meetings are

Mon. and Tues. the 27th and

28th. Contest is the

29TH!

BULLDOG SPORTS

NEWS

3/25/17 - 11:00am

Varsity Volleyball

@ State in Herrin

3/31/17 -

1st Grade Check of

the 4th Quarter

4/4/17 - Track

Meet in Mascoutah

Field events –4:15

Running –4:45

4/8/17 - Germantown

Day at the Ballpark