Cluster 1 Newsletter
December 2, 2022
Hello Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers!
Hi All!
Progress reports will be posted December 23 to PowerSchool. Teachers are in the process of updating their online gradebooks, so please be patient. Thank you for continuing to support your learner and have a great December!
Yours,
Cluster 1 Team
English Language Arts Update
Math Update
Science Update
Make no bones about it! Students enjoyed dissecting owl pellets this week to determine what the ravenous raptors (owls) ate for dinner. Owls eat their prey whole. Hours later, they cough up a pellet containing the parts they can’t digest (bones, feathers, etc.). Sixth Grade Scientists made observations about the shapes of the bones they found. Then, they used various diagrams to recreate the skeletons of the owl’s prey. Through this, students made inferences about predator-prey relationships in an ecosystem. Ask your student about it! Check out our Cluster Instagram for some pictures of what we found!
Social Studies Update
This week we wrapped up our study of early humans. We’ve been diving deep into how environmental challenges drove human evolution by naturally selecting the hominids best adapted to survive. We finished our Walking with Cavemen documentary, and our hominid family tree assignment. We also completed our two hominid assessments, the Walking with Cavemen Reflection, and the Hominid Survival Poster. Next week we will move on to our study of the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. Here students will begin to learn about how dramatically human life and civilization changed with the advent of farming.
Specialist Smore
Reading Smore
This space is where reading teachers can provide updates on their classes!
Wilson Reading Smore
Here is the link for the Wilson Reading Smore with Ms. Sorenson
English Learner Smore
Check here for updates from our English Language Development teachers Ms. Rix, Ms. Gilmartin, Ms. Campos, and Ms. Schoenbeck.
Contact Us
Zachary Allen - English - zachary.allen@watertown.k12.ma.us
Jessie Daigneault - Science - jessie.daigneault@watertown.k12.ma.us
Ann Palermo - Math - ann.palermo@watertown.k12.ma.us
Megan Lipson - Social Studies - donna.lipson@watertown.k12.ma.us
Jim Duffy - Special Education - james.duffy@watertown.k12.ma.us
Jody Gladstein - Guidance - jody.gladstein@watertown.k12.ma.us
Sheila Gilmartin - English Language Development - sheila.gilmartin@watertown.k12.ma.us
Zara Rix - English Language Development - zara.rix@watertown.k12.ma.us