Navigating the newsletter: This newsletter provides information about class content and assignments. It is separated by grade level (6th, 7th, and 8th), as well as Other/Elective classes.

Please make sure you are reviewing the information in the Other/Elective section for all elective classes. For example, if your child has Reading Skills with Mrs. Forster, you would search in the Other/Elective section for the name "Forster."

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Balkovic: English Language Arts

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Larson: Science

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Computer Apps – Powers and Larson

Content: Powers kiddos need to complete the End-of-the-Year PowerPoint.

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Powers: Social Studies

Content: Lesson 35: Ghana – A West African Trading Empire

Homework: Cloze notes from class and lesson game. Get all late work turned in by the last day of school for grading – especially SUMMATIVE work!

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Bobier: Science 7

Content: Natural Hazards

Homework: Students will be working on their final Summative, Natural Hazard Research Project. Instructions can be found in Teams Assignments.

Bobier: Honors Science 7

Content: Natural Hazards

Homework: Students will be working on their final Summative, Perfect City Project. Instructions can be found in Teams Assignments.

Jewett:

Content: Students will finish up our poetry mini-unit and wrap up the year by completing a teacher survey and writing a letter to their future selves.

Homework: All missing work for Quarter 4 is due by Friday May 21.

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Kisby:

Content: Year wrap up

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- Puppet Show projects due Monday, May 17 (will be accepted until Friday, May 21)

• Missing work from Q4 due by Friday, May 21

• Cumulative Final: Monday, May 24 A-day; Tuesday, May 25 B-day

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Sinnett: Language Arts

Content: Poetry

Homework: Poetry Basics and A Poem for my Hero

Assignments are in Teams with instructions and resource materials. Please contact me at paula.sinnett@ops.org if you need any other information.

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Wells:

Content: Students will finish up our poetry mini-unit and wrap up the year by completing a teacher survey and writing a letter to their future selves.

Homework: All missing work for Quarter 4 is due by Friday May 21.

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Algebra

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Mitchell: English Language Arts

Content: Ray Bradbury Stories and Film

Homework: Anti-Bullying Poster and Apology

Assignments are loaded into Microsoft Teams with instructions and resource materials. Please contact me at Amy.Mitchell@ops.org if you need any other information.

Nordmeyer: English Language Arts

Content: Ray Bradbury Stories and Film

Homework: Anti-Bullying Poster and Apology

Assignments are loaded into Microsoft Teams with instructions and resource materials. Please contact me at Devon.Nordmeyer@ops.org if you need any other information.

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Sinnett: Language Arts

Content: Poetry

Homework: Poetry Basics and A Poem for my Hero

Assignments are in Teams with instructions and resource materials. Please contact me at paula.sinnett@ops.org if you need any other information.

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Winterstein: (Pre-Algebra)

Content: We will be finishing up our unit on Area, Perimeter, Volume and Surface Area.

Homework: There will be an 8.5 Surface Area assignment along with a test on Friday/Monday.

Winterstein: (Algebra):

Content: Students will finish up our packet with the quadratic equations focusing on the quadratic formula and projectile motion.

Homework: Students will continue to have their assignments on formative with 2 assignments this week on the quadratic formula and projectile motion and then the test will be started after they are done with their review next week.

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Brownfield

Health 7

Content: healthy relationships

Homework: love languages questions, poem, commercial

Health 8

Content: disease

Homework: disease most wanted poster, COVID timeline

Foral:

Content: Review of all Unit 4 material, Unit 4 Summative-Final and Perseverance with “The Perfect Game”

Homework: All work will be done and submitted in class this week and next week.

Forster:

Content: text analysis (Olympics), content clues review (Kahoot) and theme (Pixar Shorts)

Homework: Nearpod assignment (text analysis) and Reading Inventory (assess reading level for next year)

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Franson:

Content: Olympics (text analysis)

Homework: Reading Inventory (assess reading level for next year)

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Mertz

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Therkelsen:

Content: Review of all Unit 4 material, Unit 4 Summative-Final and Perseverance with “The Perfect Game”

Homework: All work will be done and submitted in class this week and next week.

Wiig:

Honors:

Content: Your LC Drama Handbook Videos are due on Friday. We will have one more special projects unit before the semester ends.

Homework: LC Drama Handbook Videos if not finished in class.

7th Grade

Content: Pantomime

Homework: Make sure your notes are all caught up so that you can have a partner for your FINAL SCENE. Final scenes will be performed on May 21st & 24th

8th Grade

Content: Improvisation

Homework: Make sure your notes are all caught up so that you can have a partner for your FINAL SCENE. Final scenes will be performed on May 21st & 24th