Cluster 3
October 8, 2021
When the students start dressing like the teacher you know it's going to be a fun year!
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Cluster News & Announcements
Monday, October 11 - NO SCHOOL - Indigenous People's Day
English- Ms. Fitanides
Students have completed a rough draft of their “Where I am From” poem. This week we will be focusing on self and peer evaluations using Kind, Specific, and Helpful critiques to improve our writing. Peer editing and revision will be supplemented with mini lessons and practice with peer editing, sensory language, and figurative language. Students will finalize poems, include an illustration or photograph, and display them in the hallways. During our gallery walk, students will be able to view classmates’ work and give specific, kind, and helpful comments.
Weekly Standards
ELA Writing 7.3.D
I can use very specific words, descriptive details, sensory & figurative language to reveal experiences to my readers.
ELA Writing 7.5
I can plan, revise, edit, rewrite, or try a new approach in my writing with help from peers and adults
Math- Ms. Spicer
This week we began comparing scale factor and scale. We have been looking at scaled drawings and figuring out what the figures look like in real life. Next week, we will continue this work with scaled drawings with more complex fractional dimensions and create our own scaled drawings.
Learning Targets:
Create a scale drawing given the actual dimensions of the object and the scale.
Compare and contrast scale drawings of the same object using different scales, and describe how scale affects lengths in a scale drawing.
Calculate distances on a scale drawing when given a drawing with a different scale.
Determine the scale of a scale drawing.
Standards:
Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
Please see parent information for more details and ways to support your students:
https://teacher.desmos.com/desbook-asset/assets/desbook/7/1/7.1-family-resource.pdf
Science- Ms. Smith
Social Studies- Mr. Kirkcaldy
Learning Targets: I can define the four claim testers: intuition, logic, authority, and evidence. I can test a claim using the four claim testers.
Resource- Mr. Dayton
Standards:
Standard SEL1: The child will be able to recognize, identify, and express his/her emotions
Standard SEL2: The child will demonstrate accurate self-perception
Standard SEL3: The child will demonstrate self-efficacy (confidence/competence)
Standard SEL5: The child will display empathetic characteristics
Standard SEL6: The child will recognize diversity and demonstrate respect for others
Standard SEL10: The child will demonstrate the ability to seek help and offer help
Standard APL1: The child will demonstrate initiative, self-direction, and independence
Standard APL3: The child will be able to maintain focus and attention, and persist in efforts to complete a task
Standard APL8: The child will be able to retain and recall information
Mr. Jim Kirkcaldy (Ancient History) james.kirkcaldy@watertown.k12.ma.us
Ms. Ellen Fitanides (English) ellen.fitanides@watertown.k12.ma.us
Ms. Heather Smith (Science) heather.smith@watertown.k12.ma.us
Ms. Cristina Spicer (Math) cristina.spicer@watertown.k12.ma.us
Mr. Patrick Dayton (Special Education) patrick.dayton@watertown.k12.ma.us