Mrs. O'Rourke's Panther Press
From the week of 9/17 and for the week of 9/24
This newsletter is intended to be read by both parents and students in our class.
Book Fair TOMORROW!
Student Led Conferences Oct 23 & 24
Homeroom teachers will be sending information about sign ups for our Student Led Conferences for this year. These should be sent out by Monday, 9/24.
Thanks to the Peaden Family for some of our Model Magic Clay and the Orris Family for replacing the book Patina (which was so well-loved it "disappeared" from my shelves last year :)
Every bit of generosity is appreciated!!
** I added WHITE Crayola Model Magic Clay to our Amazon Wish List last week. We will be using it for some of our activities creating Ancient Greek Pottery - Any donations from Amazon or elsewhere would be awesome!!**
YEAR LONG HUMANITARIANISM PROJECTS
Learning Highlights from this week
Ancient Greece
Meeting with our 8th Grade Book Buddies
Writing About Reading & Book Buddies
*PLEASE ASK TO SEE YOUR CHILD'S HUMANITIES JOURNAL EACH WEEK TO SEE EVIDENCE OF WHAT KNOWLEDGE THEY ARE APPLYING TO THEIR READING*
Vocabulary
This year, on a biweekly basis, students will be introduced to 8 Greek/Latin roots and stems as well as some challenging and colorful vocabulary words that we often see in reading material for grades 6+. The students will actually "harvest" their own vocabulary words as they seek out words related to the roots and their meanings. We then form our study lists from some of the words that our students find. Often, our words will also connect to what we are studying in social studies or language arts. It will be important that students learn how to spread out their studying over the 2 week period and not get in the habit of trying to cram. I advise students each day how to chunk their study time in hopes that this helps them with effective time management and true mastery of the new words.
Mrs. O'Rourke's Recommended Reads
These are available at this week's Book Fair!
House Arrest by KA Holt
(Yep! I'm still suggesting this one! It's so good!)
Knock Out by KA Holt
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Donate to our Class - We'd LOVE it! - Amazon Wish List
Parent Canvas Portal
Upcoming Assessment and Project Due Dates
Coming up:
Friday 9/28 -AGNN Newscast Projects Due
Friday 9/28 - Book Buddy Books should be finished - last Book Buddy Meeting
Friday 9/28 - Vocabulary Assessment
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Thanks for reading until the end!
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Mrs. O'Rourke
Email: aorourke@hse.k12.in.us
Location: 12278 N. Cyntheanne Rd., Fishers, IN 46037
Phone: 317-594-5248
Twitter: @MrsORourkeHIJH