Mavericks Team Update
October 15, 2015
A few announcements....
Mavericks T-Shirts For Sale!: We are accepting order forms and payment for this year's Mavericks Team shirts. We will accept them until the end of the month. Here is the order form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vp8YG0cY8ogt0OcfIhqxTo0yyOi7FjzsnnogXSZDppI/edit?usp=sharing
EDP Session 2: The link below is that of the EDP form for Session 2. When completing the form, please make sure you prioritize the choices (1st, 2nd, 3rd choice). Clubs filled up fast last session so please turn in your form as soon as possible so your student can get their first choice!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_GFVgSI8xQDjV4x-PtWzuww--BaUHYURY-ZfOLgWynI/edit?usp=sharing
Quarter 1 Grade Cards will be sent home with students on Friday.
Class Information and Reminders
Math- Today students will continue to practice writing numbers in scientific notation, standard form, and expanded form. Students will begin to compare quantities written in scientific notation.
Announcements: Unit 2, Homework 3 is due on Friday. Students were given this sheet last Thursday (October 8). Students will have the opportunity to retake unit 2, quiz 1 on Monday. Students will take Unit 2, quiz 2 on Friday.
Here is this week's homework: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B26DRoAp-PQ3OXBKSDZJNGJkV0k/view?usp=sharing
Science- Today students will be doing a lab using fossil evidence to relatively date rock layers.
Social Studies- Today we are studying the end of the Revolutionary War and the New Nation
English Language Arts -Today students finishing our work on practicing different strategies to write attention-grabbing introductions for their narrative essays.
Reminders
i-Ready
Students may complete i-Ready lessons at home at any time for Math and ELA (see instructions at the bottom of this newsletter). These lessons ARE for a grade. For ELA, students MUST click on "Extra Lessons" (only those lessons will be graded).
Parent Teacher Conferences
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CBDAxk4xV9zQ885B2Cr2wxi9tfkPUuzqACz-4lvT540/edit?usp=sharing
Volleyball "Districts"
Saturday, Oct 17, 2015, 09:00 AM
Oak Park High School, Northeast 79th Terrace, KCMO, MO, United States
Volleyball vs. Ray Central
Monday, Oct 19, 2015, 04:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Can't make it on the 26th? That's ok! There is another date on the 29th.
Monday, Oct 26, 2015, 03:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
EDP Session 2 Begins
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015, 03:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, Oct 29, 2015, 03:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School
Contact Information
(816) 321-4204
Jessica Nolin, Science
(816) 321-5829
Troy Seiloff, Social Studies
(816) 321-6137
Leslie Goodwin, English Language Arts
(816) 321-4691
Additional Resources and Links
E-Campus (Blackboard)
I-Ready The I-Ready program provides students with lessons and assessments to strengthen their knowledge Math and ELA concepts. The Math and ELA teachers use this program in class frequently, and will use the students' scores on the assessments that follow the lessons in their grade books. We strongly encourage students working on lessons at home if possible. The student username is the student's ID #@nkcschools.org (123456@nkcschools.org, for example) and the password is the student's birthdate (MMDDYYYY).
PowerSchool Be sure to sign up for a Parent Portal account! From this account you can view student's grades and attendance. Don't have a parent portal account?
Scholastic Scholastic Reading Clubs allow parents and students to order book and other items at an affordable price. If you use Mrs. Goodwin's classroom code, N8ZDY , when you check out, you earn free books for the ELA classroom! Want to write a check? That's fine! Simply write the check to Scholastic and turn it into Mrs. Goodwin. Monthly paper catalogues are available in Mrs. Goodwin's room as well.
Eastgate Middle School Calendar
Eastgate Middle School Website