Upcoming End-of-Year Events

• 8th graders will go to Boston on Wednesday of this week. Students will walk the Freedom Trail, visit Faneuil Hall, watch a Red Sox game, see the Boston Museum of Science and so much more!  We will have an early departure.  Please arrive early!  
• We would like to remind families that school will be closed on Monday, May 29th for Memorial Day.  This is our last day off before the year's end.
• The culminating event for the Marketplace will take place on Wednesday, June 7th.  Our young entrepreneurs have been working hard to obtain your business.  You will not want to miss this wonderful event.
• Students were given an hour each week over the past few months to research and investigate a topic of personal interest.  We are planning on displaying our Odyssey Projects on the night of June 13th from 6:00 to 7:30pm.  More details to follow as we get closer to the event.
• 8th Grade celebration is on June 14th.  The last middle school dance of the year will happen after the celebration.  
• ½ day on June 15th is the last day for all students.  Students will be dismissed after lunch.  

math tasks

Grade 6
Mid-Module Unit 2
Division of fractions and their models Review Lessons 4&5 especially
Area with decimals (decimal multiplication)  all operations with decimals
Grade 7
Test corrections in class, Lesson 22 Solving with Algebra
Grade 8
Frayer Model for Linear Relationships
Lesson 3 Solving with x

Science Weekly Update

• Science students are learning about adaptations and have learned the difference between structural and behavioral adaptations.  Students are using a computer simulation to show how changes can happen over time in a population of walkingstick bugs and are graphing their results.  Students are using their graphs to create claims and they are backing up their claims using data as evidence.  Next week, we will investigate the nature of genetic variation by studying an imaginary dog-like rodent called a Larkey.  

T3 Progress Reports

Hello Odyssey Families,

We wanted to let you know that 6th and 7th grade students were given a progress report packet in their last period class today.  Please look over the content of the progress reports and discuss the feedback they contain.  If there are any themes in the feedback, please work with your student and the team of teachers to come up with a plan around it (e.g., students may need to stay after school for one or two days to make up any missing homework assignments)  As always, if you have any questions about how your student is progressing, we are available through the email and phone contact information on the cover letter and are willing to work with you.  

We ask that both the student and a parent/guardian sign the cover letter.   Please have the student return it back to their advisory teacher to ensure that all families have reviewed the packet.  Thank you for your continued support and partnership!

Sincerely,

Odyssey Teachers

math tasks

Grade 6  Lesson 11 Classwork B the word problem
Grade 7 Lesson 21 Problem Set work with expressions
Grade 8 Lesson 1 in our new unit Linear Relationships writing expressions/equations

math tasks

Grade 6
Handouts on multiplication and division of decimals
Grade 7
End-of-Module Assessment
Review: Combining Signed Numbers, Number lines, Percent of Discount and Integer Game
Grade 8
Lesson 13 & 14 Problem Sets for Pythagorean Theorem

Science Enrichment

Students are encouraged to watch the 3 video installment of National Geographics "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise"  There is an accompanying graphic organizer that students can use while watching the video to identify the organisms unique to Hawaii and some of the adaptations that they have developed to survive there.

Science

Students received back their cells unit test and either made corrections in class (6th & 7th grade) or should make corrections on their own (8th grade).  There are 5 grades associated with this test and all students are encouraged to take a retest (either verbally or paper) to improve their learning/grades.

math tasks

Grade 6
Lesson 9  Division with fractions and mixed numbers
Grade 7
Equivalent Expressions Lesson 19
Tic Tac Toe and matrix for Example 2
Grade 8
Science NECAPs
Get a good night's sleep

math tasks

Grade 6
Finish fraction sheet p29 columns b&d
Grade 7
Problem Set Lesson 19
defining variables, writing expressions, evaluating expressions
Grade 8
Lesson 12 Modeling Similarity
Problem Set