8th Grade families

Hello 8th grade families,

We wanted to let you know about two important events occurring tomorrow at the high school. Tomorrow from 6:00-8:00pm is the (1) High School Course Fair and (2) the Opportunities Fair.  We've included the flyer for both events so you can have more information about them.  If you have any questions about these events, please communicate with the contact people listed on the flyers.  

HS Course and Opportunity Fair

math tasks

Grade 6
Finding the Percent of a Quantity
Lesson 26 Examples 1 & 2, Exercise 1
Grade 7
Lesson 4 Generalizing Patterns for the Addition of Integers
Absolute Values and the combination of their arrows
Grade 8
Frayer model for the Pythagorean Theorem and the creation of squares to make a 3-4-5 right triangle

T2 Progress Reports

Greetings Odyssey Families,

We wanted to let you know that progress reports were handed to students on Thursday and Friday of this week.  We are requesting that parents/guardians sign the cover letter along with the student to ensure that it reached the desired destination and that it was reviewed by each family.  The student should return the signed cover letter to their advisor as soon as possible.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the team.  Enjoy the weekend!

math tasks

Grade 6
Lessons 24 & 25 complete - fractions, decimals and percents
Grade 7
Lesson 4
Patterns and rules for adding integer. signed numbers
Grade 8
We completed corrections on the Congruence unit and are reviewing patterns in Lesson 12-14 as we get ready for work with the Pythagorean Theorem

math tasks

Grade 6
Lesson 25 Problem Set
Grade 7
Lesson 3 complete  integer addition
Grade 8
Lesson 12 complete
working on corrections in class

LA Homework January 23-30 Reading Logs 11 & 12

Students will be reading a great deal in class this week.  We will be heavily focused on reading and rereading primary documents.  For this reason, there will be no reading log 14, however many students still have not completed reading log 12 from January 9 using the Swedish fish article or
reading log 13 ,from January 16, using the newsela article on "workers" vs "slaves" language in textbooks.

Science Update

Students have been working diligently on their science fair projects.  At this point, students should have completed their background paragraphs, question/problem statement, variables and hypothesis/design criteria.  This past week, we worked on procedure writing and key elements to data tables. I would like to see more students staying after school to work on their projects.  Weds-Friday after school is best.  Please email me if you have any questions or would like to schedule an after school session.  This week, students should be experimenting or building their prototypes.  This can happen at school or at home.

math tasks

All grades have Ten Marks assignments

math tasks

Grade 6
Lesson 24
Modeling of Percent, fraction, decimal and percent formats
Grade 7
Lesson 3 complete
Addition of Integers
Grade 8
Assessment for Unit 2 in progress.
Lesson 12 - 14 is good review

math tasks

Grade 6
Lesson 24
percents and models
Grade 7
Lesson 2 complete - models for integer (postive and negative number) addition
Grade 8
Lesson 13 Problem Set 1-3 ( review for assessment tomorrow)
Lesson 14 Problem Set

math tasks

Grade 6
Lesson 22
Distance = Rate * Time
Grade 7
8 number lines for equations
Grade 8
handout Alternate and Same Side Angles

Trimester 1 Report Card

Greetings Odyssey Families,

It has been brought to our attention by a good number of our students that several families have not received their 1st Trimester report card.  We wanted to look into this claim and check with families.  If you have NOT received the T1 Report Card, can you please email your student's advisory teacher.  If you are unsure of you student's advisor, please ask them.  We will try to mail out a second copy to families that have not received the first.  Here is the email list for our advisory teachers.  You can click on the name or copy the address next to the name to send the email. 

Odyssey Advisors

Mrs. Antonovich  (kantonovich@mymtsd-vt.org)

Mr. Cruz              (rcruz@mymtsd-vt.org)

Mr. DeCicco        (rdecicco@mymtsd-vt.org)

Mrs. Ehret           (sehret@mymtsd-vt.org)

Mrs. Endres        (sendres@mymtsd-vt.org)

Mr. Smith            (jsmith3@mymtsd-vt.org)

We apologize for any confusion and are working very hard to resolve this problem.  We appreciate your patience and understanding.  Thank you!

 

math tasks

Grade 6
Started Lesson 22
distance = rate * time
Grade 7
Ticket on Lesson 1
adding to zeo
Grade 8
Lesson 12 and Frayer Models: corresponding, transversal, alternative interior angles,
alternative exterior angles

math tasks

Grade 6
Lesson 20 Problem Set Unit Rates #1-4
also graphs fro 1&2
Grade 7
Unit 2 Rational Numbers
Vocabulary: absolute value, additive inverse, & multiplicative inverse
pages: S1 - S.4 work with numberline
Grade 8
Lesson 10 1-4 then Problem Set 1-3

Science

Students are working on their science fair projects and are doing background research on their topic of interest.  The research they gather will be written up into 3 background paragraphs that will go on their poster.  Next week, we will return the unit 2 Ecosystem Matter and Energy assessment.  It has 4 grades associated with it.  As always, students can and should make corrections to strive toward mastery level learning.  Please ask them about their test and their plans for making corrections.  Email me if you have any questions.  Students will also be creating testable questions or design problems to move forward with their science fair projects if they haven’t done so already.

  

math tasks

Grade 6
Exit Ticket for Lesson 19
Table, Graph & Equation for each of the triplets
Grade 7
corrections completed in class
Ten Marks due Jan 10th
Grade 8
Lesson 10 Exercises 1&2 and notes

math tasks

All grades have Ten Marks assignments due Tuesday Jan 10
Grade 6
Lesson 19 : Tables, Graphs and Equations for Tyce and Braylen
Grade 7
working on corrections and fractions in class
Grade 8
protractor work: Tangle Angle, and
Banana Protractor(students have the web address for this in their emails)

math tasks

Welcome back
All grades reviewed some fraction work
and
Grade 6
Reviewed unit rates, Lesson 19,  as determined by tables, graphs and equations
if the work it should be worked
Grade 7
We worked on test corrections in class
Grade 8
Review Lesson 7 sequencing of transformations