UPDATED: September is Ending Already?! Week of September 26-30

Hi! Did you miss me at the end of the week? ;)

I can't believe September is almost over already! This school year is flying!!

Thanks to all the students who behaved and completed their work when I was gone last week...I had a VERY wonderful and VERY short trip home at the end of last week (my husband was honored at Homecoming for an award he won when we were in high school)!

I also got to spend time with my nephews!! :)














It was also really nice to go home because Iowa is quite possibly the most beautiful place ever in the fall; it's my favorite time of the year! :)


















Anyway, I digress...

Let's get back to business:

-First of all, Ms. Norma and Ms. Campbell would like to share the following information with you:
OPERA SEASON IS BACK IN TOWN!!!! This year,The Honduran Musical Foundation will stage the Opera Buffa "The Secret Marriage" by Domenico Cimarosa. Students from grades 6 - 12 will attend the presentation on Friday OCT. 7 at Manuel Bonilla Theater. Tickets already on sale at the music room with Ms. Norma López (L. 225) We will leave the school campus at 8:30 a.m. Students from grades 6-8 will returned to the school at 1:00 p.m. Students from grades 9 -12 will stop by the Identity Museum to observe the Picasso Art Exhibit (they will need to pay Ms. Campbell, L.30.00 extra to enter the Museum) and will come back to school around 1:45 p.m.

IMPORTANT DETAILS: Students MUST wear formal clothes. (No tennis shoes or jeans are allowed, and students who are not dressed appropriately will not be able to attend, even if they have purchased a ticket!) Students must have a very good breakfast because we won't be allowed to eat at the theater or museum.

Sounds like fun to me! I know we all enjoyed it last year! Please remind your student to be on their best behavior that day; last year the conductor actually had to stop in the middle to shush students from another school because they were being quite rude and talking during the performance...let's be sure to represent Discovery School in the positive way we did last year!

-We will also be voting for the new Discovery School mascot this Friday during first period!

-MAP tests continue this week. Here's the schedule for my 6th-9th grade students (Bolded items occur during my class time):

Monday, September 26
7th grade: 8:30-9:45 (Reading)
6th grade: 10:05-11:20 (Reading)

Thursday, September 29
6th grade: 11:40-12:55 (Language Arts)
7th grade: 1:15-2:30 (Language Arts)

Friday, September 30
8A: 8:30-9:45 (Language Arts)
8B: 10:05-11:20 (Language Arts)
9th grade: 11:40-12:55 (Language Arts)

Remember: If you missed any of the tests last week, or miss any of the tests this week, you will be making them up on Tuesday, October 4th!

Be sure to eat a good breakfast and bring a big snack if your test occurs during the lunch hour, so you won't be too hungry to concentrate and do your best on these tests!

-Finally, no school on Monday, October 3! Enjoy celebrating Francisco Morazan's birthday!

Here's what we'll be up to in Room 4 this week:
6th grade: I am looking forward to looking at your culture projects during class tomorrow! Hopefully you were able to use your (3 days! of) worktime in class wisely and didn't have to spend all weekend finishing it up! ;) You will present your culture projects Monday, and we will spend the rest of the week looking at the earliest peoples who settled the Americas! (UPDATED: Quiz Alert: your Early Americans Quiz will be Tuesday, October 11!)
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7th grade: I will meet you at the computer lab for the first part of your class tomorrow, and then we will head back down to my classroom to discuss your packets from last week. We will spend the rest of the week discussing various elements of interest about the geography of North America and will have some time to work on your American country project! These projects will be presented to the class on Monday and Tuesday, October 10-11! We will have at least 2, and hopefully 3 days of in-class worktime for these projects! (FYI: your American Countries Quiz will be Friday, October 14!)
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8th grade: I'm very much looking forward to your Gilgamesh plays tomorrow! When you are done presenting, we will start looking at the development and culture of yet another River Valley Settlement (are you seeing a pattern here??), Ancient Egypt. I have a wealth of hands-on activities planned for the next few weeks, so I hope you are excited! (By-the-by, your Ancient River Civs Quiz (focusing mainly on Egypt and surrounding areas, but with 1-2 questions about China and India) will be Friday, October 14!)
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9th grade: How did your preparation for your Role-Plays go? I am really excited to see what you came up first thing tomorrow morning! For the rest of the week we will be focusing on some individual Absolutist Monarchs with the hope that you will be able to really understand what Absolutism is and what it looks like (and what happens to people who are subjected to it)! We'll look at people like Louis XIV, Peter the Great, and other Absolutists! (**UPDATED: In case you're interested: your Absolutism Quiz will be Tuesday, October 11!)
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Sounds like a great week to me!
See you soon!
KF