This Week 11/27/17

Hello Middle School Families!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving break!  The kids were full of stories about what they ate, the things they did and the people they saw :)

Some important upcoming dates are as follows:

• Progress Reports will be available online Thursday, November 30th.  
• Dec. 14- Christmas Program will be at 9am.  Children TK-7th will need to wear red MID polos and khaki bottoms.  Light refreshments in the gym following the program.  
• Dec. 19- Early Release for Christmas Break.  More information on release times will be announced soon.
• Dec. 20-Jan 2- No School - Christmas Break

This Week In...

Bible

We're wrapping up our study of Moses' life this week.  Next we will be learning about the plagues that were visited upon Egypt during the time that they enslaved the Israelites, as well as what the purpose of those plagues was.

Social Studies

This week we'll wrap up our unit on European Exploration.  We'll be filling in our study guides on Wednesday (A Day) and Thursday (B Day).  The unit test will be on Friday, 12/1 for A Day class, and Monday 12/4 for B Day class.  Next week we'll begin our study of European geography.

ELA

We're digging deeper into Dahl's writing, and using it as a model for our own writing.  We talked about how he wrote about his most vivid memories in Boy: Tales of Childhood, and then created a timeline of some of our most vivid memories.  It's always fun sharing some of my childhood stories with the kids!  We'll use those vivid memories as inspiration to write an essay.

Have a wonderful week!

Weekly Update 11/13/17

Hello Middle School Families!

Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving!  This year is flying by so fast!  Below are a few important dates to be aware of:

• Reading Night is Tuesday, November 14th.  PTO will open the used uniform sale in the upper building from 3-5:30.  There will be a PTO meeting in the Sanctuary from 5:30-6:00 and parents can visit classrooms from 6:00-7:00.  During reading night, teachers and students will share some different things that happen during reading instruction, as well as strategies and activities to try at home! 
• To celebrate reading night, we invite all students to pay $1 and dress up as their favorite book character at school tomorrow, November 14th!  (no weapons, please) 
• Personality Day is this Friday, November 17th.  
• Next week there is No School Wednesday-Friday (11/22 - 11/24)

This week in...

Bible:  We're continuing to learn about the life of Moses, and how God used him in the lives of the Israelite people.  We've also been talking about the fact that God has a plan for each of our lives, just as he had a plan to deliver the Israelites from slavery.

Social Studies:  In Social Studies, we're learning about why Europeans began wanting to explore in the 1400's (spices, gold and silk) as well as finding out about the tools that began to make navigating by sea safer and more accurate, allowing sailors to discover places that they never knew existed!

ELA:  This week we'll continue to read Roald Dahl's writing.  We'll also work on revising our writing to make it stronger and easier to read.

Have a wonderful week!

Weekly Update 11/6/17

Happy Monday!

Important Dates This Week...

• Social Studies and ELA Vocabulary tests for B Day classes on Monday, 11/6 and A Day classes on Tuesday, 11/7
• Veteran's Program on Thursday, November 9th
• No School - Veteran's Day on Friday, November 10th

This Week In...

Bible
This week we'll wrap up Lesson 6.  We've been learning about how the Egyptian Pharaoh felt threatened by the number of Israelites living there.  He worried that if they decided to join together in war with one of Egypt's enemies, Egypt would be defeated due to their great number, so he took them as slaves.  We'll also begin working on Lesson 7, which tells Moses' story.

Social Studies

Today and tomorrow the kids are taking the Geography assessment that starts our European Exploration unit.  Beginning on Wednesday, we'll be learning about why exploration by sea became necessary and how it became possible.  Then we'll learn about some of the famous explorers of the time period (1400-1600) such as Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartholomeu Dias, Vasco DeGama, and Ferdinand Magellan.

ELA

Today and tomorrow the kids will turn in their vocabulary homework and take the test on those words.  They'll be given new homework for the next two weeks.  This homework (Lesson 2) will be due on 11/20 (A Day) and 11/21 (B Day) and they will have an assessment that day.  This week we'll be starting to read some of Roald Dahl's writing, and look at how he focuses in on a moment, just as we've been doing in our writing.

Have a blessed week!