Middle School

General News P&P this week ELA: Math: Theme: Reading/Writing Update This was a short but busy week in ELA! We started by going over homework, and everyone is doing a great job settling into our routines. On Wednesday, we introduced research skills and talked about how to find trustworthy academic sources, including .edu, .org, and .gov websites. Students then used these skills to research their own “burning questions” about the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, turning their findings into short written responses and sharing them with the class. We also practiced recording our sources so we can give credit to

Epsilon Newsletter Math: This week the 7th graders covered simplifying expressions and solving two-step equations. This was a step up from last year because now both the expressions and equations involved integers. The Algebra students had lessons over determining if a relation is a function, graphing functions using a table, and function notation. This short week was filled with new content. Humanities: It was Boston, Rebels & Revolution! Our brief week saw students continue reading and discussing Esther Forbes’ Johnny Tremain, focusing on Chapters 6 and 7 and examining the characters, conflicts, and growing tensions of pre-Revolutionary Boston. Students also

General News P&P this week ELA: Math: Theme: End-of-Quarter Calendar Items! Reading/Writing Update This week, we continued working through our regional research packets and put all of that research to use as we began writing persuasive letters. Students are imagining that they live in the region they’ve been studying and are writing to convince someone to come visit! This project connects with their Math and Theme work as well, bringing several pieces of our learning together. Research skills and carefully tracking our sources have continued to be big goals for us as we work through this project. Math Update We