Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Letters About Literature Cluster Group
Seventy-two 8th grade students are participating in the Letters About Literature writing contest sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Iowa Center for the Book. Students will meet once a week for six weeks to create a letter to an author about a book that has influenced them in some way. During the six sessions, students will make personal connections with their selection, learn "Readers Response" to literature and write and polish a 300-600 word letter. Completed letters will be entered in the national contest.
Last year over 70,000 students in grades 4-12 entered the contest, with around 1,800 Iowa entries.
Letters About Literature will meet during English class on the following days:
Wednesday, October 20, 2010: Book Selected and worksheet completed
THURSDAY, October 28, 201
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Iowa State Talented and Gifted Association Convention
Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Staniforth will be attending the 38th Annual ITAG Conference in Des Moines on Monday, October 18, 2010.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Science Fair Update
Students who would like to have a science research experience may contact Mrs. Dixon for more information about the Science Fair of Iowa. The Science Fair takes place on April 1 and April 2, 2010 at the Hilton Coliseum, and is a chance for students to present their research results to the public as well as to the judges. The project involves developing a scientific research question and hypothesis, creating a research plan (experimental procedure and data analysis), drawing conclusions, and creating a poster to present the work. Researchers may investigate any area of science, and in the past the projects have represented a wide variety of fields. The research plan must be completed and approved by an Internal Review Board at AMS, and all safety forms must be filled out, before the researcher begins experimentation. The plan is due on November 1. Mrs. Dixon will meet with students when possible during lunches and activity periods.
Challenge Math Group
The Challenge Math Group meets approximately once a month during the math class period to work on topics that extend the 7th grade curriculum. Students are chosen for this group based on a need for additional challenge as evidenced by high performance in the classroom and/or high test scores. The work done in class and assigned for homework replaces the regular classroom work.
The group met for the first time on Friday, September 18 and Friday, September 25 to study fractions and decimals, the topic that is also current in the classroom. The students learned how to convert repeating decimals to fractions, discussed the meaning of the term "rational number", and concluded that all repeating decimals are rational numbers.
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