1. Welcome to the October Open Team Meeting!

2. Earthshaker English Language Arts Liz Sheldon

3. Author Research Project:
Novel by Author completed by Sunday, November 15th
Author Project due Friday, November 13th
Novel Reflections due Friday November 20th

4. Plot Structure, Tone/Mood, Theme

5. Any 3 “Needs Work” mark earns the student a detention.
Classdojo
The Earthshaker Team is using ClassDojo to document behavior, completion of assignments, and class participation.
A report is available at all times to see how your child is doing. If you have not signed up using the code, please let us know and we will give you the information.
Any 3 “Needs Work” mark earns the student a detention.

6. Earthshaker Social Studies
Kathy Wofford

7. Water Walk and Trick or Treat for UNICEF
If your child chose to participate in the UNICEF project, please have them return their box with change by Tuesday, Nov. 2nd.

8. Please return Trick or Treat for UNICEF boxes by Tues., Nov. 2nd.

10. Project Based Learning
Students will begin working in groups throughout the year on PBL projects. Groups will change for each project. Students are learning the following skills -
Collaboration
Communication
Creativity
Problem Solving
New Technology Skills

11. First PBL - South and Central America
How do the GDP’s per capita, governments, geography and cultures compare in the different countries?
Groups will present their projects to class
It is important that students bring their ear buds and atlas to class each day. Ear buds are available for $3.00 in the Raider Shop.

12. Next Unit of Study - Europe
We will continue covering the geography of the world with Daily Geography. Some websites that will help your child -
studystack.com

13. Earthshaker Math
Lisa Vaughan

14. Math QUIZ – Tuesday, November 3 over Multiplying and Dividing Integers
TEST - Friday, November 6 over all Integer Operations
Next Unit – Proportionality: Rates, Ratios, and Percents

15. Math Information
Morning Tutorials- 7:45-8:10am. Can check homework, prepare for next assessment, ask math questions, make up assessments.
Website – Notes and homework are posted on my google calendar at the end of each day. If absent or lost homework, please check attachments on calendar. (Must be signed in to google with student login to view/print attachments).

16. School Websites
Team Calendar... Schools; MIS and HPMS website; MIS; MIS Core Teams; Earthshakers
Just Math...bit.ly/vaughanmath
Online textbook…..my.hrw.com
Username:
Password: LV123456

17. Math Websites www.khanacademy.org
(User: hpisd,Password: mis)

18. Earthshaker Science
Ms. Asher

19. What We’ve Learned
3 Types of Scientific Investigations: Descriptive, Comparative, Experimental
CSI Lab, Brown Apple Oxidation Lab, Helicopter Lab
Lab Safety
Lab Tools
Metric Measurement: Length, Mass, Volume of Liquids & Solids, Displacement
Ice Cream Lab
Calculating Density

20. CHEMISTRY Quiz Tomorrow, October 30
Properties of Matter – Physical and Chemical
Changes in Matter – Physical and Chemical
Elephant Toothpaste, Physical & Chemical Changes Lab
Next Up:
Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
Elements and Compounds
Periodic Table
Next Unit: Energy
Potential and Kinetic Energy
Thermal Energy Transfer
9 forms of Energy and Transformations

21. 4 Unit Tests This Year Chemistry Unit Test week of November 16
Covers what we’ve learned in Chemistry
In gradebook the score will be broken down by TEKS. It will appear as multiple assignments in gradebook.
6.6B (Calculating density) =Got all correct, mastered content
6.5C (Differentiate between elements and compounds) =Got half correct, need to work on this TEKS in tutorials

22. Thank you for attending our Open Team Meeting
Thank you for attending our Open Team Meeting. We look forward to seeing you again on January 13th, here in the 5/6 Assembly Room.