Weekly Update October 4

Apologies for the inactivity these past few weeks.  Here is the update for this week.  As always, please feel free to contact us via email or phone if you have any questions. 

NEWS: 

• Devils Lake Fieldtrip was a BLAST!  All of our students put forth amazing effort physically and mentally.  The hike from the South Shore to the North Shore was challenging, yet JoMaNa students pushed themselves and felt a real sense of accomplishment.  We hope your child shared their experience at Devils Lake with you. 
• Incentives:  Many students have been involved in random, unannounced surprises for exceptional academic effort and improvement, as well as positive behavior at Sherman.  We sincerely want to notice the positive attitudes our students are bringing to our team. 
• Dress-Up Day:  The first Tuesday of every month is dress up day.  Stay tuned for pictures of our growing group of students who are participating in this tradition.  When students ask us what the purpose is, we tell them that dressing nicely every now and then, helps boost confidence and feel a sense of "student professionalism." 
• Sherman Student and Family Closet:  Something unique to Sherman is the hardly used clothing and accessories available to students and family.  Room 20 has a huge closet filled with all sorts of clothing, appropriate to teens, and changes per season.  We encourage all of our students to visit the closet as there are some great clothes for FREE! 

ACADEMICS:
Language Arts:  1)  Vocabulary due Friday.  2)  We have been working on descriptive writing techniques, practicing every day in-class.  Homework for Friday is a sheet on Onomatopeia (sound effects in words).

Math:  1)  Students completed Variables and Patterns and were given their new book, Stretching and Shrinking just today.  Homework due Friday:  Investigation 1.1 page 6.  ACE #1, #2 page 12.

Science:  1) Complete worksheet table about rocks.  2)  Explained "Timeline" assignment/project. 

Social Studies:  1)  Reflection and Summary on movie, "Arctic Tale," due now.  2)  Continuing unit on water, and will be learning about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. 

Reading:  1)  Continuing in-class work on reading comprehension and finishing read aloud Emako Blue. 
2)  Reading projects from last genre have been turned in and will be posted in the LMC.  Our next genre is adventure and will be introduced today.