Options Class Update

Mr. Thompson

Hello Options Students and Parents! I hope all is well with you and your family. Here is our updated information page for our class. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at any time!

Important Dates:

*Wednesday, June 10th, between the hours of 3-6pm please return any school computers, your science textbook, your copy of Esperanza Rising and any library books that you have checked out.

*Thursday, June 11th is the last day of school.

Join Zoom Meeting: 6th Grade: Please join us for our weekly Zoom Meeting! Below is the link to our meetings on Wednesdays at 11:00-12:30. We will zoom on Wednesday June 3rd and 10th. Feel free to ask questions or make comments in the chatroom! https://zoom.us/j/96090056474?pwd=bENKV1RYRDZSM2U0VHJNTEE1N1ZTQT09

Meeting ID: 960 9005 6474

Password: 4p8QvG

Join Zoom Meeting: 4th Grade Math: Please join us for our weekly Zoom Meeting! Below is the link to our meeting on Tuesdays at 10:00-11:00. We will zoom on Tuesday June 2nd and 9th. Feel free to ask questions or make comments in the chatroom! https://zoom.us/j/98066122390?pwd=QS9NUGdtVTNZbmhBSVc3eHRxd1Vtdz09

Meeting ID: 980 6612 2390

Password: 4p8QvG

Class Assignments: Here’s a list of what’s happening with your class assignments....note the due dates to help you in organizing your time. The last day to turn in assignments is June 11th.

6th Grade Science:

Assignment #1: Turn in “Measurement a Common Language” packet to the drop-off/pick-up area and email me your answers to the “Review and Assessment” questions on page 83-84 and the “Standardized Test Prep” questions on page 85. Due: Friday, April 24.

Assignment #2: Turn in “Technology and Engineering” packet to the drop-off/pick-up area. Read pages 86-117. Email me the Review and Assessment questions on page 119-120 and the “Standardized Test Prep” questions on page 121. Due: Friday, May 1.

Assignment #3: Complete and return the Adapted Test packet to the drop off/pick-up area. Due Friday, May 22.

Science Fair Project Presentation: Your science fair display board needs to include all of the following items: a title, your question (the one you want your project/experiment to answer), your hypothesis (what you think will happen—in an if…then…statement), experiment data (in some kind of table or graph), a list of materials used, your procedure (the steps you used), and a conclusion (what did the data tell you? Was your hypothesis correct?). Once you have your display board completed, please make a 2-5 minute video presenting your project or you may choose to write a brief summary of your project. In your presentation/summary, you will need to speak to all of these items: the title, the question, your hypothesis, your data, materials, procedure, and a conclusion. Email me your video/summary. Due: Thursday, June 11.

6th Grade Language Arts:

Assignment #1: The Persuasive Letter pre-writing 3-reasons, 3-oppositions, 3-counters. Due: Friday, April 24.

Assignment #2 and #3: The Persuasive Letter, Rough Draft and Final Draft. When you have finished your letter, you can email the document to me or use the drop-off box at the school. Due: Friday, April 24.

Assignment #2: Turn in Spelling Lessons #15 and #16 to the drop-off/pick-up area. Due: Friday, April 24.

Assignment #3: Turn in Spelling Lessons #17 and #18 to the drop-off/pick-up area. Due: Friday, May 1.

Assignment #4: Read Aloud. Finish reading Esperanza Rising and complete the quadrant sheet and turn in to the drop-off box. Due: Friday, May 8.

Assignment #5: Complete Spelling Lessons #19 and #20 to the drop-off/pick-up area. Due: Friday, May 22.

6th Grade Social Studies: https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/resources-subject-area/time-immemorial-tribal-sovereignty-washington-state/middle-school-curriculum/middle-school-unit-1-washington-state-history

Above is the link to our Washington State History Unit.

Assignment #1: Select “Download Curriculum” “Lesson #1 PDF”. Answer the two “Essential Questions” and submit by email. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS · How does physical geography affect the distribution, culture, and economic life of people who inhabit a particular area? · How does it affect your life today? Due: Friday, April 24.

Assignment #2: Complete the Washington State Map packet and turn in to the drop-off/pick-up area. Due: Friday, April 24.

Assignment #3: Select “Lesson #2 PDF”. Read “Learning Goals”. Answer the “Essential Questions” and submit by email ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS · What is the legal status of Indian Tribes as sovereign nations with respect to the United States Government? · How does the sovereignty of tribal nations affect our lives today? Due: Friday, May 8.

Assignment #4: Select “Lesson #3 PDF”. Answer the “Essential Question” and submit by email. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS · What were the political, economic, demographic and cultural consequences of the Point No Point Treaty? Due: Friday, May 22.

Assignment #5: Select “Lesson #4 PDF”. Answer the “Essential Questions” and submit by email. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS · What are the ways in which people respond to outside pressures that may pose dangers to the survival of their cultures and independence? · What are the ways Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula responded to outside pressures such as encroaching non-Indian settlement, missionaries, boarding schools, and the reservation system? Due: Friday, June 5th.

4th Grade Math:

Hi 4th Grade Math Students. I am excited to see you all in our Zoom meetings on Tuesdays at 10:00am.

Assignment #1: Do two pages per day in your review packet #1 and #2, and when you are finished please return it to the drop-off area at the elementary school.

Assignment #2: Do two modules in your Practice Book each week.

Daily Work: On scratch paper, work out at least one challenging 3 digit multiplication and one 3 digit subtraction problem each day and check it with a calculator. Keep working on multiplication facts and compete the Review Packets #1 and #2 and return them to the drop-off/pick-up area at the elementary gym.

****Updated Information for Middle School Check-in dates****

Hello Manson Middle School:

Middle school check-in days are next week.

Families need to stay in their cars throughout the event. Students will be completing end-of-year check out forms. They will turn in computers, chargers, library books, and band instruments. Library fines and lunch fees can be paid. We will be giving students bags with the contents of their lockers.

Monday, June 8th: 6th and 7th grade students will arrive at staggered times according to the first initial of their last name from 3-7pm. (see schedule for times by last name) 6th and 7th grade START at MIDDLE SCHOOL ENTRANCE

Tuesday, June 9th: 8th grade students will arrive at staggered times according to the first initial of their last name from 3-6pm. (see schedule for times by last name) 8th grade START at BUS LANE by ELEMENTARY

Hola Escuela Intermedia de Manson:

Los días para regresar cosas a la escuela son la próxima semana.

Familias necesitan quedarse en los caros durante el evento. Estudiantes serán los que llenaran las formas de regresar cosas del fin de año. Ellos entregaran las computadoras, los cargadores, libros de la biblioteca, e instrumentos de la banda. Las multas de la biblioteca o sus cuentas de la comida podrán ser pagadas ese día. Les estaremos dando bolsas a los estudiantes con sus cosas que tenían en sus lockers.  

Lunes, 8 de junio: Los estudiantes de Grados 6 y 7 llegaran a la escuela en tiempos asignados de acuerdo a su primer inicial de sus apellidos desde las 3-7pm. (mire el horario con los tiempos de sus apellidos) El grado 6 y 7 EMPIEZARA en la ENTRADA DE LA ESCUELA INTERMEDIA.

Martes, 9 de junio: Los estudiantes del Grado 8 llegaran a la escuela en tiempos asignados de acuerdo a su primer inicial de sus apellidos desde las 3-6pm. (mire el horario con los tiempos de sus apellidos) El grado 8 EMPIEZARA en la ZONA DE AUTOBUSES junto a la PRIMARIA.     

Work Hard and Stay Strong!!!

Mr. Thompson

509-885-5948

wthompson@manson.org