Sept. 8-23, 2009

Waldman's Class Post (9/8-23, 2009):

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~ seth.waldman@bvsd.org

Co-op:


• 9/15 – Goals final draft DUE Wed.

- Important dates:

9/17 – ADI #1 (sci/soc. Sci. classes – see your child’s teacher’s post for more info)

9/24-25 – Student-lead Goal-setting conferences / Fall Trip Forms DUE

9/30-10/2 – Fall Trip

LA (Blk. 1/2):

• 9/14 – Final draft of Faithful Elephants DUE Wed. 9/16

• 9/22 – 3-paragraph ‘hard news’ article DUE Wed. 9/23

~ CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students are required to read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.

Underdog! (Blk. 3):

• Colonial Newspaper - at this point all elements should have been submitted.

• LTP/Unit Thesis – coming up: internet database research training from Boulder Public Library staff

Important Dates:

• 9/23 Unit Thesis note-card √ #1

• 10/5 Unit Thesis note-card √ #2

• 10/13 Formal Outline DUE

• 10/14 ADI #2

• 10/22 Unit Thesis Rough draft DUE

• 11/5 Unit Thesis Final draft DUE

• 11/6 ADI #3

• 11/19-20 POLs

Waldman's Class Post (9/8-11, 2009):

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~ BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME… seth.waldman@bvsd.org

Co-op:


• Co—op days:

- Monday – read aloud --Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers’ Edition) by Greg Mortenson

- Tuesday – Portfolio work day

- Wednesday – CHOICE Weekly news and events; catch-up time

- Thursday – ‘Council’ in certain weeks

- Friday – fun day – free, or organized

• The ‘Goals Setting Process’ began on Tuesday - students are in the process of designing 3 goals - 2 academic and 1 personal; each student is working in a team to provide positive support, feedback and analysis; the goals should be ‘student designed’ but family discussions are highly encouraged.

- Important dates:

9/17 – ADI #1 (sci/soc. Sci. classes – see your child’s teacher’s post for more info)

9/24-25 – Student-lead Goal-setting conferences / Fall Trip Forms DUE

9/30-10/2 – Fall Trip

LA (Blk. 1/2):

• 9/8 – Book Review guidelines (see link)

• 9/9 – Intro paragraph due Thurs.

• 9/10 – Concluding paragraph due Fri.

~ ALL CHOICE Students are required to meet or exceed the CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students should read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.

Underdog! (Blk. 3):

[social science – U.S. history & society]

• 9/8 – Begin Colonial Newspaper project (see link) – Informal HW – background research on various topics for both interest and determining if material exists for specific topics

• 9/9 – Informal HW – students will want to do a bit of work on their Colonial Newspaper projects

• 9/10 – Begin ‘U.S. Mapfolio’ – Map #1 – “Clash of Cultures”

- initial topics/projects sign-ups DUE Fri.; HW:

Important Dates:

• 9/16 Begin Unit Thesis

• 9/17 ADI #1

• 9/23 Unit Thesis note-card √ #1

• 10/5 Unit Thesis note-card √ #2

• 10/13 Formal Outline DUE

• 10/14 ADI #2

• 10/22 Unit Thesis Rough draft DUE

• 11/5 Unit Thesis Final draft DUE

• 11/6 ADI #3

• 11/19-20 POLs

ColonialNewspaperGuidelines.doc

ColonialNewsTopicChoices.doc

Waldman's Class Post (8/31-9/4, 2009):

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~ BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME… seth.waldman@bvsd.org

Co-op:


• Co—op days:

- Monday – read aloud --Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers’ Edition) by Greg Mortenson

- Tuesday – Portfolio work day

- Wednesday – CHOICE Weekly news and events (parents should be receiving ‘CHOICE Weekly’ emails – if not, you can sign-up on line); catch-up time

- Thursday – ‘Council’ in certain weeks

- Friday – fun day – free, or organized

• The ‘Goals Setting Process’ began on Tuesday - students are in the process of designing 3 goals - 2 academic and 1 personal; each student is working in a team to provide positive support, feedback and analysis; the goals should be ‘student designed’ but family discussions are highly encouraged.

- Important dates:

9/2 – Fall Trip forms go home – PLEASE COMPLETE IMMEDIATELY

9/3 – New Parent Info Night 6-730p -- highly recommended!!!

9/8 – BTSN 6-730p

9/17 – ADI #1 (sci/soc. Sci. classes – see your child’s teacher’s post for more info)

9/24-25 – Student-lead Goal-setting conferences / Fall Trip Forms DUE

9/30-10/2 – Fall Trip

LA (Blk. 1/2):

• 8/31 M – HW: write a paragraph based on your spider graph

• 9/1 T – HW: 1 more bubble graph and paragraph

• 9/3 W – HW: Bubble graph/paragraph #3

• 9/3 T – Bring book for silent reading on Fri.

~ ALL CHOICE Students are required to meet or exceed the CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students should read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.

Underdog! (Blk. 3):

[social science – U.S. history & society]

• 8/31 M – HW: Notebook and signed Expectations (see link below) handout DUE Wed.

Important Dates:

• 9/16 Begin Unit Thesis

• 9/17 ADI #1

• 9/23 Unit Thesis note-card √ #1

• 10/5 Unit Thesis note-card √ #2

• 10/13 Formal Outline DUE

• 10/14 ADI #2

• 10/22 Unit Thesis Rough draft DUE

• 11/5 Unit Thesis Final draft DUE

• 11/6 ADI #3

• 11/19-20 POLs

Expectations.doc

Waldman's Class Post (8/24-28, 2009):

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~ BEST WAY TO CONTACT ME… seth.waldman@bvsd.org

Co-op:


• Co—op days:

- Monday – read aloud --Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers’ Edition) by Greg Mortenson

- Tuesday – Portfolio work day

- Wednesday – CHOICE Weekly news and events (parents should be receiving ‘CHOICE Weekly’ emails – if not, contact Ron Lamb at ronaldlamb@yahoo.com); catch-up time

- Thursday – ‘Council’ in certain weeks

- Friday – fun day – free, or organized

• The ‘Goals Setting Process’ began on Tuesday -- students are in the process of designing 3 goals, 2 academic and 1 personal; each student is working in a team to provide positive support, feedback and analysis; the goals should be ‘student designed’ but family discussions are highly encouraged.

- Other important dates:

8/28 – Regatta! This is a “must see” for parents of 8^th-graders but all are invited -- Meet CHOICE students and teachers to walk at 2p under the CHOICE Tree (east entrance) --- [NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING at Baseline Reservoir – ALL PARKING MUST be at Platt].

8/28 – Integrated class lists posted

9/2 – Fall Trip forms go home – PLEASE COMPLETE IMMEDIATELY

9/3 – New Parent Info Night 6-730p -- highly recommended!!!

LA (Blk. 1/2):

• 8/24 M – Book logs distributed -- students are to keep an ongoing record of books completed (see link below)

• 8/25 T – HW: 10-20 attributes/qualities of Faithful Elephants (incl. proper heading)[:10-:30]

• 8/26 W – HW: Choose 5 ‘qualities’ from last night’s homework [01:-:05]

• 8/27 T – HW: finish ‘spidergraph’* for 1 ‘quality’ of Faithful Elepahnts [:10-:30][* - see attached documents How to Write a Paragraph]

~ ALL CHOICE Students are required to meet or exceed the CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students should read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.

Underdog! (Blk. 3):

[social science – U.S. history & society]

• 8/31 M – It’s going to be a great semester!

HowtowriteaparagraphSampleparagraph.doc

Howtowriteaparagraphschematic.doc

*** SPECIAL POST ***

Integrated choices:

0910IntegratedBlurbs.doc

Waldman's Class Post (8/18-21, 2009):

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Co-op:


• WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!!! It is going to be a great year.

***IMPORTANT***

8/19 W – Field trip form DUE Thursday 8/20

- Other important dates:

8/21 F – Community Day (field trip) – all kids need lunch, water, appropriate clothing and sun protection; Integrated choice go home

8/25 – Integrated choices DUE

8/28 – Regatta! This is a “must see” for parents of 8^th-graders but all are invited -- Meet CHOICE students and teachers to walk at 2p under the CHOICE Tree (east entrance) --- [NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING at Baseline Reservoir – ALL PARKING MUST be at Platt].

9/2 – Fall Trip forms go home – PLEASE complete these forms immediately.

9/3 – New Parent Info Night 6-730p -- highly recommended!!!

LA (Blk. 1/2):

• 8/20 T – HW: Notebook DUE Mon. – see guidelines in ‘Expectations’ handout (link below).

• Next week – Writing Book Reviews training!

~ ALL CHOICE Students are required to meet or exceed the CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students should read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.

Expectations.doc

09_10_CHOICE_Calendar.doc

Aug. 18, 2009

Waldman's Class Post* (8/18-21, 2009):

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*(Calendar link below)

Co-op:


• WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!!! It is going to be a great year.

***IMPORTANT***

8/19 W – Field trip form DUE Thursday 8/20

- Other important dates:

8/20 F – Community Day (field trip) – all kids need lunch, water, appropriate clothing and sun protection

8/25 – Intergrated choices DUE

8/28 – Regatta! This is a “must see” for parents of 8^th-graders but all are invited -- Meet CHOICE students and teachers to walk at 2p under the CHOICE Tree (east entrance) --- [NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING at Baseline Reservoir – ALL PARKING MUST be at Platt].

9/2 – Fall Trip forms go home – PLEASE complete these forms immediately.

9/3 – New Parent Info Night 6-730p -- highly recommended!!!

LA (Blk. 1/2):

• Update will appear by Friday morning

CHOICE_Calendar_09-10.doc

Aug. 18-21, 2009 WELCOME BACK!!!

Waldman's Post (8/18-21, 2009):
[REMEMBER… SAVE EVERYTHING!!!]

Co-op:

• WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!!! It is going to be a great year.

***IMPORTANT***
8/19 W – Field trip form DUE Thursday 8/20

- Other important dates:
8/20 F – Community Day (field trip) – all kids need lunch, water, appropriate clothing and sun protection
8/25 – Intergrated choices DUE
8/28 – Regatta! This is a "must see" for parents of 8th-graders but all are invited -- Meet CHOICE students and teachers to walk at 2p under the CHOICE Tree (east entrance) --- [NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING at Baseline Reservoir – ALL PARKING MUST be at Platt].
9/2 – Fall Trip forms go home – PLEASE complete these forms immediately.
9/3 – New Parent Info Night 6-730p -- highly recommended!!!


LA (Blk. 1/2):
• Update will appear by Friday morning