Keepin' it Positive! 9/4/2020

 Keepin’ it Positive!

Team Ion’s weekly news

TEAM NEWS	Schedules are below. All schedules will ultimately have hyperlinks to all of the virtual classes by September 14th. We will send home hard copies for your refrigerators next week, also.. ATOMS BONDS Move Up Day was so POSITIVE... Mr. Lee (our Design Tech teacher who is also a t-shirt magician)  gave us this t-shirt tip: turn the shirt inside out and put it in the dryer for 20 minutes then wash and dry it as you normally would in order to set the silk screen ink.  Next week!! There is NO virtual learning happening next week (Sept 7-11). For in-school learners, we will be getting to know one another through various fun activities. (We will even get to take home some books!) We can use this song to take us into the weekend! It will be nice to be together!
ELA Ms Roberge	ELA (reading and writing) activities will begin on the 14th of September.  For our first reading unit, we will be looking at ourselves as readers and how to talk and write about our reading. Woohoo, book clubs!
Math  Mx Erickson	Math activities will begin on the 14th of September Our first investigations will focus on building efficient, flexible, accurate multiplication and division strategies
Science  Ms. Roberge	Our very first unit is Energy Flow! During this unit you can expect: Learning about energy transfer Growing hydroponic space gardens Answering the question: where do dying things go? (Leaves that fall, animals that decompose, etc.)
Social Studies  Mx E	During our first unit of study we will work to find answers these two questions: To what extent did geography affect Native American cultures historically? To what extent does geography affect Native American cultures today?