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CarrollLeadershipinTechnologyMagnetMiddleSchoolFriday,September30,2016

WelcomebacktoourweeklyNewsletterandhappyFriday,thishasbeenagreatweekoflearninghereatCarrolland
wereexcitedtosharethenewswithyou.HappyEarlyReleaseFriday!
AllCall:Ifyouhaveanyheadphonestodonate,wewouldgladlyacceptthem.Studentsshouldhaveapairof
headphonesinordertocompletealltheirCanvasworkef iciently.

InternationalFestival
Do you like international music,

amount donated can make a

difference, please help support
CMMS.

Sami5KRun/Walk

art, danceandfood?Ifso,Raleighs
annual international festival is the
placetobetheweekendofOctober
1416. Discounted tickets may be
purchased onlineanditisgreatfor
family members of all agesIhave
been bringing my children there
since they were barely able to
walk. Please check out their
website for further event details
http://www.internationalfocus
nc.org/festival. Hope to see some
ofyouthere!

NoFussFundraiser
Today your student was sent
home with a #wearecarroll
20162017 Fundraiser form and
envelope. 100% of the money
raisedforCarrollstaysatCarrollto
support students and staff
throughoutthisschoolyear.Any

We would
love to invite
our 6th grade
families
to
participate in
the 3rd Annual
Sami
5k
run/walk in in
honor of Dana
Kegl George on
October 14th.
For
more
details visit, to register, ortomake
adonationpleasevisit:
Helphopelive.org

BullyPreventionMonth
October is bully prevention month
and to kick off bully prevention
month on Monday, October 3rd
please help support World Bully
Prevention day by wearing BLUE
toschool!

CallingAllMathletes
All students interestedinjoining
Carrolls Math Counts Team are
invited to room 1408 beginning
Thursday, October 6th from
2:154:30.Anyonecanjoinwitha

commitment to attend every

Thursday. This is a competitive
problem solving team that
promises to multiplyyoursuccess!
Comeshowyourmathmuscles

Ms.EdwardsELA

In ELA this week students

worked to complete their irst
Canvas module. They completed
vocabulary warmups,listenedtoa
student created Voki introducing
the Latina author,SandraCisenros,
and read
the short
story
Eleven.
In this
story the
main
character
re lects
on the
theme of
how
whenyou
are
a
certain age, you still are all of the
younger ages. We discussed the
importance of communication
when something upsets you as
well as how emotions are apartof
beingahuman.
After reading the text, they
participated in a group game
calledRollandResponse.They

took turns answering some

surfacelevel
literary
term
questions as well as re lected on
the main characters choices and
the impact on the plot. After
reviewing the text students used a
new App called Timeline to create
theirownvisualrepresentationsof
the emotional ages the character
discusses in the story. Theyadded
text toselfpersonalconnectionsto
each of the ages. These timelines
should be saved on the camera on
theiriPad.Besuretotakealook!

their stories using the multimedia

app/program of their choice. The
goal is to have everyones story
completed by class on this
Tuesday

Next week we dive deeper into

the world of theme through the
world ofmusic. Icantwaittohear
whatTSwiftcanteachus!

Mr.TurnerSocialStudies

Next week we will have our

photosynthesis quiz as well as our
own plant hunger games battle.
Be on the lookout for our 1st
quarter interims and remind your
children to be sure they have
turned in all of their missing
assignments.

In Social Studies this week

students
took
their
post
assessment on the 5 Themes of

Mr.JonesScience
This week in science we began
with an introduction to the
process of photosynthesis. In
addition to learning about where
photosynthesis occurs, students
began to explore and understand
the photosynthesis equation. By
midweek,
students
dove
head irst into their irst writing
assignment in science. Students
have been asked to create a
childrens story about the day
photosynthesis ended. After
completing a detailed graphic
organizer,studentsbegancreating

civilization. The students were

challenged to ind cause andeffect
relationships andtoworktogether
as a team to solve the problem.
Were looking forward to digging
deeper into how early agricultural
societies adapted to their
geographytobesuccessful.

Ms.WildhaberMath
Factor and Least Common
Multiple. Students received their
Unit 2 study guide on Wednesday.
It is due on Monday when they
take their Unit 2 test. We also
completed a group exploration
activity where students were able
to makehowtovideosonthemain
conceptsoftheunit.
Nextweek,mathwillcompletely
go online with Canvas. I am super
excited to try more challenging
work with immediate feedback
andgroupsupport.

NOTE: Candy donations are

greatly accepted. I love to reward
the students for their hard work
with different types of rewards.
(ex.Smarties,orstarburst)

Geography and Map Skills! Any

students wishing to do test
corrections to improve their grade
are welcometosendmeamessage
on Canvas explaining what went
wrong and or how they plan to re
learn the material they had not
mastered the irst time around. I
will then unlock a second attempt
for them to demonstrate new
masteryoftheconcepts.

On Wednesday/Thursday we
began a new unit with a pre
assessment and a large group
activity trying toarrangepartsofa
storyaboutthebeginningof