Thursday, November 17, 2011
Book Fair Success
A special thank you goes to all who supported the first Junior High West Book Fair. With your purchases, JHW was able to purchase many new books for the library. Thanks for supporting literacy and a love of reading in our school!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Student Conferences
Just a Reminder: Student Conferences will be held Wednesday, November 16th from 4pm to 6pm at Junior High West, and Thursday, November 17th from 12:30pm until 3pm. Stop by the library to help support our Book Fair. If we do not have your book, no problem, try our Online Book Fair at www.scholasticbookfairs.com/schoolbookfairs. In school Book Fair runs until Thursday the 17th, and the Online Book Fair runs until November 21st.
Math for M&M's
Students in Mrs. Miller’s math classes used M&M’s to learn the principle of combining like terms. Students grouped the M&M’s according to color, then wrote algebraic expressions to describe taking away M&M’s or combining piles of like colors together. At the end of class, they all got to enjoy eating the tools of their learning.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Boys wearing dresses and baby bonnets, a girl with blood dripping down her face, another boy chasing a boy in a dress with a nerf sword- WHAT IS GOING ON AT JUNIOR HIGH WEST!!! That is what students and faculty alike were wondering on October 19 as Mrs. Cline’s and Mrs. Mowry’s 9th grade class re-enacted chapters from “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck. As an alternative to taking an end of novel test, students were able to choose between six options on how to summarize one chapter of the book. Most students decided to do either a PowerPoint presentation or to make a video. Once they are finished creating, the students will present their specific chapter, in order, to the rest of the class. This activity allowed students to use their creative sides and have some fun while still learning about setting, characters, dialogue, main idea, and supporting details. Overall, the students did an amazingly good job!!! Special thanks to Mrs. Witt, the school librarian, for all her technological help.
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