Monday – May 21
Mustang Media 79
Tuesday – May 22
Vote for our Student Body Officers for next year. Both 7th and 8th graders are invited to participate. Cast your vote at: https://bit.ly/2LmWqgb
Wednesday – May 23
Counselor Thursday (on Wednesday)
Thursday – May 24
No Mustang Room – PM Assembly Schedule
Monday – May 14
Mustang Media 78
Tuesday – May 15
Penny Wars – Day 2:
Watch the video and discuss with your Mustang Room how your grade can win the Penny Wars and earn a field trip to Classic Skating next Monday. 4 Days left!
Wednesday – May 16
Penny Wars Day 3
3 days left! You can sabotage the other grade by putting nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollar bills into their jug.
When you are finished watching the video, we need every student to fill out this survey about After-School, even if you did not attend the After-School program.
Thursday – May 17
Penny Wars Day 4 / STEM Rising Festival Instructions
Friday – May 18
DO NOT TURN IN YOUR ID BADGES WITH YOUR CHROMEBOOKS! YOU NEED THEM UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR!
Monday – May 7
Tuesday – May 8
Wednesday – May 9
Counselor Wednesday
Watch the video. While you watch, think about one of the teachers you’ve had this year that has made a difference in your life. Write a letter of appreciation to that teacher that you can deliver later today.
Thursday – May 10
SAGE
Monday – April 30
Tuesday – May 1
Wednesday – May 2
Counselor Wednesday
Tuesday – April 24
Wednesday – April 25
Thursday – April 26
Monday – April 16
Mustang Media
Tuesday – April 17
Wednesday – April 18
Thursday – April 19
Monday – April 9
Tuesday – April 10
Read “Titanic Survivor’s Locket Found on the Ocean Floor.” As you read, answer the following questions:
1. Based on inference, what is a likely reason so many passengers perished when the Titanic hit the iceberg? What do you believe could have been done to save more lives? Cite from the text to support your claim.
2. 4. How old would the Clark’s son be today based on the facts presented in the text? Show your work; answer in a complete, descriptive sentence.
Wednesday – April 11
Binder Check Wednesday!
Today is the shake test! When your teacher says go, turn your binder upside down and shake it. To pass, nothing can fall out!
If you do have papers that fall out, now is the time to hole-punch them. Make sure you put all your papers in the correct tabs.
Drone Program:
Have you always wanted to learn how to fly a drone? Now is your chance! Click here to fill out the google form application. The flight school is part of the after school program, and will be run by Mr. Platero.
Thursday – April 12
Counselor Thursday – Watch the video, and then have a class discussion about ways people in your class manage stress.
Wednesday – April 4
Thursday – April 5
Counselor Thursday
Monday – March 26
Mustang Media
Tuesday – March 27
Read, “Is It Even Possible to Protect Your Privacy on Facebook?” Answer the following question:
How can you protect your privacy on social media platforms? Use evidence from the article in your response.
Wednesday – March 28
Binder Check Wednesday!
Setting Goals.
This is the last quarter of the year! Look at the classes you are taking this quarter. What goals do you have for mastering concepts in your math, English, Science, Social Studies, and electives classes?
Write a goal for each class in your planner.
Monday – March 19
Mustang Media
Tuesday – March 20
Read “Scientists Discover How to Upload Knowledge to Your Brain.” As you read, look for information that will help you answer the following questions:
1. How quickly do scientists predict getting information into the brain may be should the process explained actually work? Which line from the text best supports your response?
2. Approximately what year did Egyptians use similar techniques to stimulate the brain? Show your work; answer in a complete sentence.
After you finish, be sure to fill out your reading minutes!
Wednesday – March 21
Binder Check Wednesday:
Tabs! Look at your fourth quarter schedule. Do your tabs match your classes? Re-name your tabs to match the classes you are taking this year.
English
Math
Science
Social Studies
(AVID)
(Name of Elective)
(Name of Elective)
M-Games Form
Students! Today is the day to report your progress for this week of training.
1. Did you fill out your planner every period, every day?
2. Did you read at least 100 minutes this week?
3. Did you complete at least 50 minutes of IXL practice this week?
4. Is your binder organized?
5. Did you follow the STEM CRAZY Expectations?
Please answer honestly! Your integrity is worth more than a perfect score. You will click here to fill out your M-Games training form. Do not hit submit until your teacher has given the Okay to your responses!
Teachers, please make sure you do not disagree with your student’s answers before they hit submit.
Thursday – March 22
Mustang Musings
Monday – March 12
Mustang Media
Tuesday – March 13
After watching the video, begin your college application (placed in teachers’ boxes last week).
Wednesday – March 14
After watching the video, continue working on your college application (placed in teachers’ boxes last week).
Thursday – March 15
M-Games Form
Students! Today is the day to report your progress for this week of training.
1. Did you fill out your planner every period, every day?
2. Did you read at least 100 minutes this week?
3. Did you complete at least 50 minutes of IXL practice this week?
4. Is your binder organized?
5. Did you follow the STEM CRAZY Expectations?
Please answer honestly! Your integrity is worth more than a perfect score. You will click here to fill out your M-Games training form. Do not hit submit until your teacher has given the Okay to your responses!
Teachers, please make sure you do not disagree with your student’s answers before they hit submit.
Monday – March 5
Mustang Media
Tuesday – March 6
Read the article, “What’s a Penny Made Of?”. As you read, answer the following questions:
1. What elements are required to create bronze? List the specific percentages.
2. Based on the data from 2014, which would cost more to produce: a dollar’s worth of dimes or a dollar’s worth of pennies?
Wednesday – March 7
Binder Check Wednesday
The end of the quarter is Friday, March 16. That’s just next week! If you haven’t already, it’s time to take a serious look at what missing CFA’s you have and what you need to make up.
1. Open up gradebook
2. Look at your grades. Which one of these will be the easiest to raise? Remember, it’s hard to go from an F to an A, but a D to a C is totally doable!
3. Write this sentence in your planner:
I will raise my grade in (subject) from a (current grade) to a (goal grade) by (taking CFA #10 or finishing my essay or turning in my project) this week.
ex: I will raise my grade in Math from a D+ to a C by re-taking CFA #12 Thursday after school.
Show your teacher your planner to pass off this Binder Check!
Thursday – March 8
Counselor Thursday AND M-Games Forms
M-Games Form
Students! Today is the day to report your progress on the first week of training.
1. Did you fill out your planner every period, every day?
2. Did you read at least 100 minutes this week?
3. Did you complete at least 50 minutes of IXL practice this week?
4. Is your binder organized?
5. Did you follow the STEM CRAZY Expectations?
Please answer honestly! Your integrity is worth more than a perfect score. You will click here to fill out your M-Games training form. Do not hit submit until your teacher has given the Okay to your responses!
Teachers, please make sure you do not disagree with your student’s answers before they hit submit.
Monday – Feb 26
Tuesday – Feb 27
Read Venus, The Two-Faced Cat: A Mystery.
As you read, answer the following questions:
1. Define two-faced as used in the article. Define the more typical connotation of two-faced.
2. What physical characteristic, aside from Venus’ coloring, also seems to puzzle scientists?
When you’re done, click here to tally up all the minutes you’ve read since your last submission.
Wednesday – Feb 28
Binder Check!
For today’s binder check, pull out a page of math or science notes from this week. They need to be complete and legible (that means that you can read them!).
Now- it’s time to STEMify your notes. This is studying notes the West Lake Way.
1. Circle key words and phrases.
2. Write two possible test questions in the margin of the notes that you might use to study.
3. Write a two sentence summary at the end that explains in your own words how to do the concept described in the notes. How to identify rocks or how to simplify equations, etc.
Show your West Lake STEM notes to your teacher to pass off this notes check.
Thursday – March 1
Counselor Thursday AND M-Games Forms
M-Games Form
Students! Today is the day to report your progress on the first week of training.
1. Did you fill out your planner every period, every day?
2. Did you read at least 100 minutes this week?
3. Did you complete at least 50 minutes of IXL practice this week?
4. Is your binder organized?
5. Did you follow the STEM CRAZY Expectations?
Please answer honestly! Your integrity is worth more than a perfect score. You will click here to fill out your M-Games training form. Do not hit submit until your teacher has given the Okay to your responses!
Teachers, please make sure you do not disagree with your student’s answers before they hit submit.
Tuesday – Feb 20
Wednesday – Feb 21
SAGE Goal Setting Sheets:
Your teachers will pass out two copies of your SAGE goal sheets. On each sheet you need to write your SAGE goal for this year in Math, English, and Science, and then plot the points on the graph and draw the lines to connect them. If you need help with this your teacher will show you how to do it on the board.
You will keep one sheet, and the other sheet will go back to your teacher. Your teacher will use the second sheet to review with your parents at the Mustang Roundup on Thursday.
When you finish:
It’s that time! Pull out your phones and text your parent or guardian their Mustang Roundup Reminder! A sample text might look something like this:
Come to Granger high school tomorrow at 6 for Mustang Roundup. If you want to meet with individual teachers, you can sign up online here: goo.gl/qw6GNk
Thursday – Feb 22
M-Games Form
Students! Today is the day to report your progress on the first week of training.
1. Did you fill out your planner every period, every day?
2. Did you read at least 100 minutes this week?
3. Did you complete your IXL practice?
4. Is your binder organized?
5. Did you follow the STEM CRAZY Expectations?
Please answer honestly! Your integrity is worth more than a perfect score. You will click here to fill out your M-Games training form. Do not hit submit until your teacher has given the Okay to your responses!
Teachers, please make sure you do not disagree with your student’s answers before they hit submit.
Monday – Feb 12
Mustang Media
Tuesday – Feb 13
Reading Tuesday!
Read: “Teens Give Boy A Helping Hand”
Summarize the text using a one-sentence money summary format. (Note: You have $2 to spend. Words cost 10 cents each. “A, an, the” are free.)
When you’re done, click here to tally up all the minutes you’ve read in the last two weeks.
Wednesday – Feb 14
URGENT: 7th Graders, if you haven’t yet submitted your class selections for next year, please do so during Mustang Room this morning. Mustang Room teachers, please check with each of your 7th grade students.
1. Pull your phone out and text your parents an invitation to Mustang Roundup next Thursday at 6 pm at Granger.
2. Today’s binder check is a shake test. Take a minute to organize your papers. Punch holes in them, put them in the right place. Then….turn it upside down and shake it! If no papers fall out, you pass! If papers fall out, try again.
Thursday – Feb 15
Counselor Thursday
Monday – Feb 5
Tuesday – Feb 6
Read To Rescue or Not, That is the Question With Distressed Animals.
As you read, answer the following questions.
1. After you have read paragraphs 2 and 6, discuss what do you think the author’s purpose was in using a question at those points in the text.
2. In an additional portion of the text, the author describes the Montana Raptor Conservation Center, one of the largest licensed animal rehabilitation facilities in Montana. The director of the facility stated, “We approach each case on an individual basis. Our success rate, depending on the year, is between 35 and 40 percent.” According to the website, in 2015, 234 raptors were taken in. Based on this data, about how many raptor rescues were successful that year? Show your work!
Wednesday – Feb 7
Chromebook Check, Yearbook Voting, and AVID Recruitment.
1. Chromebook Check:
Last week we experienced a little trouble with our website, so we’re going to do a re-do on our chromebook survey. We’re just over halfway through the year, and it’s time to look at how we’re doing with our Chromebooks. Students, click here to fill out the google form. Don’t hit submit until your teacher has verified your responses.
2. Yearbook Voting
7th grade
8th grade
3. AVID Recruitment
When you’re finished filling out your chromebook and yearbook surveys, check out this awesome video featuring your fellow mustangs.
Thursday – Feb 8
Counselor Thursday
Have a classroom discussion about times when you have stood up for someone in need. Share how you felt. Talk about times when you didn’t stand up for someone, and discuss why you chose not to.
Monday – Jan 29
Tuesday – Jan 30
Have you heard the buzz about fake news? It’s everywhere- and everyone seems to be clicking on it. Do you know how to spot a fake news article?
Read Five Tips on How to Spot Fake News Online with your class. As you read, look for the answers to the questions below:
1. How many different synonyms of the word fake does the article use?
2. What does the word malicious mean in this article? How did you figure that out (what context clues did you use)?
When you’re done, click here to tally up all the minutes you’ve read in and out of school since last Tuesday. Remember, we want to reach Half a Million Minutes by the end of 3rd quarter.
Wednesday – Jan 31
Chromebook Check!
We’re just over halfway through the year, and it’s time to look at how we’re doing with our Chromebooks. Students, click here to fill out the google form. Don’t hit submit until your teacher has verified your responses.
Thursday – Feb 1
Counselor Thursday
Monday – Jan 22
Tuesday – Jan 23
Reading – Bullying.
Click here to find the article on bullying.
Scroll down until you find the section entitled “Bullying Definition”
Read the section together.
Together as a class, discuss the following three questions:
1. What are the three components (not types) of bullying?
2. Explain the use of the two levels of bullets used by the author in the text. What is the purpose of using bullets in writing?
3. According to the text, 22% of students in the 12-18 age bracket have experienced bullying. Knowing that there are approximately 870 students at West Lake, how many students in your school would have been bullied? Show your math.
Next, click here to record the minutes you’ve read this week. Remember a confirmation email is sent to your parents!
Wednesday – Jan 24
Each student completes the Ed Direction Survey as part of our school wide appraisal.
Thursday – Jan 25
Counselor Thursday – Watch a special video created by your teachers especially for you.
After watching, share your response to the video with the counselors using this Google Form.
Tuesday – Jan 16
Mustang Media
Wednesday – Jan 17
Binder Check!
Students, it’s time to re-label your tabs. You need to have one tab for each class. Tabs can be ordered in the order you take your classes, or, they can be ordered in the following manner:
Math
English
Science
Social Studies
(AVID – if you’re taking it)
Elective (write the name of the Elective)
Elective (write the name of the Elective)
Elective (write the name of the Elective)
Thursday – Jan 18
Counselor Thursday
Monday – Jan 8
Mustang Media
Tuesday – Jan 9
Count your total reading minutes! Students, count up the total number of minutes you have read since the beginning of the quarter. Total your minutes by table, and then by classroom.
Teachers, you will submit a class total in the google form which will be found in your email.
Wednesday – Jan 10
Grade Checks
Students! Grades are due tomorrow. Open gradebook and look at your grades. Look back at your goal from last week and write down in the notes section of your planner how you did. If you haven’t achieved it yet, write down what you are going to do today to make it happen. Tell your teacher how you did.
Thursday – Jan 11
Counselor Thursday
When directed, pause the video and create a list of people you can talk to if you are feeling depressed on the blue half sheet of paper. Be specific, and include adults.
At the end of the video, use the white half sheet of paper to let your teacher know what you wish they knew about you. These will be kept anonymous, so you don’t need to include your name before handing it back in.
Tuesday – Jan 2
Wednesday – Jan 3
Grade Check
Midterms are next Friday. How are you doing on your grades? Pull up your grades on your chromebook. Choose one grade you want to bring up –try choosing a class where the grade you have is closest to the grade you want.
In your planner for today, in the notes section at the bottom, write the following:
I will bring up my ______ (science, math, English, etc) grade from a ____% to a _____%. To do this I will _________. (Be specific! Stay after school to get help on Thursday, or retake test #4 on Tuesday).
Show your teacher your grades and your statement.
Thursday – Jan 4
Counselor Thursday
Monday – Dec 18
Tuesday – Dec 19
Growth Mindset video
Wednesday – Dec 20
Binder Check!
Today’s Binder Check is a Notes Check – show your teacher a page of notes from the last week (paper or electronic) from a class of your choosing. The Notes should be filled out all the way. Extra points if you have highlighted or underlined important information.
Thursday – Dec 21
Mustang Musings Assembly #6 (In the Afternoon). Drop off all your items to your locker after 5th period, return to your Mustang Room, scan in, and attend the assembly together.
Monday – Dec 11
Monday – Dec 12
Review last Tuesday’s Mustang Roundup presentation, and set a proactive behavior goal to work on between now and February 13th.
Wednesday – Dec 13
Binder Check! Take out a Standards checklist – English, Math, Science, Social Studies or any of your electives, make sure it’s up to date, and show your teacher.
Thursday – Dec 14
Watch the Counselor Thursday video about ideas to bring your brain back to normal.
After watching the video, pass out the half sheet of yellow paper to each student. As a class, within their tables, or individually, write down 10 different strategies each student could use to bring their brains back to normal. Have students share out some of their ideas. Instruct the students that these 10 ideas be kept in a place that will be easily assessable for their use. We recommend they keep the list in their binders.
Monday – Dec 4
Tuesday – Dec 5
Watch today’s episode of CNN Student News:
Discuss at your table one of the stories that was in today’s news. Use your Chromebook to find another news source (NBC, NPR, MSN, New York Times, Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, KSL) that is reporting on the same story.
Wednesday – Dec 6
Binder Check Wednesday
Today’s Binder Check is a planner check! Show your Mustang Room teacher your filled out planner pages for the week (Wednesday to Wednesday). If there are gaps, find a friend from that class to copy the information or try to fill them out from memory. Remember to write down the objective and homework in each class, every day!
Thursday – Dec 7
Counselor Thursday
Watch the counselors’ video, and practice the breathing strategies in class.
Monday – November 27
Tuesday – November 28
1. Watch the video below
2. Fill out an Excel Nomination!
Wednesday – November 29
Wednesday- Binder Check- shake
Reward STEM crazy points for reading 20 minutes/day.
Today’s Binder Check is a shake test. Before you go shaking any binders, let’s spend a few minutes getting organized.
1. Throw away papers you don’t need anymore. This IS NOT pages of notes or reference sheets. This IS old assignments that correspond to tests you have passed.
2. Make sure that all your papers are under the correct tab. All of your English papers are in the English tab, etc.
3. Hole-punch any papers that need hole-punched.
Now, when your teacher asks you, you will turn your binder upside down and give it a good shake. If no papers fall out, you pass! If papers do fall out, go find the nearest hole-punch and repeat steps 1-3.
Thursday – November 30
Counselor Thursday
Monday – November 20
Tuesday – November 21
Counselor Tuesday
Monday – November 13
Tuesday – November 14
Wednesday – November 15
Planner Check!
Open your planners to this week. Are you writing down your reading minutes and your objectives?
Thursday – November 16
What other shapes and patterns can you identify in the world around you?
Monday – November 6
Tuesday – November 7
Brain Teaser Tuesday!
Wednesday – November 8
Binder Check Wednesday!
Pull out your BSBS English Tracker and show your teacher. Is it up to date? When you’ve been passed off, then Go to Overdrive and READ
Thursday – November 9
Motivational Thursday
Discussion Questions:
What is one of your passions—one thing that would make you train (like Rocky) and work extremely hard towards that goal?
What gets you out of bed in the morning? What is one passion—a sport, drawing, running, writing in a journal, dog-walking—that you always seem to return to, especially in hard times?
If you had to choose your TOP THREE passions in life—the three things you can do that always make you feel happy, and “right” with the world—what would they be?
Monday – October 30
1. Watch Mustang Media
2. Hand out new schedules
3. Re-label binder tabs to match current scheduled classes. Clear out old work!
Tuesday – October 31
1. Select STEM Rising activities
2. Watch and discuss the youtube videos below. Character is important!
Character – Pass it on!
Discussion questions:
How did Travis feel in the beginning?
What would you do if you saw a situation like that happening?
Unsung Hero:
What can you do to show an act of kindness to someone this week?
Wednesday – November 1
Organization AND Video!
While the video is playing, it’s time for a Tab Check! Are your tabs current? Are you using them correctly?
Why is it important not to judge someone based on first impressions?
How can you remain positive when others around you are negative?
Thursday – November 1
No Mustang Room – Friday Schedule
Monday – October 23
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 50 including Spirit Week, Boys and Girls Soccer, lunch time procedure reminder, and more!
Tuesday – October 24
1. COUNT THE FILLED OUT BOXES OF STUDENT PLANNERS. Students, click here and fill out the form. This is on the honor system. Teachers, please spot check a few students.
2. Discuss: Why is it important to know the school song?
Some notable school songs:
Great schools have a history that they are proud of. West Lake STEM is no different, as we are making history every day. Nearly all schools and universities have their own school song. These songs are often sung in celebration at sporting events after their team scores.
The school song instills a sense of unity, as a whole group comes together to express themselves through song. They are exciting and upbeat!
3. What other school songs have you heard when watching sports on TV?
Wednesday – October 25
Learn the School Song!
7:56-8:00
1.Call and repeat lyrics. Teachers will say a line of the song and the class will repeat it back as a choral response. Continue this until every single person has repeated the lyrics so many times they can do it without looking at the lyrics.
8:01-8:02
2. Listen to the School Song with words.
8:02-8:08
3. Students, try to sing along with the recording.
8:08-8:10
4. Then, try to sing the song with ONLY the accompaniment.
Bonus: Record an audio or video of the entire class singing the school song. Teachers, upload it to google drive and then share the file with Ms. Slater at aslater@granitesd.org
The winning recording will be picked by the fine art department, and winners will receive a prize!! Winners will also be featured on Mustang Media on Monday.
Thursday – October 26
Pep Rally! PM Assembly Schedule
Monday – October 16
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 49 including Spirit Week, PTSA Pizza Party, the Weekly Whip Around, Teacher of the Week, and more!
Tuesday – October 17
Zzzzzzero Quit
Discuss: How can developing a Zero-Quit attitude now help you later in life?
Wednesday – October 18
Y? Because you matter!
Monday – October 9
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 48 including the Weekly Whip Around, Teacher of the Week, STEM CRAZY reminders and more!
Tuesday – October 10
C is for….other things than Cookie
Wednesday – October 11
R.E.S.P.E.C.T Find out what it means to me!
Patch Adams
1. Discuss-
Why was it respectful for Patch Adams to act silly with these sick children?
In what case would it not be respectful to act like that?
Most Important – Do a T chart on the board and discuss next question
How is being respectful in the classroom different/and the same as being in the hallway, on the soccer field, in the cafeteria, or at home?
Remember the Titans
2. Discussion – Can do think/write/pair/share or any type of discussion you think best.
What is respect?
How specifically can we show respect to teachers?
How do we show respect to other students?
How do we show respect for our school and the resources we use?
Why is it true that we can not like someone but still show respect for them?
If we all choose to be respectful to one another, how will each of us feel about being at school?
If we all choose to be respectful, what kind of a feeling would the school have?
Sesame Street- Respect
Thursday – October 12
A – STEMCRAZY
Monday – October 2
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 47 including highlights from last week’s Mustang Roundup, the Weekly Whip Around, some reminders about the after-school program, and a public service announcement.
Tuesday – October 3
Think about it Tuesday
Can you solve the Bridge Riddle? Pause the video at 2:00 minutes and work at your tables to figure out the answer. Your teacher will re-start the video once the class has agreed an on answer.
Wednesday – October 4
Binder Check Wednesday!
Today’s Binder Check is a shake test. Before you go shaking any binders, let’s spend a few minutes getting organized.
1. Throw away papers you don’t need anymore. This IS NOT pages of notes or reference sheets. This IS old assignments that correspond to tests you have passed.
2. Make sure that all your papers are under the correct tab. All of your English papers are in the English tab, etc.
3. Hole-punch any papers that need hole-punched.
Now, when your teacher asks you, you will turn your binder upside down and give it a good shake. If no papers fall out, you pass! If papers do fall out, go find the nearest hole-punch and repeat steps 1-3.
Thursday – October 5
Motivational Thursday
Monday – September 25
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 46 with a teaser for this week’s Mustang Roundup, the Weekly Whip Around, and a preview of Kindness Week and ways to help a middle school in Houston affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Tuesday – September 26
Mustang Roundup Reminder!
Ready Mustangs! Pull out your cell phone and call or text Mom/Dad/Grandma/Grandpa/Aunt/Uncle to invite them to the Mustang Roundup tonight. No cell phone? No worries! Borrow a friend’s phone, or ask to use the teacher’s desk phone. Here are some things to remember:
1. It’s tonight! There are two time slots, 4:30 and 5:30, ask your teacher which one your parents should come to.
2. It will be an hour and a half.
3. Your parents can sign up on the school’s website to talk with specific teachers if they want.
4. Remember, you get 200 CRAZY points if you and a parent or guardian show up tonight!
-See you there!
Example text: Hey Dad. Mustang Roundup tonight at 4:30 at the school. We should go!
Example phone call: Hey Grandma, I’m not in trouble. I’m just calling to remind you about Mustang Roundup tonight at school at 5:30. It would be awesome if we could go!
Wednesday – September 27
Binder Check Wednesday
Today’s Binder Check is a planner check! Show your Mustang Room teacher your filled out planner pages for the week (Wednesday to Wednesday). If there are gaps, find a friend from that class to copy the information or try to fill them out from memory. Remember to write down the objective and homework in each class, every day!
Thursday – September 28
Motivational Thursday
At home each day:
Show your Planner to your parents and talk about what you learned that day.
READ at least 20 minutes a day.
Place the SAGE Personal Best Goal Sheet somewhere it can be seen and talk about it regularly.
Celebrate your success often!
Monday – September 18
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 45 with highlights of the fourth Mustang Musings assembly, the introduction of the new Student Body Officers, the Weekly Whip Around, a preview of the first-ever Mustang Roundup, and highlights of the first Mustang Market of the year.
Tuesday – September 19
Write a letter to your parents inviting them to next week’s Mustang Roundup using the Google Form below. Include as many details as you can, including the following:
- Mustang Roundup is on Tuesday, September 26
- Appointment times will be at either 4:30 or 5:30 PM (Check the chart to know which is your appointment time)
- The whole evening will take about 90 minutes, but you’ll be doing something the whole time (instead of waiting in lines)
- For 45 minutes, you’ll be in a classroom with your Mustang Room teacher reviewing your SAGE proficiency, your reading fluency, and your organization systems (i.e. planners and binders).
- For 25 minutes, you’ll be in the auditorium with the whole school reviewing the Mustang Roundup schedule for the year, the mission/vision/collective commitments of being at a STEM school, and your personal-best goals.
- For those who would like to, you can also sign up for a one-on-one appointment with any of your teachers and meet with them during the Mustang Roundup. This portion of the Mustang Roundup is optional. Sign ups begin on Wednesday of this week.
- Refreshments will be served at the Mustang Roundup
- We would love to have both students and parents attend the Mustang Roundup
- Students will receive 200 bonus CRAZY points if their parents attend the Mustang Roundup.
Wednesday – September 20
Organize and check off school binders.
Binder Checks! We will regularly check different aspects of your binder throughout the year. These include:
1. A binder “Shake test” where you will turn your binder upside down and shake it! You pass if no papers fall out.
2. A Tab Check- where you make sure you have all of your tabs correctly labeled.
3. A Planner Check – where you have to show your Mustang Room teacher your filled out planner pages for the week. If there are gaps, you’ll have to fill them in from memory.
4. An I-Can Check – where we tell you which subject, and you have to show your teacher an up-to-date I-Can paper for that subject.
5. Notes Check – Like an I-Can check, we’ll tell you which subject, and you will need to show your teacher a page of notes (paper or electronic) from that class.
These checks will go into the Gradebook for your Mustang Room class.
For today, you are going to do a Tab Check. All of the Tabs in your binder should be labeled in this order:
Math
English
Science
Social Studies
(AVID – if you’re taking AVID. If not, skip this)
Elective – write the name of your elective, like Band.
Elective – write the name of your elective, like Art.
Elective- write the name of your elective, like Underwater Basket Weaving.
When your tabs are in order, show your teacher to pass off your binder check today.
Thursday – September 21
- Pass out Mustang Roundup Flyers to be taken home tonight
- Pass out SAGE goal sheets
- Graph progress on English, Math, and science over the last three years.
- Sign the goal sheet
- Return them to your Mustang Room Teacher
Monday – September 11
Enjoy Mustang Media: Episode 44 with highlights of the third Mustang Musings assembly, a preview of school picture day, a summary of the Safe UT app, and the classic Weekly Whip Around.
Tuesday – September 12
Watch the tutorial video about the Safe UT app. As it plays, set up the app on your own mobile device.
Wednesday – September 13
Watch the anti-bullying video. As it plays, think about how you can be an ally or a friend to others.
Pass out the new ID cards
Thursday – September 14
Mustang Musings Assembly #4 featuring the first Mustangs of the Month for the 2017-2018 school year. Additionally, we’ll get to know the SBO candidates a little better.