The Week Ahead 1/21-1/24

There will be no school on Monday, 1/20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

How the World Works
Next week we will be filming our natural disaster videos! A huge thanks to the parent volunteers who have signed up to film the students! We wouldn't be able to do this without your help. Most of the groups in our class will be filming on Tuesday, 1/21. Because we are using a green screen, students should not wear green on the day they are filming. 

Idiom of the week: fly off the handle


Report Cards 
Beaverton School District will no longer be sending paper report cards home. The report cards will now be posted on ParentVue. The first semester report card will be available on Monday, 2/3.


Continent Club
For the forseeable future, Continent Club study materials can be accessed via links in the Monday Minute. Continent Club is a highly recommended, but optional, study at home program. All students will be tested at Continent Check on January 30th. Below are links to the study materials. For questions contact continentclub@wvtptc.org

 Asia Study Guide
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GfR8KEp4XHwbhF9-MP0o0t1q1_H2D0X3/view?ts=5e1c968f 

 Asia Study Map Labeled
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9btsN10L_Kg949piFlnylJ2TdO-EOy3/view?ts=5e1c977f

Asia Study Map Blank
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_OxXv4HjPNffSQK6FlnKqDuyacW3YmEc/view?ts=5e1c977f

Asia Challenge Study Guide
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12UpWQJFu3j_-1Qj9oRuZ2AcCzJ20W5CU/view?ts=5e1f6f23

Upcoming Dates
  • Monday, January 20th - No School - MLK Jr. Day
  • Tuesday, January 21st - Reading Log Due/Vocab Test 
  • Monday, January 27th - No School - Grading Day
  • Thursday, January 30th - Continent Club

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