Friday, October 30, Blast

Friday Blast DATES TO REMEMBER November 1—Quarter 1 online survey will close. November 2—PTP for 9th Grade November 14—Debate Team Tournament November 16—PTP for 10/11 Grade November 30—PTP for 9th Grade December 31– “Thank You...very Much” Letter Contest deadline.

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GEOGRAPHY CLUB We now have a geography club on Elluminate for all HTA students. This clb will meet on Friday’s at 9:00 AM. All ages are welcome. The link to this club is: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp? sid=559&password=M.873493085DEFA1667E60A5484935C2

NEW DANCE ELECTIVES FOR BOYS 11:00-12:00- Beginning Boys Tahitian Dance (Grades K-4) 12:00-1:00- Advanced Ukulele (2+ years experience) Please register online for these course if you are interested. www.scholastic.co m/bookclubs User Name: htabooks Password: cluborders Go to www.scholastic.co m/bookclubs now to get started.

NEW RESOURCE Our HTA Staff has developed a Master calendar on Google. This source provides a listing of all calendar events and OLS progress expectations by the week. To view this calendar go to: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=t1g5bqtb5k3beond390fkkrias% 40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Pacific/Honolulu

BOX TOPS CONTEST KEEP COLLECTING YOUR BOX TOPS!!!! Please put in sandwich bag with your last name and grade/s or glue/staple to a worksheet: http:// www.boxtops4education.com/earn/clip/Projects.aspx or pick up at the PTSA table.

HTA's Coleman Jonas has won the June KIUC’s 2010 Calendar of Student Art Contest.

Congrats Coleman!

FAMILIES FOR TESTING Thank you to the families who have volunteered to help with testing new systems at the school. These families will help us evaluate some processes before we submit to the entire HTA Ohana. We currently still need families from High School/LMS. If your Ohana is interested, please contact [email protected]

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Middle School Work Samples—Quarter 2 SCIENCE EARTH SCIENCE (Grade 6) OLS Lesson to be Submitted: Unit 4: Lesson 10: Plate Boundaries and Structural Geography Lab Standard 8: Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE - Understand the Earth and its processes, the solar system and the universe and its contents Benchmark SC.8.8.5 Explain the concepts of continental drift and plate tectonics. LIFE SCIENCE (Grade 7) OLS Lesson to be Submitted: Unit 2: Lesson 4: Looking at Cells Standard 4: Life and Environmental Sciences: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN ORGANISMS – Understand the structures and functions of living organisms and how organisms can be compared scientifically Benchmark SC.7.4.2 Describe the basic structure and function of various types of cells. PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Grade 8) OLS Lesson to be Submitted: Unit 4: Lesson 4: Calculating Speed Lab Standard 7: Physical, Earth, and Space Science: FORCE AND MOTION – Understand the relationship between force, mass, and motion of objects; and know the major natural forces: gravitational, electric, and magnetic. Benchmark SC.PS.7.1 Apply the laws of motion to determine the effects of forces on the linear motion of objects. HISTORY WORLD HISTORY (Grade 6) Final Draft of "Inventions" essay HAWAIIAN HISTORY (Grade 7) Final Draft of Hawaiian History Project (essay or PowerPoint) MODERN WORLD HISTORY (Grade 8) Final Draft of Compare / Contrast Early Civilizations Essay ENGLISH 6th grade OLS Lesson to be submitted: Language Arts Skills A Composition: Unit 4 Persuasive Essay Standard 5: Writing: Rhetoric: Use rhetorical devices to craft writing appropriate to audience and purpose Benchmarks L.A. 6.5.5: Adjust voice to suit the audience and situation. 7th grade OLS Lesson to be submitted: Language Arts Skills B Composition: Unit 4: Letter to the Editor (Final Draft) Standard 5: Writing: Rhetoric: Use rhetorical devices to craft writing appropriate to audience and purpose: Voice Benchmarks L.A. 7.5.5: Use words, phrases, and sentence construction to begin to establish an individual rather than a generic voice 8th grade LMS Lesson to be submitted: Unit 4 : Making Us See: Descriptive Essay (Final Draft) Standard 4: Writing: Conventions and Skills – Use the writing process and conventions of language and research to construct meaning and communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences using a range of forms. Benchmarks L.A. 8.4.1: Write in a variety of grade-appropriate formats for a variety of purposes and audiences: such as narratives or scripts with a theme and details that contribute to a mood or tone; literary, persuasive and personal essays MATH 6th Grade Math: Pre-Algebra A Lesson: 4.13 Geometric Figures Assessment Strand: Geometry and Spatial Sense Standard 5: Geometry and Spatial Sense: PROPERTIES AND RELATIONSHIPS: Analyze properties of objects and relationships among the properties Benchmark MA.6.5.1: Analyze and describe the relationships among the angles, side lengths, perimeters, and areas of similar geometric figures 7th Grade Math: Pre-Algebra B Lesson: 4.12 Rational Numbers Unit Assessment Strand: Numbers and Operations Standard 3: Numbers and Operations: COMPUTATION STRATEGIES: Use computational tools and strategies fluently and, when appropriate, use estimation. Benchmark MA.7.3.1: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers. 8th Grade Math: Algebra 1 Lesson: 4.10 Solving Equations and Problems Part 2 Unit Assessment Strand: Numbers and Operations Standard 2: Numbers and Operations: OPERATION SENSE: Understand the meaning of operations and how they relate to each other Benchmark MA.8.2.1: Apply the order of operations when calculating with rational numbers