Eaglecrest Ski Dates: Jan. 5th and 6th

Hi everyone,

Do your snow dance this month so that we have some great snow for our team ski days up at Eaglecrest!  We will be traveling as a team up to Eaglecrest on Jan. 5-6, 2012 for some fun in the snow, ski or snowboard lessons and the infamous chili cheese fries.  As always Eaglecrest gives our students a screaming deal.  The prices are as follows:

*2 days of lessons and bus (own gear and a pass) = $22.00
*2 days of lessons, lifts and bus (own gear) = $38
*2 days of lessons, ski or snowboard rental, lifts and bus = $58

Normally a full day of lessons, rentals, lifts and bus alone would be over $100.  We don't want the money to hold back one of our students skiing though so your student can request a scholarship to help cover the cost.

Eaglecrest will be here Dec. 13th to fit everyone for their skis or boards and to give the important safety talk.  Please return the below forms by Tuesday.  Your students already have them but just in case here they are as well.

See you on the mountain!

RURE Informational Meeting: Thursday, Dec. 15th, 6:30-7:30 pm

10 Elements of Community Wrap Up Questions

The below worksheet is due in Social Studies 

class on Monday, Dec. 12th

What are some current issues that juneau faces? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Something that has recently happened or changed in Juneau is________________________________________________.

It was important because _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

In the area of ______________________________________

(choose one of the 10 elements of community)

Juneau is challenged by ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Juneau solved that problem by ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Spelling Week 6, p.1 and p.5

This week's spelling words are from an article about the start of WWII and Hitler's involvement.  Both classes are working on the same words and the DEFINITIONS are due Friday, Dec. 9th.  Students can use the words in sentences for extra credit.  The spelling test will also be on Friday.

1. chancellor
2. plight
3. reign
4. abolish
5. totalitarian
6. elitist
7. ideology
8. ostracize
9. minority
10. propaganda
11. indoctrinate

For EXTRA CREDIT, come to class and tell me what spelling word the above poster is an example of?

The Harmonica by Tony Johnston

In Language Arts class this week we are reading "The Harmonica". The story is based on a true story about a resilient young Jewish boy.  When the Nazis invade Poland, his family is split apart.  His parents are sent to one concentration camp, he to another.  Only his father's gift, a harmonica, keeps the boy's hope alive and, miraculously, ensures his survival.

Follow this link to "The Harmonica" worksheet that is due in class on Friday, Dec. 2nd.

Follow this link to listen to Schubert's Ave Maria in violin.  Schubert's music is featured in the story.

What We Want to Know about World War II, p.1 and p.5

In Language Arts we are beginning a historical fiction unit.  We will be reading a novel together called, "Behind the Bedroom Wall" by Laura Williams.  We are starting the unit with a KWL discussion.  What we already KNOW, what we WANT to know, and what we LEARNED.  The following questions were brainstormed in class yesterday after a great discussion of what we already know.  At anytime during this unit students can earn extra credit by researching and answering the questions.

Period 5's Questions:

• Did Italian-Americans get the same treatment as Japanese-Americans by the United States during World War II?
• Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
• How many concentration camps existed during WWII?
• How many Jewish people were killed at Auschwitz?
• Why did Hitler want everyone to have blond hair and blue eyes?
• When did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

Period 1's Questions:

·    Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

·    What was China doing WWII?

·    Where was Russia during this time?

·    Why did Hitler blame the Jews?

·    Were South and North Korea involved in WWII?

·    How did Americans react to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

·    How did Japan affect Alaska during the war?

·    Where does the term World War come from?

·    What happened to Germans who helped Jewish people during the war?

·    What was WWII about?

·    What was the Cold War about?

·    How did we treat Germany after the war?