Naaktgeboren's Class Blog

Greetings Archway Arete Families, Club opportunities are still available for families interested in placing their children in an afterschool club. If you would like to sign your child up, please go to ArchwayArete.Configio.com . Mondays : K-5th Grade Passport Club Tuesday : 4th-5th Grade Choir Club, 2nd-3rd Grade Art Club, 3rd-5th Grade Book Club Thursday : 3rd-5th Grade Beginning Instruments Club, 3rd-5th Grade French Club Friday : 2nd-3rd Grade Mallet Masters, 3rd-5th Grade Sports and Activity Club Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Athletic Field Day Athletic Field Day is Friday, February 17 from 8:30-11:00 for K-2 classes and from 12:00-2:30 for grades 3-5. Each year classes are assigned a Greek City State for their team. This year, our team is Persia , and our team color is yellow . There will be no school lunch offered on Athletic Field Day. Please send your child to school with a lunch. Volunteers for Athletic Field Day In order to have Athletic Field Day run smoothly, we need your help! Coach Rubino & Coach Steinmann need volunteers setting up and running the events. Please sign up here to help with the events. Also, we need a few volunteers for each class to help with donating a cooler and snacks. Please sign up here to volunteer for our class. Athletic Field Day Attire: Please have your child wear a yellow color t-shirt that day. Students may decorate their shirts with their team name and/or symbol of their Greek City State. Students should wear athletic clothing free of pop cul...

Greetings, Here are some items I'm sending home today. Assignment (Class Average) Math: Unit 5 Chapter 1 Area Test (85%) Science: Monday Life Science Review Quiz (89%) Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend. I had the pleasure of taking my family to the zoo on Saturday, which was very enjoyable with the cooler temperatures. If your family takes a trip to the zoo this spring, ask your child to explain binomial nomenclature to you (the scientific way of naming animals according to their genus and species). Here are the lessons for this week: Lessons Math : In math this week, we depart from geometry and turn our attention to decimals. I will be collecting your child's Singapore textbooks and handing out the next volume. These books are no longer consumables and they were bound for protection. If your child's copy of this book has been severely damaged, I will notify the headmasters of the damage and let them determine any appropriate consequence. This week, students will focus on decimals in the tenths and hundreds place, with some consideration given to money. If you would like to help your child think thro...

Greetings Families, This past week your child spent a few hours working on some testings called MAP. The purpose of this testing is two-fold, with the first fold being most important: (1) it allows us to take an internal snapshot of our students' learning and, more importantly, our teaching methods, and (2) it allows us to better prepare our students for AzMERIT, the Arizona state standards test all Arizona publically funded schools must take. On March 31, your child will be taking the AzMERIT Writing assessment. In the past, this has been difficult for me to grasp and teach toward because the standards are a little vague and subjective. However, this year, the Arizona Department of Education has provided us with sample papers and has explained how they are graded. For the sake of transparency and equipping parents to better support their children, I am providing you with this resource (click here to read the document). You can see all of Arizona's ELA standards here . G...

Greetings Families, I returned a number of times to your child today. Item (Class Average) Greek and Latin Roots Quiz (62%) History: Arizona Test (86%) Grammar: Diagram and Classify Homework (83%) Science: Electricity Review Quiz (91%) Spalding: Week Two Spelling Test - Monday (84%) History: Europe Projects (91%) Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Family, I just checked the SingUpGenius to see what items were left that I might need to buy for our volcano project Thursday. I am happily pleased to see that all of the items have been signed up for. Thank you so much for your support! Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, I wanted to inform you that I am moving the poem recitation originally scheduled for Friday to Monday. Ms. Maguire is the one who pulls the students to have them recite these and she will be out Thursday and Friday of this week. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings, So, I have chosen a poor time to give up drinking sodas. This week, students will be building volcanoes using two-liter bottles, posterboards, baking soda, vinegar, dish soap, and red food coloring. If you are able to provide any of these items, please use the SignUpGenuis so signup for what you are able to bring. Please have your child bring these to school by Thursday morning. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, Here is a list of what is being sent home today. Please review these items with your child.  Assignment (Class Average) Math Test:  Unit 4 Chapter 2 (80%) Unit 4 Chapter 3 (73%) Unit 4 Chapter 4 (85%) Unit 4 Chapter 5 (66%) Unit 4 Chapter 6 (80%) Unit 4 Chapter 7 (85%) Lines and Triangles Quiz (66%) Science Chemistry Review Quiz (83%) Geology Quiz (68%) Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension #5 (88%) Reading Comprehension #9 (87%) History Arizona History Quiz (93%) Spalding Week 1 Spelling Test (97%) Week 1 Phonogram Test (92%)

Greetings Families, I want to thank the families who participated in our history projects last week. The students did a great job. I am very proud of their efforts. Below are the lessons for this week. Lessons History : This week, students begin studying the American Revolution, starting with the 13 colonies and the colonists. They will begin to learn a bit more about life as a colonist, and this will lead into a discussion about the rights of Englishmen. Additionally, students will learn the 13 colonies and memorize their spelling and locations on a map, to be quizzed next week. A good practice quiz can be found at https://www.quia.com/quiz/1202825.html . (As opposed to simply matching answers, this quiz requires students to write in the correct spelling of each colony!) Science : Having discussed earthquakes in week 2, students will discuss what happens when the earth quakes in the ocean during week 3. After studying tsunamis, scholars will then turn their at...

Greetings Families, I have been sending out emails for students who fail to turn in their homework. Please understand that these emails are short and to the point, because I am only aiming to notify you of their missing work. Usually, when I email a parent regarding something negative, I also try to communicate the positives so that one doesn't think I view their child poorly. I am not doing this in these emails because I am trying to keep them brief. If you receive one or many of these emails, please don't think it indicates that your child is a bad student or that I dislike them. It only means that they forgot their homework a few times or it is an area on which we need to work for more consistency. If you have any concerns about your child's homework consistency or the emails I'm sending, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, I hope that your family has enjoyed the weekend and are enjoying Martin Luther King Day today. On Friday, we briefly discussed Martin Luther King and his important contribution to the American Dream, a place where all people are treated equally, without concern of one's skin color. We are blessed at Archway Arete to be diverse in our heritage, having students with ancestry from all over the world, while being unified in the pursuit of goodness, truth, and beauty, and anchored by our nine core virtues. In a small way, the dream of Rev. King is exemplified at Arete, where students are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Week's Lessons Language Arts : Spalding phonics continues. In grammar, students will continue the classifying and diagramming of sentences. In Literature, students will continue the reading of Prince Caspian. History : In history this week, students will continue their study of Arizona. The tes...

Greetings Families, I wanted to let you know that I am returning today's math test, Unit 4, Chapter 1, which covered right angles. The class average was 95% and 22 students received a perfect score. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, Here is something Mr. Posner sent out about the project that is due next Thursday. I thought you might find this helpful so I am forwarding it along. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren Just some quick notes about the project: -On the tri-fold is where students will place the information they researched. They may type the information or hand-write it on. -The presentation is based upon their poster board, the knowledge they have learned, and their display (food, landmark, or clothing). While I do not want them to read directly off of the poster board, it is the basis of their oral presentation. Note cards are perfectly fine. -The reflective paragraph should be about their experience during the project. Was it fun? Boring? hard? What did they learn, etc..  There is an explanation in their packet. -The three paragraph essay is about anything they want it to be about, within their study. It can be on one aspect or all aspects. It may be typed or hand-written. -If m...

Greetings Families, Tomorrow, students have a quiz over Unit 4, Chapter 1 in math. You can find the answer key to tonight's practice test here . Please review your child's homework to ensure they understand what is expected of them tomorrow. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings, I need to update my upcoming dates list, as we have a history text next Friday, January 20th. Upcoming Dates -        January 11, 2017 – Math Test – Unit 4 Chapter 1 – Angles -        January 12, 2017 – Science Quiz – Geology – Four Layers of the Earth -        January 13, 2017 – Math Test – Unit 4 Chapter 2 – Angles -        January 13, 2017 – History Quiz – Arizona -        January 13, 2017 – Spalding Test -        January 16, 2017 – MLK/Civil Rights Day – No School -        January 17, 2017 – Science Quiz – Geology -        January 18, 2017 – Math Test – Unit 4 Chapter 3 & 5 – Perpendicular and Parallel Lines, Quadrilaterals -        January 19, 2017 – Science Quiz – Chemistry Re...