Naaktgeboren's Class Blog

Greetings Families, I hope you enjoyed your weekend. I'm sorry this update is so late. Here are the lessons for this week. Lessons Grammar/Writing - This week, students will spend time doing some shorter writing assignments and some grammar activities. History - This week, students will finish the American Revolution unit. They have an open-notes quiz tomorrow and be assessed with an open-notes test on Friday. Literature - Students will continue to read through Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Math - Students will spend today reviewing for a cumulative test that will be tomorrow. Following the test, students will have lessons on adding and subtracting decimals. Greek and Latin Roots - Students will take a review check on 70-72 this week. Poem - Students have one more week to memorize "Paul Revere's Ride." Science - Having completed the geology unit, students will now spend the time between now and AIMS Science reviewing what they have learned this year to pr...

Greetings Families, I hope you are enjoying your three-day weekend and that the students are enjoying the R&R part of it. On Friday night, my varsity girls' basketball team ended their season with a loss to Baboquivari, a reservation school west of Tuscan. That means that its time to start the middle school girls' basketball season, but thankfully it is four days a week instead of six. The students had a fun Great Hearts Day celebration. I want to say thank you to all of the families who volunteered in the classroom and to those who provided times for the snack. The students got to do some team building games. The one I enjoyed watching the most, and which had the most varied levels of success, was the four-man carry. Four students had to link arms and carry one student about twenty feet before switching to the next. It was pretty fun seeing them work together to complete the activity. Lessons History: Last week, students looked at how things were not going very we...

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Greetings Families, I hope you are off to a good start on your three day weekend. Mine started off well as my wife, kids, and I went to Chick-fil-a for dinner. I then came back to school for basketball practice. I am missing the in-service tomorrow because my girls are playing in the region championship. If we win, we will be playing at home next Friday night in the first round of the state playoffs for 1A. If we lose, we will be playing away next Friday night in the first round of the state playoffs for 1A. Either way, we made it to state, which is the first time the Arete/Mesa Prep girls varsity basketball team has done that. So we are pretty excited. Great Hearts Day First, let me share with you the note from the admin regarding Great Hearts Day. A Day For Friendship Friday, February 14th is Great Hearts Day! We have reserved this special day to focus on the virtue of friendship and celebrate the traits that make a great-hearted student. Teachers are planning interactive an...

Greetings Families, A number of students have run out of pencils from the stash you provided them with at the beginning of the year. I do not collect pencils, so students are responsible for their own pencils. Please check with your child if he or she needs pencils, and provide your child with additional pencils if necessary. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, I hope your child enjoyed their R&R weekend as a reward for winning Arete's field day. I was so proud of their achievement. I was confident they would do well in the relay race, so winning that event was a good way to start. I was less confident when it came to tug of war. Though we have a pretty athletic class, most of the students are fairly skinny and being light isn't usually a good thing for a competition of pulling power. However, going against both classes, they didn't even have a chance. From the time the whistle blew, it was a consistent pulling in our direction. Next came the chariot (scooter) race. It was close, but again they pulled out the victory. Then came the big race. Though some of the other events involve a little bit of strategy, the baton race is just about who tries the hardest. We started off the race falling behind, which I actually always prefer because it gives the later runners a little more incentive to do their best bec...