The Gemini
Blue Tuesday Sheet
“A Weekly School-wide
Communication from Teachers to Families for School Success”
March 16, 2004
English – Mrs. Rezendes: This week we will wrap up our unit on persuasive writing. Red, orange, and yellow classes turned in the
final drafts of their essays today.
Green and blue will turn in their final drafts tomorrow. All students received their papers back from
the MCAS scrimmage with a detailed response on their strengths and areas where
they need improvement. These papers
should be kept and reviewed before the actual MCAS Long Composition on March 30th.
Geography – Mr. Palagi: 1st
Meeting: Channel One look at the news; 2nd 12”x18” chart on the
Great Rift Valley. 2nd Meeting: Physical geography of Africa. 3rd
Meeting: Human geography of Africa. 4th Meeting: Economic geography
of Africa.
Math – Ms. Burgess: This week in math, students in
the Red and Orange classes will be working with Square Roots and Perfect
Squares. Students in the Yellow, Green,
and Blue classes will be working on Operations with Fractions and Mixed
Numbers. All students also completed
their third practice Open Response MCAS Problem of the year. Pi Day was wonderful! A huge thank you to all of the supportive
parents and families who sent in pies and cakes! Have an excellent week! J
Reading – Mrs.
Wheeler: Thank
you to Mrs. Rezendes and all the students for making our MCAS Long Composition
“Scrimmage” successful last Friday.
Students should be well prepared for the “Big Dance” on March 30th. This week students are wrapping up the
requirements for their biography presentations. Questions and Answers were passed in Monday or Tuesday and
Timelines are due Thursday. PLEASE be
sure to follow all the criteria. We will have one final workshop day on the
Thursday we return from Bournedale.
Presentations will start on the Friday following Bournedale – anyone
volunteering on that day will receive 10 extra bonus points! Journals have been returned and include the
journal average for term 3. Tests will
follow later in the week. Please share
this information at home. Have a great
week and think SUNSHINE. J
Science – Mr.
Fisher: This
week in Science, we are studying the behavior of gases, examining how pressure,
temperature and volume work together.
We will also be studying physical and chemical changes in class. Have an ‘atomos’-like week! Grades are updated online Sunday
nights. www.mfisher.net.
Educational
Support Specialist – Mrs. Baker: There are projects and assignments to do before we go to camp next
week, so don’t give up. Work on your biography project everyday. Have you made
up all your missing work? Take care of business, stay after school and get work
turned in now. Each missing assignment
represents a 0 and you know what that can do to your average. DEADlines are
rapidly approaching so plan your time wisely.
World
Languages—Mrs. Borstel and Mrs. Wesley: Students will be returning
to Language classes today. In the computer lab, we will begin the new TIME
unit. Vocabulary game worksheet projects are due Thursday, March 18.
TEAM News:
Bournedale
Cabins: All
overnight chaperones should have received a letter from Ms. Burgess including
important information regarding times, details, etc. We look forward to seeing you next week at camp. Please feel free to get in touch with Ms.
Burgess if you have any questions or concerns.
Parent
Chaperones for Evening activities: Thank
you to all the parents who have volunteered to chaperone for evening activities. We appreciate you taking some of your time
to spend with our students at Bournedale.
It’s not too late if you want to volunteer! The more the merrier! If
you would like to share a craft, talent or skill, or simply would like to
supervise basketball, soccer, etc., send an email to Mr. Fisher at [email protected] or call during the school
day at 830-4450. Thanks!
Final Payments
for Camp Bournedale are now due!!
Important
Dates:
Thursday, March 18 Black/Yellow
or Black/White Day—Spring equinox on March 20
Spring Pops Concert—Grade 7 & 8
Band, 7 p.m. Gym
Friday, March 19 No
School
March 22-24 (Mon-Wed) Blue Team at Camp Bournedale
Tuesday, March 30 MCAS
Long Composition
Have a
pleasant and productive week!
Together Everyone Achieves More