The Gemini
Blue Tuesday Sheet
“A Weekly School-wide
Communication from Teachers to Families for School Success”
March 30, 2004
English – Mrs. Rezendes: Yesterday in English, we reviewed for the MCAS Long Composition that
students took today. For the remainder
of the week, we will be working on a new unit studying folklore. Students will be placed in groups and
assigned either a myth, fable, folk tale, or legend to teach to the class. Workshop time will be provided in class to
prepare for the presentations that will start next week.
Geography –
Mr. Palagi: 1st Meeting: 5
class day; Camp Bournedale wrap-up; evaluations. 2nd Meeting:
Finishing up African work; charting ancient people as they left Africa and
spread out over the world. 3rd Meeting: Setting up physical and
political maps of continents. Note: Due to M.C.A.S. on Tuesday there may only
be three meetings for some classes. If there are four meetings then the mapping
will carry over into the fourth meeting. Thank you for a great Camp experience
and thank you all for your cooperation with Culture Games on Wednesday
afternoon.
Math – Ms. Burgess: This week in math, students
in the Red and Orange classes will be Working on the Pythagorean Theorem and
Special Right Triangles. Students in
the Yellow, Green, and Blue classes will continue work on Operations with
Fractions and Mixed Numbers. They will
take a quiz on this at the end of the week.
Grades close for Term 3 for Math on Wednesday, March 31st. All make-up work must be turned in by Thursday. Have a nice week. J
Reading – Mrs.
Wheeler: We will have many “guest
speakers” this week as students conclude their biography projects with
presentations on our hit talk show, Gemini Blue Presents People Past and
Present. So far, the presentations have been outstanding! Watch for the Emmy Award
announcements in next week’s Tuesday Sheet. J
Science – Mr.
Fisher: We
will be completing our Physical/Chemical Changes Lab by working on line graphs
and analyzing the data. We will finish
up learning about the types of physical and chemical changes by completing our
Mind Maps in class. We will be starting
to learn about the Periodic Table of Elements and how these elements combine to
create everything in the whole wide wonderful world! Have a Mendeleevian-like week!
Grades online – www.mfisher.net. Questions,
comments? [email protected]
Educational
Support Specialist – Mrs. Baker: Grades close Wednesday ! Make sure that you turn in any make up work
this week. Have you done your best this term or is it time to think about
setting new goals for term 4? What would make you a more efficient, effective
learner? What part of your routine do you have to change—when or where you do
your homework, staying after school for extra help or to do homework? Plan now to make the necessary changes so
you can have a great term 4.
World Language
– Mrs. Borstel and Mrs. Wesley: We
are completing the time unit with a quiz on Wednesday. A book cover project will be assigned. It is due May 4th. Students will be reporting to Health classes
on Friday.
TEAM News:
Camp
Bournedale: Thank
you to all of the parents and volunteers who helped make Bournedale an
incredible experience.
Sad News: The entire Blue Team
extends condolences and our deepest sympathy to the family of Lance Corporal
Jeff Burgess, graduate of PCIS and Plymouth South High School. Jeff was killed in action while serving in
Iraq. He was proud to be a Marine, and
we are proud of him. The Blue Team will
be working on a memorial activity in his honor; we will send more information
as plans are finalized.
Important
Dates:
Wednesday,
March 31st Blue Team Grades Close
Thursday,
April 8th Report Cards Distributed
Friday, April
9th No School
Have a
pleasant and productive week!
Together Everyone Achieves More