The Gemini
Blue Tuesday Sheet
“A Weekly School-wide
Communication from Teachers to Families for School Success”
September 16, 2003
English – Mrs. Rezendes: This week we will continue to work on improving our
writing by using snapshots. In
addition, students will receive the directions and rubric for their first major
paper, a memoir, by the end of the week.
The rough draft of the memoir will be due on Tuesday, September 23rd
(for red, orange, and yellow classes), or Wednesday, September 24th (green
and blue classes).
Geography – Mr. Palagi: 1st Class: Check on folder layouts; Earth
Charts, “Hemispheres and Quadrants”. 2nd Class: “5 Themes of
Geography”. 3rd Class: “Neighborhood Maps”. 4th Class: 2003
Geography Fair project.
Math – Ms.
Burgess: This
week in math, students in the Red and Orange classes will be working on Solving
Equations. We will take a quiz on this
during the last math class of the week.
The Yellow, Green, and Blue classes will be continuing work with
Decimals. We will be taking a quiz on
Rounding and Multiplying Decimals later this week. Please make sure that students are completing homework EVERY
NIGHT! It is important to practice your
skills in order to improve. Have a
wonderful week! J
Reading – Mrs.
Wheeler: The collages were awesome
and wonderful proof that we are off to a great start. This week we are working on active reading strategies and
modeling them with Shirley Jackson’s short story, “Charles.” We will also use this story to learn about
irony and 1st person point of view.
The criteria and rubric for journals have been given out (stapled to the
inside of journal books) and the first journal is due Friday.
Science – Mr.
Fisher: This week in
Science, we will be working on a Science in the News article with a peer. Our first article is due in homeroom on
Wednesday, September 17th.
Students are encouraged to use our class web site to gain access to many
SCIENCE current events (www.mfisher.net).
We will also be beginning our unit on the living world and cells this
week. Thank you to everyone who brought
in supplies for our science class, they are appreciated! Email
questions, concerns: [email protected]
Educational
Support Specialist – Mrs. Baker: The Gemini 7 Blue team of
students appears to be off to a great start—agendas are completed daily and
projects that have come in have been great. The “Getting to Know Gemini Blue”
collages look wonderful; parents had a chance to stop and look during “Back to
School Night” last Thursday. Organization of notebooks should be an ongoing
process now that they have been set up in the classroom. Take the time to put papers into the proper
notebook so that the “black hole” (locker) does not get them. If you need
assistance, plan to stop by during homeroom and make arrangements for getting
things in order.
Spanish and
French—Mrs. Borstel and Mrs. Wesley: There
was a quiz on numbers today. An
advertisement project will be assigned on Wednesday. Health starts Friday.
TEAM News:
Correction -- There is NO early release day in September. Please disregard the 9/24 date in the last
Tuesday Sheet.
THANK YOU -- Our wonderful display, “Getting to Know Gemini
Blue,” was thanks to the effort of many students helping to put up all the
collages. EVERY student on the team has
a collage on display! Kudos to Erin
Carey, Ashley Cretinion, Greg Hughes, Matt Gear, Christina Keith, Kirsten
LeGrow, John Prince and former Blue Team members Chelsea Barry, Laura
Gigliotti, Katelyn Hunt, and Lauren Maloney for all their help.
Important
Dates:
Tuesday September 16 Picture Day
Thursday September 25 end of magazine
drive
Have a
pleasant and productive week!
Together Everyone Achieves More