The Gemini
Blue Tuesday Sheet
“A Weekly School-wide
Communication from Teachers to Families for School Success”
September 30, 2003
English – Mrs. Rezendes: Students turned in the final drafts of their memoirs today in red,
orange, and yellow classes. Green and
blue will turn in their final drafts tomorrow.
For the rest of the week, we will be working on a new writing technique
called thoughtshots. Thoughtshots are
used to show what a character is thinking.
Next week we will apply this writing technique by rewriting a well-known
fairy tale from another character’s point of view.
Geography – Mr. Palagi:
1st Class:
“Geography in the News”; Channel One; legends and keys; sunrise and sunset
lines and compass rose; “Neighborhood Maps” are complete. 2nd Class:
Habitats and people and the Geography Fair 2003. 3rd Class:
Completing the “Geographer’s World”. 4th Class: Evaluating what we
should know.
Math – Ms.
Burgess: This
week in Math, all students will be taking their first test of the year. Red class will take a test on Chapter
1 on Thursday. Students in the Orange
class will take a Chapter 1 test on Friday. Blue class will take a Chapter 2 test on Wednesday,
and the Yellow and Green classes will take this test on Thursday. In the classes leading up to the tests, we
will complete review assignments and a graphic organizer to remind ourselves
how to study for a math test.
Remember: Mid-Term is Friday! Have a great week! J
Reading – Mrs.
Wheeler: Our first test will be this
week –
Wednesday for red, orange, and green classes and Thursday for yellow and blue
classes. There are only two tests all
term so it is important to study.
Students will need to define 8 active reading strategies, answer 10
analogies, describe THIEVES, and write an essay: How do PREVIEW, PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE, PURPOSE, and PREDICT help you to be more efficient and effective? They have flashcards, a preview web, notes,
a paragraph template and a THIEVES handout to study from. Remember to SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW!!! I
will be after school Tuesday for anyone who would like help preparing for the
test and Thursday to help with reading journals. Journals are due again on
Friday. I have been VERY impressed
with the quality of most journals so far – ask your child to share his or her’s
at home. KUDOS everyone!!!!! J
Science-Mr. Fisher:
Last week in Science, we learned all of our cellular organelles and had a
potato (that’s a quiz) on Friday. This week, we continue our unit on cells by
learning about the chemical compounds in cells and how the cell functions in
it’s environment. We will have to complete our coloring books and make a series
of flash cards to study from.
Our
2nd Science in the News assignment is due on Wednesday 10/1. Students who
did not do as well as they had hoped on the first assignment have the
opportunity to drop their lowest grade by completing all four assignments this
term. You may access current events and our graphic organizer at www.mfisher.net. Email
questions and concerns: [email protected]
Educational
Support Specialist – Mrs. Baker: Mid-term is Friday. Are you pleased with your start in 7th
grade or do you feel you need to make improvements? Late buses start this week
so set new goals and stay to get extra help or to get homework done.
Organization of materials and time management are two of the most important
things that seventh graders have to learn how to do—it takes time and
effort. These are skills that are
learned—they don’t just happen. Have a great weekJ!
World
Languages—Mrs. Borstel, Ms. Barnes, and Ms. Sequira: Students
should continue memorizing Vocabulary A terms and working on their
advertisement posters. Projects are due October 9th. Language
rotation begins again next Tuesday, October 6th.
TEAM News:
Reader’s Digest
Word Power Challenge: Congratulations to Greg
Hughes, Lauren Kelleher, Mike Stanton, Erik Ozelius, and Joan Keyes! They will
represent the Blue Team in the next level of the Reader’s Digest Word Power
Challenge on Thursday, October 2nd after school.
Our midterm Blue Bash will be an
auction to be on Friday, October 3rd. A separate flier has been sent home. The minimum stamp requirements are 2 homework
stamps, 5 in each subject (math, science, reading, English and geography) AND a
total of 35. Any additional stamp may
be used as a 10 cent credit at the auction.
Students who have not EARNED enough stamps will be in a silent study. Success
Stamp Sheets will be collected last class on Wednesday. New Blue Success
Sheets will be given out for the remainder of term 1. We appreciate your support and any donations
you might be able to make. Thank you.
Zeiterion Theatre Field Trip: A separate flier for this will also be coming home. Even though the field trip is in December,
we need to pay for tickets in October.
Please complete the permission form and return the form and $18.00 by
October 14th to homeroom teachers.
As always, we have scholarship money available and want EVERY member of
the Blue Team on all field trips and activities. If you need assistance, please send a note to Mrs. Baker or your
child’s homeroom teacher.
Important
Dates:
October 3, 2003 Blue Bash
October 10, 2003 School
Picture Day
October
14, 2003 Zeiterion
Theatre form and
money due in homeroom
Have a
pleasant and productive week!
Together Everyone Achieves More