Special event reminders:
LifeTouch school photos were sent home this week. You have until June 1 to decide if you want them, or a portion of them, then they must be paid for or retuned to the homeroom teacher. Please note that you may be charged for the whole package if they are not returned. Thank you for being prompt with your responses.
Upcoming Field Trip: On Wednesday, June 6th, Blue Crew will be heading to Lowell, Ma where we will tour the Lowell National Historical Park and the Tsongas Industrial History Center. This trip is a cross-content enrichment experience tying together Social Studies’ Industrial Revolution Unit, ELA’s Oz and Lyddie Units, and Science’s Technology Unit. Permission Slips will be coming home on Tuesday and need to be returned on Thursday. If there is need for financial assistance to cover the cost of admission, please contact the guidance office.
**Please note: This trip will extend beyond normal school hours. We will return to school by 5 p.m.**
Math – Mrs. Bennett
After School the week of May 28: Tuesday and Wednesday NOT Thursday this week
Email: sbennett@fps.k12.me.us
Web site: http://teacherweb.com/ME/FalmouthMiddleSchool/MrsBennett/h0.stm
Although most of you have access to your student’s grades through Power School, I have printed interim progress reports. I have told students whose grades average below 70 to get them signed by you so that you could be made aware of the situation and we could set up a schedule after school to help him/her learn the material before the end of the school year.
There will be a pop quiz at some point during the next three weeks in ALL sections. This quiz will assess the organization of your student’s math binder: 25% for the book being in the rings of the binder, 25% for having three dividers, 25% for homework being in order, and 25% for having a pencil. These were the requirements stressed throughout the year. It is hoped that your student will take this discipline with him/her to the eighth grade.
Blocks B, C, D, and E will be getting back their quiz on dividing fractions. They will start Investigation 2 which expands their concept of mean beyond the algorithm to thinking of it as an equal share (rob from the rich, give to the poor) and as a balance point.
Block A will learn about the software, Tinkerplots, and use it to analyze the sugar content in cereals. There should be a quiz at the end of the week/beginning of the following week.
Spanish – Sra. Campbell
After school on Tuesday and Thursday
Email: mcampbel@fps.k12.me.us
Web page: http://www.falmouthschools.org/Marsha/index.html
This short week will be dedicated to kicking off our last project. I’m still putting together the description of this project and will get it up on my blog and or web page as soon as the details are worked out. There will be some people still taking the Chapter 7 test as a number were out when it was given. If you are one of these be ready to take it after school on Tuesday. Other dates would have to be arranged with me. We will be cleaning up our cuadernos for a final “open book” check/test which will be given at the end of the week.
Le Français – Mme Turner
After school Tues. ‘til 3:15 and Thurs
Email: gturner@fps.k12.me.us
This week students will continue to work on their rough drafts for the final book project. Rough draft due dates and final due dates for the different classes are:
Class A: 5/23 page 2 &3 due, 5/30 page 4 &5 due, 5/31 page 6 due, final project due 6/5
Class B: 5/23 page 3 due, 5/30 page 4 due, 5/31 page 5/6 due, 6/5 final project due.
Class C: 5/29 pages 3 & 4, 5/30 pages 5/6, Final project due 6/5
Class D:5/29 page 3 due, 5/31 pages 4 & 5 due, 6/1 page 6 due, 6/5 final project due.
Class D: 5/30 pages 3 & 4 due, 5/31 pages 5 & 6 due, 6/4 final project due.
We will be sharing our books with the 6th grade so it is important that students meet the due dates. 5 extra credit points if they meet all the due dates!
Students may still receive extra credit points by going to the Portland Art Museum and finding 10 French artists and writing the name of the work, and/or going to the grocery store and finding a variety of items from France. Students need to write down detailed information from the label!
Science – Mrs. Stuart
After School Tuesday and Thursday
Email: estuart@fps.k12.me.us
We have explored moon phases, seasons and eclipses this week. Please ask your child: What causes the seasons? When do eclipses happen? Why do the moon phases occur? They will have a quiz next week on the information.
They also will be turning in the seed lab write up on Wed. for a, b, and c and Thurs. for d and e. Replacement grade labs are also due at that time.
Next week we will be working on space vocabulary and developing the connections between them. We will also be learning more about Galileo and his life and contributions to our understanding of space
Social Studies – Ray Fox
Email: rfox@fps.k12.me.us
Students are working on their “1800’s Change In America” assignment. Student will continue to research and develop a visual for their presentation. Presentations will begin on Thursday and Friday. Check your child’s rubric and graphic organizer for more information.
Don’t forget about the Current Event Log which is due June 11th.
ELA – Becky Hayes
Email: rhayes@fps.k12.me.us
Over the long holiday weekend, students have been given the next book that we’ll be reading entitled Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson, about a young girl from Vermont at the turn of the 20th Century, who feels obligated to go work in a mill to earn money in hopes of reuniting her family. Students are expected to read up to Ch. 6; they may read further if they like!
Next week, students will apply their knowledge and understanding of an allegory as they write one of their own. They will also have a quiz on the important allegorical terms towards the end of the week (they have these terms in their Wizard of Oz digital Notebook). We will also be continuing to read and discuss Lyddie, in anticipation of our field trip to Lowell, MA the following week.
Permission slips for the field trip to Lowell, MA will be going home on Tuesday of next week. Please read the information and have your child bring back the form and money as soon as possible!
Thanks and enjoy the holiday weekend!
