WIP 6.9-6.13
Information on the Harrogate, England Exchange program is in the 7/8th grade office. Below are some Harrogate due dates:
-Application deadline Wed. June 11th,
-Notification June 13th Friday
-Deposit ($200) & profile due Monday, June 16th
-Student notification of match Wednesday, June 18th.
-Parent meeting Wednesday, September 3rd.
Mathematics
After school:
Monday- Mrs. Jones
Tuesday- Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Towle
Wednesday - Mrs. Jones
Thursday- Mrs. Bennett
We are completing our algebra unit this week with lessons about slope, to make connections to what students have already learned about coefficients and y-intercepts in equations. Last weeks’ work centered around using equations to solve for “break even points” in business situations.
There will be a unit test on Thursday/Friday of next week. Students will be given advice/suggestions on how to study for this test during classes.
The last week of school will probably be probability!
Have a great weekend!
Social Studies
Mr. Stein
jstein@fps.k12.me.us
CURRENT EVENTS RECORD IS DUE FIRST CLASS OF THE WEEK.
This week will conclude the Africa mini-unit. We will finish watching the movie The Devil Came on Horseback, and turn the conversation from Darfur specific to genocide in general. Students will be assigned a specific option for the United State’s role in preventing genocide. As a team they will present their option in a debate format. Students will be assessed on a group and an individual basis. I have enjoyed working with the Gold Crew students for the last few weeks. I am looking forward to seeing what they can produce in this final freethinking exercise.
Science
Mrs. Stuart
estuart@fps.k12.me.us
After school: Tuesday and Wednesday as needed.
Moon Observation are due on Monday June 9th. IF the weather is bad BOTH Sat and Sun students will have until June 11th.
Planet presentations are due Monday for Block B and all others Tuesday.
Students will finish the year learning about the reasons for the seasons and the change of appearance of the moon. They will also compile their “space” knowledge on a mini poster that will be completed in class. The last week of school they will have a final quiz on moon phases/ seasons and the motions of objects in space.
Please have your child check power school and make sure all their science grades are accurate. Any make up or extra credit work is due by Wednesday June 11th.
Spanish – Sra. Campbell
After school on Tuesday and Wednesday
Email: mcampbell@fps.k12.me.us
Web page: http://www.falmouthschools.org/Marsha/index.html
Spanish 7- Next week we will wrap up out stem changing verb clinic with a quiz on the verbs and numbers. We will then start our final activity. This will be announced next we as I am still working on the details, but it will be a way for students to demonstrate what they have learned this year. Notebooks will be evaluated for this trimester on Thursday and Friday as well. Remind your son or daughter to be sure to have it and to make it as complete as possible. If they are missing things they should ask a classmate for the material and copy it into their notebook, aka cuaderno.
Spanish Intro –. We have been learning the bigger numbers to 1000. Next week we will have a quiz on numbers. We will continue learning the song we started today, De colores, as well. Notebooks will be evaluated for this trimester on Thursday and Friday as well. Remind your son or daughter to be sure to have it and to make it as complete as possible. If they are missing things they should ask a classmate for the material and copy it into their notebook, aka cuaderno.
Le Français
Mme Turner
gturner@fps.k12.me.us
After school: Tues. & Thurs.
We will be finishing work around Pauvre Anne. Students should be working at home if they are behind in work. All work should be complete by Friday.
ELA
Becky Hayes
rhayes@fps.k12.me.us
After School: Tuesday
This week we will be completing our poetry unit with “found” poetry. Students will be using any/all imagery that they’ve recorded onto their Image Palette bookmark from their independent reading book, to create a new poem(s) borrowing the words and language from their author and crafting from it a completely new poem (i.e. new subject, new theme, new characters, new setting etc.). We are also working on an analogy unit to review ELA grammar rules from the year (synonyms, antonyms, homophones etc.) as well as to enrich vocabulary, as we finish out the year.
