Monday, November 24, 2008

Updates and Homework for 11/24:

All Students:
Get ready for SPIRIT WEEK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL! Monday, November 24th will be "Pajama Day," Tuesday, November 25th will be "Dress like your favorite celebrity or movie star day," and Wednesday, November 26th will be "Royal Spirit Day." Wear your blue and white and show your Georgetown Spirit!!!

The next middle school dance has been scheduled! Friday, December 5th from 6:30-9pm.

Please look for you child to bring home Pointsettia order forms. Proceeds from the sales will go into each child's individual trip account with the Music Parents. Orders must be brought in to Mr. Kaminski and Mrs. Laflamme by Dec. 3.

As a reminder to the earlier letter you received, there will be a Parent Information Night for parents of eighth grade students on Monday, December 1st, between 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, in the GMHS Auditorium. There will be a multimedia presentation on the transitional process between middle school and high school, a student panel presentation composed of seniors, and a question and answer session with department heads in the cafeteria to conclude the evening.

Grade 8:
Mrs. Mongeau: Formulate your notes for debate tomorrow. Bullet your position on a sheet of paper. Be sure to use your rubric!

Mrs. Bailey: Students are working on the final drafts of their persuasive essays….due Tuesday, 11-25-08

Mrs Reed: Work on review packet. Save last page for class tomorrow. Quiz Wednesday.

Mrs. Sheridan: Due tomorrow: S.P.O.W. (plate tectonics). Due Wed., Nov. 26th: Completes, typed Lab Report: Oobleck. Attention E, F, and G blocks: You must bring your lab reports to Mrs. Sheridan’s room on Wednesday even though you do not have science that day. Download the Lab Report from the Homework Documents folder at: http://teacherweb.com/MA/GeorgetownMiddleHighSchool/sheridan/

Mrs. Rydbeck: A Block- Practice 4-4# 1-7; E Block- Practice 4-4 2-7; F Block- Cumulative review # 1-23; G Block- Practice 4-6mixed # 26-45.

Mrs. Girard: Worksheet of translations. The worksheet has two sides-do the side that begins with the Translation “I go to the amusement park on Tuesdays with my friends.”

Grade 7:
Ms. DiFruscio: Students received a guided reading handout packet for all of Chapter 3 today. Students are being given 2 in-class work days to work on these and should also work on these packets tonight and tomorrow night (Mon & Tues) for homework. This time allotment provides ample opportunity for completion of this assignment. Students who fail to focus in class and/or do homework this week will end up with homework over the holiday weekend. Completed packets are due NEXT Monday December 1.

Mrs. Weldon: Blocks A and B: Literature: Answer the following questions on p. 857: Reader Response, Check Your Comprehension – and Critical Thinking (choose three of each)
Blocks E and F: Literature: Answer the following questions on p. 857: Reader Response, Check Your Comprehension – and Critical Thinking (choose three of each) p. 861 Reader Response, Check Your Comprehension #4, Critical Thinking #1, 2, and 3.

Mrs. Morrison: E and F – Work on Guided Readings for Ch. 3.

Mrs. Schauerman: MATH - Reteach 4-3 worksheet all problems & Practice 4-3 #1 - 11; SCIENCE - Complete questions # 1 - 5 on page 59 & work on your lab report on sections that we discussed in class, (Title, objective, materials, controls & variables).

Grade 6:
Mrs. Harrington: Due: Tuesday—Sea-Floor Indentification #23.

Mrs. Lamoly: Work on Book Report Poster Project Due December 3. Students have a WKSHT for summary writing...I have attached it - click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcv3xfns_12c2n3xzhn&hl=en.
Tomorrow for Spirit days in the MS we will have Celebrity/Decade Day.

Mrs. Reed: Picture Dictionary for this week will not be due until after Thanksgiving since I do not have this class on Wednesday! Work on the last of the order of operations equations!

Mrs. White: Read 20 minutes; C & D Block-one entry sensory worksheet due 11/25; E Block-sensory worksheet due 11/25; Book orders due 12/12.

Mrs. Carminito: A Block: page 183-184 #2-30 even; D & E Block: page 199-200 #6-43; F & G Block: page 207-208 #1-29.