All Students:
**MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLIDAY CHORUS CONCERT is still ON for tonight - Wed. Dec. 17. 6th grade chorus will perform at 6:30: students should arrive in the caf at 6:00 in concert attire: white shirt and black pants or black skirt (skirts above the knee – please wear black tights or nylons).
7th and 8th grade chorus will perform at 7:30: students should arrive in the caf at 7:00 in concert attire: white shirt and black pants or black skirt (skirts above the knee – please wear black tights or nylons) Donation at the door.
Happy Holidays!!!
Grade 8:
Mrs. Rydbeck: A Block- Finish the second page (Fraction to decimal); E Block- Good job on the fraction quiz. No Homework; F and G Blocks- Start to review Chapter 5 section1-4. Quiz on Friday.
Mrs. Bailey: Lesson 12 vocabulary due tomorrow. Test on Lessons 11 and 12 on Friday!
Mrs. Reed: pg. 246 #1 – 20 all
Mongeau: Worksheets from your classmates regarding the Middle Ages! All due tomorrow
Mrs. Sheridan: Wed, Dec. 17th: Lab Report due tomorrow - Go to Homework Documents to download it. Title: "LAB REPORT: Investigation of Thermal Energy and Temperature during a Change in State of Matter"
Thurs., Dec. 18th: Study for quiz tomorrow:
A. Changes in States of Matter
1. Vocab cards: melting, freezing, vaporization, evaporation, boiling, condensation, sublimation,
solid, liquid, gas, melting point, boiling point
2. Packet: "Changes of State: Guided Reading and Study”– including "triangle" phase change
diagram on back.
3. Table: "Changes in States of Matter/Thermal Energy and Phase Changes"
4. Worksheet: "Changes of State Graph: 0° Celsius to 110° Celsius"
5. Textbook: Review pages 48-53.
B. Thermal Energy, Heat & Temperature
1. Worksheet: "Section 6-1/Section Summary: Temperature and Thermal Energy"
2. Table: Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat Analysis Matrix"
Fri., Dec. 19th:
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Girard: E,G block - study for Friday's test - 5 sentences in English to give to partner to translate. F - Ch. 4 test tomorrow! Also, starting this week, extra help sessions after school on Wednesdays - come to "H-block" with Mrs. Girard for small group help sessions every Wednesday.
Grade 7:
Mrs. Hickey’s classes: Most students got back their last quiz- the one on biogeography and succession. Students also got back their seed dispersal lab. Both of these assignments are to be signed and returned by tomorrow if they have not been returned by now. Most of my A block students have not received their quiz back. These will come back to them tomorrow.
FOR ALL CLASSES: Students have a cell diagram to label and color. These are due Friday.
Mrs. Schauerman: SCIENCE - No homework; MATH - B-block - Reteach 5-3 Worksheet #4 - 21; E-block Practice 5-3 Worksheet.
Mrs. Weldon: Rough draft: myth, legend, folktale, or fairytale; Vocabulary Lesson 12—all exercises. Due Friday: Final draft: myth, legend, folktale, or fairytale.
Mrs. Girard: Practice Alphabet for listening quix tomorrow.
Grade 6:
Mrs. Harrington: Due: Thursday--complete the MCAS Mania worksheet (3 questions from the 8th grade MCAS test).
Final: Inside Earth Project Due date: January 12, 2009
What do you want to do for your project? Be ready to pick up an earthquake, volcano or tsunami project guide, which will include a rubric, during your science class this Friday 12/19. You will need to tell me what your project idea will be by this Thursday so I can make copies of the packet you want to work on.
The project is slated to begin next week (Dec. 22), and will continue to be completed in both the classrooms and as homework through-out the week of Jan. 5-Jan. 12. You will not be required to do any homework during the holiday vacation but, as always, I encourage you to take an active role in your learning so you may want to complete some of the research questions as well as locating the materials you will need to make your model. You will be responsible to complete a booklet as well as a model.
There will be an integrated subject showcase following the final project due date after the 12th.
Mrs. Carminito: A Block: page 208 #13-29; chapter test and binder check Tuesday
D, E, F, G: none
Mrs. Lamoly: Vocab 22- pp. 145-146- Write the Derivative and Find the example.
Mrs. White: Read 20 minutes and record in log; C Block-Strategy 1 due 12/18; D Block Strategy Worksheet due 12/18.
