All Students:
Attention all Middle School Students: Sign up NOW for the National Free Throw Championship contest hosted by the Knights of Columbus! It is open to all students ages 10-14 and will be hosted at the Perley School gymnasium on January 24th at 4:15pm. Contestants compete through a local, district, and possibly national competition! A pizza party will follow the event. Forms are here and available outside the middle school office. Contact Reg Tardif or Jim Connolly with any questions: 978.352.6473 or 978.352.8836.
Fire Prevention Poster Contest: Pick up a flyer outside the MS office to compete in a artistic poster contest with the theme of fire safety. The deadline for submitted artwork is January 30th! See Mr. Bruno, Mrs. Cannon, Ms. Murphy, or Mrs. Weldon for more information. This is a state-wide competition with cash prizes for the top three winners of $1,000, $500, and $250. Additional grant money is also provided to the local fire department for winners!
From Mr. Kaminsky: If anyone is interested in taking guitar lessons after school at GMHS, please contact Mr. Kaminski (kaminski@georgetown.k12.ma.us).
Grade 8:
Mrs. Mongeau: Study for midterm Thurs and Friday! Study guide given last week
Mrs. Bailey: This week we are continuing to work on our “Suitcase” projects for this Friday, 1-23-09….and the monthly free choice book reports which are due next Tuesday, 1-28-09. There will no more homework assigned this week due to mid-terms.
Mrs. Reed: Practice 6-3 all
Mrs. Sheridan: No HW - due to this week’s mid-term schedule.
Mrs. Girard: no homework.
Grade 7:
Mrs. Morrison: A and B – Voc. exercises and weekly assignments for Lesson 15; E and F – Grade sheet and self assessment paragraph.
Mrs. Schauerman: MATH - Chapter 5 Test on Wednesday. Please complete the problems on your study guide to prepare for this; SCIENCE - No homework.
Mrs. Girard: En mi mochila hay…take a piece of computer paper and tell me what is in your backpack! Use a photo for each item (name at least 6) and identify in Spanish. Quiz on classroom objects on Thursday.
Mrs. Hickey’s classes: We are completing our study of symmetry, pages 23-25 in the Animals text. Students will have a quiz on symmetry on Wednesday, January 2 1st. Tonight: Students have a picture of a crab to work on. They are to draw the line of symmetry on the crab and identify the parts of the crab that are mirror images. This is due tomorrow.
Grade 6:
Mrs. Harrington: Science Homework: Due: Wednesday- journal your thoughts (short paragraphs) on the three main labs that refer to the concepts and vocabulary terms on the Journal worksheet. For example, in the first box we did a lab called “Modeling Faults” where we used clay. Journal how you thought this lab helped (or didn’t help) in learning the concepts and vocabulary. In the second box, I showed you a model of a folded mountain. The next three boxes are about measuring earthquakes in which we did the lab, “Locating an Epicenter.” Again, write out your thoughts on how the lab helped (or didn’t help) you to better understand the concepts and vocabulary. Lastly, the bottom of the second page, through the third and fourth pages (beginning with Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics), is where we began our volcano/earthquake/tsunami project. Did the project help you to better understand the concepts and vocabulary related to those sections?
Do your best. The journaling is not a graded worksheet, but rather a way for me to get your feedback.
Due: Thursday—folder check pages 36-51
Due: Monday—take home quiz. Students may use their textbook and study guide/notes to help them answer the final quiz on the Inside Earth unit
Mrs. Lamoly: A block- Answer open response question: Describe what Megan's typical day (before the famine) was like. Support your answers with important details from the story. Make connections/inferences; D block- Re-read Meghan O'Rourke; F Block- Comprehension Question part 1; G block - Both sides of Comp. Quest.
Mrs. White: Read 20 minutes and record in log; D Block Strategy 4 due 1/21.
