All Students:
Dear Parents and Students, We'd like to celebrate our line-up of teachers and school staff on Thursday, January 29 with a Super Bowl Luncheon for our Super Staff! We are looking for donations of crocks of soup, salads, breads/crackers, desserts and beverages. Please contact Heather Hartford at heatherh33@comcast.net if you are able to assist us with donations. We are also looking for assistance with set up and clean up the day of the luncheon. All paper products will be supplied by the PTA. Any questions please refer to Barbie Linares at BML@nii.net or Heather Hartford at the above e mail.
Thanks for your support...
The Georgetown PTA
Grade 8:
Mrs. Bailey: All students need to bring the free choice book to class for silent reading. Book reports are due January 28th. Students have chosen the format each want to follow.
Students with outstanding vocabulary assignments must bring in finished work by tomorrow, Friday, 1-9-09. Students also have a lesson 13 worksheet to do for homework tonight.
Mrs. Mongeau: study guide given for quiz on chapter 13 sections 1 & 2.
Mrs Reed: Ch 5 Test tomorrow. Study and do practice book problems. Ch 5 Vocabulary is due tomorrow.
Mrs. Sheridan: 1. SPOW: Food Web due on Tues., Jan. 13th 2. Begin looking over the Test Review guide you got in class today. Use one or two of the how-to-study ideas we discussed in class. Don't wait until the last day! 3. "It's Elementary, My Dear Watson" worksheet: complete questions #1-8.
Mrs. Rydbeck: A Block- Study for Chapter 5 test tomorrow; E Block- No homework; F and G Blocks- Practice 5-5 mixed side # 13-39.
Grade 7:
Mrs. Hickey’s classes:
For all classes: Students should be studying for a quiz on animal cells they will have next Tuesday, January 13th. Students have the same cell diagram that will appear on the quiz, as well as the list of cell parts (organelles) and their functions. We will review over the course of the next few days as well. This week we are beginning to learn how to use a compound microscope. We are also studying animal symmetry. If you sent me an email between December 22nd and today, I had a problem with my computer and I am just getting to those emails. Hopefully I will catch up by tomorrow. Sorry.
Ms. DiFruscio: Tomorrow we will be in the computer lab and media center working on our project. Please note: We are changing the “education” part of the board game to Bar & Bat Mitzvah’s. Try these websites:
Judaism 101 http://www.jewfaq.org/index.htm
Nutrition and Wellbeing: Religion and Dietary Practices http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Pre-Sma/Religion-and-Dietary-Practices.html
Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Network http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/jewishholidays.php
United Religions Initiative: http://www.uri.org/kids/world_juda.htm
Mrs. Weldon: Vocabulary-Lesson 13: Study for Vocabulary Test; Writing Extended Responses (50% of test grade for lesson 13).
MRS. HUSAK: A – SUBTRACTION WORKSHEET (LESSON 16 SIDE ONLY)- WORK IS TO BE DONE ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER; B & E – PAGE 250 # 2-30 EVEN – CUMULATIVE TEST ON CHAPTERS 1 TO 4 TOMORROW; F – PAGE 212 # 24-40 EVEN & 42, 44, 48, 50.
Mrs. Schauerman: MATH - B-block - Reteach 5-5 worksheet # 4 - 20 even & Practice 5-5 Worksheet # 4 - 30 even; E-block - Practice 5-5 worksheet # 4 - 26 even, 28 - 31 all; SCIENCE - F- block - Read "Discovering Cells" page 16 - 22; A- block - Questions # 1 - 5 page 22, define vocabulary in "Discovering Cells" packet.
Grade 6:
Mrs. Lamoly: Vocab 20- pp. 131-132- Write the Derivative and Find the Example--Study for test tomorrow!
Mrs. Harrington: Due: Friday—Students should be finalizing their volcano/earthquake booklets. Volcano/Earthquake/Tsunami Project; Handouts for model recipes have been distributed to the students who asked for them. Friday’s class is an open class for project work
Due to the snow day the date for your booklet and model has been extended to Tuesday, Jan. 13. Scaling your model will not be required but rather an option--2 points extra credit.
Mrs. White: Read 20 minutes and record in log; A & D blocks-Strategy I and 2 due Friday; Book orders due 1/12.
Mrs. Fulton’s 6th grade classes are finishing up their Portfolio’s entitled “My Nutritional Guide to Good Health.” If they have brought them home to work on, please make sure that they bring them to class to turn in, as this project will be a significant part of their grade for this quarter.
