bluecrew week in preview

QUÉBEC-Informational meeting for parents of 7th graders interested in going to Québec May 20-23, 2010 will be in the FMS Large Gym October 14th at 7pm.

NECAPS- Students begin testing on Tuesday. They should go to their A class On Tuesday morning instead of E. They will have classes A, B, and C. Students will take the tests in their Homeroom and teachers will give them the schedule for the following days on Tuesday. They will need to bring their own snack on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. Snack will be eaten in homeroom on those days. Homework will be light, so this is a great week for students to catch up where needed.

Mathematics

After School Help:

Monday – Columbus Day Holiday

Tuesday- Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Towle

Wednesday- Ms. Jacobs

Thursday- Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Hodgkins

Next week, students will be taking the NECAPs.  Please make sure that they come to school with a calculator, every day.  

During our two math classes next week, students will use picture patterns to help them determine equations for the relationships between two variables.  The goal is for students to learn the power of the equation as a form of representation.

Ellen Santora

esantora@fps.k12.me.us

ELA Blue Crew

After school: Tuesday and Wednesday

This week, we looked at the structure of Persuasive Writing, the formation of Protagonist and Antagonist characters, and the literary elements of plot.  Students are writing many pieces, all toward demonstrating their personal goals.  Some students have voiced concern over not having grades posted in Powerschool.  To address this concern, in the coming week I will post a number of grades accumulated thus far: Preparation/Workshop, Portfolio Organization, and HW grades.  If the time presents itself, I will be able to post grades for the first of ten goals.  Additionally, I have established my “Independent Reading Activities” page on my website. This page houses a number of projects for students to demonstrate comprehension of the novels they are reading for Independent Reading selections. On a separate note, I am always looking for feedback from students and parents on the Writing Workshop classroom model.  Feel free to share your insights with me: esantora@fps.k12.me.us  Have a great 3-day weekend.

Le Français    

Mme Turner    

After school Tues. & Thurs.

gturner@fps.k12.me.us

Students should be completing an assessment project “Les Contraires”. We will begin to learn and apply vocabulary about a school day….subjects, time, activities. It is a “short” week due to testing and the holiday weekend. Enjoy the weekend!

Jeremy Stein

Social Studies

jstein@fps.k12.me.us

After school: Tuesday

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

This week will be a short week for classes due to the NECAPs. We will hold two classes, both about the rise and spread of Islam. We will look at how the Geography shaped this process, as well as the history behind the major historical figures. Most of this will come from our text book and we will be improving our Cornell Note taking skills.

Sra. Campbell -Spanish

marshacampbell@fps.k12.me.us

Available after school on Tuesday and Thursday

This coming week we have standardized testing so class time will be limited, however, I hope to wrap up Lección 1 (our current unit) and do the review  and integration activities next week. I also plan to have a look at the cuadernos (notebooks) to check that they are being kept up and are neat. This will be a notebook grade. You can help by asking to see them as well. In class lately there have been a number of students who didn’t have their cuadernos with them. T

The following week we will have our first TEST. The test will cover lesson one and have listening, reading and writing components, similar to what we have been doing in class so far.

Have a great long weekend! Hasta luego.

Science: Ms. Boudreau

Students have been doing a great job using their models to demonstrate their knowledge of how moon phases, day and night, and seasons occur. This week they will finish their investigation with light. There will not be any additional quizzes this week, but a quiz on the properties of light will be given next week.

If anyone has any more empty peanut butter jars, please send them in. We will need them for an experiment next week.

Thank you for transporting science projects and helping kids with supplies. The effort was well worth the work. Listening to the kids describe what happens while they are using the models they made is amazing. It’s much more valuable than reading responses on a test. Prior students have visited the class and asked why they didn’t have that opportunity. 

The next extra credit project is the atom model. The description for that project will be posted on my Moodle site and will be due Friday, Oct. 30^th.