The Magazine Drive will Kick-Off Thursday, Oct. 22.
QUÉBEC-Completed applications with a copy of birth certificate or valid passport and non-refundable $100 deposit (payable to FMS) are due Monday, October 26th in the main office. Completed scholarship requests are also due at this time to Rick Hogan. A wait list will begin with applications received on or after the 27th. An informational sheet and applications are available in the main office. Please let me know if you have any questions. Wendy Fisher: wfisher@fps.k12.me.us
Ellen Santora
Blue Crew ELA
After school: Tuesday/Thursday
Please note that my website (http://teacherweb.com/ME/FalmouthMiddleSchool/MsSantora-ELABlueCrew/table0.aspx) has a new look, but is the same website. I’ve added some new elements in Links and Publishing. Please peruse! This week’s usual rigor has been interrupted by the testing, though students have been working on writing and reading projects during class time. In the coming week, we will be looking at some pretty traditional grammar rules (COMMAS!) and working on sentence structure. Kids are in their third piece of writing and finishing the second book. I have seen some excellent poetry, some crazy stories, and some pretty convincing persuasion… What a pleasure! Portfolios will be coming home for sharing again soon.
Jeremy Stein
Social Studies
Since we are done with the NECAPs and back to the regular schedule we can really dig into our investigation of the origins of Islam. We will be doing a couple of activities focused on the historical aspect of Muhammad’s life, as well as some of the fundamental basic tenants of Islamic beliefs. All of this will be done as a sociological study, not religious indoctrination. The week will end with another trading activity to show how trade impacted the spread of Islam.
Science: Ms. Boudreau
After School Tuesday & Wednesday
Quiz Tuesday or Wednesday over “Star Light & Star Bright” webquest and light lab activites. Students should know how to measure waves, determine frequency and understand the relationship between energy, temperature, color, frequency and wavelength. They should also know the Electromagnetic Spectrum and know the term Photon. Students can use their light lab notes. Viewing the links in my light section of Moodle will help students further their understanding if they were not able to complete the light lab activities. Don’t forget to check light section on Moodle.
This weeks focus will be on measuring mass and volume. If anyone still has peanut butter jars or other wide mouth jars that hold about 36+ ounces, please send them in. We’ll be starting an investigation on matter that requires them.
Please make arrangements to pick-up models this week if you want the parts. The models are Super, but we need space for the next investigation and project. I’ve placed a few models in my display window. If you don’t need the parts, the models can be left in my room and I’ll disassemble models and recycle parts.
Le Français Mme Turner after school Tues. & Thurs.
At the beginning of the week we will apply the interrogative “Quand” (when) followed by review of the unit on interrogatives studied for the first part of the year. Students will have a written assessment on the material of this unit. Students should begin their review:
-être- conjugation and usage
-interrogatives
-Qu’est-ce que c’est? Qu’est-ce que vous regardez à la télé?
-Qui est-ce? Qui regarde la télé?
-Comment est Pierre?
-Combien de stylos sont sous le bureau?
-Où est le telephone?
-D’où êtes-vous? D’où est le Président?
-Quand est votre anniversaire?
-Quel est votre numéro de telephone? (make up a French # with 8 digits, no repeats, and write it out in words as the French would say it)
Following the assessment, we will begin a unit on school life.
Sra. Campbell -Spanish
Available after school on Tuesday and Thursday
During the week of NECAP testing we did a bit of reviewing for the up coming Unit 1-Lección 1 test.
I am a little concerned for some students who still seemed pretty confused about the verb ser and expression saying what other people like to do. I will see everyone one more time before the tests but some studying over the weekend is needed. I have advised the students to use the online Classzone.com web site to practice using the HomeTutor application. It is designed exactly for this purpose. There are activities for practicing the grammar and the vocabulary for this unit. We have done several of these in class so signing on should be easy. I hope to see good results on the tests next week. Buena suerte, hasta luego.
Mathematics
After School Help:
Monday – Ms. Jacobs
Tuesday- Mr. Towle, Mrs. Bennett
Wednesday- Mrs. Bennett, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Towle
Thursday- Mrs. Hodgkins
Variables and Patterns:
Next week, students will use patterns in tables to help them write equations for the relationship between two variables. They will then use these equations to compute values for the dependent variable for specific values of the independent variable. We will use the contexts of time, distance and speed as well as revenue, expenses and profits.
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