bluecrew week in preview

Week In Preview, November 2^nd-6^th.

Magazine Drive: Thank You for your help and support. Last collection day is Monday.

Food Drive: Check the pantry or pick up an extra item at the store and send it to school with your child to help stock the Falmouth Food Pantry. Ends Nov. 8

Conferences: Please sign-up with your child’s homeroom teacher. Your child will lead the conference and will be preparing a reflection and goal setting form throughout this week to share with you. 

Mathematics 

After School Help: 

Monday –Ms. Jacobs 

Tuesday- Mr. Towle, Mrs. Bennett 

Wednesday- Mrs. Bennett, Ms. Jacobs 

Thursday – Mrs. Hodgkins 

Variables and Patterns: 

Next week, students will have a unit test starting on Tuesday with B and C Blocks.  D and E blocks will start on Wednesday.  It will be administered over two days.  Please note our after school availability if your student feels s/he needs additional practice. 

Students have their vocabulary notebook returned (it is in section 2 of their notebook).  Words are assigned over the course of an investigation –1 to 2 words at a time.   Students are required to: 

1)  List the vocabulary word and the page number on the index folder (the page number tells us what page it is on in the spiral notebook). 

2)  They must write a clear explanation of the word.  This is in their textbook (we give page numbers on the assignment sheets) 

and/or math on call. 

3)  They must have an example for the term that helps illustrate the explanation.  These examples can come from homework problems and/or the students’ own creation. 

These should be an easy “A” grade.  Since this was the first score on vocabulary notebooks, we are going to offer students who have improved their vocabulary notebooks to turn them in to us again for a maximum score of 10 out of 12 points.   These will be accepted on the first day of the Variables and Patterns test (the test is given over two days to allow students plenty of time to do their best work and to not be anxious)  next week (this is clearly posted for students and is either Tuesday or Wednesday.)  Best to turn in by Tuesday. 

These grades are in powerschool.  Students have a grade sheet with all terms that have been assigned to date.  Please ask to see it. 

Le Français    Mme Turner    after school Tues. & Thurs.

gturner@fps.k12.me.us

We will continue with a review of time and learn duration of time and how to say at what time something begins. We will bring back into regular circulation the -er verbs.  Students will be able to talk/write about a school day. We will also review animal vocabulary and have animals as students at school.

Sra. Campbell -Spanish 

marshacampbell@fps.k12.me.us 

Available after school on Tuesday and Thursday 

This week we will continue to study the definite and indefinite articles, the verbs ser and gustar, and combine that with adjectives. Agreement of nouns and adjectives and articles is the challenge of this unit and takes a lot of practice to be really understood.  That is our focus currently. I have collected the notebooks (except for class B which I’ll get to next week) and in general they looked good.  

We’ve had one vocabulary quiz and will do another soon, as well as a quiz on the articles and adjective agreement, perhaps this week or next. 

Happy Day of the Dead! Hasta luego. 

Science: Ms. Boudreau

After school Tuesday & Wednesday

This week we will be an assortment of activities. Students will plant their seeds for their “Grow a Bean” experiment, continue measuring mass and volume as needed, and start a research project. The next unit is Matter & Energy.

Students can still make-up quizzes after school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Not everyone had enough time to make corrections and take the quiz in the same session. Tests cannot be re-taken.