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Weekly News from Jefferson Middle School’s 6 Red Team
Week of January 30, 2012
Schedule Changes:
In order to alleviate wasted academic time, sixth grade will change the
break schedule. Beginning this week, break time will be after lunch.
Students will leave the cafeteria at 11:20 and go outside (weather
permitting) or go to the sixth grade hall to enjoy a ten minute break.
Students will resume third period at 11:35.
If a student is given detention, he/she will serve it during lunch.
There is a designated silent lunch table in the cafeteria where students
who have been assigned detention will sit and eat. Because we teachers
really want to see all students benefit from a short reprieve from
academics, we are thrilled to state that no one will be excluded from
break with the exception of lunch or hallway misbehavior. Lunch
detention (formerly break detention) will be logged on Infinite Campus
and the same regulations for Student Success Day will apply.
Special Note: We tried out our plan today and many students commented
they liked this plan better. They loved knowing they were guaranteed a
10 minute break.
Just a reminder: Infractions that will lead to lunch detention are the
same as the infractions for break detention that was listed on the
contract JMS sent at the beginning of the year: no homework,
inappropriate behavior, etc.
Items of General Interest:
Progress Reports will go home Thursday, February 2. Please review, sign,
and have your student return to his/her homeroom teacher as soon as
possible.
Dragon Bakers – We need your help with our bake sale to benefit St.
Jude’s Children’s Hospital. If you are able to help, please bring your
already-bagged bake goodies (pricing will be .50 per bag, so wrap
accordingly) to Mrs. Sirmans’s room on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday
morning (or all three days, if you prefer!). Thank you for your
assistance with this project.
Attention Parents: JMS is in need of proctors for our CRCT test, which
will be given April 23rd – April 27th. Please contact Ms. Lisa Bray
Ramers at 706-367-2882 or email
lbramers@jeffcityschools.org if you would be willing to help.
This week on our team…
Language Arts
DGP Sentence: each of the boys brought his lunch to school
Grammar focus: Indefinite pronouns, possessive nouns, and multiple
prepositional phrases.
Literature focus: Mythology
Vocabulary focus: Comic Vocabulary Unit 5 - Test has been rescheduled
for next Tuesday, February 7.
Writing focus: Students will continue to write using varied sentence
structure and strong vocabulary.
Writing Workshop will continue this Thursday, February 2, from 7:05 -
7:30. Students may come with writing questions, or to enjoy some
creative writing time. This workshop will be every Thursday morning.
•Students should be reading 20 minutes each evening for homework.
Students are responsible for reading and recording 600 pages per
quarter. These pages will be counted as a grade at the end of the
quarter.
Math
1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods-
Wednesday-Quiz-Tax, Tip, and Discount
Thursday-CRCT Review Activity for a grade
*Students will begin a unit project Friday. If you have catalogs, please
send for this project.
3rd period-
Students continue to multiply and divide fractions and decimals.
Thursday - Chapter 6 Test (sections 6-1 to 6-6)
Friday-CRCT Review Activity for a grade
Science
We will conclude our study of the Unit 2: Earth's Water this week.
Students should begin preparing their 3" x 5", handwritten cheat sheet
for Friday's test.
Monday - Flush (Chapters 13-16); Chapter 18: SC 3 Waves & Tides;
Vocabulary Pre-test (Astronomy terms were added to this pre-test as a
preview of the terms relating to Earth's oceans and tides)
Tuesday - Complete study of topographic maps (Practice worksheets);
Daily grade: Topographic maps (Students will be allowed to use their
rules for reading topographic maps); Lab: Wave Properties
Wednesday - Tides; Phases of the Moon (Preview material)
Thursday - Quiz: Flush Chapters 13-16; Lab: Ocean Currents - Surface and
Density
Friday - Test 2: Earth's Water
Social Studies
Canada tests have been graded and returned. Those who scored below 70
have the opportunity to retest during lunch or after school
Wednesday-Friday of this week. Students desiring a retest will need to
speak with Mrs. Butler before or after class to make arrangements.
We’re continuing our study of the Land Down Under! Australia maps are
due tomorrow (1/31). Rubric is attached. Students began these in class
on Friday.
Week at a glance:
Tuesday – Australia maps due
Wednesday – Bellringer check; flashcard check (endemic species; bush;
Outback; coral reef; Aborigines; Maori)
Thursday – Chain link notes due
Friday – Weekly quiz; Dream Time art and explanation
Next Week: Australia’s history/culture; the Stolen Generation; Movie –
Rabbit Proof Fence
* “If I Were Mayor” essays are due no later than Friday, February 24.
Students may submit these, along with their graphic organizers, earlier
if they wish. Please refer carefully to the directions which were sent
home last week (also attached to this email).
Have a wonderful week!
6 Red Teachers |
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PRIDE – Promoting Responsibility In Dragon Excellence
The PRIDE Character Word for the month of February is “tolerance”.
Please help us encourage our students to be tolerant both in and out of
school! On Tuesday, a picture will be taken of all students who received
a PRIDE card during January. Additionally, a drawing at each grade level
will be held during lunch Tuesday for those students who received a
PRIDE responsibility card, and a picture of the three grade level
winners will be sent to the local paper. Our next PRIDE session will be
Wednesday, February 1.
Important:
1. Progress Reports will be sent home with students on Thursday,
February 2. Parents, please sign this report and remind your child to
return it to his/her homeroom teacher on Friday, February 3.
2. There will be a bake sale to raise money for St. Jude this Wednesday
- Friday. If anyone would like to donate baked goods we would greatly
appreciate it.
3. Attention Parents: JMS is in need of proctors for our CRCT test which
will be given April 23rd – April 27th. Please contact Ms. Lisa Bray
Ramers at 706-367-2882 or email lbramers@jeffcityschools.org if you
would be willing to help.
Math-Week of January 30, 2012
1st, 2nd, and 4th periods-
Quiz-Wednesday-Tax, Tip, and Discount
Thursday-CRCT Review Activity for a grade
*Students will begin a unit project Friday. If you have catalogs, please
send for this project.
3rd period
Students continue to multiply and divide fractions and decimals. We will
begin reviewing for the chapter test, which will be next Tuesday,
February 7th.
Thursday-CRCT Review Activity for a grade
Language Arts:
Parents, I have plugged in a zero in Infinite Campus (I.C.) for students
missing work. Please check I.C. and see if your child is missing work.
Tell them to come and see me if they have a question.
Literature: We will continue with Mythology this week. A "WANTED" poster
was assigned last week, and is due either Tuesday (periods 1/2) or
Wednesday (periods 3/4).
Vocabulary: All vocabulary is due Wednesday. Test on Thursday - students
can use their cards.
Grammar: Sentence structure
Science
Flush-There will be a quiz over chapters 13-16 on Wednesday.
Vocabulary- Test Friday over the following terms: wave, tide, trough,
crest, breaker, tidal range, tidal bore, gravity, rotate, revolve,
Spring tide, Neap tide, and satellite.
Unit Test- This Friday over the following: Landforms, the ocean floor,
topographic maps, and ocean waves.
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies we will continue our study of Australia. The
hand drawn maps of Australia are due Tuesday and count as a test grade.
Students will be making their 6 vocabulary flash cards and completing
the guided reading notes about Australia's History, Culture, and Natural
Resources. On Wednesday we will discuss National Freedom Day, and the
current global and national problems of slavery today. On Friday we will
learn about Aboriginal Dream Time art, and the students will have the
opportunity to create some of their own dream time art that will
displayed in the school. |
Jefferson
Middle School