Team Updates
Spinner Toys: These devices are toys. Spinners and slime have become major distractions to the process of learning this spring, and Badger teachers will ask once for them to be put away, and confiscate them if they are seen subsequently. Please encourage your students to leave all toys at home!
Garden Needs: Badger team is revamping the garden here at Pennichuck. As you prepare to do your own spring clean up work at your homes, consider making a donation to our team! We are looking for the following items in good working condition:
Many hands make light work, so the goal is to have lots of tools to be used by lots of young, energized students!
Garden Needs: Badger team is revamping the garden here at Pennichuck. As you prepare to do your own spring clean up work at your homes, consider making a donation to our team! We are looking for the following items in good working condition:
- bow rakes
- metal shovels
- a wheel barrow
- cultivators and/or hoes (hand or standing)
- trowels
Please no: pitchforks or sickles!
Reading Challenges: Your reading challenges are due no later than May 31st. Don't forget to get your signatures! This is your free ticket to the Silver Knights game in June! Happy reading!
Poetry Pages: These are due to Mrs. McGuire no later than May 15th, as she would like to display them for the Spring Celebration of Learning, which takes place on May 18th.
Celebration of Learning/Spring BBQ: We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, at our Spring BBQ and Celebration of Learning. We encourage everyone to come into the building to see the wonderful displays of work on the walls! We have our Earth Day bus and the posters celebrating 7th Grade in the main hallway, as well as the magnificent Word Art displayed in the cafeteria!
Class Updates
Social Studies: Over the weekend, please have your child review all their materials on feudalism. We will start off our week working on an essay in regards to feudalism. We will spend two days on this assignment as it is a performance task and will have a major impact on their grade. On Wednesday, we will start our unit on the Renaissance!
Science: Next week in science we will be wrapping up the Adapt & Evolve Unit. Students will have a review on Wednesday and Test on Thursday.
The Badgers Team is planning a field trip to the Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH, for June 1, 2017. We will leave school by 8:30 and return by 2:30, so that students will be able to take their regular buses home.
This field trip will culminate several life science units, and will allow students to expand their knowledge of invertebrate animals, classification, ecology and genetics as outlined by the NH Curriculum Frameworks for Science. With the guidance of the Science Center’s naturalists, students will have the opportunity to identify animals in their natural habitat, the tide pools of a rocky shore.
The cost of the program and transportation for the field trip is $20.00 per student. Students for whom the field trip cost presents a hardship should inform Mrs. Simeone or Mrs. Tino as soon as possible. If you paid for the cancelled English field trip in the fall and did not request reimbursement at that time it is indicated on the back of the permission slip and you DO NOT owe any money for this field trip.
Students have two choices for lunch on this field trip. They can bring their own lunch or order a lunch from the cafeteria. The sunbutter sandwich bagged lunch will be charged to the student’s account. Please indicate your student’s choice on the back of the permission slip.
Thank you for completing and signing the permission slip and returning it to school with cash or a check made payable to Pennichuck Middle School NO LATER THAN May 25h. If this payment deadline presents a hardship, please don’t hesitate to contact one of us.
Literacy: Students will continue to read The Omnivore's Dilemma, while practicing taking Cornell style notes. Final versions of their Omnictionary slide shows must be attached to Google Classroom by Friday, May 19th, and presentations will begin on Monday, May 22nd.
English: This week, students will be continuing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We also begin I-Ready testing! Students, please try your best and reflect upon your goals from the fall! Don't forget to submit your poetry pages on Monday, May 15! These will be displayed for our spring celebration of learning on Thursday, May 18!
Math: We are completing our i-Ready testing for the year on Tuesday and Wednesday. We have gone over students Fall and Winter data and set goals for our Spring data. They should know by the end of the week their growth for the year. After testing we will resume our Percents unit. Be sure to check in on the Google Classroom if you are struggling for extra practice and instructional videos.
School Updates
Food Pantry: The school is collecting the following items: pasta, canned sauces, peanut butter, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables (or any other non-perishable items). Donation bins are located in the main office and guidance. Please consider making a regular donation to support our community.
