T-Shirts: Last call for Badger Team T-Shirt orders! Checks made payable to Pennichuck Middle School! Orders to Mrs. Simeone.
Progress Reports: Progress Reports go home on Friday, October 20th!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Sparta and Athens--these are the two ancient Greek city-states that we'll be focusing in on this upcoming week. We spent the last few days gaining a basic understanding of these two city-states and how despite being Greek they have totally different cultures. We will go much deeper in our research and discussions on Sparta and Athens starting on Tuesday. Enjoy your weekend!
Science: This week in science we have been investigating the question, "What is inside bone cells". Students have figured out what the organelles in the cells do and how the cell membrane works. Click on the microscope below to see pictures of one of our investigations! Next week students will investigate how things can move into and out of the cell.
Click HERE to see pictures from science class!
Literacy: We have spent this week learning to research using trusted, scholarly search engines and students have been taking notes using the Cornell template for two column notes! They have learned how to cite their sources to create a bibliography, and on Monday will learn how to narrate their slide shows using a voiceover recording application! Most students have lots of work to do on their projects to be ready to record their narrations in class. If technology is cooperative, the due date for the finished project will be posted tomorrow in Google Class. The mastery test for Latin Root Unit 3 is on Friday this week! Quizlet time!
English: This past week in English class we began our journey into Greek mythology. We started with Narcissus and we will continue to read and analyze Greek myths in the coming weeks. We also reviewed some grammar basics and had an assessment on grammar on Friday. This week we will start the Greek god/goddess storyboard project and continue to learn more about Greek myths. This project will be completed entirely in class and allows the students to get creative while learning more about Greek mythology. The students should also be starting their independent reading projects for the month of October. The independent reading projects are due on October 31st!
Math: We just finished up with proportions, your test grades are posted online. Next we will be learning about scale and doing some scale drawings. Be ready to design a space to scale! Make sure you are all working on your Go Figures, they should be about half way done at this point! If you want me to look over your rough drafts, please have them in this week.
