Current and Upcoming Assignments, Projects, Tests and QuizzesWeek of: May 12th - May 16th (Scroll down or click on the topic of your choice) English Science Social Studies Math Health Contact Us General Notices Dates To Remember Students should be reading 30 minutes nightly. English: All good things must come to an end. Friday was a sad day as we all said good bye to Miss Mariorenzi. She added so much to our class and we will not forget her. Many students have asked that I take some sick time, hoping that perhaps Miss M. could come back and take my place. I must admit, I am feeling a little warm and feverish. Next week begins the final session of NECAP! Students will spend some time in English looking at some science questions and reviewing where we can. Most certainly, I'll need some help in this area! The entire team feels committed to helping all students demonstrate proficiency in this area. Past experience tells us that Synergy students excel on all NECAP testing, and we know they'll do it one more time. Students will also be given the opportunity to finish THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963 assessment. We'll also have some practice with commas. I have attached a copy of the final reading log to the website. This log is due no later than June 13th. You will have plenty of time to complete this log and are encouraged to turn it in as soon as it is finished. We can always make additions if necessary. Have a great week! Downloads Response to Literature Graphic Conventions Rubric Response to Literature Rubric Oral Presentation Checklist Response Due Dates Book Equivalents English/Language Arts Quote Sandwich Graphic Organizer Quote Sandwich Reading Assignment QuoteSandwich Literary Rubric 3 Page Comma Sheet Schoolhouse Rocks Lyrics Grade Reporting Handout Summary Graphic Organizer Summary Model Summary Reading Assignment Personal Narrative Assignment Personal Narrative Dimensions Get Adobe Reader Here Free You will need this to view pdf file downloads As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Ms. Clunan The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you grow. The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice, when speaking your mind or making your choice. Science: This week we will be taking the science NECAP state test. We began preparing last week and we will continue on Monday. Testing will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. It is very important that all students get a full night of sleep before testing and eat breakfast before coming to school. Our team did very well on the math and ELA testing, so I am confident they will do the same on the science testing. We began a writing assignment last week called - RAFT. We will work on that when we are not testing and I will announce a due date during the week. Get Adobe Reader Here Free You will need this to view pdf file downloads As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mr. Vesey Social Studies: This week we will be moving on to look at the question, "How does technology affect people's lives?" We will begin by looking at the factors that contribute to advances in technology and attempting to understand why some groups and regions developed at a quicker rate. We will then look at some of the specific inventions that drastically changed the manner in which people live. Specifically, we will examine the printing press and iron. Students will then be asked to examine technology that exists today and identify modern items that have had the same impact, and attempt to create a new item that they think will change the future. B period will continue to work on the five paragraph report answering the question, "Why do empires rise and fall?" The rough draft should be completed this week and the final draft will be due at the beginning of next week. Also, we will begin to examine the question, "Why do people live the way they do?" Downloads Trimester One Table of Contents 2007 to 2008Tic-Tac-Think Click Here As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mr. Albrecht Math: The parent site for the Connected Math Project is still available: http://connectedmath.msu.edu/parents/ There are some additional sites of importance. The Glencoe site is for the Algebra 1 textbook. This site is a link for online assistance for all the sections in the textbook. The Glencoe link will remain on the web site all year. Additional web sites that I encourage all students to visit throughout the school year to practice on any number of topics are the following two sites. The first is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives that we used in class at the end of last year. The second site is www.math.com, which is a very good resource for students with interactive practice links in many topics and instant feedback. I will leave these sites up all year. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mrs. Lindley Health: All classes are presently concentrating their studies on teenage pregnancy and parenthood versus adult pregnancy and parenthood-----the physical, emotional, social, educational and economical implications. Students will be responsible for a Quote Sandwich Reading Assignment. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any developed country--twice as high as England and Canada. Approximately 820,000 U.S. teenage girls get pregnant each year. Fast Facts: *One harsh reality of teenage pregnancy is that in many cases, the fathers are out of the picture by the time the baby arrives. *Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school. *Approximately eight out of ten teen mothers end up on welfare. *Abstinence is the only guaranteed method of birth control to prevent teen pregnancy. *Nearly six out of ten teenage boys and seven out of ten teenage girls who are sexually active wish they had waited until they were older to have sex. (Cambridge Educational) Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mrs. Jeranian ( Please be advised that these class summaries are for planning purposes only and sometimes teachers will deviate from scheduled plans depending on classroom situations and developments. If there are any questions, or you would like to verify what is taking place, please e-mail the teacher of that subject. ) THE 3 Rs Responsible: Bringing all materials to class. Having your homework done. Being on time. Paying attention. Not lying and not making any excuses. Cleaning classroom area. Putting away materials. Reliable: Being on time to class. Always being honest. Bringing necessary materials to school (notices, homework). Being trustworthy. Doing what you are told. Getting jobs done. Doing something the first time asked. Respectful: Treating others the way you would like to be treated. Keeping hands and feet to self. Being quiet when others are talking. Paying attention when others are talking. Respecting school property – don’t write on things, clean up after self. Respecting all adults in the building. Not talking back. Respecting other peoples’ things. Raising hand quietly. Staying seated. F.Y.I. Many students and teachers have the new version of Microsoft Office 2007/ Vista. When they save their work at home on thumb drives or email it to themselves, the word document needs to be saved as 97-2003 when it is created. Please see the image below. If you have any questions, please check in the Media Center. Please remind your children about their materials, and their importance in class. They need notebooks, pens, pencils, agendas, binders and folders. The school website has a common list of materials and supplies by core content area that is color coded in order to make shopping easier for parents and to help students improve in organization. The list can be accessed by clicking here. DATES TO REMEMBER Click here for links to places of interest and homework help....If you know of a link you think I should add to the page, please let me know by e-mail!! E-Mail the teachers... Mr. Vesey, Science Mrs. Lindley, Math Ms. Clunan, English Mr. Albrecht, Social StudiesMrs. Norris-Karten, Resource Mrs. Jeranian, Health Contact The Team By Phone: (401) 822-9426 Extension 313 Web Site last updated You are visitor number to our site Web Site Design and Development By: The Learning CurveBarrington,Rhode Island 02806 Phone: (401) 247-0910 E-Mail: cliffk@cox.netNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children To The Team's Link PageTo The Team's Contact Form
English:
All good things must come to an end. Friday was a sad day as we all said good bye to Miss Mariorenzi. She added so much to our class and we will not forget her. Many students have asked that I take some sick time, hoping that perhaps Miss M. could come back and take my place. I must admit, I am feeling a little warm and feverish.
Next week begins the final session of NECAP! Students will spend some time in English looking at some science questions and reviewing where we can. Most certainly, I'll need some help in this area! The entire team feels committed to helping all students demonstrate proficiency in this area. Past experience tells us that Synergy students excel on all NECAP testing, and we know they'll do it one more time.
Students will also be given the opportunity to finish THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963 assessment. We'll also have some practice with commas.
I have attached a copy of the final reading log
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Ms. Clunan
Science:
This week we will be taking the science NECAP state test. We began preparing last week and we will continue on Monday. Testing will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. It is very important that all students get a full night of sleep before testing and eat breakfast before coming to school. Our team did very well on the math and ELA testing, so I am confident they will do the same on the science testing.
We began a writing assignment last week called - RAFT. We will work on that when we are not testing and I will announce a due date during the week.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mr. Vesey Social Studies: This week we will be moving on to look at the question, "How does technology affect people's lives?" We will begin by looking at the factors that contribute to advances in technology and attempting to understand why some groups and regions developed at a quicker rate. We will then look at some of the specific inventions that drastically changed the manner in which people live. Specifically, we will examine the printing press and iron. Students will then be asked to examine technology that exists today and identify modern items that have had the same impact, and attempt to create a new item that they think will change the future. B period will continue to work on the five paragraph report answering the question, "Why do empires rise and fall?" The rough draft should be completed this week and the final draft will be due at the beginning of next week. Also, we will begin to examine the question, "Why do people live the way they do?" Downloads Trimester One Table of Contents 2007 to 2008Tic-Tac-Think Click Here As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mr. Albrecht
Social Studies:
This week we will be moving on to look at the question, "How does technology affect people's lives?" We will begin by looking at the factors that contribute to advances in technology and attempting to understand why some groups and regions developed at a quicker rate. We will then look at some of the specific inventions that drastically changed the manner in which people live. Specifically, we will examine the printing press and iron. Students will then be asked to examine technology that exists today and identify modern items that have had the same impact, and attempt to create a new item that they think will change the future.
B period will continue to work on the five paragraph report answering the question, "Why do empires rise and fall?" The rough draft should be completed this week and the final draft will be due at the beginning of next week. Also, we will begin to examine the question, "Why do people live the way they do?"
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.
Math:
There are some additional sites of importance. The Glencoe site is for the Algebra 1 textbook. This site is a link for online assistance for all the sections in the textbook. The Glencoe link will remain on the web site all year.
Additional web sites that I encourage all students to visit throughout the school year to practice on any number of topics are the following two sites. The first is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives that we used in class at the end of last year. The second site is www.math.com, which is a very good resource for students with interactive practice links in many topics and instant feedback. I will leave these sites up all year.
Health:
All classes are presently concentrating their studies on teenage pregnancy and parenthood versus adult pregnancy and parenthood-----the physical, emotional, social, educational and economical implications. Students will be responsible for a Quote Sandwich Reading Assignment. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any developed country--twice as high as England and Canada. Approximately 820,000 U.S. teenage girls get pregnant each year.
Fast Facts: *One harsh reality of teenage pregnancy is that in many cases, the fathers are out of the picture by the time the baby arrives. *Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school. *Approximately eight out of ten teen mothers end up on welfare. *Abstinence is the only guaranteed method of birth control to prevent teen pregnancy. *Nearly six out of ten teenage boys and seven out of ten teenage girls who are sexually active wish they had waited until they were older to have sex. (Cambridge Educational)
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns via e-mail.Mrs. Jeranian
Many students and teachers have the new version of Microsoft Office 2007/ Vista. When they save their work at home on thumb drives or email it to themselves, the word document needs to be saved as 97-2003 when it is created. Please see the image below. If you have any questions, please check in the Media Center.
Please remind your children about their materials, and their importance in class. They need notebooks, pens, pencils, agendas, binders and folders. The school website has a common list of materials and supplies by core content area that is color coded in order to make shopping easier for parents and to help students improve in organization. The list can be accessed by clicking here. DATES TO REMEMBER Click here for links to places of interest and homework help....If you know of a link you think I should add to the page, please let me know by e-mail!! E-Mail the teachers... Mr. Vesey, Science Mrs. Lindley, Math Ms. Clunan, English Mr. Albrecht, Social StudiesMrs. Norris-Karten, Resource Mrs. Jeranian, Health Contact The Team By Phone: (401) 822-9426 Extension 313 Web Site last updated You are visitor number to our site Web Site Design and Development By: The Learning CurveBarrington,Rhode Island 02806 Phone: (401) 247-0910 E-Mail: cliffk@cox.netNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children To The Team's Link PageTo The Team's Contact Form
E-Mail the teachers... Mr. Vesey, Science Mrs. Lindley, Math Ms. Clunan, English Mr. Albrecht, Social StudiesMrs. Norris-Karten, Resource Mrs. Jeranian, Health
Mr. Albrecht, Social Studies
Mrs. Norris-Karten, Resource
Mrs. Jeranian, Health
Web Site last updated You are visitor number to our site Web Site Design and Development By: The Learning CurveBarrington,Rhode Island 02806 Phone: (401) 247-0910 E-Mail: cliffk@cox.netNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children To The Team's Link PageTo The Team's Contact Form
Web Site Design and Development By: The Learning CurveBarrington,Rhode Island 02806 Phone: (401) 247-0910 E-Mail: cliffk@cox.net
