Parents,
Though we had a short week this past week, our students worked hard and did a fantastic job on their assignments and projects. We look forward to seeing your student on Monday.
General Team Information:
Many students still have not returned their signed report cards. Please check this weekend to make sure your student returned his or her report card. As always, we appreciate your support.
The Patriotic Wolves teachers continue to be available every Tuesday after school until 5:00 PM to help students in our core classes. This is a great time for students to receive additional help, work on projects, or study for upcoming assessments in a structured setting. We ask that you make sure your student has a ride home at 5:00 PM.
The PTSA is selling stuffed Valentine’s bears that students may adopt or send to a student or faculty for $2.50 that students may be purchase during lunch on Monday-Thursday the next week. Thank you for supporting the PTSA.
The PTSA is sponsoring a Spirit Night at Milton’s Pizza on Monday, February 8th from 5:00-10:00 PM. Milton’s will donate 20% of all sales to our PTSA. Come out and support the PTSA by enjoying great food from the Milton’s Pizza near the school.
The WMS Student Services department is hosting a Parent Night on Thursday, February 18 from 6:00-7:30 P.M. The event will be held at the Fox Road Elementary School Media Center. Presenters will be sharing information with parents about helping students with test preparation, study strategies, homework preparation and organization. You can pre-register by contacting your child’s counselor (Dr. Inscoe) or register when you arrive on the 18th.
Ms. Adamson – Math (Overflow Teacher) – sadamson@wcpss.net
- Algebra students will be solving systems of linear equations by using the substitution method and the elimination method with multiplication. They will also learn to write a system of equations for real world problems. Their Chapter 8 mid-chapter quiz will be on Thursday, Feb.11.
- Math 8 students will continue to review volume and surface area of prisms and cylinders. They will also discover how changing dimensions effects perimeter, area and volume. Students will also be completing Blue Diamond tests.
- Math 8 Plus students will discover how changing dimensions effects perimeter, area and volume. They will also be completing Blue Diamond tests.
- Students are welcome to come to my room for extra help during CSI time.
Ms. Burnette – Language Arts – jburnette1@wcpss.net
- Monday: Students will work in groups to review for their final test on the play, The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1, Scenes 1-5. Students will design posters, “Four Squares”: (Cause/Effect-Most Confusing-Five New Terms-Symbolism) Students will present posters at the end of class.
- Tuesday: Students will take their final test on The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1, Scenes 1-5.
- Wednesday: Students will complete their essays from their test on The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1, Scenes 1-5.
- Thursday: Students will continue to study the Holocaust. Each student will have the opportunity to choose a “Child from the Holocaust” read about the child and write a summary of the child’s life on a silhouette.
- Friday: We will begin reading The Diary of Anne Frank Act II, Scenes 1-3. Students will write a summary of each scene and respond to questions.
- Students in 5th period will complete the selection “Flowers for Algernon”. After reading the selection, students will work on making inferences and point of view. Students will also have the opportunity to design personal mazes, word searches, and write responses to ink blots.
Mr. Misuraca – Social Studies – mmisuraca@wcpss.net
On Friday I was thrilled to see the unbelievable Civil War projects students turned in. Students did a great job creating visual displays, civil war recipes, written documents, and many other fantastic projects. I’m extraordinarily proud of the students who turned projects in on Friday!
Parents, I take pride in how well our team communicates with parents, and feel that it is an important part of encouraging student success. As we continue to prepare your student for the transition to high school, it’s important that students take an active role in their success. I will no longer email home the second semester regarding missing assignments, projects, etc. With our weekly email blast, website, and SPAN, you have immediate access to the information you need in order to ensure your student is doing well and turning in his or her assignments. Please check SPAN regularly, and most importantly speak with your student nightly, to ensure that assignments are being turned in on time and your student is successful for the remainder of the year.
- Monday – Manifest Destiny and the West. Students who did not turn in their projects on Friday may turn them in Monday with an Oops Day.
- Tuesday – Underground Railroad Diary collected. Oregon Trail, Texas Wins Independence, and the Mexican-American War
- Wednesday – Continue the Mexican-American War
- Thursday – California Gold Rush, Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Friday – Students will begin a causes of the Civil War Timeline as we continue to study the causes of the Civil War.
Ms. Starr – Science – bstarr2@wcpss.net
Parents, I know that the “beautiful snow” of the past week really displaced our lesson plans and the supplies that I needed. I’ll “politely” ask of my great parents again what I needed from last week. I did get many apples, but just not enough for the 160 needed for the lab. I do thank those of you that did send apples and wipes, so you’re the greatest!! I’ll simplify what I wrote from last week.
- I need 160 apples on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010, for our apple lab.
- Containers of “disinfecting wipes” for our classrooms.
- Extra pencils and paper for classroom supplies.
- Monday- Review Chapter 1 Vocabulary: 1.2 questions due by the end of class on Monday!!
- Tuesday- Take the Chapter 1 Vocabulary quiz: 23 words; 1.3/1/4 due also today!!
- Wednesday- Lab- “Apple to Earth”
- Thursday- Lab is due with a cover page: Explain/ present the Pangaea project which will be due on Friday, February 19th, 2010.
- Friday- Complete the Chapter 1 Review sheet in class today.
Ms. Tyler – Math – mtyler@wcpss.net
Weekly Problem Sets are due on Feb. 19th. Students were allowed to check their work. If students did turn them in you will see my notes or corrections on the paper. Students that want to do corrections for the Surface Area quiz must stay after school on Tuesday the 9th or it will NOT count. Students are also going to be allowed to retest on chapter 6 only if they stay after on Tuesday until 4:30 PM and have corrections done before they walk in my room on Tuesday.
Algebra
Monday: Review
Homework: Study for Test
Tuesday: Testing chapter 7
Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday: In groups review test and homework
Homework: Correction if any
Thursday: 8.1 Graphing systems of equations
Homework: Pg. 459 22 – 50 with all graphs
Friday: 8.2 substitutions
Homework: Pg. 467 17 – 43 odds with all work show no work no credit!!!
Math 8 Plus
Monday: Dominos changing dimensions
Homework: Finish activity
Tuesday: Geometric Probability and Radicals
Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday: Square roots
Homework: Algebra worksheet
Thursday: Pythagorean Theorem
Homework: Pg. Worksheet
Friday: Blue Diamond
Homework: Worksheet on Pyth.
Math 8
Monday: Changing dimensions
Homework: What kind of music
Tuesday: Dominos
Homework: Finish for homework
Wednesday: Geometric probability
Homework: Worksheet on geometric
Thursday: Geometric Probability and radicals
Homework: Pg. Take home QUIZ on dimensions
Friday: Blue Diamond
Homework: Worksheet on Geometric Probability
Ms. I. Williams – Language Arts (Overflow) – iwilliams@wcpss.net
Ms. Williams’ students took the grammar Blue Diamond assessment, which focused on complex sentences. Students should begin brainstorming three careers they would like to research. Students should begin brainstorming 3 careers that they would like to research.
Upcoming Events:
February 8 – PTSA Milton’s Pizza Fundraiser – 5:00-10:00 PM
February 8 – Boys’/Girls’ Basketball at Home vs. Durant Road M.S. – 3:45 PM
February 10 – Student Council / Beta Club Meeting – 7:40 AM – Media Center
February 10 – Early Dismissal Day – 2:00 PM
February 10 – Girls’ Basketball at TBD – 3:45 PM
February 11 – Battle of the Books – 3:10 PM
February 11 – Boys’ Basketball at TBD – 3:45 PM
February 23 – Wakefield High School Information Session – 6:30 PM
March 4 – Wake Forest Rolesville at Heritage Info. Session – 6:30 PM
March 18 – Heritage High School Information Session
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