The Gemini Blue Bulletin

"A Weekly Communication from Teachers to Families for School Success"

October 25, 2011

Math – Ms. Burgess: The Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue classes are working on Box and Whisker Plots and Circle Graphs this week. The Data Analysis Project, which is the assessment for this unit, is due on Friday. I will be after school today and Thursday for extra help, and we will have a workshop period at the end of the week. The majority of this project should be done at home, and students should have made progress with it last week as well. The Orange class is working with Equations. They will take a quiz on Friday. The final Math Learning Log of the week is due tomorrow, 10/26. Have a marvelous week! :)

Reading – Mrs. Jitiam: O,Y,G,B- All students are presenting their NOVEL-THINK-TAC-TOE projects on Wed.,Thurs.,or Fri. of this week. Ask your son or daughter to show you the THREE PARTS of his/her presentation: character, setting, theme.

Congratulations to the 25 GEMINI BLUE TEAM members who have already entered the 1,000 page club by reading more than 1,000 pages in the first 7 weeks of school. There are still 2 more weeks of first term. Everyone should continue reading!

TAB book order forms are being sent home today (Tuesday) and I will be collecting them through Monday October 31st.

Geography – Mr. Wolf: The Geo fair project is well under way. Students are finishing up with their research and starting to focus on their project requirements. The first map was due this week and the chart or graph will be due on Monday, October 31. The Geo fair has been moved and is now on Tuesday, November 8th. Have a super week!

English – Mrs. Rezendes: Within the next week, we should finish up reading So Far From the Bamboo Grove. Next week, I will introduce the final project for the book, a compare and contrast essay. In addition, we have begun working on the Geography Fair essay in class. The directions and rubric for the Geography Fair essay can be found at my website: tinyurl.com/rezendeshome.

Science – Mrs. Yule: This week we will be focusing on the difference between thermal energy and heat. In the lab, we will explore the three types of heat transfer; conduction, convection, and radiation. Students are working on vocabulary and literacy strategies during class time, to help them access the information in the text. The test on thermal energy will be next week, and this will be the final grade for term 1.

Team News: Please support this month’s PTA Fundraisers – Bag to school, and Jeannine’s Kitchen.

Important Dates:

Wednesday October 25 – Picture makeup/retake.

Wednesday and Thursday, October 25 & 26 – BAG to School collections at school

Wednesday November 2 – Jeanine Kitchen Fundraiser returned to school

Friday November 4 – Grades close for Term 1

Have a pleasant and productive week!

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