Middle School Important Dates
Middle School Spelling Bee – Rescheduled: Tuesday, Jan. 20
MLK Day of Service – Monday, Jan. 19
6th Grade – House of the Carpenter- Drop off at middle school. Transportation will be provided.
7th Grade – YWCA
8th Grade – Elmhurst House of Friendship
Math Field Day – February 10 @ WP (More info to come)
National Anthem @ Nailers Game (6th/7th Grade) February 15th
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English w/ Mrs. McFadden –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- Comma Quiz – Wed
This week we continued to practice correct use of the comma, and how to correct the comma splice.
We finished the Aimsweb winter benchmark testing
We continued to read our lit circle books. Yesterday and today, each group came up with a skit to act out an important scene from their books. They did a really nice job with this, considering it was their first time!
Math w/ Mrs. McFadden –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – None scheduled
Finished Aimsweb
Finished Chapter 4
Began chapter 5, which will cover using variables to write and solve equations and inequalities.
Science w/ Mrs. McKay –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – acid base quiz Thursday 1/22
Students conducted lab testing pH levels of household products and also a virtual lab on how to adjust pH. They also had a quiz on the periodic table of the elements.
Music w/Mrs. Chelsey –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
This week we continued working on the National Anthem in preparation for performing it at a Nailers game on Sunday February 15th. Information about this will be going out to you soon!!
We continued learning our Mozart body percussion routine. Once it is completed, we will be filming it and uploading it to youtube, so you can see what we did!
Our journal entry was a response to hearing the opera aria “Der Holle Rache” (Queen of the Night) from The Magic Flute by Mozart.
Elective –
Robotics – The students have completed the first part of their robot build for our Freeze Tag unit. They did a mini-driving competition to see who has the driving skills with their robot. The “driver” position will change throughout the trimester. This is not the only driver for the group. The students continue to work together on all of the skills which include building, modifications, and notebooking.
Speech and Debate – Now that we have our pieces for the competition, we are spending each class rehearsing and refining the presentations. The quicker the kiddos can memorize their pieces, the better off they will be.
