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Volume 4, Issue 1
Mr. Harris
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Writing Review With
Mrs. Aquadro
Fifth grade students continue
to focus on the elements of
writing a great paragraph.
They are working on the
conclusion of a paragraph.
Sixth grade classes will
complete reviewing
paragraph writing and begin a
new unit on sentence variety.
They will focus on the basic
parts of speech used to create
independent clauses.
Mapping Wo
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with Mr. Pfa
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elements of
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literature.
Rocking with Mr. Ferenc
We want to ROCK!!! We will identify different kinds of
rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) and explore
the stages of the rock cycle. The purpose of this unit is to
develop an understanding that the earth’s surface is constantly changing. The classes will identify different kinds
of rocks (metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary) and
explore the stages of the rock cycle along with cornucopias
amounts of vocabulary to support our unit. We will
investigate the forces that cause changes on and in the
earth’s crust, the effects of plate tectonics, and the nature of
fast and slow changes.
Salvete Parentes!
sses will begin their
In January the Latin cla
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n funeral practices, and
about gladiators, Roma
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the Roman bath system
Ms. Clements
Gym Class with Mr. Eno
The 7/8 grade PE classes just
finished up a Unit in Scoop
Related Activities. During this
Unit, students had the
opportunity to play scoop
dodgeball, scoop soccer, and
scoop baseball. Our current Unit
is Recreational Games. In this
Unit students will have the
chance to play ; ping pong,
badminton, 4 square, horse
shoes, golf putting and ladder
ball.
Family and Consumer Science / Health
The 7th grade Family and Consumer Science /
Health class will be learning about Hands Only CPR
and the use of an AED in the next few weeks. A
website “Be the Beat “ that is sponsored by the
American Heart Association will be used as a source
of information that includes videos and games for
students to have fun with while learning the
important information on how to save a life.
Bellows Falls Middle School has 2 AED’s located in
the building. One is just outside the Gym doors to
the right and the other is on the 3rd floor just out
side the nurse’s office. Jean Hodsden our school
nurse will be working with students during this unit.
Our after school class (AIM) will include Cultural
Cooking and Spirit Club for the next session.