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Freshman Experience Newsletter #1

November, 2013

A Note from Mrs. Cocchi:

Freshmen Math, we are winding down the term and getting ready for our termtest. So far we have covered solving equations, slope, slope intercept form, and y intercepts, graphing, parallel and perpendicular lines, systems of

equations, fractions, multiplying eponents, F!"# and factoring. $eometry we are finishing up points, lines, planes, nets, isometric drawings,

orthographic drawings, distance, midpoint, area, perimeter, andcircumference. %e will soon &e moving on to 'easoning and (roofs.

)onors $eometry we are finishing up 'easoning and (roofs and moving on to

parallel and perpendicular lines.*on+t forget the we&site for the &oo is www.pearsonsuccessnet.com. Mae sureyou have your logon and password handy.

A Note from Mrs. -Canniff Mac/en0ie:

"n Alge&ra " #inear 1mphasis, the students have &een practicing &asic

arithmetic sills and solving equations. "n Novem&er, we will &e woring onsolving proportions, percent pro&lems, and starting to loo at inequalities.

"n Alge&ra " 2uadratic 1mphasis, the students have &een woring witheponential epressions and equations. "n Novem&er, we will &e woring onpolynomials and factoring.

*on+t forget the we&site for the &oo is www.pearsonsuccessnet.com. Mae sureyou have your logon and password handy. Also, mae sure all students have either aspiral note&oo or a section in their &inder devoted eclusively to Alge&ra. Studentsneed to complete their homewor assignments so that they &ecome proficient at thevarious sills &efore they are tested. *oing homewor, reviewing the material, and&eing organi0ed are essential for a student to &e successful in high school.

A Note from Mrs. Connors:3he freshmen writing term 4 classes are doing 45678 minute presentations on 9)ow3o9. Students are responsi&le for teaching the class how to perform a specific tas.

So far we have had students present on su&ects lie how to play Magic, how to apply)alloween maeup using liquid late and other supplies, and how to play the game offoot&all. Students will &e graded using the )ull )igh School speaing ru&ric and willhone their pu&lic speaing sills.

A Note from Mr. *e#ollis:

My students have &een woring in the %ood Shop on the proect nown as the

9)oodie 'ac9. "t+s ind of a cool proect &ecause it+s a proect that everyteenager needs and can use. Now as the proect is nearing completion, thestudents; ecitement is heightened. )oodie 'acs are fun to &uild &ut a moreimportant class component is the other Mr. *e#ollis quarterly classrequirement nown as 9(ortfolio *evelopment9. !ne of the goals of theportfolio advancement 6 as in advancingyour nowledge6 is for students to

demonstrate to me that they are capa&le of learning on their own. Note:'efer to the )ull )igh School mission statement and the part a&out 9life longlearners9. 3he portfolio advancement requires students to select a topic theyare interested in, research it, and discuss in essay form what they havelearned.

"n Novem&er we will &egin woring on proect or are not
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appreciated, the 9glue up9 could not &e done effectively without this geometryconcept.

A Note from Ms. #idington:"n "ntro (hysics, the ids are starting to relate the concepts of motion and forces.%e+re currently covering Newton+s laws of motion and we+ll move into investigating

specific forces in Novem&er. Students are showing enthusiasm for science, andthey+re starting to get the hang of pro&lem6solving. All in all, a good start to theyear?

A Note from Mr. =ell:"n %orld )istory "" students have studied the (rotestant and Catholic 'eformation,the 1nlightenment, and are currently learning a&out the French 'evolution. Centralto all of these units is the concept of power and authority. %ho has it@ )ow is it lost@)ow is it gained@ Students have &een actively engaged in thining and writing a&outthese concepts and how they continue to shape our world today.

A Note from Mrs. $rosso:Freshmen %riting classes have &een coming to the li&rary and learning a&out:

evaluating a %e&site6the good the &ad and why there is more to the world

than $oogle or %iipedia.

how to do a 'esearch paper, how to use the !C#N data&ases and how to cite

their wor.

Social Media6different types of social media and the do+s and don+ts.

A Note from Ms. %escott -Spanish ":3he year is off to a great start in Spanish class? "n our first unit, students learnedsimple conversation of greetings and good&yes, how to &e polite, num&ers, tellingtime and the date. 3hey presented short newscast sits and wrote some creativecomic strips? " was especially impressed with their writing sills on the chapter

assessment.

%e have recently &een learning a&out adectives and how to descri&e people.Students created a mini6proect descri&ing cele&rities.


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!n Novem&er 4st, we cele&rated *ay of the *ead which is a holiday in Meico andother #atin American countries that honors the deceased in a festive, colorful way.Students made sull mass, Calaveras, as part of the cele&ration?

A Note from Mrs. "vas:Boca&ulary it;s how we thin? Strategies to help your studentDDlearnvoca&ulary?Students in grade E are ased to learn voca&ulary in multiple disciplines and contetsevery day. "t is important for students to connect new voca&ulary to material alreadylearned, encounter voca&ulary in readings and discussions repeatedly and finallyhave multiple opportunities for practice with voca&ulary.

3he num&er one strategy from teachers and research professionals historically is to

'1A*. 'ead for information, read to learn, read for enoyment.Analy0e the structure of words: roots, prefies and suffies and meanings of eachpart."dentify how word is used -noun, ver&, adective, adver&, etc. and its various forms.#earn meanings, synonyms, antonyms, eamples, contet signals.(ractice with crossword pu00les, matching activities, sentence completion andparaphrasing.


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seful we&sites: www.qui0let.comfor online practice with flashcardlet and qui0let 6also availa&le as free "(A* appG www.download.cnet.com>CueCard for program tocreate and print flash6cards and divided page study sheets.

A Note from Ms. )eld:3he proect is called 3otally 3et (ortraits.

Students created a self6portrait using the grid method and then used tet to shade itin.

Carmelina Carosso

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