Middle School
Weekly Update
Week of January 15th
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CONTENTS
Calendar
1/25: 8th grade field trip to BOCES
2/8: 5th grade band informance; 7:00 in the gym
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Office Updates
From Ms. Amodeo
In our busy and technology-filled lives we can sometimes forget about the simple pleasures of reading a book. The importance of reading is often emphasized at the elementary level, but the benefits of reading are profound at the middle school level as well. You can read about the life-long physical and emotional benefits of reading here: Benefits of Reading Books: How It Can Positively Affect Your Life. Please talk to your student about what they are reading in school and consider setting aside some time to sit down together with a good book.
School Nutrition
Though school meals are no longer subsidized for every student, free and reduced-priced meals are available to those who qualify. The application can be found HERE.
To add funds to your child’s school lunch account, you can use our online system at MySchoolBucks or you can send a check directly to the TCSD Food Service Department. Students may always pay cash if they choose to as well.
What’s for lunch? Check My School Menus
5th Grade
5th Grade Daily Planner (Please bookmark for your use)
Please help your 5th grader remember to charge their Chromebook and to bring a water bottle.
ELA: This week students continued to commit to their newest free read book! We explored options of how to be successful each week with their reading goals by using post-its, a calendar or even their daily planner with specific daily deadlines. We also took time to examine the Reading Response Rubric that will be used to evaluate their weekly assignments. The overarching goal is to strive for a commitment to read outside of ELA class. This can be encouraged at home by doing any of the following:
- Designate a 15-30 time period each night for reading.
- Ask questions about their newest free read book.
- Read with them, to them or listen along as they read aloud.
Thank you for your continuous support 🙂
Math: students worked hard to complete their winter iReady diagnostic. We also began our new unit on Addition and Subtraction of Fractions by learning how to make equivalent fractions. Here is a link to the parent tip sheet that shares some of the concepts and vocabulary your student will be encountering during this unit: Parent Tip Sheet
Social Studies: This week we had the opportunity to take a Virtual Reality tour of a variety of Aztec ruins and historic sites. This was made possible and supported by a BOCES specialist. We also looked at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Next week we will be starting the culminating project for our Aztec unit.
A Friendly Reminder: Health two-day lesson begins in PE classes on Tues and Wed, Jan 17 & 18.
Band: Band 5/6 Lesson Schedule Link
6th Grade
6th grade planner (please bookmark this link)
Please remind students to bring a reusable water bottle to fill up at school. Students need pencils! Please send your student in with a few pencils!
Social Studies: Students began gathering information for their Athens and Sparta debate! They received their topic and city-state last week. Students will be researching both sides to get ready for a debate at the end of the month.
Math: Students worked hard to complete the iReady diagnostic. They also received a review sheet that is due on Wednesday 1/18 for a ratio quiz.
Science: Students investigated how fossils are formed. Ask them to tell you the steps needed for a fossil to form. Students also completed an activity to see about Earth’s history. We wrapped all around the building to build a timeline of Earth. Students looked at Era’s and periods to determine how scientists break Earth history up.
ELA: Students completed their rough drafts of their narrative. Next week we will be editing and revising. Students should complete their free read book by 1/20-please check-in to see how far they are in the book.
Health begins Q3 → Students will need a one-subject or composition notebook for this class.
Music: Mrs. Robertson & Mrs. Posegate’s classes finished up our African Drumming unit this week. We learned about African geography, culture and drumming. Here is a video of our performance!
7th Grade
7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)
Social Studies: Students this week are diving into the causes of the American Revolution. We are considering the various violent and nonviolent ways of protest by the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, recognizing bias in the Boston Massacre, and creating our own protest posters while indulging in some liberty tea. Next week, we will discuss short term events that led to war and begin writing essays on the Causes of the American Revolution.
ELA 7: This past week, we continued our reading adventures. We began each class reading, and then we researched the benefits of reading. We created a project this week to encourage others to read. We will be sharing our posters and videos with the middle school. Ask your 7th grader about the benefits of reading and encourage them to meet their reading goal for the week. Every student should be reading outside of class to meet their independent reading goal. This coming week, we will continue to read and to work on reading iReady.
Music: Please make sure to bring a CHARGED Chromebook to class. We are making our own music in BandLab! This week, we will be completing the assignment ‘BandLab Basics’ during class time. If students are absent, or don’t finish it during class, they will need to finish up on their own.
7/8 Band: We have been working very hard on how to read rhythms and label them. Why label rhythm? Because it shows we know how rhythm is distributed throughout a measure of music, and if we know that, we can play it better! Please encourage your student to practice rhythms in Noteflight (on Google Classroom) with a metronome. New band music will be passed out this week!
7/8 Lesson Schedule 1/16- 1/20
8th Grade
On January 25th, our 8th Grade Students will be taking a field trip to TST BOCES to learn more about the Career and Technical Education programs available to them in high school! There will be a 20-minute presentation for each CTE program, and each student will get to attend 3 presentations. For more information about TST BOCES Career and Tech programs, please click here.
Students will report to school as usual. We will transport them to TST BOCES around 8:30 and return around 11AM. Please call student services with any questions or concerns.
Social Studies: We’ve started the Age of Big Business & Labor, otherwise known as the Gilded Age. Ms. Lord, whom students will have for Health quarter 4, and I teamed up to create a station activity featuring living, work and health conditions of past and present. Students analyzed a variety of primary & secondary sources, then completed a venn diagram to determine how conditions were similar and different.
7/8 Band: 7/8 Lesson Schedule 1/16- 1/20
Clubs & Activities
Musical
Yearbook
Beauty and the Beast rehearsals are underway. Cast, keep up to date with rehearsals and other important information via our Beauty and the Beast Jr. website.
If you are a cast member (or parent of a cast member) and have not yet signed up for our REMIND app, please email tparker@tburg.k12.ny.us to get the sign up information. Remind is a way that we send quick text message updates or changes. Remind also allows you to directly text Tammy Parker (Producer) or Danny Trippett (Director).
Calling all students interested in being part of the
Beauty and the Beast Stage/Tech Crew!
Come to our Informational Meeting!
Thursday, January 19th, 2:45-3:30 pm in the MS Library.
If you need to ride a late bus home you need to sign-up
on the sheet outside of room 211, ASAP -OR-- email Mrs. Parker→ tparker@tburg.k12.ny.us
Our next meetings are scheduled for: January 19th and 26th at 2:45 in the Media Classroom
We have a MS Yearbook google classroom code, staff application and a Remind sign up packet your student will bring home once they have attended a meeting.
If your child attends a meeting and needs to ride a bus home they MUST complete the weekly google form emailed out by Ms. Magee, no later than noon of the meeting day.
Questions? Email Tammy Parker tparker@tburg.k12.ny.us or Lisa Magee lmagee@tburg.k12.ny.us
To order a yearbook go to www.YearbookOrderCenter.com and use the order number 18914
If you would like to submit pictures to possibly be used in our yearbook please go to http://www.hjeshare.com and enter the word “doig” in the school code box to upload from your computer or get the HJeshare App and upload right from your phone!
Clubs & Activities
Student Council
Our next meeting will be announced soon & will happen after school in room 306. Hope to see all interested students - we have a lot of things to plan.
Any student who needs to ride the late bus needs to fill out a late bus form by 1:30 on the day they want to ride. Contact advisors Bill Begeal or Nadine Salib to get signed up for the bus.
Troubadour
Happy New Year! I On December 22, hard copies of the 2022 Winter Issue of the Trumansburg Troubadour were delivered to each school to be sent home with students. The Winter 2022 Trumansburg Troubadour is available online as well. We are so proud of our contributors and are excited to share their work with the community.
Please note, a new 2023 Creative Issue of the Troubadour will be published this January. For students who would like to contribute to this or the Spring 2023 Trumansburg Troubadour, please have them contact trumansburgtroubadour@gmail.com.
PTO
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Building Contacts
Main Office: Brenda Everhart, 607-387-2825
Attendance: Lauren Conners, 607-387-7551, x1425
Nurse's Office: Julie Carpenter, jcarpenter@tburg.k12.ny.us (preferred) or 607-387-2827
Student Services Team: 607-387-7551 ext. 1449
Bryce DeSantis, School Psychologist
Lisa Magee, Administrative Assistant
Brian Cobb, LCSW, Social Worker
Claire Valletta, Guidance Counselor
IT Help: help@tburgschools.on.spiceworks.com or 607-288-2821 (Monday - Friday 8 am to 4pm)
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