May 12, 2024 Tburg MS Weekly Update

Middle School

Weekly Update

Week of May 12th

CONTENTS

7th Grade

Friday,5/17 will

be an A day!

Calendar

May 16: 5/6 Band and Chorus concert @ 7 pm at the HS auditorium.

May 17: Bike/Walk to School Day

May 23-27: Memorial Day recess

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Office Updates

From Ms. Lomax

Last Friday, Mr. Megivern and I (along with a number of MS staff) met with our 7th and 8th grade students to discuss the definition of hate speech, the Dignity for All Students Act, and our expectation that everyone at the middle school treat each other with respect. We encourage you to discuss the assembly with your student(s) and have conversations with them about being kind and finishing the school year positively and productively.

We are excited for the many special events coming up including -- this week -- NYSSMA competitions for our students in band, the 5/6 Spring Concert on Thursday at 7pm, and Bike/Walk to School Day on Friday.

Good luck to all of the students performing!

Office Updates

From Student Services

Finger Lakes Community Health is once again offering their School-Based Dental Program. The dental hygienist will be on campus on June 17th. If you would like to enroll your student, please fill out the form:

Form in English

Form in Spanish

From Nurse Campbell

Physical Examinations: All students entering 7th Grade next year will need a current physical examination completed within one year of the first day of school. Please check with your child's doctor's office to schedule an appointment if one is needed.

5th Grade

5th Grade Daily Planner (Please bookmark for your use). Please check your students’ take home folders and planners with them daily. Calling ALL PENCILS!!! Please remind students to bring spare pencils from home with them to school (either daily) or to store in their lockers! We are giving them the same messages here at school. THANK YOU!!!

ELA: This week in ELA, students became more involved with their historical fiction novels and their literature circle groups. Students should be bringing home their book and logs each afternoon where they record their daily reading assignments in summary form.

Science: Your students built a working model of the human cardiopulmonary system. Really. Ask them. Also, we have a field trip to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology coming up on May 20th & 21st. If you didn’t see the info about this, ask your student.

Math: This week the students did an amazing job completing their state test. We were so proud of the effort and perseverance they showed. With the state test in our rear view, we are now looking at our last math module of 5th grade: coordinate systems. Students spent time constructing a coordinate system on a plane. Next week students will continue to deepen their understanding of using coordinate pairs to plot points.

Social Studies: This week we looked at the “hard history” of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. We examined the factors that led to it, the conditions of the Middle Passage, and its lasting impact on the Americas. I was very impressed with the maturity and compassion that these 5th graders showed when faced with this part of history.

Band : Mrs. Posegate’s Lesson Schedule Our concert is Thursday May 16 at 7 pm. Penny Band will rehearse from 6:15 sharp to 6:30. Students should arrive by 6:30. HERE is the concert plan for students.

Chorus: Concert: May 16th @ 7:00 PM in the High School Auditorium (chorus students arrive at 6:30 PM -> High School Chorus Room)

THRIVE: Marking Period 4 Student Sign-up Form

Health: Great conversations were had this week about the impacts of bullying. Students shared ideas about how to protect themselves and others, and learned steps to ensure a safer community for all. Next week we will continue to explore topics related to violence and injury protection: fights, when friends need help, media messages & casual cruelty, and use creativity for a project-based health advocacy campaign.

6th Grade

6th grade planner (please bookmark this link)

***Students will be going on a field trip to Cornell on May 29th. We will be visiting The Johnson Art Museum and STEAM departments.

Social Studies: Students finished writing their essay that compares two monotheistic religions. We were lucky enough to have The Johnson Art Museum visitors to talk to us about Pompei. We also had a presentation about seventh grade for students. They started thinking about what language they want to take and what music they will take next year.

Math: Students took the math state test this week. We began combining algebra and geometry to make equation switch formulas.

Science: This week in science has us wrapping up our Earth Resources & Human Impact unit. Students worked on a cause and effect chain model to help explain the increases in wildfires, melting of multi-year ice, droughts, floods, and other natural disasters. We discussed the importance of examining information conveyed through social media to determine if there was evidence to support claims being made. Students conducted an at home Carbon Audit and used an online evaluation tool to identify ways that they could help reduce their own carbon footprint. At the end of the week we started the investigation of our last unit - Earth in Space. We began to investigate what is happening with Manhattanhenge.

ELA: Students continued to read Flush and we will begin literature circles next week. We also wrote “So much depends upon …” poems inspired by William Carlos Williams.

Band: Mrs. Posegate’s Lesson Schedule Big week for us! Please see info for our NYSSMA Majors trip HERE. Please see the concert plan HERE. Please encourage your student to practice their band music. It makes a difference. :)

Chorus: Chorus Lesson Groups. Concert: May 16th @ 7:00 PM in the High School Auditorium (chorus students arrive at 6:30 PM -> High School Chorus Room)

THRIVE: Marking Period 4 Student Sign-up Form

7th Grade

7th Grade Digital Planner (Please bookmark this link.)

Please remind students to bring pencils, their Chromebook charger, and a water bottle to school.

Science: Students made a Google Slides or Canva presentations on one of the animal phyla. I am looking forward to a gallery walk where everyone can look at each other's phyla/presentation and compare these animals to humans.

ELA 7: This week we continued reading and learning about the Vietnam War and how it affected the veterans as well as our main character, Matt Pin. We have increased our background knowledge about music and baseball. We are also learning that poetry can be our friend; All the Broken Pieces is a novel in verse.

Math 7 & Pre-Algebra: We started work with Geometry this week in both Math 7 and Pre-Algebra. Students are learning a lot of new vocabulary quickly. They have paper notes sheets each day and are expected to keep them in their folders. Pre-Algebra students have reached the point in Geometry where they are applying this vocabulary to solve problems by creating equations. All math students have had their pencils restocked - I expect them to come to class prepared with their materials. Portfolios of their work were sent home Friday along with their activity bulletin board images. This week we’ll continue our work with Geometry, to include some short assessments. Please have students bring headphones/earbuds next week. We’ll need them in class on a few occasions.

Social Studies: TThis week in Social Studies, we learned about the many reform movements of the 19th century. We also started our next project. Working in pairs, each student is creating a Google Slide deck on a reform movement of their choice and will present their slide deck to the class at the end of next week

Music: We continue our journey through BandLab! We are learning to add dynamics to music that we make as well as how to change keys, tempo, and use different instrument families to achieve the sound we are looking for.

7/8 Band: NYSSMA MAJORS is this week!!!! The 7/8 Band will be traveling to Owego on Wednesday 5/15 to play 3 pieces for a panel of judges and receive a score. We will leave school as soon as we can after students arrive (8:15ish), play for the judges, then head to a celebration lunch at Wegmans. Your student needs to either bring a lunch from home, or bring money to buy lunch at Wegmans if they did not submit a lunch form to Mrs. Robertson. We will return to school in time for dismissal.

7/8 Band Lesson Schedule/Groups- week of 5/13

Chorus: Chorus Lesson Groups

THRIVE: Marking Period 4 Student Sign-up Form

8th Grade

Parents: Reminder--Students should be emailing their teachers when absent -- that way they can know what was covered in class. Also please follow the below steps to check assignments in your child’s Google Classrooms.

Science 8: We are wrapping up our unit of study on electromagnetic forces. Students have made an electromagnet, learned how an electric motor and a generator works. We have learned about power sources and also how we can generate power using sustainable methods.

Regents Earth Science: We have begun our last unit of study - space. This includes earth’s motions in space, the moon and its phases, and our solar system and galaxy. Regents Review is due each Tuesday.

Kotler’s ELA 8: Students have begun reading William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, along with watching a movie adaptation. Students have also been taking notes on interview skills to prepare for their interview projects (due May 31st).

Social Studies: We finished the Cold War this week and began the Civil Rights Movement by talking about the meaning of & the myths behind race.

Chorus: Chorus Lesson Groups

7/8 Band Lesson Schedule/Groups- week of 5/13

THRIVE: Marking Period 4 Student Sign-up Form

Google Classroom for Parents

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Clubs & Activities

Student Council

Yearbook

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 14th.

There will be a mini Spirit Week from May 20-22nd. Themes of the days will be:

Monday - Tburg Day
Tuesday - Historical Figure Day
Wednesday - Tropical Day

End of year dance will be on Friday June 21st from 7-9pm. The dance is open to all students in grades 5-8. There will be a DJ, and concessions sold. Presale tickets will be $5 sold at lunch during the week of the dance. Tickets at the door will be $7. Come and celebrate the end of the school year with your friends. Hope to see you there.

You must sign up for the late bus with Mr. Begeal or Ms. Salib by 1:00 PM on Tuesday.

Yearbook Club will meet on Tuesday in the Media room from 3-4:00pm.

*Students needing to ride the bus will be dismissed at 3:35pm to get on the late bus. Students getting picked up/walking home will be dismissed at 4pm.

Any student participating in Yearbook Club who needs to ride the late bus must let advisors Lisa Magee or Tammy Parker know by 12:00pm on the day of the meeting.

Washington, D.C. Trip

Thank you to all families that completed the roommate and information forms online. There will be a meeting with students the first week of June to go over trip expectations, roommates, final itinerary and to answer any questions. Please return the green and yellow forms to Mr. Begeal ASAP. All medical forms and carry orders are due back to the nurse by Wednesday May 22nd.

Please contact Mr. Begeal (wbegeal@tburg.k12.ny.us) if you have any questions.

You can help to support our trip by ordering Tburg Gear through our online store.

PTO