Once again, in an attempt to simplify our book distribution and textbook billing process, we ask that you purchase your books over the summer for the upcoming school year. This will ensure that you can find the best solution.

Click here to download a PDF of the middle school text book list.

Here are some suggested vendors you may use to help you with your search:

• Amazon
• Half eBay
• Barnes and Noble

You may also try your local school department or try ordering directly from the publisher.

Here are some direct links for tricky titles:

GLENCOE Language books:

• Grade 6 Spanish - http://www.glencoe.com/catalog/index.php/home/1

AMSCO PUBLISHING:

• Grade 6 French – http://amsco.extendsales.com/AMSCOPUB/control/productdetails?item_id=9781567653090
• Grade 8 French – http://amsco.extendsales.com/AMSCOPUB/control/productdetails?item_id=9781567653069

History Books

• Grade 8 Holocaust book - http://www.gifttool.com/shop/ShopProductDetailsID=1332&VER=1&LNG=EN&PID=36372&DID=857
• Grade 7, A HISTORY OF US series – either try bargain sites or  http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/series/AHistoryofUS/?view=usa

Please don’t forget that the summer reading books and requirements are on the Library Website. There are separate expectations for students in grades 3-8. Happy Reading!

In conjunction with their English classes, the 6th graders just finished a video project. With Mrs. Bartlett’s group, the students used their persuasive writing pieces to create a short advertisement to persuade their viewers. In Mrs. Holden’s class, the students took either their “Where I’m From” poems or a vignette as the subject for their short videos.

All images and media are Creative Commons Licensed and credited at the close of the video.

6B Persuasive Videos

6H Poems & Stories

MATH – NO HW

LA – literature circle work – folders will be collected tomorrow (Friday)

Please turn in your Textbook to class to Mr. McMahon’s room on Thursday. 

Review the study guide for the exam. The first question requires you to anaylze sources. Below is an example to review. 

President Jackson, a politician known for having supported the forced removal of the Cherokee and someone who comments from a distance in Washington, DC, paints a pleasant picture of a generous government paying handsomely for the Cherokee to be provided for amply during their move to their “new homes.” This is in stark contrast to the first-hand account depicted by Alexis de Tocqueville, a visitor from France with no personal stake in the event. Tocqueville, who personally sees the conditions of the Cherokee during their forced march, says, “ the Cherokee hoped to find an asylum that had been promised to them by the American government” that they “possessed neither tents nor wagons” during “an unusually severe winter in which the ground had frozen hard,” and that they included people “on the verge of death.” He goes on to say, “never will that solemn spectacle fade from my memory.” The implication is that the promised treatment from the government was a cruel joke. Both of the quotations are from primary sources and are reliable for their authenticity, but may include bias. Nevertheless, they can help us to understand the perspectives of two people present during the event. In this case, the testimony of Tocqueville is more believable than that of the President. Tocqueville is actually there with the Cherokee. He also is known as a careful, impartial observer, whereas Jackson comments from the perspective of someone far away who chose to stand against the Cherokee when they wished to stay on their land. He has an interest in protecting his reputation by portraying himself as a generous, caring national leader. I would conclude that the Cherokee move west almost certainly fit its name, The Trail of Tears.”

LA – get literature circle assignments signed

        complete literature circle work for tonight – due tomorrow

MATH – Quiz tomorrow (triangles and quadrilaterals)

2 Math Review Sheets

Grade 6: Study for quiz on stem and leaf plots and box and whisker plots.

On Wed. we will travel to Canobie Lake Park where the students will enjoy various amusement Park rides while taking data on a specified number of them. Once they have collected the data which they will be graded on, they are free to explore the park further. The exam is a take-home open-book test and is due in my hand or in my faculty mail box by Friday Morning at 9:30. There are some extra credit points available if the exam is handed in during the day on Thursday.

Answer lab question about identifying minerals.

Complete paragraphs for essay.

Notetaking Guide pg. 303 #1 & pg. 306 #2 & 3
Quiz Tomorrow on sections 13.5 & 13.6
Review Handout #1 due Thursday

Grammar Handout (2-sided)
Read Gathering Blue to pg. 173

Grade 6: PWB 13.6: 1, 2, 3. Use your notes and textbooks so that you do not confuse the terms and how to plot the median, upper and lower quartiles, and upper and lower extremes. Quiz on stem & leaf and box & whisker on Thursday.

LA – literature circle work due tomorrow

MATH – PW pgs. 122-123 due tomorrow

              Quiz Thursday – Triangles and quadrilaterals

Do workbook pgs. 75-78