Christmas Tree Pick-up

Dear Families,

On January 7th, we will be doing a Christmas Tree Pick-up. Donations will
be accepted for the 8th Grade Boston trip. If you are interested in having
your tree picked up, please contact Joe Smith at jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org.

Families, if you could please spread this information in you neighborhoods
it will be greatly appreciated. Also we will be looking for a few parents
with pick-up trucks to help out.

Thank you for your continued support and I hope you have a Happy New Year!

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Today's task

Math: Dec 21, 2011

7th Grade: ACE(3.4)Pages 40-47, #12, 27-31, everyone should try 32 but
not spend more then several minutes on this.

8th Grade; ACE(2.4) Pages 33-45, #25, 27, 33, 55 *56

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Colonial Week in U.S. History!

Hello Parents,

We have just finished our second day of our Colonial Week. This is a "hands-on" week with activities allowing students feel what it might be like in colonial America. The first two days were set up with quilting. The idea was to get students to understand how time consuming it was for families to make their own clothes and then using scraps or worn out clothing to make quilts. The quilts were not just to cover beds but were also used to cover windows and doors in drafty houses. Most students just made quilt squares. Some are helping to make a quilt which can be used as a fundraiser for our 8th grade Boston trip. Many thanks to Andrea German and Stephanie Eddy for volunteering their time in the classroom over the past two days. I would love to find a volunteer to help finish the quilt (this is where my knowledge ends). Let me know if you can help.

Tomorrow, Bob Ware is coming in to help with colonial woodworking. We have an assortment of tools dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries which students will get to try out. The focus again will be on how much time it took to accomplish certain tasks. We will also talk about post and beam construction and some of the tools used to do this type of construction. Our last day will focus on colonial games that kids played. I will have 4-5 games set up that the students can play in a stations approach. So far students seem to be enjoying themselves.

There is no homework this week. I will try to have PowerSchool up to date by the end of the week. I am still working on grading tests from last week.

Have a great week.

Mr. Burton

Today's task

math:

7th Grade: 3.3 Pages 38-39, A-E
8th Grade: 2.4 Page 32 A&B

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Tasks for Dec. 19-22

Math: Dec. 19-22

7th Grade:
ACE(3.3)Pages 40-47, problems 9, 11, 13-16
ACE(3.4) Pages 40-47 Assigned Problems

8th Grade:
TWMM: Investigation 1 & 2 Quiz
ACE(2.4) Pages 33 -45

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Boston Update and Calendar Raffle

Dear Families,

This year, we have been doing a great job on fundraising for Boston.
Thanks to the work that you all have done, we are in the best position
financially that we have ever been in. We only need to raised $18,000
more. As you may know, we have just started the Calendar Raffle. Since
the calendar raffle is put together all by donated items, we get 100% of
the profit. This means if each student in the middle school sells five,
we could earn approximately $15,000. That would put us very close to our
goal.

Before I explain the raffle, I just wanted to acknowledge that we raised
over $900 with the candle fundraiser. I want to publicly thank Paula Cary
and Aneita Menard for putting this together. We are hoping to get the
candles out to students before break.

Details on the Calendar Raffle

How the calendar works
+ They cost $10
+ A winner is drawn for each day in February
+ If you win, your name gets put back in the drawing
+ There are over $1000 worth of prizes and each day is at least a $40 value

What do the students need to do?
+ Get the calendars and raffle tickets from their advisory teacher.
+ Sell the calendars, student receives $10 and gets the red ticket with
the name and phone number, the customer keeps the calendar and the lower
portion of the red ticket.
+ The student the money and the tickets to their advisory teacher.
+ Any unsold calendars are returned to the advisory teacher.

Incentives
+ Top advisory gets a ice cream party
+ Top seller gets 2 tickets for the new water park at Jay Peak
+ Any one who sells 10 tickets gets a pizza party and a movie

The calendar raffle was put together by Michelle Anemikos and Heidi
Slayton. They really put a lot of time and effort into this project.
Please thank them the next time you see them.

I appreciate the hard work that everyone has put in and I can guarantee
that your student will have an unforgetable time in Boston. This will be
a trip that they will remember the rest of their lives.

Thanks,
Joe

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Task for Dec.12-16

Math: Dec. 12-16, 2011

7th Grade:
ACE(3.1)Pages 40-47, #1-3, *33
ACE(3.2) Pages 40-47, $4-8, 10, 22, *34
ACE(3.3) Pages 40-47, Assigned Problems
8th Grade:
ACE(2.2) Pages 33-45, #5-17, *62
ACE(2.3) Pages ee-45, #18-24, *43
Additional Practice Worksheet for Invest#2
Investigation #2 Quiz
Please check your student's planner.

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U.S. History: 12/12-12/16

Hello Parents,

I hope everyone had a good weekend. You can really feel the holiday season approaching inside and outside of the school. This week we are continuing with our exploration of the early colonies. I will introduce more of the reasons why the colonies were founded and who was settling there. This leads to the cultural differences that evolve over time in our early history. I will wrap up with all new material tomorrow and then launch into review to prepare for our test. The test will be on Thursday. Today students began putting together a "study packet". The study packet includes 7 pages (worksheets and quizzes). This is all the work we have done so far on this unit, mostly following the content in Chapter 5 of the textbook. If students lost work, I have extra copies that they can get from me. The completed study packet will be the student's "ticket" to play the review game on Wednesday. I suggest that students begin preparing for the test starting tonight with around 15 minutes of review. You can help by "quizzing" them from the study packet. This week's tasks are the following:

____ Chap. 5, Sect. 3-5 questions/vocabulary worksheet (due Wed.)
____ Completed "study packet" (due Wed)
____ TEST - Chap. 5- The 13 British Colonies (Thursday)

*Reminder - Permission slip and $9 for ice skating trip Friday is due TOMORROW. Thank you.

Have a great week.

Mr. Burton

Tasks for Dec. 5-9

Math Task for December 5-9

7th Grade
C&S ACE(2.3)P. 24-32, #6-8, 19-21, 24, *23
Invest 1 & 2 Review Packet
Invest 1 & 2 Quiz
Practice from Section 3 to be announced

8th Grade
2.1 P24-26 A & B
ACE (2.1) Pages 33-54, #1-3(labsheet), 35, 36
ACE(2.2) Pages 33-54 Assigned Problems

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U.S. History: 12/5-12/9

Hello Parents,

I hope everyone had a good weekend. The focus on Jamestown went very well last week. I feel that the students were engaged and interested. The outcome of the quiz was also pretty good. I had wanted all students to get at least 8/10 correct. We were close. PowerSchool is updated (four assignments and two quizzes so far). I am still looking for volunteers to help during "Colonial Week" set for 12/19-12/22. I will need help with sewing stations, running colonial games, and woodworking. Let me know if you can help. Thanks.

This week's focus will be on Plymouth. We will use Chapter 5, Section 2 as our guide. The settling of Plymouth and later the New England colonies will really show some of the cultural differences between the North and the South. As I said to the kids, how would our country be different today if the Mayflower did not get blown off course? The following are this week's tasks:

____ Chap. 5, Sect. 2 worksheet (due Wednesday) - questions 1-7 are homework tonight if they did not finish them in class.
____ Map of colonies (due Fri)
____ Quiz: Chap. 5, Sect. 2 (Wed).

Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great week.

Mr. Burton

Task for today

Math Dec. 2, 2011

7th Grade: 2.3 Pages 22& 23 A-C They were given time complete this in
class. We will go over this on Monday.
8th Grade: 2.1 Pages 24-26 A& B Students started this yesterday. Many
had difficulty with the first part which involved direct instruction.
They were given today to complete this. We will go over this on Monday.

Planners or task written on a piece of paper (planner missing) are signed
off on Friday. Please check planner to see your child is completing all
work for the week. Thanks!!

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Today's Task

Dec. 1 ,2011
Math
7th Grade: ACE(2.2) Pages 24-32 #4, 5, 14 -18 *22

8th Grade: 2.1 Pages 24-26 A&B

Note: Students who are missing work as of November 18th were given a
printout of their work. They should be working on completing the missing
work.

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