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1 18 April 2008 Mrs. Becker s Bits 8th Grade Language Arts: DOL quiz (Week 24) on Thursday. Spelling skills pages (Unit 34) due Friday; Spelling test (Unit 34) on Friday. We will study gerunds this week and review participles and infinitives. 7th Grade Literature: Students will continue reading the novel Across Five Aprils. 7M Quiz Tuesday on chapters 1-4; 7PA Quiz Wednesday on chapters 4 and 5. 7th Grade Language Arts: Spelling skills pages (Unit 34) due Thursday; Spelling test (Unit 34) on Friday. DOL quiz (Week 30) on Friday. Students will work with Sentence Pattern #15 Open With a Past Participle. If time allows, students will complete a writing exercise relating to Across Five Aprils. 8th Grade Drama: We will be making half-masques this week and discussing masquerade balls in Elizabethan times. Enjoy the weekend! Is Spring finally here? The Band Played On Mrs. Henrichs We are working hard to prepare for next Saturday, April 26th. We perform at Triad at 10:00a.m. so we should be back in town by 11:30a.m.. Permission slips went home today. The Last BAND PARENT MEETING of the year was last night. If you missed it, the agenda is posted on my website. The Spring Concert is on Thursday, May 8th at 7:00p.m.. It will include all 3 bands & the chorus. Be prepared for some interesting performances. News Flash..We will have a Pep Rally for the Band at 2:15p.m. on Thursday, April 24th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~Check it Out!~~~~~~~~~~~ No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. (Now, how many of you tried it?) Take It or Leave It. This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. Lyndon B. Johnson

2 Shapin Up with Shubert -PE & Health The 7th grade class is now working on a paper for health class. This paper is explained on my website and we will work on this until next week. All other classes will complete fitness testing. Remember, I like to get outside when it is possible, please bring sweatshirts or sweatpants when it is chilly in the morning. Have a great weekend! Mr. Gabler s History Classes 6th Grade Social Studies: We will begin chapter 18 on the building of Empires in Europe 7th Grade Social Studies: We will be discussing the battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Make sure the students are working on memorizing the Gettysburg Address 8th Social Studies: We will be discussing Bush 1 and the Clinton Presidency and the first Gulf War Mrs. Varel s Tidbits 6 Literature: Where the Red Fern Grows A chapter 1-5 comprehension quiz will be on Tuesday. The second vocabulary activity is due Friday. 6 Language Arts: The week 4 DOL quiz will be Friday. We will also continue the punctuation unit next week; we will focus on apostrophes, hyphens, and abbreviations. A review quiz (quotations, apostrophes, and hyphens) will be on Thursday. 6 Spelling: Unit 35 definitions are due Tuesday, and the book is due Friday; the test is also Friday. 8 Literature: The Outsiders A chapter 1-4 comprehension and vocabulary quiz will be on Wednesday. 6 & 7 Non-Jazz Band Art: We will do another color project next week.

3 6M Math Scale Drawings Modeling Percents Mid-Chapter Quiz Fractions & Percents Decimals & Percents Percent of Number Estimating with Percents Chapter 10 Test 6T Math Mid-Chapter Surface Area of Rect. Prism Surface Area of Cylinder Precision Measurement Powers and Exponents Order of Operations Variables and Expressions 7th Grade Math Simple Events Tree Diagrams Fundamental Counting Principle Permutations Mid-Chapter Quiz Combinations Theoretical and Experimental Probability 7th Pre-Algebra Add./Subt. Of Monomials Distributive Property Foil Method Factoring Polynomials Factoring Binomials 8th Grade Math Graphing Systems Equations Graphing Linear Inequalities Multiplying and Dividing Monomials Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials Distributive Property Foil Method Algebra Problems with Two Variables Addition and Subtraction Method Multiplication with Add/Subt. Method Chapter 9 Test Order of Real Numbers Solving Inequalities Word Problems with Inequalities Grade Name # 6M Matt A. 47 6T Haley H. 66 7M Brayan M. 37 7PA Drew F Sam H. 76 **Basketball Camps: I have information on the basketball camps at McKendree College and SIU Carbondale (Boys). If you are interested ested, please contact me and I ll make a copy and give it to your child. **The Varsity Boys Baketball Schedule is complete. I will post it on my website soon.

4 Reading: Reader story The Sea Maiden of Japan Quiz over story on Thursday Health: eating right project Science plants Math: Start ch 11, geometry English: finish up persuasive essay, DOL wk 12 Spelling: See website for list, unit 28 *We are planning a field trip on Thursday, May 1st. We will be touring the town of Germantown. We will carry clipboards and take notes. We will be gone all day so you will need a lunch, we will eat it at the park. It is only April, please do not give up, we are not done with school just yet!!* Rakers Rabble 8 th Grade Science Next week we will begin a new book on, Earth s Weather. 7 th Grade Science We finished watching The March of the Penguins and will test over it on Monday. We will then begin our next chapter on Mammals. 6 th Grade Science Next week we will continue our new book on, Ecology: Earth s Living Resources. 6 th Geography Next week Thursday we will TEST on the States & Capitals of the South & Northwest. Lady Bulldog V-Ball Summer Camps: Central High School Volleyball Camp - July 7th-9th Mater Dei High School Volleyball Camp - June 17th-20th Germantown Volleyball Camp - TBA Clinton County Club Crush Camps - TBA Wash U Camps (in St. Louis) - June 16th - 20th & June 23rd 27th Quote of the Summer: Championships are won in the off-season. - Pat Summit, University of Tennessee Girls Basketball Coach

5 Mrs. Z s Fab Five...zurliene@clinton.k12.il.us April 11th Reading: Math: Chapter 11 Geometry Social Studies: Chapt. 15 Review notes for test-test Wed. Spelling: See list and posting on website: Unit 28 English: - DOL test Week 11 test. Working on a persuasive paper. Health: Healthy food commercials on Wed. at 9:15. Keep them simple Reading: - Reader story The Sea Maiden Quiz over story & vocab. on Thursday *One minute maximum allowed. We will be taking a tour of the town May 1st. Kids will be gone all day and need to have a sack lunch for that day. We will end at Bobby s Fort. News of the Week The kids survived my absence. However, several 5th graders are down to just 1 or 2 tickets. I appreciate a little pep talk from home. We will keep working strong until the 16th of May. Midterms go home on Wednesday. Thanks! Thanks! Mrs. Zurliene. The date of the track meet for next week has been changed. Due to the availability of the track. It is now on Friday April 25th at Mater Dei beginning at 4 P>m Congratulation to the track teams on a fine showing at Salem. We had many first and second place finishes. Good job!!!!!! The athletic banquet is scheduled for May 6th at 6:30 at the Germantown American Legion. Thank you to everyone who sent in their money. If you have not please do so as soon as possible. Thank You. April Birthdays Staff 07 Mrs. Betty Budde 20 Ms. Cheri Buehnerkemper Students 01 Miranda Bruss 12 Mary Helen Otrembiak 28 Nolan Gerling 03 David Foppe 13 Trent Beer 29 Haley Schroder 06 Maddyson Athmer 15 Austin Toennies 30 Brandon Beer 06 Sara Knoiepmann 17 Quinton Fruend 07 Kaitlyn Wuebbles 19-Melissa Wolters 07 Samantha Bruss 19 Nick Wolters 07 Victor Garcia 23 Riley Kohnen 08 Jaiden Kreke 24 Kayla Mattson 10 Christian Kohnen 28 Jillian Tonnies