Fulton Middle School Explo Classes
Team FMS: Together, We Can! - May 2, 2016
Welcome to the FMS EXPLO Newsletter!
Coach Masek, Coach Windmiller, Coach Youse
If weather permits us to be outside, we will be involved in activities such as wiffleball, kickball, and flag football
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Coach Youse
7th Grade is continuing a unit over illegal drugs and alcohol.
Monday: Read pg 60-61, Watch The Truth About Drugs (Inhalants) video and explore drugfreeworld.org website.
Tuesday-Friday: Students will be working on a 20 point research project over an illegal drug. Students will create a PSA covering the following information: the drug's street names, short-term and harmful long-term effects, what category the drug is in, how the drug is ingested and what it looks like and why teens should never try the drug. Students may present their findings through a poster, slideshow, pamphlet or video PSA.
Please be sure to check your child's grade. If you have concerns, grades can be brought up by completing missing work and getting it turned in as soon as possible.
8th Grade students are continuing our study of sexually transmitted diseases.
Monday: Presenting STD projects.
Tuesday/Wednesday: Read page 55-57 over HIV. Complete HIV/AIDS "What I Know" worksheet.
Thursday/Friday: Read page 36-40. Create a list of how an unintended pregnancy and/or STD infection would affect a teen's life.
Please be sure to check your child's grade. If you have concerns, grades can be brought up by completing missing work and getting it turned in as soon as possible.
Please feel free to contact me at myouse@fulton58.org if you have any questions or concerns. Don't forget to follow me on Twitter @healthyfms and sign up for text reminders by texting @youse(child's grade) to 81010.
Ms. Glynn and Ms. Neudecker
This week 6th grade band will be focusing on learning new exercises in their book. The band has received sheet music for their next concert and they are so excited to show you what they have learned this year. Next year in 7th grade we will be finishing up what we can in the book and then moving on to book 2 of the Essential Elements Series. Please continue to encourage your student to take their instrument home and practice. We are working on two pieces of sheet music titled Bravado Tango and the Gladiator. Next week we will also be pulling out the band in sections to more individualize instruction as the concert draws closer. Our next concert is scheduled for Thursday May 12 at 6:00 PM in the middle school gym. More information will be sent out as it becomes available.
7th grade band is still using book 2 in the Essential Elements series. Please make sure that if you have not bought a book that your student brings money to do so. Woodwinds and Brass are $8.00 and Percussion is $15.00. Please make sure you do this as soon as possible so your student can practice at home. Students are also working on more complex rhythmic patterns. Please make sure that you are encouraging your students to practice at home. The music is harder, and we are so excited that the band is stepping up! One of the pieces is a march and one of the pieces is a traditional folk song. They are titled Lone Eagle March and Shepherd's Hey. The band is also getting pulled out one section at a time for sectionals. If your student feels that they need extra help or attention MS. Neudecker and myself are available for practice after school on Wednesday's from 3:30 - 4:30. The next concert is scheduled for Thursday May 12 in the middle school gym. More information will be sent home as it becomes available!
8th Grade band has received new scale sheets and are working on more complex music for their end of the year concert. We are very excited to show everyone what we have been working on all year. The band is working on 2 selections for our Spring Concert, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral and a Medley from the Little Mermaid. Please encourage your students to work on their make up assignments for their rhythm sheets, emails are sent home to parents and students weekly. Please encourage your students to get these turned in! There will also be a parent meeting for any students that will be entering high school band next year on Tuesday May 17 in the high school band room at 6:30 PM. Please come and become a parent volunteer, we are always happy to have you! More information about band camp will also become available at this meeting!
8th Grade students may have also signed up to help with the Jazz Band Big Band Dance at the high school. This will take place on Saturday May 7 at 5:00 PM - 10:00 Pm. If they have signed up to help they can be there as early as 2:30 to help set up tables and to decorate! Please let me know if you, as a parent are interested in helping as well!
Please make sure that students are getting their missing work in as soon as possible! If you need to know if your student has a missing assignment please do not hesitate to get a hold of me. I have sent home emails about missing rhythm sheets.
As always, if you ever have any questions please feel free to contact Ms. Glynn or Ms. Neudecker at sglynn@fulton58.org or kneudecker@fulton58.org. Thank you for your continued support!
Kids' Choice Website of the Week!
Look here each week for engaging websites for your kids to use at home! This week's pick is 15 Steps. It is a Scratch game brought to us by MIT Education Department. Check out 15 Steps, along with other games MIT offers at this link: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/12788880/
Mrs. Bailey
The 8th grade students enrolled in Computer Applications continued with their goal setting along with choosing strategies to help them reach their goals. This is a year long process, increasing 3 wpm each month. For April our benchmark goal is 37 wpm with 90% accuracy for the month. 7th and 8th grade Computer Applications students reviewed QR Codes, then did several activities using Shortened URL's. 7th and 8th grade "wheel" had a mini-lesson and activity on Shortened URL's, along with practicing their keyboarding skills. 6th grade students participated in many activities while completing a Shortened URL's unit.
All grade levels participated in the 15 Steps game challenge on Friday. It can be challenging for kids and adults. Try 15 Steps with your child at https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/12788880/
Please feel free to contact me at jbailey@fulton58.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Check out the QR Code below! Ask your child how it was made.
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Mr. Chapman
From The Art Room
8th Graders are have started their altered book project which will take us about four or five weeks roughly. It was a confusing start for them as I expected, but they are doing a fantastic job getting started and problem solving and working out preliminary ideas. As with anything new, there is always hesitation, and fear of the unknown, but I have confidence they will turn out some really great things. They are off to a good start. This is one of my favorite lessons, and something that really teaches students how to enjoy the process of Art making.
7th Grade Just finished up an aboriginal design project, and are now starting on a stained glass type of project using paper. The lesson is a problem solving exercise with the challenge in seeing positive and negative space correctly.
7th Grade Wheel classes are working on Illuminated letters as we continue with the "art about you" theme moving into their own Personal Coat of Arms next.
6th Grade are working on one point perspective buildings with a twist. They are working on small cities from a birds eye perspective. This has been somewhat of a challenge, but it has been a great introduction to challenging them to think outside the box a little more.
WIN: ( 8th Grade Art Enrichment)Students are working on drawing old barns, and pushing value in their drawings.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at cchapman@fulton58.org
Ms. Lehman and Dr. Moebes
The Hornet Singers have shown great growth through the year thus far and I'm excited to see what they can do for their final performance of the year. The students will be starting in depth work on their new repertoire this week with the theme "I Dream A World".
SO proud of what this group continues to produce in the classroom everyday.
Harmony Hornets are having a great time at their weekly Tuesday rehearsals and can't wait to showcase all they've accomplished (and will accomplish) in May!
If you ever have any questions, concerns, or comments, feel free to contact me at llehman@fulton58.org.
Hornet Pride Choir (7th grade) is working on a wide variety of repertoire selections, and are excited to share them. We are preparing two songs for Coach Turner's play that will be performed in May! Choir students ARE NOT required to participate in the play, but will know the music should they choose to volunteer their time for performances! Our other repertoire includes songs from Disney's Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.
6th grade Arts Alive students have wrapped up their research projects about musical artists and groups. The research is complete, and we are starting presentations Monday, May 2nd. Each day 2-5 students will have the opportunity to share their research with their classmates. Students are required to present their Google Slides presentation for the class. This makes each class exciting and interesting because you may learn about Conway Twitty on the same day as Fetty Wap! Students will take notes on their classmates' presentations as well. Volunteers to present will be permitted to go first, then we will have a random drawing for presentation order.
7th and 8th grade Arts Alive classes have completed research on their individually chosen music genre projects. For this research opportunity, students selected a musical genre, and two of its sub-genres. They profiled a total of 4 artists or group who represent these subgenres. Presentations will take place during class, starting Monday, May 2nd! Volunteers will be allowed to present first, then names will be drawn randomly. All research projects MUST be completed by Monday, May 2nd. For daily work, students who are observing presentations will have a notes checklist to complete.
Please feel free to contact me any time! bmoebes@fulton58.org.
Mrs. Schenewerk
The Missouri Readers Award winners were recently announced! The winners, as selected by Missouri students, are as follows:
Mark Twain Award (Grades 4-6)
1st place: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
2nd place: Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan
3rd place: Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesel Shurtliff
Truman Award (Grades 6-8)
1st place: Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
2nd place: The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
3rd place: The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
All FMS library books will need to be turned in this week so we can begin our end of year inventory. If your child has a book checked out, please help them to remember to turn in back in to the library this week.
As always, feel free to contact me at tschenewerk@fulton58.org with any questions or concerns.