BVMS News!
February 2015
1. “FEBRUARY EVENTS”
-Jan. 26 thru Feb. 6 Yearbook Orders forms are in the office.
-Feb. 6 Interims
-Feb 13 Dance 7:00 - 8:30
-Feb 16-No School Presidents Day
Feb 19- BV Science Fair - Grades 6-12
- Judging during school hours
-Students need own card table, backboard paperwork.
-Awards presentation - 8 pm (public viewing 7-8 pm) in the Gym.
2. “ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS”:
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CLICK HERE for PTO
CLICK HERE for athletic schedule
CLICK HERE for Feb 19th Community Forum on facilities
3. “SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS”:
●CONFERENCE DATES: Thursday 3/26 and Tuesday 4/7 4:30-8:00pm
●FOSTER CARE- My name is Karen and I work for The Village Network, a private, non profit foster care agency in Delaware. I am looking to recruit foster parents in Delaware and Marion County and am reaching out to local schools in the area to see how we can work together to serve the children in our communities. I would be happy to set up a meeting with schools to see how I can get the word out about the need for foster parents in our community. We also do outpatient counseling for children and psychiatric care for those that attend counseling with The Village Network. You can learn more about our foster care program and other services at . My contact information is below. I look forward to speaking with you and hope we can work together. Thank you. Karen A. Cohen, LSW 740-363-7234
●SPRING 2015 Testing schedule:
- “CLASSROOM CORNER”: What is happening in each grade?
5th Grade
LA - Students will continue to read Because of Mr. Terupt, work on figurative language, develop context clue strategies, and write for various purposes. The PBA tests will take place, so please, pay close attention to this schedule. Children are more comfortable when they are testing with their peers on a normal test day. Children, also, show more success with a good night’s sleep and breakfast. Thanks for working with us to help your child do their best.
SS-We are going to begin a unit on the early history of the Americas. The civilizations we will be studying will be Ancient Maya, Ancient Aztec, and Ancient Inca.
SC - We are starting Physical Science with our first emphasis on force and motion. Students will be able to engage in many hands on trials with a 4-H rocket building activity occurring in May.
M - We will begin working on solving numeric expressions, as well as a strong focus on fractions during the month of February.
6th Grade
LA - We are finishing up our unit on figurative language and poetry. Next we will do a quick informational text unit for some review of picking out important facts, summarizing, and making inferences. This will possibly include some comparing of articles/writings as well.
SS -
SC - How Dirty is BVMS? Students will be completing a bacteria lab to determine if life (bacteria) is all around us. We will also be expanding our learning on Cells by learning about the organization of living things, osmosis, diffusion, and mitosis.
M - We will begin Chapter 7 with our focus on calculating rates, and comparing rates with different units. Chapter 7 also includes revisiting expressions by combining like terms with the Distributive Property. Finally we will continue our focus on dividing fractions, mixed numbers a decimals.
7th grade
LA - We are working on animal research papers and projects to help prepare for the PARCC Research PBA (finding evidence, creating detailed paragraphs, organizing writing), as well as doing some practice fiction writing for narrative PBA tasks. We are also continuing to review the parts of speech and to stress both quarterly and PARCC testing vocabulary.
SS - In Social Studies we are learning about Ancient China. What are some important contributions the Chinese made to our world today, and how do they continue to affect our world?
SC -
Currently we are studying earth science, more specifically, Earth's atmosphere and the many ways it supports and protects life on Earth.
M -Math students are currently diving into using an organizational tool called the 5-D Process to help them learn to READ, INTERPRET, and then solve real world situations. Students will be moving quickly into solving algebraic equations with algebra tiles and other manipulatives. Feel free to ask your students to teach you what they have been learning in class! :)
ACCM7/8- Students are wrapping up a unit on transformations and similar figures this month and transitioning back into multiple representations of systems of equations. Look forward to having your student come home and show you what they are learning in class!
8th Grade
LA - Language Arts classes will be working on organizing and developing writing in the areas of literary analysis, narrative, and research in preparation for the PBA PARCC exam. Also, we are excited to implement new strategies that will increase reading comprehension in areas such as understanding author’s word choice, identifying main ideas, and providing evidence to prove understanding.
SS - 8th Grade History is currently covering the Louis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806. We take a look at the War of 1812 before moving on to Westward expansion.
SC - Science classes are investigating the evidence for Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. Interesting geology and paleontology evidence is being collected, as well as models of Earth’s interior and the chemical and physical layers, models of Plate Tectonics and Sea Floor Spreading.
M - Algebra classes will be factoring quadratics and learning various methods for solving them. Math 8 classes will be studying functions, linear vs exponential relationships, and discovering exponent rules, including those that relate to scientific notation. All students are expected to explain one math concept they have learned, including an example problem, to an adult of their choice this month. Ask your student about what math they are learning! :)
Exploratories
choir- In 7th and 8th Grade Choir, students are concentrating on improving their sight-reading skills. The 5th and 6th grade choir students are currently being tested on their ability to read and perform simple rhythms and melodies using solfege syllables and hand signs. They are also composing 4-measure melodies to perform.
band- We continue to focus on improving our counting while playing. This allows us to play rhythmically accurate. New music continues to be given out to challenge the students and provide new opportunities to show off their counting skills. As the 8th graders schedule classes for next year we are discussing the opportunities for band in high school.
PE- This week we will be starting our basketball unit. We will spend a couple days working on skills and the begin modified games.
health-
computer tech-Wortz We are working on brochures using Microsoft Office Publisher.
computer tech- Shaffer We are working on Microsoft Word tools, getting ready to beginning flyers. Eighth graders are starting Photoshop.
art- 5th grade- creating clay eyes to be used in upcoming digital portraits that incorporate technology. 6th grade- developing sketches for imaginative clay whistles. 7th grade- interdisciplinary(language arts animal research papers) animorphic teapot construction(comparing eastern and western pottery design) 8th grade- Altered edges plaster self portraits in conjunction with online classroom sketches and bio of George Segal.
General Music- The 7th & 8th grade general music classes spent January examining the many different genres of music and discussing how music is classified into the categories of Art Music, Traditional Music, and Popular Music. February will bring discussions about the origins of Rock & Roll for the 7th graders and the different time periods of Classical music for the 8th grade.
CBI (Career Based Instruction) - we just finished up career presentations and our service project for Share - Find out more details on the recent Delaware Gazette article at February we will be tweaking our Finance Unit and delving further into job applications, resumes and job interviews.
Life skills-
Mrs. Poydence- We begin the month with a nod to the Super Bowl, making a ‘Game Day Dip’. After that. we plan on focusing on Black History Month. Also, we’re looking forward to learning about an annual contest held in February, sponsored by the Grocer’s Association. This contest is for ‘Best Grocery Bagger’. Finally, we’ll share our friendship with our Baron Buddies during planned buddy luncheons near Valentine’s Day.
Library Media Center- Fifth and sixth graders have been playing the game, “Name That Figurative Language!” during library time to reinforce what they have been learning in Language Arts class. Every seventh grader has been researching and writing a paper about an animal as well as learning how to create a Works Cited page (bibliography). Eighth graders are working on creating a book review on a book that they would recommend to other middle school students. We hope to videotape these and share them at some point. All grades have been learning more about our visiting author, Margaret Peterson Haddix. A note about the visit with a book order form should have come home with your student.
- “PICTURES OF THE MONTH”:
8TH GRADE STUDENTS TRAINING AT THE YOUTH ENERGY SUMMIT IN WORTHINGTON 1-27-15
8th gr positive referral winners!
7th gr. positive referral winners!
5th gr positive referral winners!
6th gr positive referral winners!
Erin Burke works as the Huntington Bank CEO at Biztown through Junior Achievement!
Mike Choe works as the Huntington Bank CFO at Biztown through Junior Achievement!
(Mrs. Rose)Sam is leading lunch time devotion for the first time today. 24 kids!!
This is kids leading kids-their discussion is so amazing.