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Students in several 8th grade language arts classes at Charles Town Middle School participated

in a presentation by Mark Strauss, an artist, author and Holocaust survivor. Mr. Strauss says

that his goal is to bring his message of tolerance to as many people as he can. This was an

opportunity for the students to connect real life with written content. Students were excited

about seeing the program and the artwork shown. See full article

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No School

General Election Day

11/6/2012

Veterans Day

11/12/2012

Thanksgiving Break

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Charles Town Middle School Band

2012-2013 Schedule of Events**All rehearsals and performances are mandatory**

November

13, 27 After-School Jazz Band 3-4:30pm

7, 28, 30 7th

& 8th

Grade Marching Band Practice 3-4

13 Music Booster meeting 7pm

December

4, 11 After-School Jazz Band 3-4:30pm

1 7th

& 8th

Grade Charles Town

Christmas Parade & Music Booster Bake Sale in front of Collins Barber Shop

downtown Charles Town


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READ 180

Mrs. Corley (6th

, 7th & 8th

Grades) Mrs. Morton (7th

& 8th

Grades) Mr.

Slacker (6th

Grade)

Parents,

The end of the first nine weeks is already here! Our READ 180 students have finished two

complete workshops: One on immigration and the other on natural disasters. Your kids havealso written an essay titled, If I Were a Superhero. These were so much fun to read! They

ranged from saving the world from litter and global warming, to saving the world from

fashion disasters! We are looking forward to another successful nine weeks in READ 180.

Please feel free to call or email us at any time with any questions or concerns you may have

regarding your childs progress in the READ 180 program.

Dont forget to check your childs planner and LiveGrades!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Corley

Mrs. Morton

Mr. Slacker

Ms. Mackeys Room

Fall is upon and so is the second nine-week grading period. All classes have been working on"FRACTIONS". We have added and subtracted them, as well as, adding and subtracting mixed

numbers. We even cut up gummy worms to show comparison and order:

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will be moving on to graphing. Students will be complete a project on graphing after they

survey their class on "what's your favorite and bar". All students have completed their 1st

nine-week Acuity Benchmark...Keep up the great work!

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Ms. Hollcrofts 6thgrade Language Arts

We have been working on grammar in English and reading some

interesting stories. We will now be moving into the 5 step writing

process and a descriptive write. We also are completing our first6th grade TechStep: Poetry in Motion. We will continue to learn

Greek and Latin word roots to help comprehension of texts.

Heres to a great 2nd 9 weeks!

Ms. Hollcroft

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The Science Fair: Its as easy as:

Mrs. Rehberg-7th Grade Science

It is hard to believe that a quarter of the school year has gone by! We are

finishing up the 9-weeks with our Rocks and Minerals unit and will be

starting physics next quarter. In our physics unit we will be learning a lot

about waves, light, and sound. Dont forget the science fair is on December

12 from 8:30-12:00 PM. If you are interested starting thinking about an idea

and get started! If you have any questions please ask your science teacher.

Also, this year we are having a preview night December 11 so make plans to

attend! Enjoy the gorgeous fall weather!

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Weavers English Corner

8th Grade Language Arts

t has been an excellent first marking period! Its always exciting to meet a new group of

students that Ill be working with over the next year and learning about their personalities an

skills. Weve spent much of the first marking period just getting our feet wet with the type o

material that well be working with in 8th grade English. This analytical (as opposed to

comprehension) method of reading and writing was very new to the students so I spent a

great deal of time introducing it. Weve started the year learning about the differences

between analytical writing and reading and reading and writing for comprehension. Student

have learned about thesis-driven essays and the proper components of an academic essay.

We spent several weeks practicing the different structural pieces of an essay (introduction,

body, and conclusion paragraphs, in-text citations, and other smaller areas of concern). We

have read two short stories and approached them from an analytical perspective for class

discussions, which we spend a great deal of time with in my class. All the readings have be

and will continue to be completed in class, aloud, so that I can be sure that all students are

ollowing along and achieving a basic level of comprehension. We will be moving into our firs

novel in November and continue working on fine-tuning essays and learning the academic

approach to writing about literature. Im looking forward to a great year with what seems to

be a great group of young scholars! If you have any questions, please email me anytime:

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