Weekly Newsletter 3/31/2017
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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 3/31/2017
WEEKLY HAPPENINGS
CLASS NOTES
LUNCH MENU
Lunch Menu
Adams School Newsletter
WEEK OF 4/3-4/7
Monday: Chicken tenders, potato
smiles, peas, oranges and milk
Tuesday: Spaghetti, whole wheat bun,
peaches, green beans and milk
Wednesday: Teriyaki chicken, brown
rice, broccoli, apple and milk
Thursday: Cheese pizza, salad,
cantaloupe and milk
Friday: Fish sticks, hash brown
potatoes, oranges and milk
COMMUNITY & SCHOOL
NEWS/EVENTS:
Next week's play rehearsal
schedule is as follows:
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Monday, April 3: (Everyone-unless we
emailed you to tell you otherwise)
After school until 4:00
Emerson Hall
Wednesday, April 5: (5th to 8th grade)
**We would also like Dylan and
Tyler Varney, Stephanie, and Erik to
attend Wednesday practice
After school until 4:00
Emerson Hall
Friday, April 7: (5th to 8th grade)
After school until 4:00
Emerson Hall
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Class Notes
Updates from teachers/staff/students
Health:
The 7-8 class continued their discussion of the environment with a
focus on plastics. The K-2 classes talked about, "Too Much Junk
Food!"
PE:
The 5-8 classes continued with the "Invent A Game Unit." This
week we played several games involving flashlights in the dark!
The K-2 class finished up tag games and started working on
throwing and catching.
Athletics:
Little League Baseball Practice at 8:30am on Saturday (tomorrow)
at the Penobscot School.
Kindergarten:
A big thank you to Rick Miller for a very fun presentation at the
MMA planetarium with my kindergarteners. It felt like pure magic
to see the night sky in all it's splendor. Our favorite moments were
watching the Northern Lights, identifying constellations, flying
bacon,(!) and going for a wicked cool rollercoaster ride! We love
our neighbor friends at MMA!!!
1st-2nd Grade:
Mathematicians began exploring the world of geometry. As they
explore both 2-D and 3-D shapes, they will learn how to partition
shapes in halves, thirds and fourths and describe different
geometric shapes by their attributes. We have continued our study
of maps and now have a better understanding of our location in
the world. Students will use this information to help lead their
understanding of water and land formations near and far.
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3rd-4th Grade:
This week we started a new science unit on energy. Students are
learning that the higher an object is on a ramp, the more potential
energy it contains, and it will roll farther when it leaves the ramp
because it has more energy. To test this students released cars at
different increments on a ramp. They measured how far the car
rolled. We also discussed how important it is that other variables
such as which car is used, the ramp not moving, and the surface
the car is rolling on, do not change throughout the experiment, or
it might change our results.
Mr. McWeeny:
5-6 Science
5-6 had a full week. They began the week with work on Newton's
third Law. For every action there is an equal and opposite
reaction. The math that goes along with the law is pretty
straightforward. On Wednesday the class went on a field trip with
Kirk Gentalen, a naturalist with Maine Coast Heritage Trust. As
usual our trip with Kirk was informative and lots of fun. Not only
did we find a couple of raccoons, we also saw tracks of deer, fox
and porcupines. There were other signs also like scat and foul
smelling urine soaked trees! The class finished the week working
with force vectors and learned how to add force vectors to find the
resultant force in a system.
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7-8 Science
The class learned how to make a family tree McWeeny style.
There are special rules for the family tree because the students
will trace four or five different traits across their families. They will
be first determining which genes are dominant and then apply
Mendel's rules to determine what the chances of each family
member is of becoming what they did. Thanks to the families for
helping with the data collection of the traits. It is always a good
thing to have real data to work with!
Ms. Jackson:
LA/SS Patty Hutchins from the Wilson Museum brought Maja
Trivia back to the Adams School. She will come
every Wednesday for the month of April.
5/6 LA/SS Students studied the Mysteries of Rapa Nui and
worked on map skills including latitude and longitude and the
movement of the earth.
7/8 LA/SS- Students continued to study the U.S. Supreme Court
Confirmation process including comparing/contrasting Gorsuch
interviews by two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Po Box 29
Castine, Maine 04421
(207) 326-8608
(207) 326-0665 (fax)
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