Curtis Corner Middle School 301 Curtis Corner Road     Wakefield, RI   02879 Phone:  401-360-1333   Fax:  401-360-1334 Home Activities Calendar Directions Contact Info  2007-08 Calendar SK District site Marlin's Home Page Quarterly Newletters Science Social Studies Math Literacy Unified Arts Physical Education Health Photos Nightly Homework Marlins's Newsletters  -   Marlin Team News Letter November, 2008 Here’s a quick glimpse into your child’s 1stquarter.  Ask your child for more details about what he/she learned. Happy Reading and Discussing! LITERACY - Mrs. Smithand Mrs. Denelle Working Together unit – focus on vocabulary, comprehension and story elements through realistic fiction. Grammar – daily language review. Writing – ideas and organization. Now reading The Cay, a survival novel. SOCIALSTUDIES - Mrs. Denelle Geography – map skills and land and water terms. Map project – created a map to be shared at Student Led Conference. Current events – local, national (elections) and worldwide news. Next, Asia (focus on East Asia) – geography, history and culture. MATH - Mrs.Smith Collected, displayed and interpreted data. Solved various word problems using different strategies. Performing all operations with whole numbers and decimals. Next, using variables and formulas.                         Marlins and Orcas playing a math game. SCIENCE - Mrs. Arcand Energy and the Atmosphere- using scientific terminology to explain the processes in the water cycle, cold fronts and warm fronts Ecosystems-building an ecocolumn to connect our lessons about the interdependence of living and non-living things in the environment. Photosynthesis-using manipulatives Beginning in January- Magnets and Motors. LITERACY - Mrs.Arcand& Mrs.Goldstein Monthly book reviews-analyzing the elements of fiction with support from the plot. The Cay - our first class survival novel. Essay Writing- Quintessential Thanksgiving. Next- survival class novel, Call It Courage. READING - Ms.Racine Practiced the following: Vocabulary in context Determining main idea Using text features in nonfiction Next, outlining               Marlins & Stingrays share map projects. Our Science FieldTrip to Alton Jones  WHAT DID THEMARLINS DO AT ALTON JONES? We practiced the work of scientists in the forest and wetland habitats in our field groups. View more photos at the Marlins website on www.skschools.net.