Feb. 17 - Feb 21

Hey Bridgetown families! We need the following materials in class:

• Grid Paper
• Lined Paper
• Pencils
• Tissues
• Hand Sanitizer
• Wipes

Any donations will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your support!

• Work from the first half of the Term is due by the midpoint.
• Work from the second half of the Term is due the last day of the Term.
• The grade for late assignment submitted following an unexcused absence will be reduced by one (1) letter grade.

Term 3:

• First half late/make-up work is due February 27, 2025.
• Second half late/make-up work is due April 7, 2025.

• Assignments with a grade of D+ (69%) or lower may be retaken ONE TIME only.
• The retake must happen before the late/make-up work deadline.
• The highest grade possible on the retake is a C (76%).
• RCTs are an exception: all may be retaken for full credit.

Greetings Bridgetown Families! This week in Math 6, students will write equations based on given tables and scenarios. In Math 7, students will learn how to simplify expressions using distributive property and how to apply the order of operations (GEMDAS). Math 6 students may sign-up for Academic Advising to redo their RCT #4 (Unit 5) & Math 7 students may sign-up to redo their RCT #5 (Unit 5) during Academic Advising. Study Guides have been previously provided for these units.

**All Class Slides & Notes will be available on Canvas under Modules**

Curriculum Resource(s):

• Math 6: IM online text: https://im.kendallhunt.com/MS/students/1/6/index.html

• Math 7: IM online text: https://im.kendallhunt.com/MS/students/2/6/index.html

Upcoming Summative Assessment:

Math 7: TBA

Math 6: TBA

Greetings Team Bridgetown! This week’s activities will closely mimic last week due to the snow day. On Tuesday we will travel to the Deal library to pick books for the 3rd book project. Students need to submit their book choices by Friday. We will be hosting our Socratic Seminar on Wednesday and starting Unit 3 with a research assignment.

New Book Alert! We will be starting Unit 3 and reading “Inside Out & Back Again” by Thanhha Lai. Students who wish to have their own copy of the book should bring it in by February 24.

Hi Team Bridgetown,

Next week, students will compare geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system, examining the beliefs and institutions that influenced both astronomers and the general public when these theories were first introduced. We will conclude the week with a scale model activity, allowing students to better visualize the vast distances and proportions within our solar system and the universe.

Students will also complete the calculation of scaled distances classwork. If they do not finish in class, it will be assigned as homework and will be due on Friday, February 21.

Additionally, Roots Quiz 3.4 will take place on Friday, February 21. The root words for this quiz are:

• aqua = water (e.g., aquarium, aquatic)

• cumulo = heap (e.g., cumulative, cumulonimbus)

• cirrus = curl (e.g., cirrostratus)

• photo = light (e.g., photosynthesis, photograph)

• nimbus = dark cloud (e.g., cumulonimbus, nimbostratus)

Keepers are: angle, deci, semi, alp, morph, sed, gram, hydro, iso

Hello! This past week, we intended to take a two-day quiz starting Wednesday, but as we all know, that plan went awry. I’m sure your students are very disappointed about it 😉

We will start this coming week with an RST where students will show their understanding of the process, causes, and effects of global population growth and urbanization. We will finish out the short week with another urbanization activity and begin our sub-unit analyzing political cartoons.

Greetings! This past week students wrote a Summative Essay about the 2 texts “Eleven” and “The Scholarship Jacket” to compare and contrast the characters as well as the conflict between the 2 stories. Next week we will begin our poetry unit, and we will also be taking a trip to the library to select a book for our next Book Project, which will be due in April.

Important Dates

NO SCHOOL (President’s Day): February 17, 2025

Library Visit: February 18, 2025

Quill Homework Due: February 21, 2025

Learn about the great things happening this month at Deal's library. Check out great books and media, read about events at Deal and around the city, and stay connected with Deal's Library:

https://secure.smore.com/n/pv9c4u-deal-ms-library-news

https://secure.smore.com/n/vdrq6c

Attendance: For any attendance related concerns, including absence notes, please be sure to contact Ms. Stephens our attendance counselor at dealattendance@k12.dc.gov.

ASPEN Help: For any ASPEN related issues, including help resetting a password or accessing your account, please email Ms. Lerum at dealaspenhelp@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Lemon: daniella.lemon@k12.dc.gov

Mr. Martini: michael.martini@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Harris: nyah.harris@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Banson: joycelyn.banson@k12.dc.gov

Ms. White: quisetter.white@k12.dc.gov

Mr. Almanza: TBA

ASPEN: dealaspenhelp@gmail.com

Attendace: dealattendance@k12.dc.gov

Website: https://www.alicedealmiddleschool.org/
Location: Alice Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Phone: 202-939-2010