Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Week of April 10-13

Return of Farming Fridays!  This Friday we will return to the Thanksgiving Farm to get the fields ready and start planting. Be on the watch for permission slips. Farming schedule - Leave for farm at 8:45am, walk to farm, lunch at farm, return to school at 12:30pm.  Students will then go to their electives.

MANDATORY Carlsbad Parent Meeting - April 18 at 5:30pm in the HANDS Lab.  Please be sure to send a decision-maker for your family and your HANDS student to attend this important Carlsbad Camping Trip Meeting.

Vocabulary - No vocab this week, but if you want to prepare for upcoming lists...

Vocab 26 April 16-20
  1. seamanly
  2. sea lawyer
  3. cutlas
  4. clove hitch
  5. deadlight
  6. tottery
  7. dilly-dally
  8. one iron
  9. bandoleer
  10. log up
  11. bumboat
  12. shore bird
  13. yellow jack
  14. head sea
  15. raggedness
  16. fortune hunter
  17. fourpenny
  18. rout out
  19. short and sweet
  20. sailing master
Vocab 27 April  23-27
  1. Port of Spain
  2. gaskin
  3. iron fist
  4. knuckle under
  5. backstay
  6. dog-tired
  7. make no bones about
  8. plumping
  9. bad egg
  10. perked up
  11. exclamatory
  12. out and away
  13. noggin
  14. rigger
  15. even chance
  16. half-heartedly
  17. thimbleful
  18. cannonball
  19. stabling
  20. buccaneering
Vocab 28 April 30 - May 4
  1. rammer
  2. mistily
  3. slyness
  4. giddily
  5. coltish
  6. foolhardiness
  7. legged
  8. cockerel
  9. between decks
  10. Surinam
  11. shipshape
  12. piece of eight
  13. have a go
  14. manlike
  15. abeam
  16. nimbleness
  17. amuck
  18. trying on
  19. incivility
  20. bilge
Class Play - Tebtative Dates: Dress Rehearsal May 8, Student Performance/Dress Rehearsal May 9, Evening Parent Performance May 9

Flower sales - expect flower orders in the next 2-4 weeks.  
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School Supplies and Classroom Needs

HANDS Students share supplies that are pooled in community bins for everyone to use. I am also listing personal supplies students will want/need. Please also check out my national teacher registry at nationalteacherregistry.com Registry can be found through McPartlon or Registry #499999125243 or Taos Middle School.

Community Supplies: No. 2 Non-mechanical pencils, loose leaf paper, blue pens, washable markers, sticky notes (all sizes), tissues, clorox wipes, windex or all-purpose cleaner, paper towels, pencil erasers, and highlighters.

Personal Supplies: No. 2 Non-mechanical pencils, loose leaf paper, 2 lined composition notebooks, 2 graph paper notebooks, 1" binder w/tab dividers (flexible kind preferred), water bottle, calculator, personal pencil sharpener, thesaurus, World Atlas, dictionary, pencil erasers.

Suggestion: Math Facts Flash Cards (All students must be able to pass basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 100 facts tests by the end of the first 9 weeks of school. They have 5 mins to complete 100 problems with a 90% or higher pass rate.)

Things we need for the classroom: electric pencil sharpener, curtains, rugs, two large welcome mats, outdoor paint (for metal railings) & painting supplies, cups, plates, knives, forks, curtains, bookshelves

Things that would be fun in the classroom: plants and small pets - must be approved by Mr. Cordova.


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Taos, New Mexico, United States
My name is Hillary McPartlon. I am the teacher of the HANDS Program. H.A.N.D.S (Helping Academic Needs of Diverse Students) is a pilot program at Taos Middle School for 6th graders. It is designed for students who seek a challenging environment with a hands-on approach. Through multi-disciplinary learning, students will learn core academics, real-world challenges, and leadership skills. The HANDS Lab is for learners of all levels and backgrounds. The ultimate goal is to treat each student as an individual learner as part of a cooperative team.

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