CMS Dodgeball Champions!

Congratulations to Supernova homebases 406 and 110 for being the CMS dodgeball champions!

English: "Robo-Legs" & "Eureka: Scientific Twists of Fate" Vocabulary Terms

The vocabulary list has been posted for "Robo-Legs" and "Eureka: Scientific Twists of Fate".  The test on these terms will be on Monday, December 7th.

Students of the Month: November

The Supernova teachers would like to congratulate the following Supernovas for earning student of the month honors for the month of November.

English: Allison S.

Social Studies: Madison K.

Science: Korey K.

Outstanding Supernova Citizen: Madison D.

Ethan S. is the 2015-2016 Carson Scholar Nominee

 
     Congratulations to Ethan S. who has been nominated by Mrs. Porter as the Canonsburg Middle School's Carson Scholar Nominee. Ethan was selected because of his academic performance and his extensive list of service activities. He has been approved as a nominee by the Carson Scholarship Foundation and now has to go through an extensive application process. Please check back in March to see if he won the scholarship!

     For more information on the Carson Scholarship, or to see the qualifications that a student must have to be nominated, please check out the Carson Scholars Fund website.

Egg Drop Awards: 2014-2015

Frank Sarris Public Library Science Fair

Attention Supernovas!!! 

You can earn up to 5 bonus points in science class by participating in the Frank Sarris Public Library Science Fair.  Please read over the informational flyer and evaluation rubric below.  If you submit a project, please let Mr. Wolf know so you can be awarded bonus points.

Informational Flyer

Evaluation Rubric

English 8: "Hallucination" Vocabulary Terms

The vocabulary list has been posted for the short story, "Hallucination". The test on these terms and the short story will be on Tuesday, November 24th.

English 8: "The Monkey's Paw" Vocabulary Terms

The vocabulary list has been posted for "The Monkey's Paw". The test on these terms will be on Monday, November 16th:

English Class on Tuesday, November 10th

You are to use the follow the Ready to Research link to complete your research in class today.

The list of usernames and passwords is on the front table.

English Class on Friday, November 6th

If you are done with your T.D.A., you can complete the following tasks that are listed below.

If you are done with your novel, you can take your Accelerated Reader Quiz in class by clicking the link below.  Remember: The AR quiz will have to be taken on Monday in class. 

Accelerated Reader Quiz

Mrs. Porter has the list of usernames and passwords for the Accelerated Reader website. 

If you received a 90% or higher on your AR quiz, you can see Mrs. Porter for a sticker for your bingo card.

When you have finished the quiz, you are to complete your citation in NoodleTools by clicking the link below. 

NoodleTools

You are to follow the AR NoodleTools citation instructions. If you lost your copy, you can get a copy from the extra copies' bin.  

Remember: You need to share your citation with Mrs. Porter to receive credit. If you do not share your citation with the drop box for your class period, a point will be deducted from your AR quiz grade.

Drop box name: Period #: November AR Book
# = your class period (1, 4/5, 6/7, 8/9, or 10)

If you turned in your novel early, and did not record your ISBN number, you are to follow these instructions: You can look up your ISBN on Destiny. There's a link to Destiny on the Looking for a Book? page on the LMC website. Once you find your book in Destiny, you can click on the title link and you will see the title details for your book. One of the things listed is the ISBN #. You can even just copy and paste the ISBN number right into NoodleTools. 

You can complete the online textbook activity by following the directions on the sheet that you received when you came in today.  You will need headphones for this activity.  They are located in the bin at the front of the room by Mrs. Porter's desk. (You may have to use Firefox instead of Google Chrome depending on the computer that you have in the lab.)

If you get done with the online textbook activity, you are to go to No Red Ink and complete the assigned activities.

2015-2016 Yearbook Orders

The 2015-2016 CMS Yearbook is now on sale! 

Please order your yearbook online by clicking on the image below:

All orders are due by 11/13. 

Order now and save $12 when you order personalization - receive 4 free icons!

This is the lowest price of the year - price will increase from $25  to $30 per book on 11/14.

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