The Upper Multiage is busily preparing for our May 23rd musical, “Tide Pool Condos.” At this point all our actors are working off script and we working on blocking each scene and projecting our voices. We are also doing a lot of set and costume preparation. Ask your child to practice his or her lines at home and encourage them to speak slowly and loudly. We are all very excited for the show!
Remember, both the Middle Multiage and Upper Multiage will be performing on the night of the 23rd. The Middle Multiage will perform at 5:30 p.m., and the Upper Multiage will follow after a brief intermission. Please have your son or daughter here by 5:10 p.m. so that they can get into costume prior to the first performance.
If you’d like, you can preorder pizza for your family that night. The pizza will be served at 5:00 p.m. A pizza reservation form will come home at the beginning of next week.
Writing: Upper Multiage students have been reviewing the components of a well written recount. The students are in the process of analyzing recounts to identify strategies and techniques that they would like to use when they begin writing their own recounts.
Math: The Upper Multiage Rookies are wrapping up Unit 10, a unit that is focused on symmetry, geometric translations and positive and negative numbers. We have had a lot of fun using the transparent mirrors to better understand symmetry and reflections. Our next unit will focus on 3-D shapes, weight, volume and capacity.
Science: Last week we finished building and labeling our flowering plant models. We are now embarking on a study of New Hampshire’s natural communities. During this unit we will focus on four different natural communities: wetlands (with a particular focus on vernal pools), fields, forests, and tidal pools. We will take walking fieldtrips to the first three to learn first hand about the plants and animals that live in each community. On June 11th we will travel to Odiorne Point in Rye, NH to explore the tidal pool. That afternoon we will take a harbor cruise out of Portsmouth to learn about New Hampshire’s working seaport. If you are interested in chaperoning, be sure to save the date. Permission slips will come home at the end of May, when you can also indicate if you would like to chaperone.
Social Studies: We are currently learning about the history of mills in New Hampshire. The students have analyzed photographs taken at the Amoskeag Mills, and they have read about what life was like working in the mills.