Announcements

Important information will be posted at this location during the school year.

Information is also sent home, via students, every Thursday in "Thursday Folders"

March 15, 2012

Matapeake Middle School Presents:

Into the Woods Junior

Friday March 23rd, 7:30 pm

Saturday March 24th, 7:30 pm

Sunday March 25th, 2:30 pm

Tickets Sold at the door

$5 adults

$2 students

In the Matapeake Middle School Gymnasium

March 8, 2012

Reading Incentive Challenge

Read four or more books inside or outside of the classroom and complete your reading tracing form

Thursday, march 8th - Wednesday, March 28th

Participants in grades 6th - 8th

Everyone who reads the required 4 or more books and brings in  their reading tracking form with parent signature will receive

one FREE ticket to the attend the Bowie Baysox Game on Friday, May 4, 2012 game at 7:05 PM.  Only 1 ticket for each student will be issued for the baseball game.

Everyone who reads 4 or more books will be invited to a Reading Incentive Party where a famous DJ will be hosting the party in the Gymnasium during 6th period and you will be entered in a drawing to win additional proves such as an iTune gift card, DQ ice cream cone, and Chick-fil-A Nugget Kids Meal.

Keep reading and don't forget to turn in your reading tracking form by Wednesday, March 28th.  NO EXCEPTIONS!!

You can always turn in your form earlier to your reading teacher or to Mrs. Dryer.  If you have any questions please ask Mrs. Dryer, Reading Specialist.

January 31, 2012

Check out MSA on mdk12.org/

The Maryland School Assessment (MSA) for Reading will be given on Tuesday, March 13^th and Wednesday, March 14^th. The MSA measures how well children are learning so that parents and educators can be sure that every child has the opportunity to succeed.  Along with other measures (such as homework, classwork, quizzes, and projects), the MSA provides information about students’ academic progress—information that can help teachers and parents better support students’ school work.

The reading MSA tests three topic areas:  general reading processes, informational text comprehension, and literary text comprehension. The test includes multiple-choice and written-response questions.  If you would like to see sample MSA questions, go to mdk12.org/

If you would like to help your child prepare for the Reading MSA you could visit the mdk12.org/ website and see sample questions and you could work on these 8 indicators at home with your child.  These 8 indicators have been tested and retested on MSA:

Main Idea – theme or topic to which all other paragraphs, sentences, and details directly

                      support.

Directly Stated – looking back in the text to support your answer with information

                            you have read.

            Inference/Drawing Conclusions – reading information, combining it with what

                                                                   you already know, and making a final decision

                                                                   about what has happened.

            Predictions- skill that requires using what you already know, previous

                                experiences, and facts and details.  Then, you must apply that

                                information to new situations in order to make logical, well-reasoned

                                predictions about what might happen next.

            Paraphrase- explaining information from another source in your own words.

            Summarize- action of restating in a concise form what the author has said.  The

                                main idea of the passage must be retained, but elaboration should be

                                eliminated.

Connect to personal experience-relating what you are reading to what you

                                               already know and from experiences in your own life.

Please take advantage of the website mdk12.org/ to become familiar with MSA testing. If you should have any other questions, please feel free to email Mrs. Dryer, Reading Specialist, at jennifer.dryer@qacps.org.

January 25, 2012

Six Flags Read to Succeed

What to do:

Read books, magazines, newspapers or comic books for fun outside of school for a total of 6 hours. Reading for homework or a class assignment doesn’t count.

January 19^th - March 1^st

Who can participate:

Students in grade 6 only!

Reward:

Earn one free ticket to a Six Flags theme park

Students:

Simply keep track of your reading hours on the form provided by your teacher and have your parent sign off on the reading log to verify that you read for six hours. Bring your completed form to school.

 If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Dryer, Reading Specialist: jennifer.dryer@qacps.org

Reading  Incentive Program

Ticket To Reading Rewards

will run from

Friday, January 6^th – Friday, April 20^th

A reading reward program for grades 6th - 8th that increases the amount of reading outside the classroom and helps motivate students to attend college.

�  Rewards are given out to increase motivation:

Attending the Tipoff      READ Wristband

5 books read                     Cinch Bag

10 books read                  Gold Medal

15 books read                  Water Bottle

20 books read                  Mini-Hoop & Basketball

25 books read                  Digital Watch

Reporting days to order your rewards are on:                                           

^{January 27th,  February 17th,  March 8th,  April 9th,   April 20th}

•      Your Ticket To Reading Rewards Log In Sheet will be given in to you today along with your first reward…the READ Wristband!

•      If you need another copy of the reading log in sheet, please go to MMS’s website and under announcements and print one off

�  Complete the Ticket To Reading Rewards Log In sheet to certify that you have read that book.  You must have a parent signature.

�  Once you have read 5 books, please show proof to:

6^th Graders – Mrs. Anderson,  7^th Graders – Ms. Boyer, 8^th Graders – Mrs. Humphreys

8^th Grade Spanish Students – Mrs. Dryer

Reading Teachers/Mrs. Dryer will keep track on a reporting poster for each class period

November 2, 2011

Dear Parents/Guardians,

During Stinger Night featuring