Friday, April 24, 2015

April 27th-May 1

6th Graders: This week we will be reading "Telling Time." We will also be focusing on present tense verbs and analyzing a personal narrative. We will be reading the article "Should Soda Have Warning Labels?" in the ACTION magazine.

7th Grade: We will be reading the challenge text "Sandwiches+Hero=Success." On Thursday and Friday the majority of the 7th graders will be on the OMSI trip.

8th Grade: This week you will be taking the Smarter Balance Test! Good Luck!!!

Thursday, April 16, 2015

April 20-24

6th Grade: This week 6th graders are taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Good luck!

7th Grade: This week 7th graders will be taking the end of book b assessments.

8th Grade: This week you will be writing a business letter and taking a spelling assessment. We will also be reading "The Beast of Lochness"

Friday, April 3, 2015

April 6-10

6th Grade: Your personal narrative is due this week. We will be typing it on Monday. We will also be reading "Past Time" and "Witness to War."

7th Grade: Your personal narrative is due this week. Be sure to include a message of what you learned from your experience in your narrative. We will be typing the essays on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be reading "Witness to War."

8th Grade: This next unit focuses on the word "athlete." We will be exploring this word this week. We will be reading "The Complete Athlete" and "Witness to War."

*There is no school on April 10th* *It is the end of the 3rd Quarter*

Thursday, March 19, 2015

March 30-April 3

Welcome back from Spring Break. I hope enjoyed your time off.

6th: This week we will be focusing on planning our personal narrative and taking a spelling and grammar test. We will be also reading the article "Slave Warrior Hero."

7th: This week we will be able to write compound sentences and finishing up our personal narrative. We will also be reading the article "Slave Warrior Hero."

8th: This week we will be working with prefixes and taking a spelling test. We will also be typing our essay and reading the article "Slave Warrior Hero."

Thursday, March 12, 2015

March 16-20

I hope everyone has an outstanding spring break.

6th: This week we will be focusing on word relationships and reading "New Old Insects" and "Spy on Cyber Bullies."

7th: This week we are focusing on creating compound sentences and reading "Eponymous Sandwiches" and "Spy on Cyber Bullies."

8th: This week we are focusing on vocabulary strategies and reading " These Shoes of Mine" and "Spy on Cyber Bullies."

Friday, February 20, 2015

Conferences February 26th & 27th

We will be having conferences this week. On February 26th they will be in the gym from 10:00-2:00 and 3:00-6:00. On February 27th they will be in the classrooms from 7:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30. If you attend you will receive a free assignment pass.

Friday, February 13, 2015

February 16-20

6th: Students will be reviewing homophones and past tense verbs. They will also be reading "How Bugs Bug Us" and "The Hindenburg Disaster."

7th: Students will be taking a spelling pre-test and completing a multiple meaning map. they will be reading "What's For Lunch?" and "The Hindenburg Disaster."

8th: Students will be using a structure to define words and learn the meanings of idioms. They will also be reading "Legendary Superheroes" and "The Hindenburg Disaster."