Oct. 29-Nov. 2

7th/8th Reading: Thank you for all the parents who attended conferences. It was great to meet with you. This week the students are going to be working on their expository paragraph on Hurricanes. We will also be focusing on the vocabulary word amuse.

6th Reading: Thank you for all the parents who attended conferences. It was great to meet with you. This week the students are going to learn about the Blueprint for Writing process. We will also focus on the academic vocabulary word contrast and read some mini-dialogs.

Door Decorating Contest

For Red Ribbon Week each DL had to decorate their door with the theme of staying drug free. Mrs. Fun's DL won the contest for the 7th grade!!! Congratulations!!! The students put a lot of work into decorating the door.

October 22-25

RED RIBBON WEEK: This week is red ribbon week to promote staying drug free. Each day is a different dress up day. Monday: Twin/Triplet Day, Tuesday: Crazy hat/hair/sock day, Wednesday: Favorite Sport Team day, Thursday: Wear School Colors. Get involved and participate!!!!

7th/8th Reading: This week we will be talking about inflectional suffixes, talk about tense, and continue to learn new vocabulary strategies. We will also begin writing an expository paragraph on hurricanes.

6th Reading: This week we will have a spelling test as well as look at multiple meanings of words and review nouns and verbs.

Conferences

Conferences are October 22nd and 25th from 4:30 to 8:00 in the gym. If the student attends my conferences they will get a free assignment slip. We would love to see you there.

October 22-25

7th/8th Reading: This week students will learn more about topic sentences and ways to organize their writing. They will also be learning a vocabulary strategy called meaning cues and learning how to segment syllables in words.

6th Reading: This week students will re-read "Batty About Bats" and answer some comprehension questions. They will also learn about singular and plural nouns and review supporting details and main ideas.

Everyone:  Make sure you wear RED on Friday for the kick off to RED RIBBON WEEK!!!

October 8-12

7th/8th Reading: This week students will be focusing on how to diagram a setnence to understand the components and relationship of the parts of a sentence. They will also be learning the parts of an expository paragraph.

6th Reading: This week students wil be focusing on the academic vocabulary word interfere. Students will also be learning on how to spell word parts from multisyllable words and they will learn a structured process to define vocabulary words.

Conferences

Conferences are 10/8, 10/11, 10/22, and 10/25 from 4:30-8:00p.m. You only need to attend one day. If you and/or your student attends conferences your student will receive a free assignment slip. I look forward to visiting with you at conferences.