Thursday, December 20, 2012

January 7-11

I hope you had an amazing Christmas and a Happy New Year!

7th/8th Reading: The students will be taking the OAKS Reading test this week during their English classes. This week we are going to be reviewing prefixes. We will also be focusing on transition words and practicing stressed syllables.

6th Reading: The students will be taking the OAKS Reading test this week during their English classes. This week This week we will be staring Lesson 7 in Unit 2. Students will review singular possessive nouns and continue identifying main ideas and supporting details and transition words.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

OAKS Reading Test

Students will beginning taking the OAKS Reading test the week we get back from Christmas break. Make sure you get a good nights rest as well as eat a healthy breakfast.

December 17-21

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

7th/8th: This week students will be reviewing what a direct object is as well as continuing practice with stressed syllables. We will also review contractions. We will read the Polar Express and then watch the movie. Students will be required to compare and contrast the movie to the book.

6th: This week students will focus on the predicate of a sentence. They will read the story "A Map is a Sandwich" and complete a variety of activities. We will also read the Polar Express and watch the movie. Students will be required to compare and contrast the movie to the book.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Can Food Drive

We are having a Can Food Drive. All cans need to be delivered by December 20th. The homeroom that collects the most cans will get a Pizza Party. My homeroom has already brought in 31 cans in the first day. Let's keep it up!!!!

December 10-14

This week students can write a letter to Santa on the iPad and he will write them back.

7th/8th Reading: Students will learn about antonyms and synonyms as well as idioms. We will also discuss helping verbs and reading a multiparagraph report.

6th Reading: Students will review nouns and verbs. They will learn the academic word abstract and be able to identify the subject in a sentence.