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.

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.

December 3rd-7th

I hope everyone had an excellent Thanksgiving break. We only have three more weeks until Christmas break. :)

7th/8th Reading: This week we are going to be focusing on Prefixes and practice reading fluently. We are also going to review the tense timeline and practice writing an expository paragraph. We will be having a spelling test on Friday.

6th Reading: This week we are going to review nouns and verbs and will be having a test. We will continue to work on writing a summary paragraph. We will also review that words can have multiple meanings.

No School on Monday. Why do we celebrate Veteran's Day? Be sure to thank a Veteran.

The week of November 19th-23rd there is no school for Thanksgiving break. What are you thankful for?

November 5-9

Hopefully you remembered to set your clocks. We get an extra hour of sleep! :)

7th/8th Reading: This week we are going to review nouns and pronouns. We are also going to read about inventions and learn what a closed syllable is. Do you have any crazy inventions?

6th Reading: This week we are going to focus on the vocabulary word "concentrate" and create Masterpiece Sentences. Students will be in the first two stages of creating Masterpiece Sentences.