October 1-5

7th/8th Reading: The students really enjoyed playing the Ultimate Hangman Doodle App this week on the iPad. This week we will be reading "Telling Time"  and "Time Zones" and completing activities that go along with the story. The students will also be learning how to diagram sentences .

6th Reading/English: The students really enjoyed playing the Ultimate Hangman Doodle App this week on the iPad. This week we be going over the vowel and consonant chart and focusing on verbs.

September 24-28

7th/8th Reading: This week students will be reviewing verbs and nouns and focusing on stages 2-4 in the Masterpiece Sentence Activity. Students will also be listening for word parts in multisyllable words. They will be having a quiz over lessons 1-5 on Friday as well.

6th Reading and English: This week we will be starting the Language! curriculum. Students will be introduced to phonemic awareness by particpating in multiple drills and activities. Students will also review adn practice with nouns and practice on their reading fluency.

September 17th-21st

7th/8th Reading: This week we are beginning the Language! curriculum. We are going to delve into linguistics and review the two categories that make up the English language: vowels and consonants and how we pronounce these sounds.

6th Reading: This week we are going to focus on a story titled "Three Hundred Pesos." We will be completing many activities based on this story.

English: This week we are going to read two stories "Jane of the Apes" and "The Greatest Fish Story" When we read the stories we will leave off the end and the students will have to write their own ending. We will then compare their endings to the real endings in the stories.

Read All About Me and Writing Assessments

The students finished their Read All About Me Newspapers and they look great in the hallway. I will post pictures soon on the blog. This week students will be starting a writing pre-assessment. It is similar to the state writing assessment. This will the students and I see what they do well in writing and what they need to work on in writing. The students had to pick an item/object that is important to them and why it is important to them. I'm excited to read their great writing.

The second week of school is about over. It has been a great first two weeks. The students had a lot of fun learning about QR codes and going on a scavenger hunt around the school. The rest of this week and next week students will be working on their "Read All About Me" newspaper and will be presenting them to the class on September 5th. I am looking forward to their presentations and will post some of them on this website.

Welcome Back to the 2012-2013 School Year

Welcome back to the 2012-2013 school year.

I'm looking forward to this new school year. My goal for students is this year to make students lifelong readers and learners. I'm also planning on incorporating technology into the reading classroom this year as well. We will be having iPad apps of the week and well as incorporating the Promethean board into the classroom.

If you ever need help I'm available before school and after school until 3:20. When basketball season approaches my schedule will change and I will then update my availability. Weekly calendars with assignments will be updated weekly on this blog.

My e-mail is Kati.Funderburk@miltfree.k12.or.us. The school phone number is 541-938-5504.