9/17/18

*Reminder: Conferences will be held this week Tuesday through Thursday (Sept. 18-20). Tuesday through Friday will be early release (12:30 P.M.).

English 8th: Students reviewed their grade reports for the class, received many graded papers, and were instructed on assignments that can be re-done or fixed.  They received their vocabulary program for the week (due Friday).  *homework: vocabulary & read AR


Geography 7th: Students reviewed their grade reports for the class, received many graded papers, and were instructed on assignments that can be re-done or fixed.  We started a Glogster project (online multi-media postering website), and students started their research in class.  Current event was given today - due Friday.  *homework: Current event and Glogster both due Friday


English 7th:  Students reviewed their grade reports for the class, received many graded papers, and were instructed on assignments that can be re-done or fixed.  They received their spelling worksheet and list of words for the week.  *homework: spelling & read AR

9/14/12

*Reminder: Conferences will be held next week Tuesday through Thursday (Sept. 18-20).  Tuesday through Friday will be early release (12:30 P.M.). 

English 8th: All vocabulary work was due today, as well as the semicolon/appositive worksheet.  Students took a vocabulary test & worked in their journals.  *homework: read AR


Geography 7th: Current events and pg.89 #1-5 were due.  Students took a quiz over Ch.3 Section 2 material (culture).  *homework: read AR


English 7th:  POS foldables were due, in addition to the run-on sentences worksheet. Students took a short quiz on identifying and fixing run-on sentences as well as identifying nouns and verbs.  *homework: read AR

9/12/12

English 8th: We discussed and practiced the usage of conjuntions after completing DOL/Journal.  Students were given a worksheet to practice both the use of conjuntions when putting together sentences, as well as writing complete sentences using several phrases (combining notes into sentences).  *homework: vocabulary - due Friday


Geography 7th: Students read Ch. 3 Section 2 within cooperative reading groups.  They were assigned the guided reading activity 2 as independent work.  *homework: GR Activity 2 if not completed in class (due tomorrow) & current event (due Friday). 


English 7th:  After completing DOL/Journal, students learned about the components of a complete sentence.  They practiced identifying complete sentences & fragments, as well as fixing the missing item within a fragment.  After working with me, each other, and then independently, they were assigned a practice worksheet to complete by tomorrow.  *homework: Complete Sentence/Fragment worksheet (due tomorrow) & POS foldable (due Friday)

9/11/12

English 8th:  We discussed 9/11, and students wrote about discrimination within their journals.  We corrected the vocabulary worksheet and discussed unfamiliar words.  *homework: vocabulary - due Friday


Geography 7th: Students were introduced to Chapter 3, Section 2 - Culture.  We discussed elements of culture, and created a chart within the chapter foldable.  Students were assigned the chapter vocabulary prior to reading.  We also went over instructions for the latitude/longitude worksheet, which will be due tomorrow.  *homework: Ch.3, Section 2 vocabulary & lat./long. worksheet if not completed in class


English 7th:  Students were given instructions for completing their POS (Parts of Speech) foldable, which is due Friday.  They watched a Powerpoint presentation on parts of speech, and were given some time to work on their foldable projects.  *homework: POS foldable due Friday & read AR

9/10/12

English 8th: Students put together their class portfolios and entered their first round of assessments on their portfolio chart.  They received their vocabulary packet with words, which is due tomorrow for correcting.  *homework: vocabulary packet - read AR

 
Geography 7th: We corrected pg. 76 #1-6 in class, and then students took a quiz over Ch.3 Section 1.  They were given a worksheet practicing latitude and longitude skills after the quiz.  This worksheet will be due tomorrow at the end of class.  Some students may need additional directions for completing the work.  *homework: as much of the lat. & long. worksheet they can complete independently - current event due Friday

English 7th:  Students put together their class portfolios and entered their first round of assessments on their portfolio chart.  NO SPELLING this week.  Instead, we will be working on a POS (parts of speech) foldable activity - this will be due finished Friday just like spelling.  Students need to define: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs - then give 5 examples of each.  They will receive further instruction tomorrow.  *homework: POS definitions & examples on foldable activity