8/31/16

English 7:  After DOL/Journal, we continued the WPM (words per minute) assessment.   For the remainder of class we finalized the social contract and discussed hand signals important to keeping the contract functioning.   Homework:  - read AR
English 8A: After DOL/Journal, we completed the WPM (words per minute) assessment.  We continued CLOSE Reading activities.  Students continue the annotations on the reading passage and look up unfamiliar vocabulary for the discussion tomorrow.  Homework: CLOSE Reading activity "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - read AR
English 8B: After DOL/Journal, we continued the WPM (words per minute) assessment.  We started an introduction/refresher lesson on CLOSE Reading activities.  Students were given a passage to CLOSE Read (read 3 times and annotate). We will work on this further tomorrow.   Homework:  CLOSE Reading activity "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - read AR

8/30/16

English 7:  After DOL/Journal, we started the WPM (words per minute) assessment.   For the remainder of class we worked on the social contract.   Homework:  - read AR
English 8A: After DOL/Journal, we started the WPM (words per minute) assessment.   For the remainder of class we discussed CLOSE Reading and started a refresher on this reading process.  Students were assigned a CLOSE Reading (read 3 times and annotate) on passage. We will go over this tomorrow in class.  Homework: CLOSE Reading activity "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - read AR
English 8B: After DOL/Journal, we started the WPM (words per minute) assessment.   For the remainder of class we completed the social contract.  Homework:  read AR

8/29/16

English 7:  After DOL/Journal, students took the MAZE comprehension assessment (literal comprehension).  For the remainder of class we worked on the social contract, which will be completed tomorrow.   Homework:  - read AR
English 8: After DOL/Journal, students took the MAZE comprehension assessment (literal comprehension).  For the remainder of class we worked on the social contract, which will be completed tomorrow.   Homework: read AR

8/26/16

English 7:  Students should be about 12% complete with AR by this time in the semester.  In class, students received a credit/participation grade for having all materials necessary for class.  The parent survey for logging into ParentVUE was collected (please return these if not yet filled out).  We worked on the social contract for the remainder of class.  Homework:  fill out social contract form - read AR
English 8: Students should be about 12% complete with AR by this time in the semester.  In class, students received a credit/participation grade for having all materials necessary for class.  The parent survey for logging into ParentVUE was collected (please return these if not yet filled out).  We worked on the social contract for the remainder of class. Homework: read AR

8/25/16

English 7:  A few students needed to complete the Galileo ELA.  After DOL/Journal, students finished working on the SCOPE assignments.  Students were given a ParentVUE survey to fill out asking about ability to log into ParentVUE successfully.   Homework:  ParentVUE survey filled out by parents - read AR
English 8:  A few students needed to complete the Galileo ELA.  After DOL/Journal, students finished working on the SCOPE assignments.  Students were given a ParentVUE survey to fill out asking about ability to log into ParentVUE successfully.  Students were assignment beginning work on the Social Contract - complete 4 questions tonight in preparation for the contract tomorrow.    Homework:  ParentVUE survey filled out by parents - read AR - Social Contract 4 questions