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September 29, 2016

Today we put the finishing touches on our “Book Timeline” and those who aren’t finished either brought them home this evening or will have about 15 minutes in class tomorrow. We also went to the media center and completed a “Book Pass” in order to help the students find just the right book for them […]

September 23, 2016

Today we worked on our “Book Timeline” project by placing the books on the timeline and began to write why the book was important to us. Yesterday we got an official introduction and tour of the media center so, the students should be familiar with the “Destiny Quest” search engine for the Bryant Middle School […]

September 22, 2016

We are just finishing up our NWEA reading and language assessments and the students have received their score. Today we will discuss how their score converts to thier individual Lexile level and how to use the Lexile.com website effectively. We are also continuing to work on our “My Book Timeline” project.

March 10, 2016

This week, we have been working on discussing the characteristics of a drama or play. We have begun by listening to the play, “The Prince and the Pauper” and we will begin reading the play tomorrow. The parts were handed out today and we will start the reading tomorrow. The students were very excited […]