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January 6, 2015

Happy New Year! We started discussing the difference between mood and tone yesterday and started an activity where students had the opportunity to practice the new skill. Today we continued with mood and tone and applied it to our new novel The Giver. We began by reading the introduction to the novel and will start reading chapter […]

December 10, 2014

Celebrity of the Day! Today students continued to work on argumentative writing, by stating a claim and providing textual evidence. Our essay is about video games. Are the good for kids? Students read one side of the argument today and annotated the text. They also create a t-chart with the evidence from the text to […]

DEc. 5, 2014

Celebrity of the Day! Today in class students worked on reviewing for the Unit 4 Vocabulary Test which is on MONDAY< DECEMBER 8. We also started a book log this week! Please make sure that this log is ready to be turned in on Friday of next week! This will be a weekly assignment […]

December 2, 2014

Today in class we started with silent reading and then moved on to work work. Next, we started our new unit in the vocabulary book. The focus of this lesson’s words is exploring and traveling. We listened to the travel log that accompanied this week’s words. Finally, we watched a bit of Duma and added […]

November 24, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving! This is a short two day week! We are so thankful this year for our wonderful students! Monday: Unit 3 Vocabulary test. Students should be reading 20 minutes per night! Please encourage your child to do this! We have started the argumentative writing paper. Students are learning how to state a claim and […]

Tuesday, November 11

Today in class we took our Lesson 2 vocabulary test and their scores are now on Parent Connect. Your children should all be coming home with a progress report that will need to be sent in tomorrow with your signature. Celebrity of the Day

November 5, 2014

Today the students started the day with silent reading and then reviewed and self-assessed their narrative essay. We also introduced the QAR technique (Question, Answer, Relationship) to the students. We have included an attachment that explains what the QAR technique is. Question_Answer_Relationships Celebrity of the Day

October 30, 2014

Today we started with a photograph journal prompt and then continued to revise and edit our narratives. For those that completed their final copy we reread “All Summer in a Day” and answered questions that focused on the plot of the short story. Celebrity of the Day

October 29, 2014

Today we continued to work on our rough draft by revising and editing. We reread “All Summer in a Day” but focused on plot using the pyramid of action. Homework: Read 20 minutes Celebrities of the Day

October 24, 2014

Today in class the students did silent reading and then word work (found two new and interesting words). We then began preparing for student led conferences. In middle school, we do not have the “traditional” conferences that some may be used to from elementary school. We believe that having your child be the facilitator of the conference leads […]