**The following was sent in an email, but we also wanted you to be able to access it from the blog. Thanks!

Hi Students,

This is the final week of card marking 3.  Take a moment to look at your current grade.  Many of you are missing at least one SSR form.  Remember, each of those are worth 10 summative points.  We encourage you to get caught up on those and submit to the both of us this week (no later than Friday).  If you don’t have any missing SSR forms, then disregard this information.

We will be accepting no more than 2 SSR forms this week.  The first one can be submitted to us on Wednesday (3-25). This form will be based upon your at home reading from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

The second form we will accept can be submitted to us on Friday (3-27).  This form will be based upon your at home reading for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Be sure to follow the requirements for your SSR forms.  Let us know if you have any questions.

Stay safe and healthy, Mr. Borg and Mrs. Doner

I sincerely hope everyone is staying well during these days away from all the things that we loved to do, but have had to put on pause for right now. Many of you are doing a terrific job with the enrichment activities for the week those being NewsELA, IXL, and reading for 30 minutes a day. I would love to get some updates on some of the books you are reading in this last week. Just send myself or Mr. Borg and email and tell us what you are reading, so we can share out some suggestions with your classmates. Even though we cannot go to the library there are still some ways to access books through on-line resources. Some famous celebrities are even doing some read alouds on various types of books.

I just wanted to remind everyone that the end of the card marking is Friday, March 27th. If you have any past work that you did not complete and would like to turn in for credit you may do so and Mr. Borg or myself will grade it and put it in the grade book. Many of you still have not done your SSR forms throughout the card marking. I would encourage you to complete those and turn those in for a grade. You can do them on a Google Doc and send them to us or you can take a picture and send them either way will work.

Stay safe and healthy,

Mrs. Doner

Reminder as to what we are working on this week:

IXL Letter O. Skills 1-4. Complete with a Smart Score of 80% or higher.

Newsela Article From Lent to Yom Kipper, A Deeper Look at Religious Fasting Using the Annotation Below:

Directions for Annotations

1.  Find the lexile closest to yours. 
2. Read the article at least 2 times. 
3. While reading you will annotate: 

• YELLOW=QUESTIONS 
• GREEN=VOCAB & PREDICTIONS 
• PURPLE=COMMENTS 
• PINK=CONNECTIONS 

1. You will need AT LEAST: 1 prediction, 4 questions, 5 unfamiliar/interesting vocabulary words, 4 comments, and 3 connections. 
2. Complete the NewsELA activities (writing and quiz)

Just want to encourage you all if you have not already done so to get some extra credit done. I will accept it up until midnight tonight. It is Reading Strategy A. 1. Please take advantage of this opportunity. Don’t forget to work on your homework for this week. I will grade it over the weekend. You have all week to work on it.

Stay Safe Everyone!!!!

Mrs. Doner

**Extra Credit Opportunity– IXL Reading Strategies A. 1. Main Idea (Determine the Main Idea) Worth up to 4 Summative Points Smart Score of 100=4 points 80-99= 3 points 60-79= 2 points 1-59= 1 point Due on Monday, March 16th by midnight. Take advantage of this opportunity!!!

Dear Parents and Students,

We suggest the following assignments to be done during this school closure. Students will be required to read and annotate one NewsELA article per week (see directions below). Students will also be assigned one IXL letter skill per week. They will be expected to complete all the numbers underneath each letter skill with an 80% Smart Score. We also encourage that students are reading at least 30 minutes per day. ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND THE BLOG. The assignments will be as follows:

Week 1 – March 16 – March 20:

• IXL: Letter O. Skills 1-4. 
  • Complete with Smart Score of 80% or higher
• News ELA: From Lent to Yom Kipper, A Deeper Look at Religious Fasting
  • Complete ALL annotations (See News ELA annotating directions at the bottom of the page)

Week 2 – March 23 – March 27:

• IXL: Letter G. Skills 1-4. 
  • Complete with Smart Score of 80% or higher
• News ELA: Making an Audience See Your Side
  • Complete ALL annotations (See News ELA annotating directions at the bottom of the page)

Week 3 – March 30 – April 3:

• IXL: Letter D. Skills 1-4. 
  • Complete with Smart Score of 80% or higher
• News ELA: No Check Out Needed: Amazon Opens Cashier-less Grocery Store
  • Complete ALL annotations (See News ELA annotating directions at the bottom of the page)

It is requested that you check your email and teacher blog periodically for additional information. Thank you for your patience through this time. Stay safe!

7th Grade ELA Department

Directions for Annotations

1.  Find the lexile closest to yours. 
2. Read the article at least 2 times. 
3. While reading you will annotate: 

• YELLOW=QUESTIONS 
• GREEN=VOCAB & PREDICTIONS 
• PURPLE=COMMENTS 
• PINK=CONNECTIONS 

1. You will need AT LEAST: 1 prediction, 4 questions, 5 unfamiliar/interesting vocabulary words, 4 comments, and 3 connections. 
2. Complete the NewsELA activities (writing and quiz)

Agenda:

Proper Adjective Work; Took Test on Greek Mythology; Worked on Textual Evidence Chart if they got done with their test early

Homework:

SSR #6 Due Monday

Due Dates and Upcoming Test:

Extra Credit IXL will be announced tomorrow!!!

SSR #6 Due Monday (KEEP READING!!!!)

Mark Your Calendar:

1/2 Day TOMORROW!!!!!

Agenda:

SSR/Conference; Flex Day Assignments; Work on Textual Evidence Chart for Passage Based Writing; Reminder of Unit Test on Mythology Tomorrow

Homework:

Study for your test TONIGHT!!!

Due Dates and Upcoming Tests:

Test on Greek Mythology Tomorrow

SSR#6 Due Monday

Mark Your Calendar:

Friday is 1/2 Day for Students on Friday, March 13th

Agenda:

SSR/Conference; Study Guide for Test Thursday (homework); Textual Evidence Chart for the paper we will be writing on our Greek Myths

Homework:

Study Guide for Greek Mythology Test

Upcoming Tests:

Greek Myth Test on THURSDAY!!

Mark Your Calendar:

1/2 Day This Friday

Agenda:

IXL GG.1 Identifying Adjectives; Collected Storyboards for those who did not have class yesterday; Last story in mythology “Phaethon, Son of Apollo”; Working on 6 sentence summary

Homework:

IXL GG. 1 Identifying Adjectives

Newsela Annotations and 1 Paragraph Response

Due Dates and Upcoming Tests:

Next Thursday Mythology Test; Study Guide will be given out Monday

Homework due tomorrow at midnight Newsela and IXL

Mark Your Calendar:

1/2 Day Next Friday, March 13th

We spent a wonderful day at the zoo! The temperature was perfect and the sun came out for us in the afternoon. So happy we could spend the day in our outside classroom today. I hope a great time was had by all who experienced the day! I am very thankful for the math teachers who planned such a spectacular day and those who supported the students who chose to stay back today.

Enjoy your Wednesday evening,

Mrs. Doner