Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review important SRI information, (3) Complete SRI testing in computer lab, (4) Work on week 21 language review, (5) Continue reading lit book

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) DLR, (3) Continue reading lit book

This Week: 5/16 First day to submit Cedar Point permission slips and money – Trip is limited to 105 7th graders and 105 8th graders

5/20 ALL missing work and/or corrections due for consideration on 6th card marking progress reports

5/21-25 New York trip for previously registered students

5/23 6th card marking progress reports mailed

5/24-27 NO SCHOOL for Memorial Day holiday

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review important points about the SRI, (3) Begin SRI testing in the computer lab, (4) If SRI is complete, work on DLR and/or read lit text

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) DLR, (3) Read for lit circle

This Week: 5/13-17 SRI testing in all ELA classes

5/15 Late Start: School begins one hour later.

5/15 Tiger Game for students previously selected

5/20 All missing work and/or corrections due to be included in progress reports

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Read, answer and discuss sample SRI question, (3) Begin working on Week 21 language review, (4) Read and discuss various poems, (5) Provide written response about the imagery and figurative language used in the poems, (6) Continue reading lit circle book

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Read, answer and discuss sample SRI question, (3) Begin working on Week 21 language review, (4) Complete reading of “Flowers for Algernon”, (5) Complete intelligence graph and character trait chart, (6) Answer summary questions about the short story

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) DLR, (3) get a good night’s sleep and eat a proper breakfast to be prepared for the SRI

This Week: 5/14-16 SRI testing

5/15 Late Start:  School begins 1 hour later

5/15 Tiger Game:  Students were previously selected.

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review sample SRI question and how to think through an answer selection, (3) Review DLR and collect, (4) Watch and discuss Flocabulary, (5) Discuss the importance of our moms and write a list poem for them

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Share report card with your parents, (3) Share poem with mom

This Week: 5/10 REPORT CARDS are being distributed during 6th hour!  Look for your child’s this evening.

5/14-16 SRI testing to determine reading level ~ Please have your child get a good night’s sleep and eat a good breakfast so s/he is ready to do her/his best.

5/15  Late Start:  School begins one hour later.

5/15  Tiger Game [Only for students who were previously selected.]

Happy Mothers’ Day to all the moms!  Thank you for all you to enrich the lives of your children.

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review a sample SRI question and discuss how to answer, (3) Time to work on Week 20 DLR, (4) Write a letter to a former or current teacher in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, (5) Continue with lit circle reading

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Thurs DLR, (3) [7th grade only] continue with lit circle reading

This Week: 5/8-10 Cystic Fibrosis candy jar fundraiser during lunch; 2 guesses for $1

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Review directions and rubric for district common writing assessment, (3) Write a persuasive essay to answer the question, “Should schools ban the sale of junk food in cafeterias?”, (4) Week 20 DLR, (5) Lit circle reading

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Wed DLR, (3) Read for lit circle

This Week: 5/8-10 Cystic Fibrosis candy jar fundraiser during lunch; 2 guesses for $1

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) 7th gd: Write a simile / 8th gd: Write a sentence that contains a gerund, (3) Week 20 DLR, (4) Continue reading lit circle text, (5) Answer question about text and practice citing textual evidence to support the answer

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Tues DLR, (3) [7th gd only] continue with lit circle reading

This Week: 5/8 District common writing assessment

5/8-10 Cystic Fibrosis candy jar fundraiser during lunch: 2 guesses for $1

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Write a 3 line poem using anaphora, (3) Review week 20 DLR, (4) Complete writing “I Am” poem, (5) Use computer lab to type poem and find images to support poem, (6) Continue with lit circle reading

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Discuss what will be missed about Stout, (3) Review week 20 DLR, (4) Annotate research articles, (5) Meet in groups according to research topics to further the understanding

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Mon DLR, (3) [7th grade only] Lit circle reading: MONSTER – complete the book; The Westing Game – read through chapter 16

This Week: 5/7-8: District common writing assessment

5/8-10: Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser ~ Guess the number of pieces of candy in the jar.  2 guesses for $1.  Student with closest guess will win the whole jar!

7th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Alphabetize words, (3) Review Wednesday portion of DLR, (4) Revisit “Harriet Tubman” poem, (5) Discuss anaphora [repetition] as it is used in the poem and another sample text, (6) Begin writing own “I Am” poem using the poetic element, (7) If time permits, continue reading lit text selection

8th Grade Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Identify pronouns and discuss function, (3) Review Wednesday portion of DLR, (4) Define “annotate” as it appears in the Common Core and how to use it on research articles, (5) Continue with research online in computer lab, (6) If time permits, begin annotating articles for research

Homework : (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Wed DLR, (3) [7th grade only] Read MONSTER through page 239 or THE WESTING GAME through chapter 14

This Week: 5/2 LAST day to submit missing work and/or work corrections

5/3 End of the 5th card marking

5/8-10 Student council candy jar guess during lunch ($1 for 2 guesses) as fundraiser for cystic fibrosis [Winner gets the jar of candy.]

Agenda: (1) Fill in planners, (2) Write/discuss gerunds and similes, (3) Review Tuesday DLR, (4) Continue with reading and discussion of lit book

Homework: (1) Read for 30 minutes, (2) Tues DLR, (3) Lit book reading [MONSTER through pg 239; THE WESTING GAME through ch 14]

This Week: 5/1 Late Start:  School begins 1 hour later

5/2 ALL missing work and work with corrections are due for scoring for the 5th card marking!  NO WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 3:00pm TODAY!

5/3 End of the 5th card marking