Feb
2019

2nd Card Marking Report Cards

Report cards will be distributed tomorrow (2-4-19) at the end of the 6th hour.

If you do not receive your student’s report card, please contact the office for a copy to be mailed home.

Feb
2019

ePortfolio Updates

AGENDA:

  1. Students worked with a partner or in a small group using flash cards to study prefixes
  2. Students logged into their ePortfolios to update their NWEA data and to create their Learning Plan for the 3rd card marking
  3. Continued working on IXL
  4. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. Review prefixes for Monday’s test

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 2/4 ~ LWC test #21-25

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 2/1 ~ Girls’ basketball tryouts: 3-5pm
  • 2/1 ~ Boys’ swim team tryouts: 3-5pm
  • 2/1 ~ Chess Club: 3-5pm
  • 2/6 ~ Late Start: School begins one hour later
  • 2/14 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school students are released at 11:05am
  • 2/15-18 ~ NO SCHOOL: Mid-winter break
Jan
2019

NWEA, Point of View, IXL

AGENDA:

  1. Students who are not done logged in to continue with NWEA testing
  2. If NWEA is complete, students finished the reading and point of view questions started yesterday
  3. Continued working on IXL
  4. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. {none}

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/28 ~ Girls’ basketball tryouts: 3-5pm
  • 1/28 ~ Boys’ swim team tryouts: 3-5pm
  • 2/6 ~ Late Start: School begins one hour later
  • 2/14 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school students are released at 11:05am
  • 2/15-18 ~ NO SCHOOL: Mid-winter break
Jan
2019

NWEA Reading Day 1

AGENDA:

  1. Students who were ready presented their Book Talks
  2. Logged in to begin NWEA reading testing
  3. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL [Record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project [Rubrics available on iLearn]

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/16-17 ~ NWEA Reading test
  • 1/17 ~ Last day to do Book Talk or turn in Book Poster
  • 1/17 ~ IXL record sheet for the 2nd card marking
  • 1/18 ~ Last day to turn in SSR Final Project

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/24 ~ Chess Club 3-5pm: See Mr. Liggett in H-2
  • 1/28 ~ Girls’ basketball tryouts: 3-5pm
  • 1/28 ~ Boys’ swim team tryouts: 3-5pm
Jan
2019

Evidence, AoW, SSR

AGENDA:

  1. Continued to work either independently or in a small group to identify evidence from the text to support the theme selection
  2. Introduced this week’s “Good Student”
  3. Started to read and annotate the new AoW (article of the week)
  4. Students who were ready presented their Book Talks
  5. SSR: Either read, prepared book talk or book poster, or worked on Final Project
  6. If both SSR assignments were complete, students could also work on IXL
  7. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL [Record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project [Rubrics available on iLearn]

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/15-17 ~ NWEA Reading test
  • 1/16 ~ Last day to do Book Talk or turn in Book Poster
  • 1/17 ~ IXL record sheet for the 2nd card marking
  • 1/18 ~ Last day to turn in SSR Final Project

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
Jan
2019

Evidence & SSR

AGENDA:

  1. Worked either independently or in a small group to identify evidence from the text to support the theme selection made yesterday
  2. Students who were ready presented their Book Talks
  3. SSR: Either read, prepared book talk or book poster, or worked on Final Project
  4. If both SSR assignments were complete, students could also work on IXL
  5. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL [Record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project [Rubrics available on iLearn]

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/15-17 ~ NWEA Reading test
  • 1/16 ~ Last day to do Book Talk or turn in Book Poster
  • 1/17 ~ IXL record sheet for the 2nd card marking
  • 1/18 ~ Last day to turn in SSR Final Project

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
Jan
2019

LWC, Theme & SSR

AGENDA:

  1. Recorded information about the next 5 prefixes in our study of Latin Word Chunks (LWC)
  2. Revisited paper, completed while viewing the movie, that listed one thing Scrooge learned from his time with each spirit
  3. Wrote down a possible THEME for the story A CHRISTMAS CAROL
  4. SSR: Either read, prepared book talk or book poster, or worked on Final Project
  5. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL [Record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project [Rubrics available on iLearn]

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/15-17 ~ NWEA Reading test
  • 1/16 ~ Last day to do Book Talk or turn in Book Poster
  • 1/17 ~ IXL record sheet for the 2nd card marking
  • 1/18 ~ Last day to turn in SSR Final Project

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
Jan
2019

NWEA Language Usage Testing Day 3

AGENDA:

  1. Introduced final IXL skill (dialogue punctuation) for the 2nd card marking [record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. Logged in to continue the winter NWEA test session for Language Usage
  3. When done with test, logged into ePortfolio to record test score
  4. Then worked on SSR, the book talk and/or the final project and IXL
  5. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL [Record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project [Rubrics available on iLearn]

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/15-17 ~ NWEA Reading test
  • 1/16 ~ Last day to do Book Talk or turn in Book Poster
  • 1/17 ~ IXL record sheet for the 2nd card marking
  • 1/18 ~ Last day to turn in SSR Final Project

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
Jan
2019

AGENDA:

  1. Added a January calendar to our Reader’s Notebooks
  2. Logged in to continue the winter NWEA test session for Language Usage
  3. When done with test, logged into ePortfolio to record test score
  4. Then worked on SSR, the book talk and/or the final project
  5. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL [Record sheet available on iLearn]
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project [Rubrics available on iLearn]

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/9 ~ NWEA Language Usage test
  • 1/15-17 ~ NWEA Reading test
  • 1/16 ~ Last day to do Book Talk or turn in Book Poster
  • 1/16 ~ IXL record sheet for the 2nd card marking
  • 1/18 ~ Last day to turn in SSR Final Project

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
Jan
2019

NWEA Language Usage Day 1

AGENDA:

  1. Shared stories about what we all did over the long break
  2. Logged in to begin the winter NWEA test session for Language Usage
  3. When done with test, logged into ePortfolio to record test score
  4. Then worked on SSR, the book talk and/or the final project
  5. Dismissal countdown

HOMEWORK:

  1. IXL
  2. SSR, Book talk or poster, and Final Project

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS:

  • 1/8-9 ~ NWEA Language Usage test
  • 1/15-17 ~ NWEA Reading test

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

  • 1/18 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/21 ~ NO SCHOOL: MLK Holiday
  • 1/22 ~Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am
  • 1/23 ~ Early Dismissal: Middle school released at 11:05am