AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Identified the point of view for current SSR+ book, (3) Brain Break: Thumb War, (4) Worked in groups to write about one most vivid memory, (5) Continued typing credo, (6) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish typing credo

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/10 ~ Final typed credo due

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/10-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipient’s 1/2 period class

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/15 ~ Late Start

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

2/20-24 ~ NO SCHOOL: Mid-winter break [School reopens on 2/27.]

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Wrote review questions about the point of view notes, (3) Brain Break: ABC/123, (4) Listened to a book excerpt and recorded examples of descriptive language and details, (5) Selected one descriptive passage to display, (6) Continued typing credo, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish typing credo

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/10 ~ Final typed credo due

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/9-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipient’s 1/2 period class

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/15 ~ Late Start

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

2/20-24 ~ NO SCHOOL: Mid-winter break [School reopens on 2/27.]

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Wrote review questions about the MEMOIR notes, (3) Brain Break: Ear Nose Switch, (4) Took notes about different point of view used in narrative writing, (5) Applied skill on IXL [students were assigned grade levels based upon NWEA scores], (6) Continued typing credo, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish typing credo

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/10 ~ Final typed credo due

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/8-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipient’s 1/2 period class

2/7 ~ PTA Skate Night at Lincoln Park Skating Center

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/15 ~ Late Start

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

2/20-24 ~ NO SCHOOL: Mid-winter break [School reopens on 2/27.]

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Continued taking notes about MEMOIR, (3) Brain Break: Mingle, (4) Read two passages & identified the descriptive language in one of them, (5) Started typing credo, (6) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipient’s 1/2 period class

2/7 ~ PTA Skate Night at Lincoln Park Skating Center

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/15 ~ Late Start

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

2/20-24 ~ NO SCHOOL: Mid-winter break [School reopens on 2/27.]

AGENDA: (1) Finished reading “Dirk the Protector”, (2) SSR+, (3) Brain Break: Simple Stretch, (4) Read through sample credo statements and then finalized individual credo statements, (5) Cornell Notes on memoir, (6) Took a survey about preferred genres for reading, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipient’s 1/2 period class

2/7 ~ PTA Skate Night at Lincoln Park Skating Center

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Reread “I believe” statements from draft of individual credo, (3) Brain Break: Toe tap, (4) Read “Steve Jobs” using talk to the text, (5) Added to or revised credo, (6) Continued reading “Dirk the Protector”, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/2 ~ 7th grade boys’ swim try-outs / 3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipients 1/2 period class

2/7 ~ PTA Skate Night at Lincoln Park Skating Center

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Reread “I believe” statements from draft of individual credo, (3) Brain Break: Twisted, (4) “Hovered” over then read “Be Cool to the Pizza Dude” using talk to the text, (5) Added to or revised credo, (6) Began reading “Dirk the Protector” & answered one question, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/1 ~ 7th grade girls’ volleyball try outs /3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/2 ~ 7th grade boys’ swim try-outs / 3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipients 1/2 period class

2/7 ~ PTA Skate Night at Lincoln Park Skating Center

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Introduced “Open eBooks” app for reading in class, (3) Brain Break: Handshake Challenge, (4) Identified fiction text features in current SSR+ books, (5) Defined the word “credo”, (6) Responded to prompt questions then discussed, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

2/14 & 2/16 ~ 7th grade WIDA testing

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

2/1 ~ 7th grade girls’ volleyball try outs /3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/2 ~ 7th grade boys’ swim try-outs / 3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipients 1/2 period class

2/7 ~ PTA Skate Night at Lincoln Park Skating Center

2/10 ~ PTA Pizza Dough fundraiser orders due

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

AGENDA: (1) Assigned new seats, (2) Reviewed and discussed class norms then made revisions if necessary, (3) Organized binders, (4) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 4th card marking & 2nd semester

2/1 ~ 7th grade girls’ volleyball try outs /3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/2 ~ 7th grade boys’ swim try-outs / 3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipients 1/2 period class

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie

AGENDA: (1) A few students worked on completing their NWEA testing, (2) Students done with testing had time to complete IXL skill practice, revise essays, and/or complete any other missing work, (3) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/30 ~ Secondary ONLY early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / Start of 4th card marking & 2nd semester

2/1 ~ 7th grade girls’ volleyball try outs /3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/2 ~ 7th grade boys’ swim try-outs / 3-5pm / Activity bus is available

2/6-13 ~ Valentine Candy Gram Sale / 50 cents each / Sold during lunch / Need to know recipients 1/2 period class

2/17 ~ 3rd card marking Reward Day: Staff vs. students basketball game or Movie