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Dear Students, Teachers and Optimist Friends,

The Optimist Club of Dearborn would like to invite any Dearborn student under the age of 18 as of October 1^st 2016 to participate in our Oratorical Optimist contest.  Cash prizes are awarded to the top three (3) boys and the top (3) girls who participate in the contest.  The Oratorical Contest gives youngsters the chance to speak on their thoughts of the future.  The topic is “What the World Gains from Optimism.”  Students should contact the assigned teachers for the official contest application submission.  The prize money to be awarded for 1^st place will be $500.00, 2^nd place pays $250.00, and 3^rd place receives $150.00.  The contest is February 22^nd, 2017.  We are hosting the event at the Auditorium at the Dearborn Library from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  On March 8th we will award the Prize money at our Optimist luncheon.

AGENDA: (1) Continued with NWEA reading test, (2) Students done with the reading test moved on to the Language Usage test, (3) Students had other work to complete if done testing, (4) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: (1) Complete IXL skills, (2) Revise essay {if necessary}, (3) Complete any 3rd card marking work

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/25-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

1/27 ~ IXL skills sheet for 3rd card marking

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

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

AGENDA: (1) Reviewed essay scores in iLearn (Students may make revisions and submit BEFORE Friday.), (2) Logged in to begin NWEA reading test [Students who completed the reading test also started the language usage test.], (3) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: (1) Revise essay {if necessary}, (2) Complete any 3rd card marking work

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/24-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

1/25 ~ IXL skills sheet for 3rd card marking

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

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

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

GENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Reviewed elements to include in a concluding paragraph, (3) BRAIN BREAK: Say 21 & Win, (4) Typed/revised conclusion, (5) Formatted essay to meet MLA Guidelines, (6) Reviewed essay using the scoring rubric, (7) Copy/paste essay into iLearn workshop for scoring, (8) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish essay and put it into workshop assignment in iLearn

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

1/25 ~ IXL skills sheet for 3rd card marking

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

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

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

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Wrote the summary for Cornell Notes about sentence types, (3) BRAIN BREAK: X Wave & Move, (4) Used DEJ to type the 2nd body paragraph, (5) If time allowed, typed conclusion, (6) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish typing second body paragraph

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

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

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

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Split It: define “parallel” and “structure”, (3) BRAIN BREAK: Snowball Toss!, (4) Defined the concept of “parallel structure” as it relates to ELA, (5) Logged in to IXL to practice the new concept, (6) Added the first body paragraph to the Literary Analysis using the information from last week’s double entry journals, (7) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: Finish typing first body paragraph

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

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

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

We are fortunate to have Ms. Ahlam Hussein, a student teacher from Eastern Michigan University, with us for the next 15 weeks. She wanted to introduce herself to all of you…

Hello 7 th graders! Now that I have met all of you, I wanted to tell you about

myself in a couple paragraphs. I go to school at Eastern Michigan University and

study two subjects: general language arts and special education. For those of

you that are wondering, special education is for students who have different or

extra needs in school. You have at least one special education teacher here at

Stout! “Student Teaching” is the final phase of my college teaching program-you

can think of it as my final test.

Like many of you, I was born and raised in Dearborn. I have lived in Ann

Arbor for a bit to be closer to school, but have moved back home in August of

last year.

During the upcoming weeks, I will be helping Mrs. Wiacek more by

teaching full lessons some days; you will here more of my voice! I hope to make

the most of this experience with Mrs. Wiacek and all of you and I am so happy to

be apart of her class. I am always available and eager to answer your questions

during class time so please do not hesitate to ask me.

My Favorite Texts:

Persepolis

The Outsiders

I am Malala

The Round House

Twilight Series

autobiographies

short stories

AGENDA: (1) SSR+, (2) Quick Write: elements of an introductory paragraph, (3) BRAIN BREAK: Snowball Toss!, (4) Checked each other’s answers from quick write, (5) Reviewed the 3 elements the introduction of this essay must contain {lead, summary, thesis}, (6) Created new Google Doc called LITERARY ANALYSIS and typed introduction, (7) Worked towards mastery on IXL skill, (8) Dismissal Countdown

HOMEWORK: none

DUE DATES & UPCOMING TESTS: 

1/23-27 ~ NWEA testing in ELA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

1/16 ~ NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

1/17 ~ Chess Club: 3-5 pm / Activity bus is available.

1/17 ~ “Save It or Shave It” fundraiser for Relay for Life begins

1/18 ~ LATE START: School begins 1 hour later.

1/27 ~ Early dismissal: Middle school dismissed at 11:05am / End of 3rd card marking & end of 1st semester

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

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