Spring Fever

As we take a short break and enjoy a week off of school , let's reflect on what we will begin learning when we return.



In our 2nd period reading class, we will be focusing on sequencing. We will complete several activities assessing our ability to sequence story events and, at the end of the week, create our own sequences for our classmates to follow!



In 3rd period reading, we will continue to read and discuss the novel, Taking Sides. We will complete a sequencing activity on Monday to refresh our memory about the important events in the story, so far. We will then continue reading the remainder of the week. Our first quiz will be a week from Friday on Chapter 1-8 (including vocabulary).



In 7th grade Language Arts, we are beginning our Career Unit! Monday, students will be taking a survey that will highlight possible career choices for them. From this we will spend the next three weeks researching our career, creating notecards, making an outline, creating a bibliography, making a visual, and preparing our speeches. More information will follow.



In 7th grade Reading, we will continue to read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. Our first quiz (on Chapters 1-7) will be on Thursday. Please remember to read your silent reading books at least 20 minutes each day over Spring Break so that you are ready to begin working on your book report the week we return, as well!





For additional information about 7th Grade Reading/Language Arts and 8th grade math, please see Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Mastny's blogs!



Have a nice and relaxing Spring Break!

I hope that everyone had a great week!

In 2nd period reading, beginning on Monday, we will be focusing on the skill of inferencing. Throughout the week, we will read various passages and complete activities that help us to strength our ability to make inferences when reading.

In 3rd period reading, we will continue reading our new novel, Taking Sides. Our focus will be on vocabulary and using context clues, comparing/contrasting the Mission District and Sycamore, and completing our Reading Logs.

In 7th period RtI, we are going to continue making connections with the texts we read throughout the week. Our stories will include The Story or Mzee and Owen and Gulliver's Travels.

For more information about 7th grade Language Arts/Reading and 8th grade math, please see Mrs. Mastny's and Mrs. Myers's blogs.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to change your clocks!

March Madness :)

Well...we have all made it through another year of ISATs! Students, you should all be proud of your accomplishments and the hard work that you have put in over the first two trimesters!

Looking ahead to next week, we are going to begin our next novel in 3rd period Reading, Taking Sides. We will explore our background knowledge and introduce new vocabulary on Tuesday and Wednesday and, finally, begin reading Thursday and Friday.

In 2nd period reading, we are going to discover our "Multiple Intelligences" and discuss how these affect our learning. We will end the week reading a story from our reading series, titled"Westwood."

If you need any additional information about 7th grade Language Arts/Reading or 8th grade Math, please see Mrs. Mastny/Froats and Mrs. Myers blogs.

Enjoy your four day weekend!

ISATS

As we enter into ISAT week, be sure to take a deep breath each morning and remind yourself of all the hard work and effort that you have already put forth! You should all be very proud of how much you have learned so far this year!

With the added change of entering into a new trimester, as well, we all have the opportunity to start today with all "A's"! So lets remember to always put forth our best effort and ask for help when we have questions!

Here is this week's schedule:

*In Reading this week, we are reminding ourselves about why we loved to read as children and celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday. All of our class activities will relate to his books.
*In our new extra Reading period, we will be completing comprehension/writing activies based on the articles in this months Action Magazine.
*In RtI Reading, we will be reading the Reader's Theater play for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and writing our own "true" version of a fairy tale.

Please see Mrs. Mastny and Mrs. Myer's blog for any additional information for 7th grade LA/Reading and 8th grade math!

Have a great week!

ISAT Prep!!

With ISAT testing just a week away, we are busy preparing in both math and reading. Throughout the next week, in all classes, we will be practicing test-taking strategies, reading passages with multiple choice questions, and writing extended responses. Since we have been working on developing these skills throughout the year, we should be ready to start ISATs on the 28th!

We also must remember the importance of these tests, as our result are used to show growth and progress throughout the year.


Have a wonderful weekend!

Snow Days!

I hope that you enjoyed your two snow days this week and stayed warm!

As we enter into next week, we will be finishing up much of the work that we missed Wednesday and Thursday. In Language Arts, we will begin prepositions now on Monday. In Reading, we will take our vocabulary quiz on Monday and finish reading Trouble River on Thursday. The book test will be the following week.

Enjoy your weekend!



Here is a picture of Dominic on his first snow day! :)

Januaray 31st

As we enter into the month of February (!!!!), the end of the trimester is approaching just two short weeks away!

In Language Arts, we will be wrapping up our Conjunctions & Interjections unit with a test on Wednesday (moved from Tuesday). On Thursday, we will be starting to learn about prepositions! In Reading we will take our vocabulary quiz for Trouble River on Thursday and finish the week just a chapter away from the end of the book! Or Trouble River test will be the following week.

Have a wonderful weekend!