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Hello parents and students,
This week all ELA 6th and 7th grade classes will be completing their QBA (Quarterly Based Assessments) and Constructed Response assessments. Review will continue Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday testing, Thursday and Friday constructed response and sentence structure practice.
Please check the links page for the PDF file for 7th Graders, While the World Watched By Carolyn McKinstry. We will begin our new novel during week 11. The 6th graders novel will be posted soon.
Continue to utilize Infinite Campus for grades.
Good evening parents and students,
This is the last week of the 1st quarter, time is going by fast. Students have been encouraged to stay on top of their assignments by looking at Infinite Campus. Students will have until Wednesday afternoon to stay after if they require additional assistance on any assignments. This week Tuesday and Wednesday are the two days I will be available for students after school.
This week our 7th graders are working on a Hunger Games essay utilizing sequencing sentences, transiting between paragraphs, and citing textual evidence to support key details.
This week our 6th graders will focus on sentence structure with review of pronouns.
Let's have a great week.
Our 6th graders will be presenting their understanding of 5000 Miles to Freedom on Tuesday and rolling into understanding PLOT.
Let's have a fantastic week.
Good evening parents,
We have a busy week upon us. Please remind students to have their library books with them each day in class.
This week 7th graders will continue with Hunger Games reading per group. We will read chapters 12-17. Lots of class time to engage and work on our standards. Our "Mario" characters are beginning to move across our game board. Students should be working hard on how to cite textual evidence, author's purpose, and constructed responses using the RACE writing strategy. Homework sheets will be copied each day in class.
The 6th graders will continue with 5000 Miles to Freedom reading per group. We should finish our novel this week. Students should be working hard on how to cite textual evidence, author's purpose, and constructed responses using the RACE strategy. We will continue working on pronouns.
We now have links for parents and students to practicing for GMAS. Please take the time to do so. Please check out the links page.
Students should continue to read Hunger Games as well as their library books.
The 6th graders will continue working on pronoun types and how to identify them. We are also reading 5000 Miles to Freedom.
The 6th grade homework will be on pronouns.
All classes are to continue working on their Literary Projects which are due October 30, 2015. Don't forget to notate your summaries every 10 pages of reading.
Students need to make sure they are turning in assignments on time. I will be available Tuesday this week for students who have signed up for tutoring.
Let's have a good week.
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