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Mrs. Alex's 8th Grade Language Arts Class
Lori Alex
CHARLES C ERWIN MIDDLE
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The Bodie Islander Teachers

  • Lori Alex- Language Arts and Reading
  • Stacy Byrd- Social Studies
  • Frank File- Math
  • Van Miller- Science
  • Judy Wellmon- Support Teacher


It's great to be back with my Erwin family. I missed teaching my students and am anxious to continue with the unit on Anne Frank.

I have recently begun sending home a Grade Sheet for my class. Students are to keep all grades posted weekly and get a parent/guardian to sign it every week. If students forget to have it signed, they will be required to call home to remind themselves and you that this needs to be done. I will also have them call home if they do not have an assignment on the due date. Hopefully, this will keep students more aware of their daily progress for Language Arts class.

SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) has been going well. Students are encouraged to read a book or magazine suited to their individual interests and share what they have read each Friday. Even the most reluctant readers are participating.

The WordSkills program will be taught again this year to help students continue to develop better vocabulary skills. They are able to apply the prefixes learned so far to words they find in other areas. We will also continue working on new prefixes and base words. By knowing the definitions of different parts of words, they are able to break down unfamiliar words into their parts and attempt an educated guess about their meaning. Sometimes they surprise themselves at what they are learning.

Language Arts

In Language Arts we focus on Parts of Speech and writing a research paper. Several times throughout the year, students will use the computer lab in the library. It is our goal for students to continuously work on improving their reading skills. Later this year we may work with SRA, a reading program designed to have students working individually at their own rate. This program helps them to increase not only the speed at which they read, but also helps them to understand more of what they read. Because students are not allowed to take any part of the laboratory home, all work will be completed in class. Each student is to bring a library book to class each day. If they finish their lesson early, they will be practicing the day's skills by reading a book of their choice.

This year our planning time is 1:32. - 3:20P.M. If you need to contact us, please feel free to call. We would love to hear from you.

We encourage parents and students to call the Homework Hotline nightly. The number is (704)279-0790. The Bodie Islander extension is 8001. This will only give you homework assignments, not the classroom assignment for the day.


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