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Sally Ervin-Mabry
CHINA GROVE MIDDLE
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February - March2012



Students have begun work on individual book projects. A choice list for projects should have come home along with the assignment. Please check to see that your child is working on this, as it is a major project for 3rd quarter. Students must complete 2 activities on the book that they signed up for & turn that in by March 9th.

We have begun work on the genre of mythology, focusing primarily on Greek and Roman myths. After learning key characteristics/traits of this style of literature, and learning key deities, students will be reading and analyzing narrative elements of several myths, including:

1) The Creation of Man
2) Pandora's Box
3) Icarus 
4) Arachne
5) Ceres & Proserpina
6) The Minotaur & the Labyrinth 
7) The Cyclops
8) Medusa

Students will then explore a deity more in depth and be creating a "Talking Worksheet" in class the week of March 12 - 16. An assignment sheet & rubric will be given & reviewed and laptops will be in the classroom for student creations & recordings March 14 - 16. This is an in-class assignment & attendance those days will be crucial to success on this task.


Reading Logs are due the Tuesday of every week, unless otherwise noted in their agendas. (There is NO READING LOG THE WEEK OF MARCH 6th).
100 minutes, read over several days, the date, title of text read, and a parent signature are required for full credit. If a student has misplaced his/her reading log, a sheet of notebook paper is fine.

Please check your child's agenda nightly or call the homework hotline to make sure they are keeping up with their work.

My AIG class has wrapped up its unit on CHANGE and has begun the next unit on CYCLES. New novel assignments have been given and their first entry work ( as noted on their assignment sheet) is due Friday, March 9th. Students will have seminars that day with the other students who are also reading the same novel.

The second entry's work is due March 21 and the third & final entry is due March 28th, with small group seminars on each of those dates.

Students will continue to explore various other pieces of literature that fit in the theme of "Cycles", including e.e. cummings poem "all ignorance togobbans into know" and "In the windowsill". Students will explore the work habits of Claude Monet and explore his cyclic process.


ALL classes will go to the library on March 6th to visit the Book Fair and we'll return on March 20th for regular checkout. 

Important Dates to remember:

Early Release - 3/23
Report Cards 4/2


Please keep in mind that should we have bad weather & school is cancelled, there are no make up days in the schedule other than Saturdays and Spring Break.
Specific details about snow make up days can be found on the system's web site.

As always, don't hesitate to call or email if you have questions or concerns.




REMINDERS

Don't forget a good reading strategy and some important key words.


How to  UNRAAVEL:

U - Underline the title
N - Now make a prediction about the text 
R- Run through and number the paragraphs
A - Are you reading the questions?
A - Are the important words circled? ( write down their meaning)
V - Venture through the passage ( READ IT) 
E - Eliminate wrong answer choices in the questions.
L - Let the questions be answered. 

Please also make review with your children the original 12 Mighty/Power Words and the NEW 12 words. They should be able to name them, spell them, define them, and use them correctly in a sentence.

Check out the bulletin board in the hall to see if you can find 
"The Perfect Matches"

THE NEW 12 POWER WORDS

verify - show me why it's right
NOT - no way/no how
justify - prove it/give reasons/explain your decision
distinguish - tell all the ways things are different
author's purpose - why did they write this? for what reason?
conclusion - the end or final outcome/a final choice/a summation
demonstrate - show me
classify - put in the right group based on one of its traits
evidence - objects/words/images that prove something
determine - figure out how
persuade - convince
characteristics - traits, features, or things that tell about a person or thing


THE ORIGINAL 12 POWER WORDS
Trace: Outline
Analyze : Break down into smaller steps or parts
Infer: Read between the lines; read what the author doesn't say
Evaluate: Judge or determine value
Formulate: Build, create
Describe: Tell all about it
Support: Back it up; defend
Explain: Tell; Tell sequence, parts, or details
Summarize: The short version; key points or main idea
Compare: Things that are similar 
Contrast: Things that are different
Predict: Think about the future



Sally Ervin-Mabry
CGMS - ELA
ervinmsd@rss.k12.nc.us

JUST A REMINDER:


CHECK OUTS
Students are not allowed to be checked out of school after 3pm. This is an effort to protect instructional time for all students.

EDUCATIONAL TRIPS
CGMS has a PRIOR APPROVAL FORM for students who are going on trips that they want counted as EXCUSED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. Students who ask about these forms will be referred to the office and with a copy.



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