Happy Halloween to everyone!! Today the Halloween festivities begin at 2pm. The lower school parade is at 2pm with their parties following. The upper school has the OCTOBER Gathering at 2pm. You may attend if you have not had any write ups, detentions, and referrals. Make sure you eat the barbeque wings so that they keep ordering them :-) They are my favorite.
Monday, November 3, 2008 is PICTURE DAY! IMPORTANT:: Picture Day is only ONE day this year so make sure you are here and make sure you bring your money on Monday!!!!! There are extra order forms in the main office.
Next Tuesday, November 4, 2008.. there is NO SCHOOL!!! YAY! We are off for election day!
Next Wednesday, November 5, 2008 there will be a science unit test. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE YOUR COMPOSITION BOOK HOME TO STUDY!!
Next Thursday or Friday will be the Chapter 1 Test in Social Studies. Make sure you study for this as well. You can use your chapter 1 study guides, quizzes, and the chapter 1 review!
I will not be at school on Friday, November 7, 2008.
Monday and Tuesday, November 10 & 11 , 2008 is no school for students!!! Bigger YAY! Monday is parent teacher conference day and Tuesday is Veterns Day!
PLEASE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN NIGHT!!!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
This week in 7th grade!
The book fair is at Providence Creek Academy this week. The last day will be Friday, October 31, 2008. Be sure to bring your money so you can go shopping!
We are having a pep rally on Thursday, October 30, 2008. It is also a Jeans day. Wear a purple or white shirt with your jeans! The cost is $3.00 for students.
The Halloween parade is on Friday at 2pm for the lower school. Following the parade, the festivities will begin in the classrooms. The upper school will be having a gathering at that time.
In Social Studies we are preparing for our Chapter 1 test. Make sure you are studying!!!
The final draft of your writing piece is due on November 7, 2008. This is a very important date!!!
We are reading "The Cage" in reading.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. Thanks!
We are having a pep rally on Thursday, October 30, 2008. It is also a Jeans day. Wear a purple or white shirt with your jeans! The cost is $3.00 for students.
The Halloween parade is on Friday at 2pm for the lower school. Following the parade, the festivities will begin in the classrooms. The upper school will be having a gathering at that time.
In Social Studies we are preparing for our Chapter 1 test. Make sure you are studying!!!
The final draft of your writing piece is due on November 7, 2008. This is a very important date!!!
We are reading "The Cage" in reading.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. Thanks!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Rough Drafts are due!!
If you did not get your rough draft completed, make sure you are doing that tonight for homework. It will be collected this week. It needs to be at least 750 words. You do not want to fall behind because it will only cause you to have more work and get a lower grade.
Reminder that this week is DSTP for 4th and 6th grade so we need to be respectful when we are in the hallways.
On Thursday, reading vocabulary is due. It is from the story "The Cage" in your Bridges to Literature book.
Keep practicing your multiplication!!!
Another reminder: Agenda books must be signed by your parents on a daily basis. They will be checked EVERY FRIDAY!! 3 missing signatures=1 referral.. not worth it so make sure you get your signatures!!
Have a great night!
Reminder that this week is DSTP for 4th and 6th grade so we need to be respectful when we are in the hallways.
On Thursday, reading vocabulary is due. It is from the story "The Cage" in your Bridges to Literature book.
Keep practicing your multiplication!!!
Another reminder: Agenda books must be signed by your parents on a daily basis. They will be checked EVERY FRIDAY!! 3 missing signatures=1 referral.. not worth it so make sure you get your signatures!!
Have a great night!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Homework for the weekend!
In Reading the students have to complete a slot diagram with notecards we completed in class. They have a large, orange piece of construction paper to complete this on. There are 4 cards titled Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, and Falling Action & Resolution.
Dragon's Pearl vocabulary
Drought- time of little or no rain
Scorched- burned on the surface
Craved-needed very badly
Flourished- grew very well; past tense of flourish
Pierced- touched deeply; pase tense of pierce.
For writing, we are supposed to be working on the rough draft. It is due on Monday, October 20, 2008. For those of you who are behind, please make sure that your ideas are complete, your task #2 worksheet is complete, and your rough draft is complete. You are given a week or more in between each task so that is plenty of time to keep up. If you do not complete something on time, you only add more work to your workload.
ROUGH DRAFT DUE MONDAY!
Assessments on multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting fractions is also on Monday! Bring in the spiral bound notecards on Monday.. they will be a HUGE help to you.
In Social Studies we are on Chapter 1 Section 4.
There is a Halloween dance tonight from 6pm-9pm. The cost is $5.00 but if you bring a chaperone it is only $4.00.
DSTP for 4th and 6th grade is next week. Please be respectful when in the hallways.
Have a great weekend!
Dragon's Pearl vocabulary
Drought- time of little or no rain
Scorched- burned on the surface
Craved-needed very badly
Flourished- grew very well; past tense of flourish
Pierced- touched deeply; pase tense of pierce.
For writing, we are supposed to be working on the rough draft. It is due on Monday, October 20, 2008. For those of you who are behind, please make sure that your ideas are complete, your task #2 worksheet is complete, and your rough draft is complete. You are given a week or more in between each task so that is plenty of time to keep up. If you do not complete something on time, you only add more work to your workload.
ROUGH DRAFT DUE MONDAY!
Assessments on multiplying, dividing, adding, and subtracting fractions is also on Monday! Bring in the spiral bound notecards on Monday.. they will be a HUGE help to you.
In Social Studies we are on Chapter 1 Section 4.
There is a Halloween dance tonight from 6pm-9pm. The cost is $5.00 but if you bring a chaperone it is only $4.00.
DSTP for 4th and 6th grade is next week. Please be respectful when in the hallways.
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Social Studies Quiz Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the Chapter 1 Section 3 quiz in Social Studies. For those of you who are taking the Ch 1 Sec 2 quiz to improve your last quiz grade, that will also be tomorrow. Be prepared for both quizzes!
Today task #2 is due for Writing. Friday, October 17, 2008 is when task #3 (rough draft) is due.
3. Rough Draft - Your rough draft may be handwritten or typed. If handwritten, skip every other line; if typed, be sure to double-space. Your draft should be roughly 750 words, no larger than 1,500 words. After your rough draft, you will meet with your writing group again. Exchange stories for revision and editing suggestions by using a revision checklist. You will submit the revision checklists for your story given from your group members, along with one of your own, with your rough draft. Student-teacher conferences will be held at this time.
Make sure that if you are signed up for tutoring that you are attending on the day that you were scheduled!
Today task #2 is due for Writing. Friday, October 17, 2008 is when task #3 (rough draft) is due.
3. Rough Draft - Your rough draft may be handwritten or typed. If handwritten, skip every other line; if typed, be sure to double-space. Your draft should be roughly 750 words, no larger than 1,500 words. After your rough draft, you will meet with your writing group again. Exchange stories for revision and editing suggestions by using a revision checklist. You will submit the revision checklists for your story given from your group members, along with one of your own, with your rough draft. Student-teacher conferences will be held at this time.
Make sure that if you are signed up for tutoring that you are attending on the day that you were scheduled!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
No School tomorrow
Reminder: Tomorrow, Friday, October, 10, 2008 is an inservice day for teachers so students do not have school.
In Writing we are rewriting our 5 ideas to make them more detailed. We are beginning Task 2 on Conflict, Character List/Descriptions, Setting Description and Plot Outline. The students have a worksheet that they will use to complete this.
In Social Studies we are playing baseball review for Chapter 1 Section 3. There will be a quiz next week on this section.
In Math we have the multiplying and dividing fractions quiz. We will be moving on next week!
In Reading we are reading "Dragon's Pearl." Make sure you are studying those vocabulary words!
Your fundraisers are due Monday!! Make sure you bring them to turn them in.
I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend! Think about me when you are sleeping in tomorrow :-)
In Writing we are rewriting our 5 ideas to make them more detailed. We are beginning Task 2 on Conflict, Character List/Descriptions, Setting Description and Plot Outline. The students have a worksheet that they will use to complete this.
In Social Studies we are playing baseball review for Chapter 1 Section 3. There will be a quiz next week on this section.
In Math we have the multiplying and dividing fractions quiz. We will be moving on next week!
In Reading we are reading "Dragon's Pearl." Make sure you are studying those vocabulary words!
Your fundraisers are due Monday!! Make sure you bring them to turn them in.
I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend! Think about me when you are sleeping in tomorrow :-)
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Writing, Reading, Social Studies, and Math updates!
In Writing, the plot outline, conflict, setting, and character list is due Thursday, October 9, 2008.
Plot outline, conflict, setting, and character list – Every good story revolves around a conflict. Your story is only as good as the conflict you’ve created. First, decide what the conflict will be and classify it (what vs. what?). Then, describe the various settings in the story, listing them by category. Next, create a plot outline, detailing the list of events as it advances the conflict. For each part of the plot outline, write at least one sentence to explain the event(s). Finally, write a list of your characters, organizing them into “major” and “minor” characters. For your major characters, write a two-paragraph description of each, including physical traits, personality traits, family/friends, failures, and accomplishments. All of the above is due in class on Oct. 10. You may meet with your group again, allowing your group to ask questions and help you to add details.
Friday, October 10, 2008 is a teacher inservice day.. the students do not have school! Exciting huh?!?! Think of me when you are sleeping in :-)
October 27-31 the bookfair will be at Providence Creek Academy!! Books are so fun!
Tuesday there is a Reading Quiz for "The Day the Sun Came Out." There is also a writing quiz on Tuesday for complete subject, complete predicate, simple subject, simple predicate, verbs, and verb phrases!
Important things to remember for the reading quiz:
- vocabulary
-about making inferences
- questions that we did about the story
- the characters and setting
Important things to remember for the writing quiz:
- simple subject is the noun-person, place, thing or idea
- simple predicate is the verb
- know your helping verbs (I hope everyone copied the chart out of the book)
-when looking for the verb (ask yourself what is being done by the subject or the state of being)
- when looking for the verb phrases- look for a helping verb (it may not be right next to the word)
- only include the helping verb/s and the main verb when identifying the verb phrase-NO OTHER WORDS! Think about the activities we did on this last week!
For the first Social Studies class, you guys will have your quiz on Monday!
Ms. Decker's math class- quiz Tuesday on multiplying and dividing fractions!
- When you multiply fractions you multiply straight across and then simply!
- When you divide fractions you flip the second fraction (reciprocal) and then multiply straight across.
Make sure you simplify ALL of your answers EVERYTIME you do a fraction problem!
For my advisement group-BRING YOUR FOLDER AND COMPLETED GOAL SHEET TO CLASS!
Plot outline, conflict, setting, and character list – Every good story revolves around a conflict. Your story is only as good as the conflict you’ve created. First, decide what the conflict will be and classify it (what vs. what?). Then, describe the various settings in the story, listing them by category. Next, create a plot outline, detailing the list of events as it advances the conflict. For each part of the plot outline, write at least one sentence to explain the event(s). Finally, write a list of your characters, organizing them into “major” and “minor” characters. For your major characters, write a two-paragraph description of each, including physical traits, personality traits, family/friends, failures, and accomplishments. All of the above is due in class on Oct. 10. You may meet with your group again, allowing your group to ask questions and help you to add details.
Friday, October 10, 2008 is a teacher inservice day.. the students do not have school! Exciting huh?!?! Think of me when you are sleeping in :-)
October 27-31 the bookfair will be at Providence Creek Academy!! Books are so fun!
Tuesday there is a Reading Quiz for "The Day the Sun Came Out." There is also a writing quiz on Tuesday for complete subject, complete predicate, simple subject, simple predicate, verbs, and verb phrases!
Important things to remember for the reading quiz:
- vocabulary
-about making inferences
- questions that we did about the story
- the characters and setting
Important things to remember for the writing quiz:
- simple subject is the noun-person, place, thing or idea
- simple predicate is the verb
- know your helping verbs (I hope everyone copied the chart out of the book)
-when looking for the verb (ask yourself what is being done by the subject or the state of being)
- when looking for the verb phrases- look for a helping verb (it may not be right next to the word)
- only include the helping verb/s and the main verb when identifying the verb phrase-NO OTHER WORDS! Think about the activities we did on this last week!
For the first Social Studies class, you guys will have your quiz on Monday!
Ms. Decker's math class- quiz Tuesday on multiplying and dividing fractions!
- When you multiply fractions you multiply straight across and then simply!
- When you divide fractions you flip the second fraction (reciprocal) and then multiply straight across.
Make sure you simplify ALL of your answers EVERYTIME you do a fraction problem!
For my advisement group-BRING YOUR FOLDER AND COMPLETED GOAL SHEET TO CLASS!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Tomorrow
Tomorrow has a lot going on to be prepared for!
Science vocabulary quiz tomorrow
Social Studies quiz on Chapter 2 Sec 1.
Prewriting ideas are due tomorrow as well. This is the first step in the big writing assignment for this month!
Reading quiz is TUESDAY on "The Day the Sun Came Out"
Science vocabulary quiz tomorrow
Social Studies quiz on Chapter 2 Sec 1.
Prewriting ideas are due tomorrow as well. This is the first step in the big writing assignment for this month!
Reading quiz is TUESDAY on "The Day the Sun Came Out"
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Here's what to study for
Here is what is going on in 7th grade!
In 7a Reading: You need to be reviewing "The Day the Sun Came Out." You will be having a quiz probably Friday or Monday on the story, making inferences, and vocabulary.
Homework tonight: -Vocabulary cards for Dragons Pearl
-Making Inteferences worksheet-Skillbuilder page T34
-List of Major and Minor characters from the story
In 7B and 7C Social Studies: Make sure you are reviewing your review sheet and chapter for the Chapter 1 Section 2 quiz that is on Friday! Be prepared!
In Writing: The prewriting portion of the writing piece for October is due Friday, October 3, 2008. We have had time to complete it in class, so if you didnt finish it then finish it at home. Please also be reviewing Verb Phrases as many students are having difficulty locating the main verb and any helping verbs in sentences.
In Science: you have a quiz coming up on Friday, October 3, 2008. The quiz is on vocabulary. Some of the vocabulary you have already seen on your last test. Here are the words
dormant
dead
organism
living
non-living
embryo
cotlyedon
seed coat
monocot
dicot
STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!
In 7A math we are reviewing multiplying and dividing fractions. There will be a quiz early next week on this so make sure you know it. For multiplying fractions, you multiply straight across and then simplify the answer. For dividing fractions, you flip the second fraction and then multiply straight across. Dont forge to simplify all of your answers!
So here is what you are studying: Reading- "The Day the Sun Came Out"
Social Studies- Chapter 1 Section 2
Writing-Verb Phrases
Science-vocabulary
Math- multiplying and dividing fractions
School Store is every Wednesday (lower school) and Friday (upper school). Be sure to bring your money (we take it all even pennies)!
Book donations are still going on. For every 10 books, you get an item for free from the school store. The books are available for purchase for $1.00.
Lost and Found: Anything left in the lost and found past Friday, October 3, 2008 at 3:20pm will be donated or thrown away. The Lost and Found has become a VERY LARGE eye sore in the middle school. Please be respectful to our school, our teachers, and our peers by cleaning up after yourself.
The gathering was great fun yesterday. There will be one every month for students who do not have any referrals (even level one) for that month. I hope to see everyone there this month!
LEAP programs are starting next week!
OM tryouts will be on October 7, 2008 in Mrs. Smith's room at 3:45pm. Please have your ride here by 5:00pm.
The cross country meet for today was cancelled and rescheduled for October 22, 2008.
Have a fabulous evening!
Please email me with any questions or concerns!
In 7a Reading: You need to be reviewing "The Day the Sun Came Out." You will be having a quiz probably Friday or Monday on the story, making inferences, and vocabulary.
Homework tonight: -Vocabulary cards for Dragons Pearl
-Making Inteferences worksheet-Skillbuilder page T34
-List of Major and Minor characters from the story
In 7B and 7C Social Studies: Make sure you are reviewing your review sheet and chapter for the Chapter 1 Section 2 quiz that is on Friday! Be prepared!
In Writing: The prewriting portion of the writing piece for October is due Friday, October 3, 2008. We have had time to complete it in class, so if you didnt finish it then finish it at home. Please also be reviewing Verb Phrases as many students are having difficulty locating the main verb and any helping verbs in sentences.
In Science: you have a quiz coming up on Friday, October 3, 2008. The quiz is on vocabulary. Some of the vocabulary you have already seen on your last test. Here are the words
dormant
dead
organism
living
non-living
embryo
cotlyedon
seed coat
monocot
dicot
STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!
In 7A math we are reviewing multiplying and dividing fractions. There will be a quiz early next week on this so make sure you know it. For multiplying fractions, you multiply straight across and then simplify the answer. For dividing fractions, you flip the second fraction and then multiply straight across. Dont forge to simplify all of your answers!
So here is what you are studying: Reading- "The Day the Sun Came Out"
Social Studies- Chapter 1 Section 2
Writing-Verb Phrases
Science-vocabulary
Math- multiplying and dividing fractions
School Store is every Wednesday (lower school) and Friday (upper school). Be sure to bring your money (we take it all even pennies)!
Book donations are still going on. For every 10 books, you get an item for free from the school store. The books are available for purchase for $1.00.
Lost and Found: Anything left in the lost and found past Friday, October 3, 2008 at 3:20pm will be donated or thrown away. The Lost and Found has become a VERY LARGE eye sore in the middle school. Please be respectful to our school, our teachers, and our peers by cleaning up after yourself.
The gathering was great fun yesterday. There will be one every month for students who do not have any referrals (even level one) for that month. I hope to see everyone there this month!
LEAP programs are starting next week!
OM tryouts will be on October 7, 2008 in Mrs. Smith's room at 3:45pm. Please have your ride here by 5:00pm.
The cross country meet for today was cancelled and rescheduled for October 22, 2008.
Have a fabulous evening!
Please email me with any questions or concerns!
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