Week of January 23rd

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

ALL students (ELA and SLA) received a letter regarding Think Link practice probes on Tuesday, 1/3. This letter must be read by students and parents, signed by students and parents, and returned to school by Friday, 1/6. Thanks!

Think Link code #1 for probe due 1/13: PZPDH578514 (If you complete it late, you MUST print results and submit them in class)

Think Link code #2 for probe due 1/23: PZPTV076332 (that is a zero, not a letter) Under BlogRoll, you may now click and go directly to the prompt. You don’t even have to enter the code if you click on Think Link #2. You just have to enter your name: last name first

Think Link #3 code due Monday, 1/30:  PZPTA795116     You can go directly to BlogRoll over on the right, find Think Link #3, and click. You will be taken directly to the probe, and you won’t have to enter the code-just your name.

ELA classes

ELA independent reading assignment for Q3: Biography or Autobiography-Novel reading level needs to be 7+.  We are going to the library on 1/9 to check out these novels! Students will have a novel assessment on 2/27.

Monday IC: DGP*Comma test (Part one of the test will have sentences using commas either correctly or incorrectly-students will have to mark them accordingly. Part two of the test will have sentences using commas correctly and the students must name the comma rule.) *Submit SAT #4 review sheet and CW from Friday*After the test, work on SAT #4 review sheet (create illustration with the link sentence I provided on the sheet)This sheet is due on Wednesday.

Monday HW: Finish SAT skill sheet-due Wednesday

Tuesday IC: No class for Wildcats-honor roll assembly**Vols: Fill in guided notes on colons and semicolons*Complete skill sheets and workbook pages-231,232,233

Tuesday HW: Finish any CW on colons and semicolons*SAT #4 illustration sheet due tomorrow

Wednesday IC: DGP*(Wildcats have to catch up from yesterday)Discuss colons and semicolons*Check skill sheets*Writing lesson(discuss writing prompt) I will post the prompt on the blog after we vote on our choices*Check SAT #4 illustration sheet/share!

Writing prompt choices: Students were given these in class today, and instructions were provided. Students must choose one of the prompts and respond using the following vocabulary terms (asunder, askew, austere, badger,astute) HL these terms in your story.

Choice #1: Imagine you are a dollar bill. Using first person (the pronoun “I”), describe what happens to you during the course of a week. (1 page response-written or typed)

Choice #2: Use the following sentence as the beginning of two different short stories (1/2 page each) using the same five vocabulary words listed above. “Eve stared down at the egg in her hand. There was no other choice: she had to call the F.B.I. headquarters.” One 1/2 page story should be serious. The second 1/2 page story should be funny.

Wednesday HW: Begin brainstorming the prompt provided in class today*Completed response due on Monday*Think Link #3 due on Monday

Thursday IC: DGP*Class practice with colons and semicolons*Writing lesson*Discuss short story elements (provide notes)

Thursday HW: Colon and semicolon quiz tomorrow

Friday IC: DGP*Discuss TCAP Writing Assessment (we will do practice assessment on 2/1)*Colon and semicolon quiz*Writing lesson if time allows

Friday HW-Writing prompt due on Monday*Think Link #3 due on Monday

SLA classes

Monday IC: Proofreading EB*Comma test (Part one of the test will have sentences using commas either correctly or incorrectly-students will have to mark them accordingly. Part two of the test will have sentences using commas correctly and the students must name the comma rule.)

Monday HW: none

Tuesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with colons and semicolons*Complete skill sheets and workbook pages 231,232, 233

Tuesday HW: Finish any CW on colons and semicolons

Wednesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with colons and semicolons

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with colons and semicolons

Thursday HW: Proofreading Early Bird Quiz tomorrow*Colon and semicolon quiz tomorrow

Friday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Proofreading EB Quiz*Colon and semicolon quiz

Friday HW: none

Week of January 17th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

ALL students (ELA and SLA) received a letter regarding Think Link practice probes on Tuesday, 1/3. This letter must be read by students and parents, signed by students and parents, and returned to school by Friday, 1/6. Thanks!

Think Link code #1 for probe due 1/13: PZPDH578514 (If you complete it late, you MUST print results and submit them in class)

Think Link code #2 for probe due 1/23: PZPTV076332 (that is a zero, not a letter)

ELA classes

ELA independent reading assignment for Q3: Biography or Autobiography-Novel reading level needs to be 7+.  We are going to the library on 1/9 to check out these novels! Students will have a novel assessment on 2/27.

No school on Monday

Tuesday IC: DGP*Check Extra Credit*Commas*Practice with writing*Assign new Think Link code*Discuss SAT list #4 (askew, aspire, assuage, astute, asunder, atrophy, atypical, austere, badger, ballistics) Choice assignment will be due on Monday, 1/23.

Tuesday HW: probe due 1/23-Choice due 1/23-study commas

Wednesday IC: DGP*Commas

Wednesday HW: Finish flashcards for rules 11-19 (worth points on your quiz)

Thursday IC: Comma quiz on rules 11-19

Thursday HW: probe due 1/23-Choice due 1/23

Friday IC: DGP*Comma test review for Monday test over rules 1-19

Friday HW: Finish review if you did not in class*Comma test over rules 1-19 on Monday*Probe due by Monday*SAT Choice due with list #4

SLA classes

No school on Monday

Tuesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Commas

Tuesday HW: Think Link probe due 1/23

Wednesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Commas

Wednesday HW: Think Link probe due 1/23

Thursday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Comma Quiz over rules 11-19

Thursday HW: Think Link probe due 1/23

Friday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Comma practice with all 19 rules (test review)

Friday HW: Comma test on Monday covering all 19 rules*Think Link probe is due by Monday, 1/23

Week of January 9th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

ALL students (ELA and SLA) received a letter regarding Think Link practice probes on Tuesday, 1/3. This letter must be read by students and parents, signed by students and parents, and returned to school by Friday, 1/6. Thanks!

Extra Credit Opportunity for all classes

(students received a hard copy of the EC opportunity on 1/10)

1. Find a comma rule used in text: a magazine, a newspaper, a church bulletin, or some other text. You may NOT print something from the internet.
   
2. Cut and paste the sentence to an index card.
3. Highlight the comma(s).
4. Define the rule on the index card and label it above the comma.
5. All information should be placed on the FRONT of the index card.
6. Students may bring in up to 3 index cards with different comma rules from different sources.  Each card will be worth 2 points added to a quiz or CW grade.
7. All guidelines must be followed to receive the points.
8. These index cards are due by Tuesday, Jan. 17^th.
   

Think Link code for probe due 1/13: PZPDH578514

ELA classes

ELA independent reading assignment for Q3: Biography or Autobiography-Novel reading level needs to be 7+.  We are going to the library on 1/9 to check out these novels! Students will have a novel assessment on 2/27.

Monday IC: Library for a biography/autobiography lesson with a focus on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.*Students will check out novels for Q3 novel assessment*Assign Think Link probe-due Friday, 1/13*Check comma rule assignment started in the desktop lab

Monday HW: Finish SAT #3 vocabulary choice assignment-due tomorrow. If you lost your list of words, they are on last week’s blog*Probe due Friday

Tuesday IC: DGP*Check SAT vocabulary and review*Check comma practice (1-15) that we completed in class on Friday*Provide practice with commas*Discuss short story assignment(nothing has been assigned yet; we just voted as to which story we wanted to read first)

Tuesday HW: study SAT vocabulary-quiz on Friday**Probe due Friday

Wednesday IC: DGP*Check comma practice (1-20 on Rules 1-4)*Provide practice with commas*Review commas 1-10; we have a quiz tomorrow

Wednesday HW: Quiz tomorrow on commas 1-10*SAT #3 quiz Friday*Probe due Friday

Thursday IC: DGP*Comma quiz 1-10*Review SAT #3 with cartoons*Practice with comma rules 11-19*Work with short story

Thursday HW: Think Link probe is due tomorrow*Finish comma practice if you did not in class*SAT #3 Quiz tomorrow

Friday IC: DGP*Check comma practice*Practice with commas 11-19*SAT #3 Quiz

Friday HW: Read your Q3 novel!

SLA classes

Monday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Check desktop lab comma assignment*Check comma practice from Friday*Practice with comma rules*Begin flashcards in class

Monday HW: Finish flashcards for comma rules 1-10*Probe due Friday

Tuesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Check flashcards*Practice with commas

Tuesday HW: Finish comma practice if you did not in class*Probe due Friday

Wednesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with commas*Quiz partner with flashcards

Wednesday HW: Quiz tomorrow on comma rules 1-10*Probe due Friday

Thursday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Quiz on comma rules 1-10*Practice with comma rules 11-19

Thursday HW: Finish comma practice if you did not in class*Think Link probe is due tomorrow

Friday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Check Think Link probes on-line*Comma practice with 11-19

Friday HW: none

Week of January 2nd

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

1/2-No school on Monday for students. 

All classes (ELA and SLA) will be in the desktop lab on Tuesday, 1/3, and Wednesday, 1/4! Report to the lab on both days. Bring your binder.

ALL students (ELA and SLA) will receive a letter regarding Think Link practice probes on Tuesday, 1/3. This letter must be read by students and parents, signed by students and parents, and returned to school by Friday, 1/6. Thanks!

ELA classes

ELA independent reading assignment for Q3: Biography or Autobiography-Novel reading level needs to be 7+.  We are going to the library on 1/9 to check out these novels! Students will have a novel assessment on 2/27.

Thursday IC: View Powerpoint on comma rules and fill in guided notes* Commas rock! Students were provided with the SAT vocabulary list #3 on Wednesday. These terms will be due on Tuesday, 1/10. Students will use the choice sheet to complete the vocabulary assignment (ambiance, amenable, amplify, antecedent, anterior, appalling, aptitude, archaic, arduous, artisan)* Discuss short story reading assignment.

Thursday HW: Work on the comma rules that we started in the computer lab*Work on vocabulary assignment.

Friday IC: Finish powerpoint and guided notes*Practice with commas*Work with short story assignment.

Friday HW: Work on vocabulary assignment and finish comma rule assignment we started in the computer lab.

SLA classes (Remember: all classes report to the desktop lab on Tuesday and Wednesday)

Thursday IC: Proofreading EB*Practice with commas

Thursday HW: Work on comma assignment we started in the computer lab.

Friday IC: Proofreading EB*Practice with commas.

Friday HW: Finish comma assignment we started in the computer lab.

Week of December 12th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

ELA classes

Monday IC: Check and submit Treasure Island essay response*Q2 assessment review

Monday HW: Q2 assessment tomorrow

Tuesday IC: Q2 assessment

Wednesday IC: Think Link Two

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: View movie version of Treasure Island*Create venn diagram to discuss differences and similarities.

Thursday HW: none

Friday IC: 1/2 day today! Students will go to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period only, then dismiss at 11:30.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Friday HW: Enjoy your Christmas Break. If you visit the library or Barnes and Noble over the break, we will be reading a biography or an autobiography for our Q3 novel assessment. Please choose a book with a (7+) level.

SLA classes

Monday IC: Check Q2 assessment review sheet*Review for Q2 assessment

Monday HW: Q2 assessment tomorrow

Tuesday IC: Q2 assessment

Tuesday HW: none

Wednesday IC: Group activity with short story

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: Finish group activity with short story

Thursday HW: none

Friday IC: 1/2 day today! Students will attend 1st, 2nd, and 3rd period, then dismiss at 11:30.

Friday HW: Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Week of December 5th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming. 

Christmas pictures were sent home with the students this week. Please return the pictures or money by Monday, 12/5. Thanks!

ELA classes

Reminder: ELA students should have the classic or historical fiction novel read by December 5th. We checked these books out at the beginning of Q2. They will have an assessment on the novel in class on the 5th.

Monday IC:Novel assessment for historical fiction or classic novel*Provide “I Can” review statements for Treasure Island assessment and essay topics. Students must choose one essay topic.

Monday HW:Start reviewing “I Can” statements for Treasure Island assessment (Friday)

****Tuesday-Thursday IC:  I won’t see the Wildcats for three days: Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday due to the CRA (Constructed Response Assessment) that will take place in the morning on those three days. Students will not go to their 1st or 2nd period classes for three days. I will see the Vols-we will work on vocabulary, singular and plural possessives,  and other enrichment activities for these three days. The HW for the Wildcats on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. will be to review your “I Can” statements for the Treasure Island test on Friday and to complete work with singular and plural possessives.  All material on the “I Can” review statements has been covered in class. Work with singular and plural possessives (p. 246-251) in the grammar workbook. Workbook pages are due on Friday. The students can also start working on their Treasure Island essay assignment. It is due on Monday, 12/12.

Friday IC: Administer Treasure Island Final Assessment*Think Link review activity for Wildcats*Workbook pages are due for Wildcats

Friday HW:  Review “I Can” statements for Q2 assessment-this will be on Tuesday, 12/13. Treasure Island essay is due on Monday, 12/12.

SLA classes

Monday IC: *Vocabulary Early Bird*Think Link review activity with partners

Monday HW: none

Tuesday IC: Analogy Early Bird*Check/review infinitive quiz*Review/check Think Link activity and discuss answers*Review Think Link Test One

Tuesday HW: none

Wednesday IC: Analogy Early Bird*Brain Pop!*Brain Pop Quiz

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: Analogy Early Bird*Brain Pop*Practice with singular and plural possessives

Thursday HW: none

Friday IC:Finish Think Link Test Two

Friday HW: start reviewing I Can review statements for Q2 assessment

Week of November 28th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming. 

Christmas pictures were sent home with the students this week. Please return the pictures or money by Monday, 12/5. Thanks!

ELA classes

Reminder: ELA students should have the classic or historical fiction novel read by December 5th. We checked these books out at the beginning of Q2. They will have an assessment on the novel in class on the 5th.

Monday IC: DGP*Novel study with Treasure Island-Chapter 28 and 29

Monday HW: study vocabulary for Wednesday quiz

Tuesday IC: DGP*Writing lesson on types of writing

Tuesday HW: Choose character for character sketch*Vocabulary quiz tomorrow*Finish writing sample if you did not in class-one five-sentence paragraph

Wednesday IC: DGP*Check writing samples and submit*Novel study of 31 and 32*Discuss infinitives

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: DGP*Novel study of Chapter 33 and 34! We finished today! Woohoo! *Infinitives

Thursday HW: infinitive quiz tomorrow

Friday IC: DGP*Check infinitive skill sheet*Infinitive Quiz

Friday HW: Assessment on classic or historical fiction Monday in class*Finish M&M questions for Treasure Island if you did not in class.

SLA classes

Monday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Writing lesson

Monday HW: none

Tuesday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Infinitives*Writing lesson

Tuesday HW: Finish skill sheet if you did not in class

Wednesday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Infinitives*Review for parts of speech test

Wednesday HW: parts of speech test Friday*Infinitive quiz tomorrow

Thursday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Infinitive Quiz*Review for parts of speech test

Thursday HW: Parts of speech test tomorrow

Friday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Parts of Speech test

Friday HW: none

November 21st and 22nd

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

Date change: Interims go home on Wednesday,11/16! Please sign and return promptly.

Parent-Pupil Survey Data Cards came home with students on 11/14. Please fill these out and return promptly.

ELA classes

Poem assignment with “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost due on Thursday, 11/10: Students were given this assignment on 10/31. The students must type the poem on a separate sheet of paper and label the rhyme scheme. Then, on the same piece of paper, respond to the poem’s theme with a typed  7-SENTENCE paragraph and illustration (either drawn with colored pencils or clip art). The students were shown examples in class. Students must also memorize the poem and recite it on Monday, 11/21.

Reminder: ELA students should have the classic or historical fiction novel read by December 5th. We checked these books out at the beginning of Q2. They will have an assessment on the novel in class on the 5th.

Monday IC: No DGP*Check SAT list #2 {aftermath, aggrandize, ajar, alienate, alleviate, allure, aloof, also-ran, altercation, alternative}*Finish reciting poetry*Practice with appositives*Quiz covering sentence combining, run-ons, sentence fragments, and appositives

Monday HW: none

Tuesday IC: No DGP*Novel study of chapter 27*Scrabble

Tuesday HW: Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

SLA classes

Monday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Practice with sentence combining, run-ons, sentence fragments, and appositives

Monday HW: none

Tuesday IC: Vocabulary Early Bird*Finish writing activity from yesterday*Quiz covering run-ons, fragments, and appositives.

Tuesday HW: Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

Week of November 14th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

Date change: Interims go home on Wednesday,11/16! Please sign and return promptly.

Parent-Pupil Survey Data Cards came home with students today, 11/14. Please fill these out and return promptly.

ELA classes

Poem assignment with “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost due on Thursday, 11/10: Students were given this assignment on 10/31. The students must type the poem on a separate sheet of paper and label the rhyme scheme. Then, on the same piece of paper, respond to the poem’s theme with a typed  7-SENTENCE paragraph and illustration (either drawn with colored pencils or clip art). The students were shown examples in class. Students must also memorize the poem and recite it on Monday, 11/21.

Reminder: ELA students should have the classic or historical fiction novel read by December 5th. We checked these books out at the beginning of Q2. They will have an assessment on the novel in class on the 5th.

Monday IC: Novel study*Discuss  SAT list #2 {aftermath, aggrandize, ajar, alienate, alleviate, allure, aloof, also-ran, altercation, alternative} For the vocabulary, students must choose an option from the Choice list-this assignment is due on Monday, 11/21

Monday HW: Finish reading chapter 22 and write a seven-sentence summary.

Tuesday IC: Change of plans: For now, we will plan to recite our poems on Monday, 11/21*Novel study with chapter 23*Practice with sentence combining, run-ons, and appositives.

Tuesday HW: Finish any CW not completed in class;Work on vocabulary assignment (due Monday)

Wednesday IC:*Novel study of chapter 24 and 25*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives.

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: DGP*Novel study of chapter 26*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives

Thursday HW: Finish skill sheet if you did not in class

Friday IC: DGP*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives* Assessment covering sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives*Provide class time to work on vocabulary assignment*If time allows, complete novel study of chapter 27.

Friday HW: SAT vocabulary assignment is due on Monday*Recite poem on Monday.

SLA classes

Monday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Complete review exercises

Monday HW: Finish any CW review exercises not completed in class

Tuesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives

Tuesday HW: none

Wednesday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: Proofreading Early Bird*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives

Thursday HW: none

Friday IC: Proofreading Early Bird/ submit*Practice with sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives*Assessment on sentence combining, run-on sentences, and appositives

Friday HW: none

Week of November 7th

Make-up tests and quizzes for Elrod: Come to my room the day after the test or quiz at 7:25 in the morning! Try to let me know if you are coming.

Date change: Interims go home on Wednesday,11/16! Please sign and return promptly.

ELA classes

Poem assignment with “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost due on Thursday, 11/10: Students were given this assignment on 10/31. The students must type the poem on a separate sheet of paper and label the rhyme scheme. Then, on the same piece of paper, respond to the poem’s theme with a typed  7-SENTENCE paragraph and illustration (either drawn with colored pencils or clip art). The students were shown examples in class. Students must also memorize the poem and recite it on Tuesday, 11/15.

Reminder: ELA students should have the classic or historical fiction novel read by December 5th. We checked these books out at the beginning of Q2. They will have an assessment on the novel in class on the 5th.

Monday IC: We are going to the library for a lesson on reliability of sources*Students will submit final draft of persuasive essay*After the lesson, students will begin working on comprehension questions for Chapters 13-21 of Treasure Island.

Monday HW: SAT vocabulary assignment is due tomorrow*Comprehension questions are due on Wednesday*Poem assignment due on Thursday.

Tuesday IC: DGP*Check vocabulary assignment/share*Review vocabulary terms*Work on comprehension questions*Pronoun practice

Tuesday HW:Finish novel comprehension questions if you did not in class;they are due tomorrow*Poem assignment is due on Thursday.

Wednesday IC: DGP*Check novel comprehension questions/discuss answers*Quiz tomorrow over chapters 13-21*Check pronoun practice*Complete pronoun practice

Wednesday HW: Quiz tomorrow covering chapters 13-21 of novel(comprehension only-no novel vocabulary) Students will  be able to use their novels*Quiz tomorrow on SAT vocabulary terms*Poem assignment due tomorrow

Thursday IC: DGP*Quiz on chapters 13-21 of novel*Quiz on SAT vocabulary terms*Veteran’s Day Program today so we will have shortened classes

Thursday HW: Go to the CMS Barnes and Noble Book Fair from 3:30-8:00! See you there!

No school on Friday in honor of Veteran’s Day.   Thank you, veterans, for your sacrifices for us! We appreciate you!

SLA classes

Monday IC: Vocabulary Synonym Early Bird*Pronoun practice*Writing activity

Monday HW: none

Tuesday IC: Vocabulary Synonym Early Bird*Pronoun practice*Writing activity

Tuesday HW: none

Wednesday IC: Vocabulary Synonym Early Bird*Pronoun practice

Wednesday HW: none

Thursday IC: Vocabulary Synonym Early Bird*Quiz on pronouns

Thursday HW: Go to the CMS Barnes and Noble Book Fair from 3:30-8:00! See you there!

No school on Friday in honor of Veteran’s Day.  Thank you, veterans, for your sacrifices for us! We appreciate you!