I am really looking forward to seeing my new sixth graders on Friday, August 12 at Cougar Camp. You can get your schedule, buy P.E. clothes, and your parents can become members of the Clark PTA. Pre-AP students can purchase their novels we need for the school year. They are Walk Two Moons, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Fever 1793.
Take care, and God bless!
Mrs. J <><
Today we went to the Integration lab to read nonfiction articles from a website called TweenTribune. The kids made comments and browsed around under the animals and world news sections. Some had fun looking at other articles once they were done with the required work. Ask your student to show you the website.
I am handing back the sentence structure tests tomorrow, and I will make another online quiz available for practice purposes with the retake. The retake window begins November 4, and it ends November 11. I have a faculty meeting on Friday morning and duty on Friday afternoon. Good night, and God bless!
Mrs. J <><
I’ve added a flag counter and daily crossword at the bottom right hand of my page. Crossword puzzles are good for the “little grey cells” as my favorite Belgian sleuth, M. Poirot, labels them. I love crossword puzzles and Scrabble whenever I have the opportunity to play. Both are marvelous for you to do, and they are fairly easy to put away when done. Try it out today!
Mrs. J
We have a quiz over the adverbs notes I gave my students in class today. We also have a diagramming test on Friday, February 5, 2010. I put copies of my diagramming primer outside of my classroom in the cool stuff folder, and am putting the list of adverbs I promised on my reference page. Check it out!
We are done with the first day! Today was spent with information exchange about who I am and what I expect from my students. After being assigned a seat, the students completed an information sheet about themselves with mostly fun information such as favorite radio station, favorite soda to drink, etc. I read Richard Scarry’s Please and Thank You Book to remind them that courtesy is key in today’s day and age. The course syllabus comes home tomorrow, and Pre-AP students will bring home a contract for you to sign tomorrow as well. Please have your student bring in a composition notebook or spiral labeled on the inside with his or her name.
I know that the spring weather has arrived, and we are all happy about the sunshine and change of clothes that comes with it. I for one love wearing my sandals and summer attire to work. Please keep yourself focused as you go through the last ten or so days of school. You will feel better for it, and your parents will be happier for it, too. I pray for your success, darlings. Be good!
My kids made a valiant effort in the canned food drive, and I am so very proud of them and their parents for the effort, but we fell short today, even with 179 items brought in. We ended up with total of 326 items. One of the seventh grade classes brought in 109 yesterday and 307 today, and their total was 416. Oh, well, maybe next time, but next year you will be my competition. 🙂
We have concluded our study of the eight parts of speech with a quick overview of interjections yesterday in class. I showed my students the Schoolhouse Rock short “Interjections,” and I think they liked it. I remember watching Schoolhouse Rock as a girl, and I always enjoyed the songs and the learning. Go figure. We have a preposition test on Tuesday, March 31. I gave them the review today in class, and we will check it tomorrow. Next week, I will be reviewing them over the eight parts of speech, and I have a cool way to wrap it all together. No peeking! All shall be revealed in due time. The interim progress report period ends tomorrow, and progress reports will go home next week.
My students will take their semester exams on two days. In the first time I see them, they will take a reading benchmark. In the second time I see them, we will take the semester exam that corresponds to the semester exam review we checked over in class today. I believe they will be ready if they prepare themselves and budget their time wisely. Enjoy the weekend, and study hard!
This schedule applies to my class:
Tuesday, January 13 – 1st and 6th period take reading benchmark
Wednesday, January 14 – 2nd period take semester exam and 4th period does reading benchmark
Thursday, January 15 – 3rd period and 7th period take the semester exam
We finished reading our novel, Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls in class today. If your student was absent, please have him or her read tonight! We wrote a quick journal about our impressions of the book and I provided some literary devices I found in chapters 18-20. I am attaching my PowerPoint to this entry so that my students can be prepared. The literary journal is due on Wednesday, January 7, 2009.