I have completed sixteen books and have started the seventeenth book for summer reading. How are your numbers progressing?
Mrs. Johnson <><
My yearly total of books read so far is ninety-four. If I finish six more before school starts, I will make my goal.
I have read seven books in the time since we’ve been out of school so far. That makes my total for the year eighty-five. How many books have you read this summer? Leave a comment to let me know. Be kind, and do a good deed.
Mrs. Johnson <><
Today my on-level ILA classes read “The Circuit” by Francisco Jimenez. The text can be found below for you to finish your selection B assessment.
My Pre-AP ILA class read “Lob’s Girl” by Joan Aiken and “Jeremiah’s Song” by Walter Dean Myers. The text for both stories can be found below for you to finish your selection B assessment.
If you were absent, I am asking you to read the short stories and see me after school on Wednesday for tutorials to complete your missing work since I have morning duty this week. Thank you, and make it a terrific Tuesday!
The Fabulous Mrs. Johnson <><
Here are my totals for the weekend, beloveds. March 15- 35 minutes, March 16 – 41 minutes
Bring your copy of Holes to class on Monday, March 17. We will be reading in class, and I don’t want you to miss out on a single thing. Also, wear green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. If you like Sonic Drive-In, give the cook in your family a break and head there on Monday. The cheeseburgers are half-price all day long. Enjoy!
I am about one-third of the way through House of Hades by Rick Riordan. Hopefully, I can finish before tomorrow morning. If you see me before my coffee, don’t make eye contact because I’ve been up all night reading, most likely.
The Fabulous Mrs. Johnson <><
P. S. Remember the first day of spring is Thursday, March 20.
We went to the Scholastic Book Fair today during our class and then began working on our Embedded Assessment: Creating a TV Newscast. Students were placed into collaborative groups and will be working on the project on Thursday and Friday of this week. We will have a vocabulary quiz over Unit VI words on Friday, February 14. If your student missed out on buying a new read, then he or she can come before or after school on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Taber gave an exciting talk about several interesting titles including The Raft and Out Law.
Mrs. Johnson <><
If you want to hone your auditory skills, listen to the novel we heard in class yesterday and today. It is read by LeVar Burton, former host of Reading Rainbow. You’ll have to search to find the rest of the story, but I thought you’d like to hear it for yourself. Enjoy!
http://heniss.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/63076920/The%20Watsons%20Go%20to%20Birmingham–1963-Part01.mp3
Mrs. Johnson <><
I logged into an online version of the full Dallas Morning News during class today as the students were working on a myth about Persephone. Here is how to get to the newspaper.
Visit: http://nieonline.com/dallas2/
Type in my last name, Johnson. Then type in the school’s zip code: 75035. Presto! You are in like Flynn.
Here is the presentation I shared in class today. Enjoy!
Mrs. Johnson <><
Check the class calendar to get links to the biography video and audio connected with our lesson using Langston Hughes’ short story “Thank You, Ma’am.”
Here is the text of the poem “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. You heard it read during the biography video.
Mrs. Johnson <><
Here is the text of the story we read in class today. Students will be taking a short assessment using their notes and text in class on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Please encourage your student to continue reading his or her SSB (sustained silent reading) book in preparation for their fiction book report. The book needs to be completed by Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Thank you.
Mrs. Johnson <><
Here is the faerie tale I promised with the unusual ending for the wolf. Enjoy!
Mrs. Johnson <><