Sunday, October 27, 2013

Weekly Update October 27, 2013

Please remember to sign your student's agenda.  I check agendas Monday morning for signatures.  Home Reading should be included in the Agenda with the book name and time read.

CLWR--Thank you to Mrs. Demetrioff and Mr. Greenhill for driving on Thursday morning for our trip to CLWR.  The students learned a lot and enjoyed completing "quality control" for a bin of kits.  Hopefully we will be able to return to help out again this year.

ELA--Students continue to write stories on chosen topics.  They will use the Elements which were discussed in class. Rough Drafts will be due this week.  Four Reader Responses are due on November 1. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 3--Geometry and Measurement. 

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 3--Pythagorean Relationship.

Social Studies--Students will complete the chapter this week by discussing societies.


If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.


Important Dates
Oct. 29--MTYP a.m.
Oct. 30--WE Day
Oct. 31--Halloween Day
Nov. 1--Book Order Due, 4 Reader Responses Due
Nov. 2--Christmas Tea and Coffee House
Nov. 4--Shops p.m.
Nov. 8--Admin. Day, No Classes
Nov. 11--Remembrance Day, No Classes
Nov. 13--Lunch Lady, Shops p.m.
Nov. 15--Report Cards Go Home
Nov. 19/20--Student Led Conferences
Nov. 27--Boston Pizza Lunch
Nov. 29--Live Music Night, Shops p.m.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Weekly Update October 22, 2013

Please remember to sign your student's agenda.  I check agendas Monday morning for signatures.  Home Reading should be included in the Agenda with the book name and time read.

WE CARE KITS--Thank you so much for bringing in your items.  The students were able to assemble 13 Care Kits and present them to the CLWR Reps at Chapel last Wednesday.  To complete our service project we will be going to CLWR on Thursday morning for a tour and to help assemble more kits.

ELA--Students have begun writing stories on chosen topics.  They will use the Elements which were discussed in class. Four Reader Responses are due on November 1. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 3--Geometry and Measurement. 

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 3--Pythagorean Relationship.

Social Studies--Students are working on a Archaeology/Artifacts Project.


If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.


Important Dates
Oct. 22--Picture Retakes
Oct. 23--Hot Dog Day
Oct. 24--CLWR Visit a.m., WE Day Permission Forms Due
Oct. 25--SAGE, No Classes
Oct. 29--MTYP a.m.
Oct. 30--WE Day
Oct. 31--Halloween Day
Nov. 1--Book Order Due, 4 Reader Responses Due
Nov. 2--Christmas Tea and Coffee House
Nov. 4--Shops p.m.
Nov. 8--Admin. Day, No Classes
Nov. 11--Remembrance Day, No Classes
Nov. 13--Lunch Lady, Shops p.m.
Nov. 15--Report Cards Go Home
Nov. 19/20--Student Led Conferences
Nov. 27--Boston Pizza Lunch
Nov. 29--Live Music Night, Shops p.m.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Weekly Update October 7, 2013

Please remember to sign your student's agenda.  I check agendas Monday morning for signatures.  Home Reading should be included in the Agenda with the book name and time read.

WE CARE KITS--The students will be assembling kits in our classroom and delivering them to CLWR at the end of the month.  Items are due on Oct. 11.  Check with your child to see what item they are bringing.  We will assemble 13 kits as a class.

ELA--Students viewed each others Timeline Projects on Friday.  They looked great!  We will be starting a Story Writing/Elements Unit. Spelling Worksheets are due each Friday with a Spelling Test as well.  Four Reader Responses are due on November 1. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 2--Operations on Decimal Numbers.  Test will be at the end of the week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 2--Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Reasoning. Test will be at the end of the week.

Social Studies--Students continue to work on their view of history and how we have learned from history.


If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.


Important Dates
Oct. 8--Shops p.m.
Oct. 9--Lunch Lady Hot Lunch
Oct. 11--We Care Kit Items due
Oct. 14--Thanksgiving Monday, No Classes
Oct. 17--Shops p.m.
Oct. 24--CLWR Visit a.m.
Oct. 25--SAGE, No Classes
Oct. 29--MTYP a.m.
Oct. 30--WE Day, more info. to follow
Oct. 31--Halloween Day
Nov. 2--Christmas Tea and Coffee House