Congratulations 8th Graders!!!
I am absolutely THRILLED about the results of the 8th Grade Writing Assessment!!! Our students did an amazing job!!! Congrats 8th graders...I knew you could do it!!!
Conquering the CRCT
ALL Language Arts Classes:
We will begin our mission to conquer the CRCT with a weekly focus! We will still focus on our reading/writing units during this time, but our warm ups will be centered around our mini-units! The following is our schedule for the next six weeks:
Week of March 3rd: Capitalization/Punctuation
Week of March 10th: Spelling/Resource Materials
Week of March 17th: Nouns and Pronouns
Week of March 24th: Adjectives and Adverbs
Week of March 31st: Verbs and Verbals
Week od April 7th: SPRING BREAK!!!
Week of April 14th: Subject Verb Agreement
Week of April 21st: CRCT is Here!!!!
These dates are sunjuct to change depending on student progress!
Important Dates
Please be aware of these important due dates!
8th Grade Language Arts:
Technical Writing Projects Due on March 6th!
7th Grade Language Arts:
Research Paper Due on March 7th!!!
Most of the work related to these projects will take place in our classroom, so this should be plenty of time!
If you have any concerns, please feel free to e-mail me!
Make Up Work
Many students have been absent due to illness. We have been attempting to keep up with who missed what, etc. It is difficult to do this without the help of the students. They must approach us and let us know that they need to make up work. It is their responsibility to make their teachers aware of what they have missed and if they need further help. I will post dates and times for review/make-up sessions next week. I strongly recommend that students who have missed several days attend these sessions. Please remember to ask for help! We are more than willing to meet with you before or after school!
College Research Links
- http://www.collegeboard.com (START HERE!)
- http://www.gsfc.org/hope/ (Hope Scholarship info)
- http://www.college-scholarships.com/ (general scholarship info)
- http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/scholarships (for gifted students)
- http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Getting_Ready/ (general info--help with your reflection and high school slides)
Week of 2/20/08
Welcome back everyone!!! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend :)
Here is what we have going on this week:
8th Grade Language Arts:
We are putting the final touches on our novel projects! These are due Monday the 25th...DO NOT BE LATE!!!
We will begin working on our technical writing unit next week, so you all need to start thinking of the college of your dreams!
7th Grade Language Arts:
We are wrapping up our classroom heritage project in response to Alex Haley's "My Furtherest Back Person." It has been interesting learning about each others cultures!
Next week we will begin investigating research and technical writing terms...get ready to debrief your fellow classmates later next week!
7th Grade Social Studies
We have begun our Current Issues Unit in Africa. We will explore and analyze health, environmental, and foreign aid issues.
Important Dates
February 15th: Sprayberry visits Daniell
Registration Begins
February 18th: School Holiday - Presidents' Day
February 19th: Student Holiday
February 29th: High school registration forms due!!!
Week of 2/11/08
8th Grade Language Arts
Keep working on your novel projects!!! We will be in the lab after our holiday break next week! This is a HUGE grade...don't get behind!
7th Grade Language Arts
We will begin reading a few short stories in order to review our literary terms. Both stories will provide an excellent opportunity to respond to great literature!
7th Grade Social Studies
Test over African governments and economics on Wednesday the 13th!!! Our next unit will cover 20th Century issues in Africa.
ENJOY YOUR FOUR DAY WEEKEND!!!
Week of 2/4/08
Reminder: Wednesday the 6th is an EARLY RELEASE DAY!!!!
8th Grade Language Arts
We will continue to meet in our literature circles. Each student should be reading every day in order to meet the deadline of the individual novel project! This project is a HUGE grade, so don't take it lightly!!!
We will also continue to increase our grammatical knowledge through DGP...Quiz on Wednesday!!!
7th Grade Language Arts
We are currently presenting our biographies. So far...I am very impressed with the hard work each student has put forth for this essay and presentation! We will conclude our mini-expository unit and move into more research at the end of this week!
We will also continue to work on our grammatical knowledge through DGP...Quiz on Wednesday!!!
7th Grade Social Studies
We have wrapped up our investigation on African Governments, and we will move into an analysis of the economic issues in Africa. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to investigate! Our unit test over Governmental and Economic Issues in Africa is set for February the 13th!
