week of May 20

May 21st, 2013

7th reading:
We are reading a few short stories out of our Lit books this week. We are also working on our poem projects. They have to select a poem and memorize it to recite to class on Friday or Tuesday. They then have to give a short explanation of its meaning.
HW Tues-story questions

7th grammar:
We are reviewing things that I think they struggled with this year and doing some prefixes review as well.
HW-none unless they don’t complete work in class

Treasure Island study materials

May 15th, 2013

http://www.quia.com/cb/840794.html questions review

http://www.quia.com/jg/2551207.html vocab review

Cheaper by the dozen review links

May 13th, 2013

Sorry I forgot to put this on there!

URL: http://www.quia.com/cb/840211.html cheaper by the Soren review
URL: http://www.quia.com/jg/2551864.html vocab review

Week of may 13

May 13th, 2013

I am not at school today (Monday) because my husband is in the hospital. I’m hoping to be there tomorrow but it depends on test results. Thank you for your help and patience!

7A reading-were reviewing today and will have our cheaper by the dozen test tomorrow. We will be concentrating on AMCs this week also to finish them.
HW-study-link below for test Tuesday

7B reading-we will be reading chapters 32-33 Monday. Well read 34 Tuesday and review. We will take our test on Thursday. We will also be working on AMCs this week to finish them.
HW mon-questions for ch 32-33
Tues-questions for ch 34
Wed-study for test. Ill put up study game hopefully tonight.

7 English-we are reviewing this week and learning about hyphens.
None
8 reading-author study work-due wed. Well then read a short story in thurs.
Mon/tues-author study

8 English-grammar review
None

week of May 6

May 7th, 2013

7A Reading: We will finish Cheaper by the Dozen this week on Tuesday. We will be typing AMCs Wed and Friday. AMCs are due next Friday, May 17th. We will have our Cheaper by the Dozen test next Tuesday and be reviewing Thursday and Monday.
H.W. Tues-ch. 19 questions
Thurs-study for test

7B Reading: We will be typing AMCs on Wed and Friday. AMCs are due next Friday, May 17th. We will be reading Treasure Island on Tuesday (ch. 29-30) and Thursday (ch. 31-32).
We should finish the book next Monday, review Tuesday and have their test over Treasure Island next Thursday.
H.W. Tuesday-ch. 29-30 questions
Thurs-31-32 questions

7English: We are working on commas, semicolons, hyphens, dashes and parenthesis this week. We will have a short quiz on Friday over these things.
H.W. Mon-finish commas application
Wed-semicolon application

8Reading: We are working on their author study and alpha biographies all week. Alpha Biographies are due Friday, May 10 and their author study is due next Wednesday, May 15th.
H.W. author study reading

8English-We are working on parenthesis and commas this week.
H.W. none

week of April 29

April 30th, 2013

Reminder: there is an early dismissal at 1:55 on Wednesday and an 11:30 dismissal on Friday.

7A reading: we are reading Cheaper by the Dozen. We will read through ch. 18 this week. We will be typing AMCs this week on Wednesday.
homework: Tues-questions through ch. 17
Thurs: questions through ch. 18

7B reading: We are reading Treasure Island through ch. 29 this week. We will be typing AMCs this week on Wednesday.
homework: Tues-questions through 27
Thurs: questions through 29

7English:We are finishing up our research papers this week. They should all be turned into me by Friday.
homework: Mon: none. They all finished in class and turned it in.
Wed: practice with commas

7th graders had an opportunity for extra credit. They can write a 1 page paper on how being a good writer will benefit them in the long run. Due by Wednesday.

8Reading: We are working on our author study and alpha biographies all week.
homework: all week work on author study

8English: We are doing review of capitalization and commas, etc.
homework: none

week of april 22

April 25th, 2013

I just realized that the blog I though I posted earlier this week isn’t on here. I’m not sure what happened, so I apologize!

7A reading: we are reading Cheaper by the Dozen. We will read through ch. 15 this week. We will be typing AMCs this week.
homework: Tues-questions through ch. 14
Thurs: questions through ch. 15

7B reading: We are reading Treasure Island through ch. 24 this week. We will be typing AMCs this week Friday.
homework: Tues-questions through 22.
Thurs: questions through 24

7English:We are finishing up our research papers this week and then working on indefinite pronouns.
homework: Wed-indefinite pronouns

8Reading: We took our Call of the Wild test this week and have begun an author study. This will take up most of our time left in this class. We will also be working on typing alphabiographies.
homework: choose author and begin reading

8English: We are finishing up our research papers this week and then working on indefinite pronouns.
homework: Thurs-indefinite pronouns

8th grade test study site

April 22nd, 2013

8th grade study site
http://www.quia.com/cb/838590.html

week of April 8

April 9th, 2013

week of April 1

April 3rd, 2013

7A reading:We are reading Cheaper by the Dozen. We will be doing activities with this book. Friday we will be typing AMCS.

homework:

wed: finish reading chapter 2

Thurs: story questions on chapters 1-3

 

7B reading: We are reading Treasure Island as a class. We will be doing questions/activities with this novel this week. We will be typing AMCs on Friday.

homework:

wed: finish reading chapter 2

Thurs: story questions over chapters 1-3, vocab

7th Language Arts: We are beginning a research paper this week on a person who has persevered through a hard time. They will be learning about citation and starting to select sources this week.

8reading:

Wed: finish chapter 2

Thurs: story questions chapters 1-3, vocabulary chapters 1-3

8th Language Arts: We are beginning a research paper this week on a person who was impacted by or had an impact on the Holocaust. They will be learning about citation and starting to select sources this week.