Tuesday, March 30, 2010

One More Day!! One More Day!!

5h Grade- No homework

7th Grade- The Lightning Thief- Test- Complete verb worksheet

8th Grade- Reading- Vocabulary test- Read Chapter 9 in And Then There Were None


Thursday, March 25, 2010

5th Grade- No homework

7th Grade- Vocabulary Test tomorrow Unit 8- Lightning Thief test- Wednesday March 31 I will send an attachment of the website to your parents in an email. Classic Literature- you need to have your selection by Monday.


8th Grade- 1st draft comparison/contrast paper due Monday. - Reading vocabulary test on Wednesday March 31.


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Working our way to spring break!

5th Grade- test on lessons 3 & 4 tomorrow. I have challenged you to all make an A or a B. You can do it, just make studying a priority!

7th Grade- Complete your sentencing diagram worksheets- Vocabulary Test on Friday Unit 8

Re-read chapters 19 & 20 in The Lightning Thief

8th Grade- 1st draft of your comparison/ contrast paper due Monday. You may turn in early if necessary.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

5th Grade- Test on Thursday. Enjoyed our sedimentary rocks today! Yum!

7th Grade- Vocabulary- Pages 96-97 Vocabulary Test Friday- Make sure you have your rivers with you tomorrow.

8th Grade- Re-write first two paragraphs with the comments from your peers. Define the vocabulary from our novel on A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. - POP QUIZ TOMORROW- CHAPTERS 1-5 AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Monday, March 22, 2010

Monday March 22

5th Grade- Chapter 7 Lessons 3 & 4 Test on Thursday. Study guide went home today with items to focus on . I will be adding 1-2 additional items tomorrow.

7th grade- The Lightning Thief- Questions chapter 18 plus information on your assigned river. Come prepared to share facts with your classmates.

Vocabulary Test- Friday Unit 8

8th Grade- Writing: first two paragraphs of your essay due tomorrow. Finish reading chapters 4& 5 in And Then There Were None.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

5th Grade- Complete first side of Lesson 4 outline

7th Grade- Lightning Thief brochure due tomorrow
appositive and participle test on Monday

8th Grade- Comparison/ contrast subjects due tomorrow. Have 10-15 similarities /differences between the two

Vocabulary test tomorrow Unit 7

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

I know it's late but here the line-up for Thursday.

5th grade- We will continue with Rocks and Minerals

7th grade- Brochure due Friday. Finish reading Chapter 16

8th Grade- Vocabulary Test Thursday

Monday, March 8, 2010

Welcome back! We have a busy week and I would like to try and get a few more grades before the quarter ends.

5th Grade- We will have a a science test on Friday March 12 covering Lessons 1 & 2. We will however continue to work on the next two lessons. I may try and squeeze in another quiz by the end of next week.

7th Grade- New spelling words with a quiz on Friday. We will be working on appositives, and participles this week. We will continue reading The Lightning Thief with daily journal entries and either activities or readings.

8th Grade- Vocabulary unit 8 with quiz on Monday March 13. For homework tonight the students are to create a crossword puzzle to be filled in by a classmate tomorrow. We are reviewing appositives, participles, adjective and adverb phrases along with in preparation for a test on Thursday. In reading we are beginning Agatha Christie "And Then There Were None" I was able to borrow 11 copies from the library so we are reading in shifts. I will see how long this lasts. I may have to get an audio copy.

Have a good evening, more later



Monday, March 1, 2010

wow we have a lot to do in 2 days.

Apparently the 5th grade loves Earth Science. Yeah something that holds our attention. We will work through as much as we can tomorrow.

7th grade- some students have a new rough draft due tomorrow for the comparison/contrast paper. The reason for this is because they have not grasped the concept quite yet, and I am being stubborn and determined to have them make one last attempt.

Vocabulary quiz B-7 tomorrow
Reading- Read through page 106 Chapter 7 by Wednesday.

8th grade- You are off the hook tonight.