Thursday, students will prepare their final drafts to be mailed in the Great Mail Race. Cont. reading Flowers for Algernon.
Friday - read for 25 minutes; see a clip from the movie Charlie.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
flowers for Algernon
This week the students will begin reading the short story Flowers for Algernon. Friday, they will watch a movie clip of the story. Thursday, the letters students wrote for the Great Mail Race will be mailed. Students need to turn in their final drafts ASAP.
Wednesday, the students will receive a list of homonyms/homophones that will be on the end-of-level test. A quiz on that list will be on the 27th.
Wednesday, the students will receive a list of homonyms/homophones that will be on the end-of-level test. A quiz on that list will be on the 27th.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Winding down units...
Monday, Oct. 4th - 1,7 discuss F-451. Students should have the book finished to discuss. Periods 2-5 will be discussing events that happened in 1963 as a followup to Watsons. All classes will take a post prefix/suffix quiz
Tuesday - no school - teachers are in meetings
Wed/Thurs. - Periods 1,7 students will do presentations on F-451. Periods 2-5 will watch clips from Eyes on the Prize about the Civil Rights movement.
Friday-Tuesday, 12th - introduction to Flowers for Algernon with some fun IQ activities.
Wed. the 13th - Intro to Flowers by reading pg. 200-204
Thurs/Fri - 14-15 - Provo School District Fall break/no classes
Tuesday - no school - teachers are in meetings
Wed/Thurs. - Periods 1,7 students will do presentations on F-451. Periods 2-5 will watch clips from Eyes on the Prize about the Civil Rights movement.
Friday-Tuesday, 12th - introduction to Flowers for Algernon with some fun IQ activities.
Wed. the 13th - Intro to Flowers by reading pg. 200-204
Thurs/Fri - 14-15 - Provo School District Fall break/no classes
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wrap up!
Students are working on a 2nd draft of their letter for the Great Mail Race. It should be typed and all corrections made before turning it in on Thursday.
Wednesday - students will have a spelling quiz and a pre-test on Core required prefixes and suffixes. Period 2-7 will see some video clips about the Civil Rights movement in conjunction with reading Watson's Go to Birmingham. Period 1,7 will continue reading F-451. The students in these classes have a project due on Nov. 6-7 that will be presented in class.
Thursday we will continue reading.
Friday - Watson's followup paper is due.
Wednesday - students will have a spelling quiz and a pre-test on Core required prefixes and suffixes. Period 2-7 will see some video clips about the Civil Rights movement in conjunction with reading Watson's Go to Birmingham. Period 1,7 will continue reading F-451. The students in these classes have a project due on Nov. 6-7 that will be presented in class.
Thursday we will continue reading.
Friday - Watson's followup paper is due.
Monday, September 20, 2010
READING and WRITING
This week will involve a lot of reading and writing on the students' parts. :)
Mon-write the rough draft to Great Mail Race.
Tues - each class will read and discuss their books
review DO
Wed. - students have a spelling quiz on #3 - blue paper. The will also get a new list
Thurs - Parent/teacher conference 2-7. Continuation of reading their books. Rough drafts will be returned and discussed/
Friday - legal-sized envelope is due. Please put a 44 cent stamp on the upper right hand corner
Mon-write the rough draft to Great Mail Race.
Tues - each class will read and discuss their books
review DO
Wed. - students have a spelling quiz on #3 - blue paper. The will also get a new list
Thurs - Parent/teacher conference 2-7. Continuation of reading their books. Rough drafts will be returned and discussed/
Friday - legal-sized envelope is due. Please put a 44 cent stamp on the upper right hand corner
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Intro to diversity
Students finished typing their persuasion papers into a new program called Utahwrite. Each student received a score on their paper in the areas of ideas, organization and conventions. The scores are based on a 5 point rubric. Parents can see these papers when they come to P/T next week.
Wed. intro to diversity and tolerance - 1/7 will finish their discussion on the Watson's packets from the summer. 2-5 will be introduced to Watson's and ideas involving diversity in their lives.
Thursday - spelling quiz is extended to today. Students have lists on a yellow sheet
Periods 1/7 will be given the book Fahrenheit 451 - a classic novel involving tolerance and diversity. Per. 2-5 will continue with Watsons.
Friday - students will turn in pedigree charts, history of their names and a summary of who in their family came to America first. Students will have class time to work on a rough draft for the Great Mail Race. Students were given information on this last week.
Wed. intro to diversity and tolerance - 1/7 will finish their discussion on the Watson's packets from the summer. 2-5 will be introduced to Watson's and ideas involving diversity in their lives.
Thursday - spelling quiz is extended to today. Students have lists on a yellow sheet
Periods 1/7 will be given the book Fahrenheit 451 - a classic novel involving tolerance and diversity. Per. 2-5 will continue with Watsons.
Friday - students will turn in pedigree charts, history of their names and a summary of who in their family came to America first. Students will have class time to work on a rough draft for the Great Mail Race. Students were given information on this last week.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Getting to Know Myself
This week students have been writing and learning about themselves. Tuesday students received a sheet with sentences that needed to be corrected called DOL. We will be working on these type of sentences through the year.
Wed. spelling quiz and journal on Who Am I. They also received a new list of commonly misspelled words. Students received a blue paper with an assignment on researching their first name, a pedigree chart, and information on finding the first person to America. This assignment is due on Friday, Sept. 17.
Thursday - we corrected the DOL sheet and discussed pedigree charts and how to fill them out.
Friday - students will receive information on writing a letter for the Great Mail Race - They will write a letter to another student somewhere in the USA. All students need to bring a stamped self-addressed envelope in order to send their letter.
Monday - TWICE-BAKED book report is due. If it is turned in late, the student will receive up to 70% of the possible points.
Wed. spelling quiz and journal on Who Am I. They also received a new list of commonly misspelled words. Students received a blue paper with an assignment on researching their first name, a pedigree chart, and information on finding the first person to America. This assignment is due on Friday, Sept. 17.
Thursday - we corrected the DOL sheet and discussed pedigree charts and how to fill them out.
Friday - students will receive information on writing a letter for the Great Mail Race - They will write a letter to another student somewhere in the USA. All students need to bring a stamped self-addressed envelope in order to send their letter.
Monday - TWICE-BAKED book report is due. If it is turned in late, the student will receive up to 70% of the possible points.
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