Monday, March 25, 2013

Week of March 25th -- Spring Break is a'comin'!

6th Grade: No Homework this week.  Students will be learning about how to research information from different sources.  The Belvidere Library trip will be tomorrow, March 26th.  Students will be finding a book for their research paper to gather information from.


7th Grade:   No Homework this week.  Students will be reviewing how to write quote responses by responding to quotes from famous women in our history.

8th Grade:        No Homework this week.  Students will be reviewing how to write quote responses by responding to quotes from famous women in our history.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

6th Grade:  Students will soon be beginning to work on their Mini-Research papers.  Topics must be picked and approved by me by this Friday.  We will be going on our trip to the library next Tuesday so students can find a book to do some research on their topic.

7th Grade:   Students are working on a power point project that represents a quote from an important woman in history.  This power point is due to be presented next Tuesday.


8th Grade: Students are working on Part 3 of their Create a Character project.  They are creating stories on MyAccess for their characters.  So far we have some interesting stories brewing

Monday, March 11, 2013

Week of March 11th

6th Grade: No spelling test or HW this week, but we will only have this week for our character development story on MyAccess.  If students need more time this week they may ask to stay after school if they don't have access to the internet at home or they can simply work on it at home.  They will have the weekend to work on it as well.
            Monday -- 
           Tuesday --
            Wednesday --
            Thursday --
            Friday -- Finish MyAccess over weekend

7th Grade:  These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 7 Work Book.
            Monday --   Section 11C        
            Tuesday --
            Wednesday --  Section 11D
            Thursday -- Study words
            Friday -- Vocab test
Students are also working on creating stories on MyAccess for the characters they created in their groups.  I'm looking forward to reading their stories!

8th Grade: These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 8 Work Book.
       Monday --   Section 11C        
            Tuesday --
            Wednesday --  Section 11D
            Thursday -- Study words
            Friday -- Vocab test
Students are also working on Part 2 of their Create a Character project.  They will soon present their characters as well as a conversation between two groups' characters.  Next week we will be creating stories on MyAccess for our characters.  I'm looking forward to meeting their characters!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Vocab Tests Returned

Check out the vocab tests.  7th and 8th grade got their tests from last Friday back today.  Lots of 100s in that batch!

Week of March 4th, 2013

6th Grade: These pages are found in the Spelling Packet students receive weekly.
            Monday -- 5 sentences with the words: feature, creature, pitcher, lecturer, bleachers
            Tuesday -- First section of  p.57
            Wednesday -- All of  p. 58
            Thursday -- All of  p. 59
            Friday -- Spelling test


7th Grade:  These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 7 Work Book.
            Monday --            
            Tuesday -- 
            Wednesday --  Section 11A
            Thursday -- Section 11B
            Friday -- Vocab test NEXT WEEK
Students are also working on Part 2 of their Create a Character project.  They will soon present their characters as well as a conversation between two groups' characters.  Next week we will be creating stories on MyAccess for our characters.

8th Grade: These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 8 Work Book.
             Monday --            
            Tuesday -- 
            Wednesday --  Section 11A
            Thursday -- Section 11B
            Friday -- Vocab test NEXT WEEK
Students are also working on their CHILL! video.  Students are working in groups to create an antibullying video for a contest coming up.  Permission slips for this video were sent out yesterday and need to be handed back as soon as possible so students can continue to participate in the making of this video.  I'm very excited to see what everyone comes up with!

Friday, March 1, 2013

Spelling Tests returned... and THANK YOU!

The sixth graders are bringing their spelling tests home today.  Please ask to see them as I'm sure you will be pleased!  They ALL did very well!

Also,  I'd just like to thank all my students for an amazing week!  I can't express enough how thrilled I am for the opportunity to witness everybody's creativity and brilliance!  There are so many thoughtful writers and talented artists at OCS that I can't wrap my head around it sometimes.  I'm so lucky to get to work with these students.  They've blown me away with their intensity and focus on our project this week.  Currently we are working on a Create a Character project and every class has thought up some unforgettable characters.  Keep an eye out for them as they will soon be hanging up. 

I hope everyone has a safe weekend and gets to enjoy this sunshine!