Homework 10/31

Reading: 100 point quiz over "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" tomorrow. Work on Dear Mrs. Ibarra letter. It is due on Monday.

English: There is no homework due to my wanting the kids to study for their reading quiz.

Quiz on Thursday!

Reading: Quiz over the play "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" on Thursday. (100 points)
Part #1 of the Dear Mrs. Ibarra letter due on Wednesday. Don't foget to find quotes for 2 of the 3 options under part one.

English: Fix or add to the 10 observations from the list from yesterday.
Do Pg. 7 Practice and Apply 1-10. Make sure every word in the sentence is underlined or double underlined.

Homework 10/29

Reading: 20 minutes of reading from their AR book
Fill out the Someone/Wanted/But/So chart

English: Finish lists in poem book-
10 things I hate
10 things that freak me out
10 things that I wish I knew how to do
10 things that I noticed on my way to/from school that I never noticed before

New poem due in two weeks
Choose one of the following topics:
1. Something off your heart map
2. A What's in my Journal poem
3. 13 ways to look at a...
4. The observation poem

Read An Hour This Weekend!!

Reading: Read 20 minutes for tonight's reading log and 40 minutes for this weekend's reading log. Don't foget to have a parent sign the reading log!!

English: No homework

Spelling Test Tomorrow

Reading: Read 20 minutes tonight!

English: Spelling worksheets due on Thursday. Note: This is a change due to the early release schedule on Friday! Spelling test Thursday!

Homework for 10/23

Reading: 20 minutes of reading tonight

English: Scope 100 worksheet due on Wednesday

Poem Due Tuesday!!

Reading: Read 20 minutes tonight! This is the start of a new reading log.

English:
***Where I'm From Poem due Tues.!!
Spelling test on Friday
Spelling worksheets due on Friday

We had MAP testing today. Most of the students' scores went up! Make sure you ask your child what their score was.

Homework 10/18/07

Reading: 20 minutes of reading their AR book for their reading log
Read the play The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street-highlight their parts

English: Spelling test on Friday
Spelling worksheet due on Friday (front and back)
Poem book covered and decorated by Friday at the end of class

Homework 10/17/07

Reading: I am very happy with the way the students have been handling the new reading logs. They should be reading AT LEAST 20 minutes a night for their reading log, and they are going to need a parent signature when it gets to the weekend.
They also have a poster project due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Most of them have these finished, because they have been working in study hall.

English: They have a What would it be like? essay rough draft due tomorrow. I have given them an example to look at, in case they are confused as to how to write the essay.
There is a spelling worksheet due Friday, it is two sided. They also have a spelling test.
On Tuesday of next week they have a Where I'm From poem due.

Homework for 10/16/07

Reading: Read an AR book for at least 20 minutes tonight!
Their group poster for the plot diagram of Rikki Tikki Tavi is due Thurs. at the beginning of class.
English: The rough draft of their What It Would It Be Like? essay is due on Thurs. Each student needs an introduction, a paragraph for each side of their issue, a connection to their life, and a conclusion.
Their Where I'm From poem is due this Tuesday, Oct. 23rd.
They have spelling worksheets due on Friday.
There is a spelling test on Friday.

New Way To Complete Reading Logs!!

This quarter the 7th grade students AR grades were horrible. I know they have very busy schedules, but for a lot of them their AR grades brought down their grade for reading class to a much lower level. Out of 63 students 21 did not have any AR points. AR is worth 100 points, so it ended up really affecting some of their grades as the total classroom points was only at about 700.
So....in order to try to fix this situation, I have created a new reading log that works a little differently than the other one. Students must read 20 minutes per night, and record the page they are on. This includes Sat. and Sun. Parents will still have to sign the reading logs, but the students no longer have to write three sentences. As soon as students receive 20 AR points they will no longer have to complete the reading logs. They will receive the weekly points for reading in class. The reading logs will increase from being worth 25 points to 70 points per week. Ask you child to see their new reading workshop form.

Reading: 20 minutes of reading a book tonight.

English: Spelling worksheets due Friday.
Spelling test on Fri.
Where I'm From poem due Tues. October 23rd
What would it be like? essay rough draft due this Thurs.

Homework for 10/10/07

Items to note:
They may bring in magazines for extra credit by Friday (limit 10)
Poem final draft due Thurs. by 3:15 PM
Last day for AR for the quarter is Friday.

Reading:
We have a quiz over Rikki Tikki Tavi in class tomorrow. We are also working on a plot diagram project due Monday. They will be working on that in class.

English: The students will be starting a new poem using their cross-generational survey titled, Where I'm From.
This poem is due next Friday. They have for homework, a one page paper answering the What It Would Be Like question from class. They have a spelling test over their 10 group vocabulary words from Rikki Tikki tomorrow, also.

Homework for 10/9/07

A few items to keep in mind:
-The students can bring in magazines for extra credit by Friday. 1 point/magazine, up to 10 points.
-The final draft of their poem is due in English by 3:15 p.m. on Thursday.
-The last day to take AR tests for this quarter is Friday.
-There is a reading log due on Monday of next week.

Reading:
On Thursday there is a quiz over "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
The vocabulary sheets for the story are due on Wed. There should be 10 vocab. words.

English:
The vocab. words from reading are the students' spelling words this week. We will have a spelling test on Thurs.
We have been typing our poems in class.

Homework 10/4

I am so sorry that there haven't been any posts lately! I have been having computer trouble at school so the assignments haven't been able to be listed.

One concern I have is that students are not doing a very good job at getting their reading logs turned in. They are worth 25 points and they add up quickly. There is a reading log due this Tuesday. Please double check to make sure it gets turned in.

Reading: Reading log due Tues. Students with AR points have a reading goal of a minimum of 50 pages, and students without AR have a reading goal to take a test or read a 100 pages, whichever comes first. The students are also supposed to finish reading the story from their text "Rikki Tikki Tavi" and find 3 vocab. words, mark the part they think would best be in a movie, and sticky note one question they have about the story.

English: This is an exciting time in my room, because we are working on the final drafts of our poems for the quarter. I am constantly amazed at what some of the kids have come up with. We worked on line and stanza breaks today, and we are typing our drafts in the lab. Their final draft poem is due next Friday. I will be posting some of those poems here on this website.