Monday, August 25
Finish Reading “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto (pg 26)
Fill out “Making Connections” chart on the board as a class
Homework: Complete pre-reading worksheet on “Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote” (which is on pg. 58). Students do not have to read the entire story for homework-- only the first paragraph (the “lead”).
Tuesday, August 26
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences
Correct Thursday’s homework as a class
8.5, 8.6
Compound Subjects and Predicates
Simple and Compound Sentences
Homework: pg. 366 (6-10); pg 368 (11-20); pg 372 (1-10) (Read the directions carefully.)
Wednesday, August 27
Read: "Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote" and “Suzy and Leah”
Complete QAR
Homework: None
Thursday, August 28
Review for Ch.8 Grammar Quiz: Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences
Complete Study Guide in class
Homework: Grammar Study Exercises (pg 374: 1-10 and 1-5) / Use study guide to study for Quiz
Friday, August 29
Grammar Quiz: Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences (Ch. 8 in Writer's Choice)
Read: “Summer Reading” and “First Book”
Homework: None
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Announcements
1. Meet the Teacher is the Monday night (the 25th) at 5:30 for parents of seventh graders. I would love to meet all of you if you can make it!
2. Our first Grammar Quiz is Friday, August 29th. This will include the information from Chapter 8 in our Writer's Choice books. Students should have their corrected homework to study with. We will review on Thursday.
Have a great weekend!
2. Our first Grammar Quiz is Friday, August 29th. This will include the information from Chapter 8 in our Writer's Choice books. Students should have their corrected homework to study with. We will review on Thursday.
Have a great weekend!
Monday, August 18, 2008
This Week: August 18-22
As we begin our first full week of school, I would like to say that I have been greatly impressed and pleased with all of my new students. For me, the first three days have been a pleasure, and I am looking forward to the remainder of our year!
Parents, you may be interested to know that we began covering our Writer’s Notebooks on Friday. We used magazines, pictures, and anything students wanted to bring from home to cover our notebooks with a personalized collage. My students are very creative! Most of them went above and beyond, searching the magazines for words and pictures, even individual letters to spell out what they wanted on their notebooks. I think this activity got everyone thinking, and I was very impressed with the attention to detail that each student gave as the notebooks were so carefully crafted. This way, each student has a Writer’s Notebook that is uniquely his or her own. We will finish this activity on Friday so that we can begin using our notebooks next week. Also, I bought laminate paper to cover these with (which we will do on Friday) to keep them intact as they are used.
Tentative schedule for this week:
Monday, August 18
Literature:
Introduce and discuss “Why Read”
Read “The Day it Rained Cockroaches” by Paul Zindel
Write our own ten biographical points, using Zindel’s as a model
Look for themes in the story
Discuss purposes for reading
Discuss Author’s purposes
Homework: None
Tuesday, August 19
Grammar:
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences (8.1-8.3)
Sentence Strips group activity
Notes and Discussion
Homework: pg. 358 (6-10); pg. 360 (11-20); pg 362 ex.5 (16-20); ex.6 (1-10)
Wednesday, August 20
Literature:
Read the short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
RS1: set purposes for reading; determine author’s intent, context clues, draw conclusions RS7: sequence of events, interpret author’s intent
Homework: None
Thursday, August 21
Grammar:
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences 8.4, 8.5
Sentence Strips group activity
Homework: pg. 364 (1-10); pg. 366 (11-20)
Friday, August 22
Finish and cover Writer’s Notebooks!
Parents, you may be interested to know that we began covering our Writer’s Notebooks on Friday. We used magazines, pictures, and anything students wanted to bring from home to cover our notebooks with a personalized collage. My students are very creative! Most of them went above and beyond, searching the magazines for words and pictures, even individual letters to spell out what they wanted on their notebooks. I think this activity got everyone thinking, and I was very impressed with the attention to detail that each student gave as the notebooks were so carefully crafted. This way, each student has a Writer’s Notebook that is uniquely his or her own. We will finish this activity on Friday so that we can begin using our notebooks next week. Also, I bought laminate paper to cover these with (which we will do on Friday) to keep them intact as they are used.
Tentative schedule for this week:
Monday, August 18
Literature:
Introduce and discuss “Why Read”
Read “The Day it Rained Cockroaches” by Paul Zindel
Write our own ten biographical points, using Zindel’s as a model
Look for themes in the story
Discuss purposes for reading
Discuss Author’s purposes
Homework: None
Tuesday, August 19
Grammar:
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences (8.1-8.3)
Sentence Strips group activity
Notes and Discussion
Homework: pg. 358 (6-10); pg. 360 (11-20); pg 362 ex.5 (16-20); ex.6 (1-10)
Wednesday, August 20
Literature:
Read the short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
RS1: set purposes for reading; determine author’s intent, context clues, draw conclusions RS7: sequence of events, interpret author’s intent
Homework: None
Thursday, August 21
Grammar:
Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences 8.4, 8.5
Sentence Strips group activity
Homework: pg. 364 (1-10); pg. 366 (11-20)
Friday, August 22
Finish and cover Writer’s Notebooks!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Welcome!
I am thrilled to welcome my new seventh graders back to CCMS and to Mrs. Skelton's English/Language Arts class! This is our class blog, which I hope that you will find helpful for keeping up with what we are doing in class throughout this year. I am very excited about the year ahead. I just know that my students are going to be brilliant, and we are going to learn, grow, and have an amazing year together. On this blog I will post weekly updates about class, as well as homework, test and project reminders, and other class highlights. Also, you will find some helpful links, such as a link to the Glencoe Website, where you will find our textbooks online, activities to help you study, etc.
Following is a general schedule for the first three days of school:
Wednesday, August 13
Introductions to the class:
1. Students complete index equality cards
2. Introduction of Mrs. Skelton and general overview of the class
3. Introduction to class rules and procedures
4. View our class blog
5. Activity in groups
Homework: Parents need to sign three things: 1. letter 2. Skills Agenda 3. Mrs. Skelton's Class Code of Conduct and Procedures
Also, beginning Thursday, and on Friday, we will be decorating our Writer's Notebooks. I am providing the notebooks. Students will cut out pictures and words from magazines to decorate their notebooks. Bring anything from home (pictures, stickers, quotes, magazines) to use on Thursday and Friday to decorate your notebook. You want to personalize your Writer's Notebook and make it something you want to to write in!
Thursday, August 14
Information sheets
Group Activity- Introduction of students
Assignment of Class Jobs
Review of Rules and Procedures/ Questions
Begin Writer's Notebooks
Homework: Bring anything you want to use to decorate your Writer's Notebook
Friday, August 15
Brainstorm for our Big Question, "Why Read?"
Work on Writer's Notebooks
Assign Textbooks
No Homework!
Following is a general schedule for the first three days of school:
Wednesday, August 13
Introductions to the class:
1. Students complete index equality cards
2. Introduction of Mrs. Skelton and general overview of the class
3. Introduction to class rules and procedures
4. View our class blog
5. Activity in groups
Homework: Parents need to sign three things: 1. letter 2. Skills Agenda 3. Mrs. Skelton's Class Code of Conduct and Procedures
Also, beginning Thursday, and on Friday, we will be decorating our Writer's Notebooks. I am providing the notebooks. Students will cut out pictures and words from magazines to decorate their notebooks. Bring anything from home (pictures, stickers, quotes, magazines) to use on Thursday and Friday to decorate your notebook. You want to personalize your Writer's Notebook and make it something you want to to write in!
Thursday, August 14
Information sheets
Group Activity- Introduction of students
Assignment of Class Jobs
Review of Rules and Procedures/ Questions
Begin Writer's Notebooks
Homework: Bring anything you want to use to decorate your Writer's Notebook
Friday, August 15
Brainstorm for our Big Question, "Why Read?"
Work on Writer's Notebooks
Assign Textbooks
No Homework!
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