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!