Monday, August 29, 2016

Test tomorrow in projects! We will have both a vocabulary and a constructed response section. Study, study, study!

These 7th graders ROCKED their first project on cells! I am so proud of them and really impressed with their work and work ethic!

This week:

Projects:
Test Tuesday over structures and functions of cells and their parts
Wednesday we start human body systems and will study the respiratory, nervous, excretory, muscular and circulatory systems for the next couple of weeks.

7th Grade Reading
This week we will continue to pull main idea out of informative texts. We will also read and annotate poetry, as well as texts related to the Antebellum Era.We continue to do our Daily Three routine with Read to Self, Work on Writing (reading response) and Word Work (Root of the Week),

Writing:
We are starting our first big writing assignment! Students will write an informative paper on the Electoral College (it's a big topic, but they'll do great!). We started today with looking at examples of informative essays written by 7th graders. Tomorrow we are going to focus on what a thesis statement is. Students will start note taking and working on informal outlines on Wednesday and Thursday. Also, students will work on IXL WW skills (organizing writing) and do some free journal writing.

8th Grade Reading:
This week we will continue to identify main ideas and details in informative texts. Students will also read and annotate articles relating to early farming throughout the world. We continue to do our Daily Three routine with Read to Self, Work on Writing (reading response) and Word Work (Root of the Week).

Homework this week:
7th and 8th grade reading--20 minutes of reading and fill out reading log every night. Parents sign every Sunday.