This is the final week that students can improve IXL scores for this quarter. Students need to let me know if they go in and improve their scores on graded IXL work.
Projects: Websites on the Great Depression are due at the end of the projects block on Tuesday. We will present them Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The kids have work so hard on these and I'm seeing great work.
7th Grade Reading: This week we will focus on CAFE strategies and Daily 3 (read to self, work on writing through reading response, and word work). Students are begging for more time to read their books of choice, so I will be allowing a little more time for that this week. They did a great job on their Paideia Semina, which took a lot of preparation. I will enjoy giving them time to relax a bit with their books. I will use the time to conference with individual students and do fluency checks.
8th Grade Reading: We will finish To Kill a Mockingbird this week and move into Paideia Seminar preparation. Students will have more questions than last year to collect evidence on and will participate in the seminar the second week we return from spring break. We will watch the movie version on Monday, April 27th. If you don't want your child to see this film, please let me know asap and I will plan an alternative but equitable assignment for him or her.
Writing: Phew!!!! We have been working on collaborative argumentative essays. Students are getting in groups, writing introductions, coming together as a class to discuss/provide feedback, and then doing the same thing with their body paragraphs and conclusions. Tuesday and Wednesday students will write one on their own (unassisted). This piece of writing will be counted as a 4th quarter grade. I am so impressed with all of the progress these kids have made in writing this year.
Homework:
7th: Read for 20 minutes each night and complete reading log
8th: Read for 20 minutes (Mockingbird reading both Tuesday and Wednesday nights); complete reading log
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