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Here are a list of spelling words that students received on August 20th. The test is TOMORROW!
briefcase, fierce, believe, sleigh, weirdest, beige, experiment, completely, politely, perfume, preserve, recruit, biscuit, lieutenant, thirtieth, doesn't, through, maneuver, gauge, decision
This week we are reading examples of NARRATIVES in class.
Monday
DOL - correct sentence
Note Taking - types of narratives -pg 49 WAG
HOMEWORK
Read "The Bike", Grammar text, pg 50-51.
Write out the problem and the solution
Tuesday
DOL - type of sentence, subject, predicate
Literature book - we pre-viewed the story we will be reading tomorrow
NO HOMEWORK
Wed
DOL - list the parts of speech
Literature book - "Was Tarzan a 3-Bandaged Man?"
Classwork - we answered comprehension questions on story
HOMEWORK
Spelling test on Friday STUDY!
Open House for Grade 7 is
Friday, October 30th at 6:30pm.
Parents will get a chance to follow their child's schedule and meet the teachers.
Today we took our FIRST DOL Quiz.
Read aloud - Wilfrid Gordan McDonald Partridge
Writer's notebook, journal entry #5 - write about an older person (past or present) in your life.
NO HOMEWORK
Today, we worked on the DOL.
Students listened to a read aloud Thank You, Mr. Falker.
They then wrote Journal Entry #4 in their WNB
HOMEWORK
1. DOL due tomorrow, study it.
2. DOL Quiz - it will look like the week's DOL
3. Spelling hand out, page 16
Today students were issued TEXTBOOKS. These Grammar and Writing texts STAY AT HOME. There is a class set that stays in the room for assignments.
PLEASE make sure you see a text at home.
DOL today: Type of sentence, subjects, predicate
We also wrote in our WNB - Journal entry #3
NO HOMEWORK
A DOL (Daily Oral Language) is the warm-up in Language Arts.
EVERYDAY, students have a sentence (it is the SAME sentence ALL WEEK).
Each day, they have a different TASK for the same sentence.
The tasks are parts of speech, sentence structure, and questions about clauses and phrases.
The DOL is done Monday - Thursday.
On Friday, students are quizzed on questions from Tues - Thurs.
The DOL Quiz is EXACTLY the same as the WEEKLY DOL.
Here is a what has been happening in LANGUAGE ARTS this WEEK....
Monday, 8/20 Students got NEW spelling words:
completely, believe, weirdest, beige, through, thirtieth, experiment, perfume, doesn't, decision, politely, fierce, briefcase, sleigh, lieutenant, maneuver, recruit, biscuit, gauge, preserve
We completed our DOL (sentence correction)
HOMEWORK, 8/20
Spelling handout, page 15
Tuesday, 8/21 Students wrote a list in their WRITER'S NOTEBOOK about what good writers write about
Also, they completed Journal entry #1 (a topic from the list)
HOMEWORK, 8/21
WNB, Journal entry #2 (write about anything from the list)
7th Graders are required to complete 25 BOOK POINTS by May. Today, we walked through the process and students handed in their summer reading book sheets and projects.
Book letterDownload 25_book_project_ltr.doc
25 Book PointsDownload 25_book_requirement.doc
Welcome Back!
This week we went over classroom rules and procedures. We took a BASELINE Writing Assessment and started our 25 BOOK POINT FOLDER.
Today, we read a short story and logged in our summer reading.
Please find the COURSE OUTLINE hereDownload language_arts_course_outline.doc
HOMEWORK
1. Get course outline signed
2. Get 25 book letter signed
3. Complete a summary on the short story, "The Gun"
4. Quiz on Monday, August 20th - course outine/newsletter
