August 29/September 2, 2008

August 29/September 2, 2008

Self-Starter: We did another puzzler, similar to the one we did last time, and we talked about prepositions, since they are the keys to solving many "puzzlers."

1. Students took the spelling test on the names of our school administrators, their seventh grade counselor, and their teachers.

2. We practiced filling out the "Reading Logs," using a picture book, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.

3. We started a vocabulary challenge to prepare to read the novel The Outsiders. The challenge is to match slang terms from the early 1960's with their meanings. We did a little in class, and students should do their best to finish matching the terms by next time. Parents and grandparents, and others, are welcome to help.

August 27/28, 2008

Self-Starter: Can you read this? NE1410S It is a combination of letters and numbers that makes a complete sentence. Of course, we'd need to add capitalization, punctuation, and correct spelling if we were to write it out as a sentence!

1. Spelling Practice Test: Be ready for the real test next classtime. The test will cover correctly spelling, capitalizing, and punctuating the names of our administration, the seventh grade counselor, and your your own teachers.

2. We took the final portion of the Seventh Grade State Core Pretest today.

3. Students had time to read their books.

If you haven't turned in your disclosure document, book approval for the Book-of-the-Month club, or brought your composition book, do so as soon as possible. They will be late after the 29th.