Hello,

I apologize for not having updated in a while, I had to leave town unexpectedly and then was sick all weekend 🙁

We are in our 5th week of Unit 2 in Wonders.  Next week we will be taking the Unit 2 test.  Please help your child study all of the unit 2 vocabulary words and their unit 2 grammar packets as both of these will be tested next week.

For this quarter our class is reading a myth book.  Many of these books aren’t very long, but they are sometimes difficult to follow.  For our project this quarter, we will be giving a book talk.  I am currently having packets made for the students so they know their expectations.  I will try to upload a copy of the requirements onto this website although I have tried that before, and it didn’t work for me.  If it doesn’t upload, I will at least let you know when I give the packets to the students.  As the students finish their books and packets, they can set up a time with me to present to the class.  The last day for presentations will be December 12.

Our class will be starting research this week as well.  We will spend time in the library on Thursday and Friday learning how to find/evaluate resources and choose our topics.  It will take us most of the rest of the quarter to complete this paper.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

Hello!

I hope everyone had a nice break.  I was away from my computer all weekend, but I did catch up on most of my grading for the quarter.  I handed out missing work slips today, and many students turned things in.  I am going to work hard to update it again, so please keep checking Synergy.  At this point, it the missing work might not get put in on the quarter grade, but it will make it in for the semester grade.  There are several new grades that are being added for the end of the quarter, so grades may change daily.

The students have checked out myth books for their next book report.  I have not assigned the project yet, but they will not be due until the week before winter break, so they have some time to get their reading started.

Thank you for your continued support!

There are a few more grades that need to be added to Synergy for the quarter grade such as the descriptive writing tests, book reports and the last set of Wonders tests we will take tomorrow (Friday).  I will add those in before quarter grades are due next week.  I will be camping this weekend, so while I will be grading the papers, you probably won’t see the actual grades entered inn Synergy until next week.  I am hoping to have most everything in by Thursday.

I hope you all have a wonderful break!!

Our class is into Unit 2 Week 2 in Wonders.  We are working on a number of skills, including problem/solution, questions/answers, compare/contrast and greek/latin.  This week we take our tests as usual on Friday, but we will also hand out the vocabulary and spelling for week 3 on Friday as well.  This way the students will have time to study the words over the long weekend.  We will work on the other skills for the week on Wednesday and Thursday next week and test vocabulary and spelling only on Friday.

The book report is due tomorrow!  If you need to review the directions, please look for the earlier post with the directions listed on it.

We will be finishing up our descriptive essays this week as well.  We have been writing them on google docs, which is very convenient.  The students can work on them at home as well as at school 🙂  There will be a 2 day test over descriptive essay either the end of this week or next week.

Synergy is all updated, please look at your child’s grades and make sure all assignments are turned in.  This is the end of first quarter and grades will be going home after the break.

Have a wonderful break!

Our class completed their unit one tests last week.  This week as we start unit two our routine will be similar to unit one.  There will be vocabulary assignments due on Tuesdays and spelling homework will be due on Thursdays.  There will be other assignments throughout the week, but these two will be pretty consistent.  Our vocabulary, spelling and comprehension tests will be on Fridays each week.  We take time every day to write in our planners, so your child should use them at home to make sure they know what is due in the upcoming days.

In writing the students are working on their descriptive essays.  We have done our pre-writing, written our thesis statements and our lead paragraphs.  I am hoping to be done with these by the end of next week.

Please remember our book reports will be due a week from tomorrow (October 8).