Friday, November 1, 2013

MID-TERM REPORTS OUT TODAY FOR MY CORE!!!

MY CORE (133) HAS THEIR MID-TERM REPORTS AND ALL OTHER ORANGE TEAM CLASSES WILL RECEIVE THEIR MID-TERM REPORTS NEXT WEEK. 

MANY STUDENTS HAVE HANDED IN LATE WORK; HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN MARKED YET!  I HAVE BEEN MARKING FINAL ASSESSMENTS FOR SS AND SCIENCE AND PREPARING FOR NEW UNITS THAT BEGAN THIS PAST WEEK.  DEADLINES ARE IMPORTANT IF STUDENTS WANT TO REVEIVE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK!!!  FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAND WORK IN ON-TIME, THE FEEDBACK THAT I PROVIDE IS IMMEDIATE.  THOSE ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE LATE... WELL... STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.

ENGLISH 8 - WE HAVE BEGUN OUR EXCELLENCE IN WRITING PROGRAM AND I HAVE INTRODUCED THE USE OF DRESS-UPS TO THE STUDENTS.  "BOOKLICE" PARAGRAPH SHOULD INCLUDE ALL SIX DRESS-UP STRATEGIES: 1. who or which clause;  2.  "ly" word (adverbial);  3.  because clause;  4.  strong verb;  5.  quality adjective;  6.  www.asia clause (when, where, while, as, since, if, although)
I WILL INTRODUCE "OPENERS" NEXT WEEK

SOCIAL STUDIES 8 - ROMAN ASSESSMENT (TEST) RE-WRITE IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH.  PARENTS... HAVE YOU SEEN AND SIGNED YOUR STUDENT'S TEST YET.  WHAT IS THEIR PLAN TO RE-WRITE?  CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

SCIENCE 8 - MICROSCOPE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS ASSESSMENT (TEST) HAS BEEN HANDED BACK - WE WILL GO OVER THE ASSESSMENT TOGETHER NEXT WEEK IN CLASS.  PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THE ASSESSMENT - RE-WRITES WILL BEGIN AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK.  WE HAVE BEGUN OUR STUDY OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS. 

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE REVIEWING THEIR NOTES AND ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING TERMINOLOGY EVERY NIGHT!!!