Week 6

Well this week is the end of the first six weeks. Boy has time flown by! Our football teams and our girls volleyball are working super hard. Be sure to check them out. UIL sign ups are still going on - don't forget that if you make a UIL team you will get to go to the Plex in Wichita Falls!!! Last year the students said that it was a blast. I will be gone Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday I am going with Mrs. Meacham to a training and Thursday I will be going to Wichita Falls for TEKS training. I hope everyone has a productive week!!!

Reading

Monday - Level Set Test for Teen Biz

More Robin Hood packets

Don't forget two book reports are due by Friday.

Don't forget to get on quizlet.com to study for your vocabulary test on Friday!

Tuesday - Ms. Hale gone

First Teen Biz then Lexia

Wednesday - Cause and Effect Assessment

Review vocabulary words on quizlet.com

Thursday - Ms. Hale gone

First Teen Biz then Lexia

Friday - Begin work on Details

Vocabulary Test over Robin Hood packet

Robin Hood packet due

Last day to turn in book reports

Last day for grades - make sure all your work is turned in!!!

Language Arts

Monday - Pronouns Review

Students will receive new spelling packets - they are due Friday!

Tuesday - Ms. Hale gone

Parts of Speech on Teen Biz

Wednesday - Begin Special Words

keep working on your spelling packets!

don't forget they are due Friday

Thursday - Ms. Hale gone

Punctuation - Teen Biz

Friday - Spelling packets due

Spelling Test

Special Words Assessment

Last day for grades!!!

Have a good weekend!!!

Some pictures from class.

Here are some pictures from our classes.

This is Week #4!!!

Time is just flying by!!! Monday September 14, 2009 is the beginning of week #4. This week we have a volleyball game Monday. Back to school night where the parents can learn about the parent portal is on Tuesday. We have a football game Thursday and the Bobcats play football on Friday. Many teachers have their sign-up sheets for UIL contests. I am coaching 6th, 7th and 8th grade Maps, Graphs and Charts. Don't forget that if you are on a UIL team, you will get to go to the Plex in Wichita Falls!!! Last year the students had a BLAST!!! So be sure to sign up!!!

Have a great week and don't forget about the bel schedule changing - CAT time is now at 8:00 - 8:25 in the morning!!

Reading

Monday - Bell work, Begin new stories, Robin Hood for 4th and 8th periods. White Fang for 5th period, CEI. Remind students that we will be starting book reports and that two book reports will be due by the end of the six weeks.

Tuesday - Bell work, Same as Monday, students will also go to CEI

Wednesday - Bell work, Context clues, Context clues quiz, practice vocabulary words on Quizlet.com, students will also go to CEI

Thursday - Same as Wednesday, students will also go to CEI

Friday -Bell work, Cause and Effect, Quiz over comprehension and vocabulary - 4th and 8th - Robin Hood, 5th - White Fang

Language Arts

Monday - Bell work, Nouns, spelling

Tuesday - Bell work, Writing using Graphic Organizers

Wednesday - Bell work, Proper Nouns, spelling activity

Thursday - Bell work, Writing, if time log onto Teen Biz and review writing exercises

Friday - I will be in ARD's all day, Mrs. Motenboker will be substituting for me. Students will have time to study for spelling quiz, Quiz over nouns, writing with word wall words.

Week 3

Monday was a holiday, so Week 3 has started on Tuesday. We will be taking reading placement tests, learning about nouns, writing, and lots of other things. I hope everyone is excited about the Pep Rally that will be on Thursday. Don't forget to wear your spirit shirt!!

Also don't forget we will have a quiz over Sadako on Thursday and Friday depending which CEI section you are in.

Have a great week!

Reading

Tuesday - Context Clues, Homonyms, CEI, review for quiz, color kimonos

Wednesday - Context Clues, CEI, Finding word meanings in paragraphs

Thursday - Context Clues, CEI, Finding word meanings in paragraphs, Quiz

Friday - Context Clues, CEI, Homonyms, Quiz

Language Arts

Tuesday - Writing with Graphic Organizers, Idea Inventory

Wednesday - Nouns, Want Ads activity

Thursday - Reading Plus placement test, Nouns,

Friday - Nouns, singular and plural

Week 2 has started!!!

Week one of school was great. Now we have begun week two. This week we have started in CEI computer lab working on Lexia. We are continuing with Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and we are working on context clues such as antonyms and synonyms. Here is our schedule for this week. Don't forget we will not have a vocabulary and comprehension quiz until September 9, 2009. I encourage everyone to go watch a volleyball game or a football game or get involved in something school related. I promise, you'll be glad you did!

Reading

Monday

Context Clues - Suffix and Prefix

Sadako Chapter 5

Comprehension Sequence - Chapter 4

Tuesday Same as Monday

Wednesday

Context Clues - Synonyms and Antonyms

Sadako Chapter 6

Word Study - Contractions

Thursday - Same as Wednesday

Friday

Context Clues - Synonym/Antonym

Sadako Chapter 7

Word Study - Opposites

Language Arts

Monday

Sentences - Different types of Sentences

Types of Sentences Activity

Small Group Activity - Finding Sentences

Tuesday

Writing Main Ideas

Topic Sentences - Guided Practice

Topic Sentences - Independent Practice

Wednesday

Sentences Review

Sorting Sentences Activity

Thursday

Idea Inventory - Pizza Idea

Topic Sentences - Guided Practice

Topic Sentences - Independent Practice

Fill in the Organizer #1

Friday

Sentences - Review Types as well as Subject and Verbs

Complete Reflect and Review

Sentence Assessment #1 and #2

Have a great weekend!!!

First Day of School

Today was a great first day! Everyone acted so good. No one got lost (not too bad anyway!) Our old friends, last year's sixth and seventh graders, were old pros at school. Our new friends, the sixth graders did very well. Today was pretty easy - the real stuff starts tomorrow, I hope everyone is ready!!! I hope everyone had a great day and has a super great year!!

Week 1 August 24 - August 28, 2009

I am so excited to have school started!!! Here are your assignments for Week #1 of the school year:

Reading

Monday - complete All About Me Project, review class rules, supplies needed, and school reminders.

Tuesday - Bell work - The Boy and the North Wind, Begin Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes book, Read Chapter 1 and review vocabulary, Complete Word Study - Compound Words page 15

Wednesday - Bell work - Bremen Town Musicians, Chapter 2 and review vocabulary, Word Study - Synonyms page 17, if time make Japanese lanterns

Thursday - Bell work - The Clever Leprechaun, Read Chapter 3 and review vocabulary, Word Study - Verb Tenses page 19, Class will review for vocabulary and comprehension quiz over Prologue through Chapter 3 on Friday.

Friday - Bell work - The Cow on the Roof, review for quiz, take quiz over vocabulary and comprehension, Prologue through Chapter 3. If time, complete lanterns.

Language Arts

Monday - All About Me, review class rules etc.

Tuesday - Bell work - Concentration page 1, Idea Inventory - At the Museum, Complete Topics and Main Ideas #1

Wednesday - Bell work - Locating Information - Pre/Post Test, Sentences handout, Is it a Sentence? page 4, Identifying Sentences page 5

Thursday - Bell work - Concentration page 2, Idea Inventory - On the Road, Complete Topics and Main Ideas #2

Friday - Bell work - Locating Information - $$$ Facts, Definitions handouts - subject and verb, Identifying parts of a sentence page 6, Activity - Parts of a Sentence page 7

CJHS Resource Blog

Initial Post

Well, well, well... the time has come!!! School is just around the corner.  I hope that everyone has had a great summer. This year has officially begun for me.  Today I am at Floydada, Texas at a Tech Camp.  I will be learning many new topics and ideas.  This will be the first time that I will see many of the teachers from school since school let out.  I think that we will have many new things to learn and to  complete.  I hope everyone is excited about coming back to school as I am!  

Stay in touch!!

End of the Year!!!

The end of the year has finally come.  There are many, many things that are happening!  At the end of this week, on Friday, all the students who had great behavior this semester will go to the park!  There will be a giant water slide, games, food and fun!!! I can't wait!  The students are so looking forward to it!  If your child gets to go, tell them congratulations because they have earned it!!  Also, next week, on Thursday and Friday, we will have semester tests!  Your child will know definitely whether or not they have to take the tests by Friday.  We will review for the tests on Tuesday and Wednesday before the tests.  

I have had the best year!  I was blessed to have some of the greatest students this year!  I will be sad to see the 8th graders leave but I know they will have the best opportunities at high school.  I can't wait until the fall when we can start all over again!

District Track Meet

Here are some pictures from the District Track Meet that took place this past weekend in Dimitt, Texas.  All of the students did an amazing job!  I am so proud of them all!!!

TAKS test...

This week on Tuesday is the Math TAKS test.  The students have been working very hard on preparing for this test.  Everyone should get plenty of rest and eat breakfast on Tuesday.  I know that all of you will do your very best.

Persuasive Writing...

We have been working on persuasive writing.  Each class paired up in small groups and worked on a presentation to persuade the other groups that their season was the best.  They had to use graphs, scientific information, pictures, clip arts, and the most favorite some sort of celebrity or famous person quoting that they loved a particular season the best.  I was really impressed with the student's work.  They all did a great job on their presentations and a great job on their projects.  Keep up the good work!

It's almost time to go back to school from spring break!  When we get back, we have a lot of things we still need to work on!  This year has totally flown by but it's not over yet!  I'll see you when we get back!

Gone Again...

I went to Amarillo to a TAKS M writing training today, January 26th.  I really missed all my kids but I learned a lot of neat ideas.  I can't wait to do some of the projects with my students.  I think they will enjoy them.  Tomorrow we will start school late due to the bad weather.  So every one sleep in just a little bit and be ready to work!!!!

Sentences and more Sentences!

 

Here's another project that my classes worked on to master writing sentences.  Each group was given a simple sentence and their instructions were to expand the sentence by using adjectives and adverbs.  The group with the longest sentence that makes sense won!  

Look what we've been up to!

My classes have really been busy.  We've been working on our Reading skills as well as writing and expanding  complete sentences by using adjectives and adverbs.  Here are some students working on finding different types of sentences in a passage.  Each group that got closest to the right answer received a ticket to be placed in a drawing for some small prizes.  The students did awesome!

Welcome Back!

This day was officially the first day of the new semester.  We will really get busy on TAKS practices.  The students have really been working hard to remember everything that they've learned so far and use it to successfully complete the TAKS.  This week we will have a practice TAKS reading test on Wednesday and Thursday.  If necessary we will finish up on Friday.

Here are some pictures from class and as you can tell, some of the students are really working hard journaling on the computer.

Just a reminder, we will be working on TAKS practices every week until our test!