Today we went over the last 8 prepositions which will appear on our final test on block day this week. They are as follows:
1) under, 2) underneath, 3) until, 4) up, 5) upon,
6) with, 7) within, 9) without
We also warmed up with Wordly Wise Part C, trying it on our own first, quietly with a [...]
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Monday, September 24, 2007
In your composition book, write a paragraph description on the Most Influential Person in your life. Refer to handout. Due Tuesday. 10 points: Writing
Finish reading “Amigo Brothers” on pages 310- 317 of your Holt Literature book.
Answer questions 1-5 on page 318. Due Tuesday. 10 points: Homework
Review LNO prepositions for quiz #5 over [...]
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For block day, we warmed up by trying to solve the SCOPE 100 of the crosword: very challenging! Not one student was successfully finished in ten minutes. But many tried very hard to complete one or the other.
Then we went over Wordly Wise Part E with a fine-toothed comb! First, we discussed the wisdom of [...]
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Today in class, we read from the SCOPE issue a story called “Middle School Maverick” (1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods) and answered the questions about the story as part of our warm up. 6th period was instructed to tackle Wordly Wise Part D and read the passage for Part E because we had our visitation [...]
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Today in class we warmed up with the remainder of yesterday’s grammar lesson on page 7 of Easy Grammar. We also checked last night’s homework called “No-Sweat Test Prep” found on page 12 of your newest SCOPE trial issue. Then we talked about what a good paragraph consists of–a topic sentence, and supporting details including facts, examples and [...]
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Today in class, we had guest speakers including Dr. C and Mrs. Salberg, and the student counselors. They came in to discuss with each seventh grader the harrassment policy, the new clubs that are starting and appropriate bus behavior. Needless to say, all of my students were extremely respectful and the most attentive ones earned [...]
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Monday:
Review for Vocabulary test on block day;
Finish reading “Gracie” in your SCOPE trial issue (pages 7-11);
Complete “No-Sweat Test Prep” on page 12 of SCOPE trial issue. You can bubble in right there in the mag!
Memorize three new prepositions beginning with C and D: concerning, down, during
Tuesday:
Read pages 682-685 in your HOLT Literature book;
Write a topic [...]
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Monday:
Review for Vocabulary test on block day;
Finish reading “Gracie” in your SCOPE trial issue (pages 7-11);
Complete “No-Sweat Test Prep” on page 12 of SCOPE trial issue. You can bubble in right there in the mag!
Memorize three new prepositions beginning with C and D: concerning, down, during
Tuesday:
Read pages 682-685 in your HOLT Literature book;
Write a topic [...]
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This week we were introduced to the vocabulary books that we will use this year. We completed Wordly Wise Parts A, B, and C. Each of the lesson words are also our spelling test words one week and vocabulary test words the [...]
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