7th graders today acted out some deleted scenes from The Outsiders. They've been working hard and having fun! We'll take a break from reading chapters over the long weekend.
The 7th and 8th grade had the chance to hear from some of our students from last year! We talked a lot about being ready for high school and what skills would be helpful for our middle schoolers, regardless of what high school they choose. Thanks so much to our 9th graders for this great information! Feel free to talk to your child about what he or she learned.
7th Grade Social Studies 7th Grade was given a project outline/requirements/instructions in class today. This project will take the place of a written exam over chapter 3. Students will be responsible for creating a written and oral presentation over a location they have chosen. Students will need to complete research over the weekend so they are prepared to work in class Monday. A helpful website has been posted under Social Studies Links for this project. All projects will be due Thursday, Nov. 7th. The oral presentations will take place in class Thursday and Friday; students are encouraged to have props and be creative!
Last week, 8th graders worked on compound sentences. They made life-sized FANBOYS (conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So), which we're finishing up this week. They will have a test in a couple weeks. We also read "The Tell-Tale Heart," and Mrs. Kelly dressed up as Edgar Allan Poe on the same day! This week, we have started writing our National Novel Writing Month project, where students are trying to write a word-count goal they set for themselves. We're also finishing our read aloud, Fish , and tying in some SCOPE nonfiction text about refugees and child labor laws throughout the world. We will be starting Christmas Carol next week! 7th graders finished up a month of SCOPE magazine today. I loved seeing their play presentations last Friday. Their costumes were creative! We will be starting our WWII unit this week. One class will be reading Daniel's Story , while the other focuses on background information about the time period -- and then we'l
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