We are currently deeply involved with practice and review of the CRCT.  Please beware of a site you can help your child at home. You can go to one of the following sites and allow your students to review.  These sites have games as well as actual practice tests.  Go to http://www.studyisland.com/  username: student library number or student library number plus 1   PW: password

This week we are reviewing verbals.   We are also continuing  our poetry.  The Literature book for seventh grade is being used.   Some of the terms we are studying are  alliteration, assonance, personification, metaphor, simile, ballads and of course free style poetry. The homework for this week is creating poems for their poetry portfolio.

Hello,    We are continuing the verbals unit.   This week is the gerund and participle part.  The homework for Monday is to write a paragraph using  infinitive and prepositions. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will follow the same directions as Monday (including gerunds and participle).  We will use the Writer's Choice textbook, Grammar Handbook and teacher-made items.

Well a whole week.....this is unusal!!!!     This week we will continue rotating the six writing traits.  The teaching of  these  traits will beginning Friday (1/28/11).  Each  group is responsible for  the teaching of their assigned  writing trait.  I noticed several students are giving power points.  A new assignment is introduce this week (the unit on verbals).  Monday starts off with infinitive and hopefully by Friday participles and participial phrases.   The pace of the students will dictate the progress. There is a continuation of poetry: Monday (limerick poem), Tuesday and Wednesday (ballad), Thursday (assonance)....HOMEWORK

Hello, the standards we are working on this week are ELA7C1-4, W1-4, and R1-3.  It is to our advantage to work on writing because this time next year the 7th graders will be  in 8th grade classes.  We are continuing our writing curriculum.  The students will be working out of a book named WriteTraits STUDENT TRAITBOOK.  As we move through the week, students will rotate in and out of six groups: ideas, organization, voice, word clue, sentence fluency and conventions (grammar).  The homework this week is a teacher-made CRCT package.

Hello, the standards we are working on this week is ELA7 C1-4, W1-4, and R1-3.  The focus is the 6 traits of good writing.  It is to our advantage  to get the 7th graders ready for the 8th grade state-wide writing test. We will be working out of a book called " WriteTraits STUDENT TRAITBOOK".  The students will rotate groups:  ideas, organization, voice, word clue, sentence fluency and conventions (grammar).  The homework this week will be a CRCT package (teacher-made).