Hi All!
Things to keep in mind:
Friday the 13th is a Spirit Day. I told the 8th grade to wear Hawkeye or Cyclone gear in honor of the Cy-Hawk game Saturday.
Sunday the 15th is International Food Fair. Your child may have volunteered to work the carnival games. Kids should be at the school no later than 3:30 to help set up. They should be ready to be picked up around 6:45.
Thursday the 19th the whole school will be going to McKinley Lake for a day outdoors. Kids should be dressed in PE attire as they will be very active, and probably get dirty.
Friday the 20th we don't have school due to professional development.
Here is what we are doing in class:
The 6th grade is focusing on the elements of a plot within a story. They have been reading a couple of different memoirs and are writing their own 6 word memoirs. These tend to be a bit difficult for the kids to limit their experiences to just 6 words, but it gets them thinking outside of the box and turn out great.
The 7th grade is already taking their first unit exam today and will be moving onto unit 2 tomorrow/next week. They will be focusing on mood, tone, conflict, characters, and character motivation.
The 8th grade will start their first novel of the year, Animal Farm. They are currently gathering information on the Russian Revolution and WWII propaganda as those two are large allegories for the story. This novel is pretty easy to read but has a lot of deeper meanings and symbols in it to make the kids think.
Pictures:
Things to keep in mind:
Friday the 13th is a Spirit Day. I told the 8th grade to wear Hawkeye or Cyclone gear in honor of the Cy-Hawk game Saturday.
Sunday the 15th is International Food Fair. Your child may have volunteered to work the carnival games. Kids should be at the school no later than 3:30 to help set up. They should be ready to be picked up around 6:45.
Thursday the 19th the whole school will be going to McKinley Lake for a day outdoors. Kids should be dressed in PE attire as they will be very active, and probably get dirty.
Friday the 20th we don't have school due to professional development.
Here is what we are doing in class:
The 6th grade is focusing on the elements of a plot within a story. They have been reading a couple of different memoirs and are writing their own 6 word memoirs. These tend to be a bit difficult for the kids to limit their experiences to just 6 words, but it gets them thinking outside of the box and turn out great.
The 7th grade is already taking their first unit exam today and will be moving onto unit 2 tomorrow/next week. They will be focusing on mood, tone, conflict, characters, and character motivation.
The 8th grade will start their first novel of the year, Animal Farm. They are currently gathering information on the Russian Revolution and WWII propaganda as those two are large allegories for the story. This novel is pretty easy to read but has a lot of deeper meanings and symbols in it to make the kids think.
Pictures:
The 8th grade prepared a mock trial/debate over the story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.
The 8th grade analyzed WWII propaganda posters with partners before creating their own propaganda poster.
The 7th grade played comprehension wiffle ball after reading the narrative poem Casey at the Bat.
And just in case you wanted to see the cutest, err I mean toughest, 8th grade football players around. :)
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