Week of 10/1
This week students took the 1st Reading Benchmark assessment. Once the scores have been tabulated, I will be sending home a report of your child’s results. In class, we will be reviewing and discussing the Vocabulary 2 words in preparation for the quiz next Wednesday and Thursday, October 10/11. The quiz will be related to the stories we have discussed in class, and will be based on applying knowledge, not definition recognition. Students need to review the following stories in relation to our Vocabulary terms: 6th: Lob’s Girl; 7th: The War of the Wall; 8th: The Lottery.
This week students received the rubric for their next major project: creating a comic book over a story we have read in class. The rubric is available on my web-site under classwork. Projects are due October 16/17, and please note that due to grading deadlines, NO late projects will be accepted. This project counts as a major grade and is worth 30 points.
Please remind your child that their Reading Log is due on Friday. Parents, before you sign the reading log, please be sure your child is verbally summarizing what they have read to you. This is an important aspect of the home reading, so please be sure they can tell you about what they read before you sign off.
Next week,
For 6th and 7th grade, Lesson 2 in the Word Explorer Vocabulary workbook will be due in class next Monday/Tuesday. We will begin reading and discussing non-fiction, and will also begin some TAKS review passages, strategies, and objectives. Students will be bringing home TAKS passages do, and will be also working on the Vocabulary 3 words. We will be taking notes over more roots and affixes, and students will soon be having a quiz over their notes the following week.
