Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Tuesday Update

Sixth Grade - TEST TOMORROW -- Remember to do your review sheet, study terms, and turn in tomorrow for extra credit.
Seventh and Eighth Grades - Follow your reading schedules. (See my website link.)

Math - 9/30

6th grade worked on their foldables today. We will finish them tomorrow. Test on Thursday (Hopefully! it may get pushed back to Friday)

7th grade worked on Scientific Notation. We had about 1/2 the class leave early for volleyball so we will continue to work on scientific notation tomorrow. Homework if not completed in class is handout 1-9.

8th grade took their test today. We will start on 1-8 tomorrow.

Math - Monday 9/29

6th grade needs to complete the Vocabulary worksheet for tomorrow.

7th grade - for those who did not finish it in class, finish 1-8

8th grade - study for your test!

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Monday

Eighth Grade got a final reading schedule for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. You may view the entire schedule on my website link. We also have a worksheet and vocabulary to finish for class tomorrow.
Seventh Grade has a worksheet and vocabulary to finish for class tomorrow.
Sixth Grade students should turn in last week's worksheets for discussion and today's assignment is on page 147, all questions. We will review over all works in this unit tomorrow and have a test on Wednesday.

Ms. Taliaferro - Math Update for week of 9/29

6th Grade will be reviewing for their Chapter Test. This Test will count DOUBLE! We will review thru Wed and the Test will be on THURSDAY. Activities include Vocabulary BINGO and a Review Foldable.

7th Grade will be finishing up Chpt 1. We will do a BRIEF lesson on the Metric System on Monday. On Tuesday we will be working on Scientific Notation. We will review sections 1-7, 1-8, and 1-9 on Wed. and have a Test on THURSDAY.

8th Grade is still working on Chpt 1. On Monday we will be reviewing sections 1-6 & 1-7. THere will be a Test on those 2 sectioins on TUESDAY. We will spend the remainder of the week on solving +,-,*,/ equations.

I will TRY to post daily homework assignments when assigned :)

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Friday Update

Eighth Grade - We are catching up on our discussions on Tom Sawyer today, and students should be finished with chapters 13 and 14 by Monday. Since book reports are due today, we are now going to take a break from writing reports until we finish our in-class novel (Tom Sawyer).
Seventh Grade - We worked in the computer lab this morning to finish the essays from last week and work on book reports, which are due next Friday or before. Students should continue following their reading schedules on Belle Prater's Boy. See my website link for the complete reading schedule.
Sixth Grade - I worked with students in computer class to type essays. They should finish on Monday during first period. We have a worksheet on "Petals" and on "The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln." Students should read "A Glory Over Everything" for Monday, at which time we will have an assignment in class. My plan is to review for a unit test on Tuesday and to give the test next Wednesday. Students should also remember that the last day to turn in book reports is on Tuesday, October 7th.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Thursday Update

Sixth Grade - Students turned in rough drafts of essays today; we will type them in computer class tomorrow. We are discussing "Yes, It Was My Grandmother" and " Petals" in class tomorrow. Students should read "The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln" pages 126-132 for Friday and "A Glory Over Everything" pages 136-146 for Monday.
Seventh Grade - Students had an open-notes vocabulary quiz and an open-book assignment on chapters 2-5 in Belle Prater's Boy. We will finish typing last week's essays tomorrow and work on book reports, which are due next week.
Eighth Grade - Both classes had a time to work and read today in class. All students should be through chapter 10 in Tom Sawyer by tomorrow.

Ms. Taliaferro - Math (9/25 - 26)

6th grade has a HUGE test next Tuesday on all of Chapter 1. We will be reviewing for the next 3 days. Also - be looking for a Binder Quiz sometime soon!

7th grade
Thurs - The Metric System - (Obj 1-8) Homework = Skills booklet 1-8
Fri - Scientific Notation (Obj 1-9) = Skills booklet 1-9
Expect a Binder Quiz soon!

8th Grade will be finishing up + - * / Integers. On Thursday and Friday we will be talking about writing expressions and equations (who knows what the difference is between the two???) Obj 1-7
Also - be looking for a Binder Quiz coming soon!

Mrs. Lane - Plans for Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Noon Dismissal for Staff Development - All classes are shortened today.
Sixth Grade is working on rough drafts of essays about special people in their lives. If students do not finish in class, they need to finish for homework. We will work on typing the final drafts in computer class on Friday.
Seventh Grade students are discussing the first chapters in Belle Prater's Boy, and they need to follow the reading schedule (see my website link). We will also review the first vocabulary set in order to have a quiz tomorrow.
Eighth Grade students are acting out scenes from the first eighth chapters of Tom Sawyer. Students should follow their reading schedules, and remember that book reports are due on Friday!

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Tuesday Update

Sixth Grade - Yesterday's plan was to read "Yes, It Was My Grandmother," in class, but we are delaying that. Today we are working with the thesaurus and will do a worksheet in class. We will also work on our essays in class.
Seventh Grade - We began reading Belle Prater's Boy in class today. Students should be through chapter 3 by tomorrow. For the entire reading schedule, please check my website link.
Eighth Grade - We had an in-class worksheet on chapters 1-8 in Tom Sawyer. For the entire reading schedule, please check my website link.
Remember that tomorrow is a half-day for students!

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - One more thing

My learning lab this week will be on Tuesday afternoon instead of Thursday.
I have a meeting that I must attend on Thursday.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Monday Update

All students should be working on book reports!
Eighth Grade book reports are due on or before this Friday.
See my website link for book report projects and reading schedules for both seventh and eighth grades.
Eighth grade: Vocabulary Set #2 from Tom Sawyer - in class on Monday
Seventh grade: Vocabulary Set #1 from Belle Prater's Boy - in class on Monday
Sixth grade: Reading Quiz (as promised on Friday) on "Brother"
Read "Yes, It Was My Grandmother" in class and discuss
Begin essay on a special person - rough drafts will be due on Wednesday

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Friday Update (cont.)

Sixth Grade - Be sure to read (or skim, for students who did follow yesterday's directions) "Brother" by Maya Angelou. Do not be surprised to have a brief reading quiz on this assignment on Monday. Students did the Quickwrite on page 109, but we did not do #1 on page 115 as I had planned in my earlier Friday Update.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Friday Update

All Students - Please remember your book reports are due soon! Check my website link for the instructions for book reports (or check your folders in class). I have also posted my grading rules on my website.
Eighth Grade - Please check my website link for your reading schedule for Tom Sawyer. We had a worksheet on chapters 1 and 2 today in class, and we discussed chapter 3. Chapters 4 and 5 are due Monday.
Seventh Grade - We worked on final drafts of the first essay prompt today in the computer lab. We will begin a new unit in literature next week, so students should use this weekend to read and work on book reports.
Sixth Grade - We are discussing our grammar quizzes from yesterday and the reading assignment. Students will work on the Quickwrite on page 109 and #1 on page 115. Students should use this weekend to read and work on book reports.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Wednesday Update

Sixth grade will have time today to go over yesterday's grammar worksheet and questions on "Storm." We will have a brief quiz tomorrow over the use of their/they're, its/it's, and whose/who's. There is no other homework.
Seventh grade had the first vocabulary quiz of the year, and students started an essay. We will work on those in class for the rest of the week.
Eighth grade began The Adventures of Tom Sawyer together in class. We also did pre-reading vocabulary together. I will give students a reading schedule tomorrow.

Special Announcement For 7th Grade Social Studies

7th Grade Social Studies had some errors in the progress reports. These have been fixed. Look for a new progress report from your child tonight.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Tuesday Update

All grades received progress reports today. Please sign and return. I will print updates for students who make up missing work. Deficiency reports (D or lower) will be mailed home on Friday.
Sixth Grade - Students did a worksheet on pronouns and contractions in class. Students should finish questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 OR 6 for homework if they did not finish them in class.
Seventh Grade - Students did vocabulary unit 1 exercises and we graded them in class. All students should have notes in order to study for the first vocabulary quiz of the year. We discussed progress reports and Star reports.
Eighth Grade - Second period had the first vocabulary quiz today. Sixth period will have theirs tomorrow. Both classes discussed "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi."

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts

New Week, New Work...
Sixth Grade had mini conferences before progress reports come out tomorrow. Students should read "Storm" in textbooks.
Seventh Grade did vocabulary exercises in class and went over tests from last week.
Eighth Grade went over vocabulary. 8A will have a quiz on unit 1, but 8B will have theirs on Wednesday. All students should read "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi."

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Thursday Update

I was out sick on Wednesday, so this is an update to Tuesday's blog. Since I had a substitute, I had to change a few of my plans.
Sixth Grade - No, you will not have a test on Thursday; I always review a day before a unit test. That will take place in class today, and the test will be tomorrow (Friday). Sorry for the confusion! In addition, Wednesday's plans were: finish odes in class, read pages 291-299 and do either the Reading Check on page 296 OR #3 Varmint Viewpoint on page 297 OR #2 Just Imagine on page 297. This assignment will be due on Thursday.
Seventh Grade - Students read "A Day's Wait" in class and did questions 6, 8, 9, and 10 on Wednesday. They also read "The Last Dinosaur." We will review in class on Thursday for the unit test, which will be on Friday. Students also took notes on Unit 1 vocabulary. Those books stay in my room, so students should check them out from me.
Eighth Grade - Students took notes on Unit 1 in vocabulary books. Those books stay in my room, so students should check them out from me. Wednesday's assignment was to do the Critical Thinking questions on pages 83 and 85. We will discuss the last three poems in this unit on Thursday and review for a unit test, which will be on Friday.
The only homework that any of my classes will have over the weekend will be to read for book reports. I have changed the date of my progress reports; they will be sent home next Tuesday, September 16th.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Tuesday Update

Sixth Grade - There was no homework on Monday because we did a worksheet in class on "Ode to Mi Gato." We also started plans to write our own odes, which will be due on Wednesday. On Tuesday, will do a worksheet on "The Flood" and discuss it in class. On Wednesday, we will read the last selection in this unit, "All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," and we will review for the first test, which will be on Thursday.
Seventh Grade - On Monday, we discussed "The Runaway" and "Song of the Trees" in class. We also began reading "Three Skeleton Key" in class. Students were to finish it for today (Tuesday). Today's assignment will be to do questions 1-8 on page 77; we will work on it in class, but if students do not finish, they may finish it for homework. The next reading is "The Last Dinosaur," which will be due on Thursday. We will have a test on the first unit on Friday.
Eighth Grade - On Monday, students went to the library to type final drafts of memoirs, and the reading assignment was "Christmas Day in the Morning." We will have a brief quiz on the reading and discuss the story in class on Tuesday. We will also begin working together on a worksheet on three short selections, "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson," "Grandma," and "Old Man." Students should read "Shooting Stars" and "Something From the Sixties" for Thursday.
Progress reports will go home to be signed on Friday, September 12th. Everyone will receive a progress report, but students with a grade of 77 or lower will have one mailed home as well.
Check my website link on this page for information on book reports.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts - Friday Update

Sixth Grade - Finish questions 1-4 and 6-8 on page 288 in textbook, if you did not finish and turn in during class. Read "The Flood" for Monday.
Seventh Grade - In-class worksheet on "Song of the Trees" on Friday. One-page composition on student topic of choice due Monday
Eighth Grade - In-class work on multiple-choice items on "The Girl Who Hunted Rabbits"
EVERYONE should read for your book reports.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts

This is an update to my last post -
The eighth grade assignment for today changed from a worksheet to questions on page 45: Reader's Response, 3 questions under Check Your Comprehension, numbers 3 and 4 under Critical Thinking, and writing about the person you would want to correspond with through email.
Sixth grade also had one change: we took notes on the literary terms ode, rhyme, figure of speech, simile, metaphor, setting, and theme.

Mrs. Lane - English Language Arts September 2 - 4

All classes had orientation in the media center on Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Bowen went over important information, students took Star tests in order to assess individual reading levels, and students had a chance to check out books.
Sixth Grade had an open-book worksheet on the short story "Stray" on Wednesday. We will go over the worksheet in class on Thursday, as well as discussing pretests from last week. The next readings for this class are "The Land I Lost," which is due on Friday, and "The Flood," which is due next Monday, September 8th.
Seventh Grade had an open-book worksheet on the short story "The Smallest Dragonboy" on Wednesday. We will discuss this assignment in class on Thursday, as well as working on a journal entry in class. The short story "Song of the Trees" is due on Friday.
Eighth Grade had a great discussion on three poems, "The Road Not Taken," "All But Blind," and "The Choice," all in the textbook, on Wednesday. We also did a brief worksheet in class. Students have been working on memoirs this week, and the first drafts are due on Thursday. The next readings for this class are "E-mail from Bill Gates," which is due on Thursday, and "The Girl Who Hunted Rabbits," which is due on Friday.