5/6:Please study for your vocab test on Fri.5/8. Encourage your children to stay focused in class. We still have 3 weeks of school! We are reading a novel in class and it is very important for them to keep up so that they can get the most out of the novel. They are responible to complete assignments in the novel on time. Please check their agenda for daily work.
5/4:This week we will continue with our novel. Check your child's agenda for daily assignments. We will have Career Day on Friday 5/8 for the 8th Graders. Our vocab words for the week will come from our novel.
4/29:We will have our SAT words vocab test tommorow because of our Pride Day Carnival on Fri. Study for the test and if you haven't paid for your wristband for the carnival, you must purchase it by tomorrow!
4/27:We are beginning a new schedule today. We will have back to back exploratry classes for the rest of the year. We are beginning a novel in 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th period: Jacob Have I Loved. We will be reading the novel, The Summer of My German Soldier, in my 3rd period class. Check your student's agenda for daily activities. This week is Midland Pride Week which will conclude with an amazing carnival on Fri. 5/1. Make sure your child buys a wristband if they have not already done so.
4/21:We are in our second week of CRCT testing. All is going well! Students will bring midterm progress reports home tomorrow, 4/22. Please sign and return ASAP. After testing, we will begin working on "Correcting Common Errors in English." Check your child's agenda for details of daily lessons. Since progresss reports come home tomorrow, I will not send email reports on Fri. 4/25.
4/1:Students will have the opportunity to do CRCT practice over Spring Break to help them prepare for CTCT testing which will begin Tuesday, 4/14. Students can go to www.georgiaoas.org and complete a Language Arts test and email the test to Mrs. Lewis at Mmslewis@gmail.com. To log on to the website students should use their 'AR' username and password. All students who complete this test will recieve a reward on Monday, 4/13 when school resumes. Please encourage your students to practice over the break.
3/31:We will be doing CRCT Practice this week. We will not have a vocab test this week, but the students will have a test on multimeanings, prefixes, suffixes and word origins which we have been going over this week.
CRCT testing begins Tues.4/14. Please encouage your child to do computer CRCT Practice test during "Spring Break".
3/21:This week we will study lesson 30 in our vocab. books on pg. 119-122 in your vocab books. Study for your vocab. that we will take on Friday, 3/27. On Tuesday 3/24 will have a test on phrases.Specifically, prepositional, gerund, infinitive, and appositive phrases. We will review for the test on Monday. After completing the unit on phrases we will begin discussing case. Please check your child's agenda for daily assignments.
3/18:Students will bring home their 3rd nine weeks report cards today. Please sign the slip and send back tomorrow. Study for your Lesson 29 vocab test on Friday. I will not send email reports on Friday 3/20 because you are receiving report cards today 3/18.
3/16:This week we will study lesson 29 in vocab. on page 115-118. Our vocab. test will be on Friday 3/20. In grammar this week we are reviewing for the upcoming CRCT. We will look at phrases, specifically the participle, infinitive, and gerund phrase. Please check your child's agenda for daily assignments.
3/10:This week we will study lesson 28 in vocab. on pg. 111-114. There will be no school for students on Friday, and as a result of this we will take the vocab test on Thursday 3/12. This week we will begin reviewing grammar for the upcoming CRCT. The nine weeks will end on 3/13 and all missing assignments must be made up by the end of the day on Wednesday 3/11. Check you child's agenda for daily assignments.
3/2: This week we will study lesson 27 on pg. 107-110 in vocab. We will finish the activities on the poem, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" that we started last week. We will finish up the poetry unity by reading a poem by Langston Hughes and Dr. King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech. On Friday 3/6, we will have a vocab. test as well as a journal check. Check you child's agenda for daily assignments.
2/24:We will do Lesson 26 pg. 103-106 in vocab. We will work on different types of poetry this week including, haiku and onomatopoeia. We will be reading "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and discussing poetry terms. There will be a vocab. test on Friday 2/27. Please check your child's agenda book for daily lessons.
2/17:We will do Lesson pg.99-102 in vocab. We will also introduce poetry this week. MAP testing will be this week as well. Check your child's agenda for daily lessons. Our first track meet is Friday 2/20.
2/11:Study for your vocab test on Fri. 2/13. We will do our 3rd MAP test on Fri. 2/13. If you have not returned your signed mid-term report, please do so as soon as possible.
2/9:We will do Lesson 24 in vocab on pg.95-98. We will continue with Subject Verb agreement. I will send email reports on Thurs. afternoon because I will be at a conference on Fri. Please return signed progress reports ASAP. Check your child's agenda for daily lessons. We will do MAP testing this week.
2/5:Study for your vocab. test on vocab. Lesson 23. We will have a Journal Ck. and a quiz on subject-verb agreement. I will not send email reports on Fri. 2/6 because you received mid-term reports yesterday. Please sign and return those ASAP.
2/1:We will be working on subject verb agreement this week. We will do Lesson 23 pg.91-94 in our vocab. workbook. Progress reports come home on Wed. Midland won the Reading Bowl at Blackmon Rd. on Saturday!!!
1/27:This week we will be reviewing dictionary skills. We will do Lesson 22 pg.87-90 in our vocab workbook. Please check your child's agenda for daily lessons. The basketball teams play there last home game today. Come out and support them!
1/20:We are preparing for the Writing test tomorrow. We will work on Lesson 20 vocab pg.79-82. We will also do activities as well as watching the Inauguration ceremony today. I sent email grades to you this morning. Please check your emails. Also check your child's agenda for daily lesson plans.
1/08:Please return your signed report card slip asap. Study for your vocab test tomorrow. I will not send email reports tomorrow because you received report cards yesterday.
1/05:Welcome Back!! Thank you so very much for the kind and wonderful cards and gifts for the holidays. I truly appreciate your concern and support. I hope each of you had a tremendous holiday season. Your child will bring home their 1st semester report card on Wed. 1/7. We will be reviewing expository writing for the next 2 weeks to prepare for our upcoming 8th Grade Writing Test on Wed. 1/21. Check your child's agenda for daily lessons. We will do Lesson 18 Vocab pg.71-74 this week.
12/16:Your child will be bringing an essay and letter home for you to grade. Please return it to me signed by 12/19. A simple rubric is included for you to acess your child's essay. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks so much for your care and concern. We will also complete vocab lesson 17. pg. 67-70. Have a great holiday season!!
12/8:We are doing Lesson 16 pg.63 in vocab. We continue to work on the writing process. We are working on a persuasive essay that your child will bring home Fri. or next Mon. for you to read and grade. I will send a rubric for you to fill out. Check your child's agenda for details.
12/3:Study for your vocab test for Friday. We will be MAP testing on Mon. 12/8.
12/1:I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We are doing Lesson 15 in vocab this week. We are also beginning the writing process. Check your child's agenda for details.
11/24:Today we went over our sentence structure test and gave the students time to take a retest if they wanted to bring up their grade. Tomorrow we will be watching National Treasure as the students are studying the Declaration of Independence. Have a great Thanksgiving.
11/19:Study for your vocab. test Fri. on Lesson 20 pg.79-82. We will finish compound/complex sentences by Fri. We will begin the writing process after Thanksgiving.
11/14:Because you received progress reports on Wed., I will not send email reports today. They will continue next Friday 11/21. Have a great week end.
11/13:Please return signed progress reports by Fri. 11/14. Study for your vocab. test.
11/12:We are doing lesson 14 pg.55-58 in vocab. We are identifying compound and complex sentences. See your child's agenda for daily lessons. Progress reports come home today.
11/5:Study for your vocab. test on Fri.11/7.
11/3:Lesson 2 vocab pg.7-9 Make flash cards and begin studying. We will work on sentence structure in our grammar book. Check your child's agenda for daily lessons. Students have the day off tomorrow 11/4 and we will have the DAT standard test all day on Thurs. 11/5. Our vocab test will be on Fri 11/6.
10/27:We will work on Lesson 6 pg. 23-26 in vocab. We will have a test on Parts of Speech tomorrow. We will study Complements Wed.- Fri. See your child's agenda for details.
10/24: I was at a conference from 10/19-10/22. The students are finishing parts of speech and will have a test Tues. 10/28. We are having a vocab test today on Lesson 11. Email reports come today.
10/15:Report cards come home today. Please sign and return tomorrow. Study for your vocab. test on Fri. 10/17. I will not send email reports on Fri. 10/17.
10/13:Lesson#7 vocab for this week. We will also review verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions,and interjections. We will be on the 6th grade schedule from 10/14-10/24 because of testing in the 6th grade. Report cards come home Wed. 10/15.
10/9:Study for your vocab test tomorrow. 1st 9 weeks report cards come home Wed. 10/15.
10/7:Please return the completed green forms you received by tomorrow 10/8.
10/6:We will do Lesson 9 in Vocab. pg.35-38 this week. We will finish up w/adjectives today and spend the rest of the week on "kinds of verbs." Check your child's agenda for daily lessons. Your child will bring home a parent-pupil survey. Please complete it and return signed form tomorrow.
10/1:Study for your Lesson #3 vocab. test on Friday. We will have a journal check also. Parents, please continue to check your child's agenda for daily lessons. We will have a test on nouns and pronouns tomorrow.
9/29:We will do Lesson #3 in Vocab. pg.11-14 and we will be reviewing pronouns and antecedents and different kinds of pronouns. Ask your child to see their agenda for daily lesson steps. We have our 1st Lady Jags Volleyball game tomorrow @ 5:00 pm Come out and support our team!
9/24:Study for your vocab test. Please check your child's agenda for daily lessons and assignments.
9/22:We will do Lesson 13 pg.51-54 in our vocab wb. and we will review parts of speech in our grammar wb. Check your child's agenda for details. We have a home football game on Thur. 9/25. Come out and support the Jaguars!!!!!!!!!
9/18:Study for your vocab test. We will also have a journal check.
9/15:We will be completing Lesson 8 pg. 31-34 in our vocab workbook. We will be working the Scholastic Scope Magazine for Making connections, fluency, vocab, subject and verb agreement and descriptive writing. Check your child's agenda for daily lessons.
9/12:Please return signed progress reports by Monday. Have a great week end.
9/10:Study for your vocab test tomorrow. Please return signed progress reports asap.
9/09:We are doing Lesson #4 pg. 14-18. Please check your child's agenda for details. We will do our English MAP test on Thur. 9/11. We will also work on prefixes and suffixes this week.
9/05:Email progress reports will be sent today. Next week on Wed. 9/10 your child will bring home their mid-term progress report. Therefore I will not send email reports next Fri. 9/12.
9/04:Study for your vocab test tomorrow. We will have a Journal Check on our "Warm Ups".
9/02/08:It was great meeting a lot of you on Thurs. at the Open House. Please check your child's agenda book for daily lessons. We will begin MAP testing tomorrow through next Tues. We will begin Lesson 1 vocab today pg. 3-5. If you did not receive an email progress report on Fri. 8/29 and you have given us an email address, please let us know. Your child should have brought home a hard copy if we don't have an email address for you.
8/28/08:Study for your vocab test tomorrow. Open House is this evening at 6:30 pm. I look forward to seeing you there!
8/26/08:We will do Lesson 12 in vocab. this week. We are reviewing Subjects and predidates and the 4 kinds of sentences. Please check your child's agenda for daily details. Open House is Thur. 8/28 at 6:30 pm.
8/21/08:Study for your vocab. test. Use the vocab cards that we made in class today.
8/20/08:Study for your vocab test on Friday. We will also have a Journal Check from our "warm ups" for the first 2 weeks of school. Please check to see that your child has completed the warm ups in their spiral notebook and their agenda should have Do Now, Aim, Lesson Steps and Homework for each subject, each day.
8/18/08:Please make sure that your child has his/her supplies for my class.( 2-3 prong folders and a one subject spiral notebook) These things will help your child to stay organized and have a successful year! Lesson 5 pg. 19-20 context clues. Your child should complete his/her name plate tonight so that they can present it to the class tomorrow. Ask them to present it to you. Check your child's agenda for daily lessons.
8/14/08:Study for your vocab test on Lesson 10 tomorrow. Please have your supplies from the letter I sent home by Mon. 8/18. Please return all completed school packet info by Mon. 8/18.
8/11/08:Welcome back to another exciting school year. We are off to a great start. Your child received an Agenda book today and has begun putting in the daily lessons that we are working on in class. Please check your child's agenda daily to see the AIM, Lesson Steps and homework for each subject. This will help your child to have a successful year. You will receive a packet of info tonight that will need to be completed and returned to school asap. Tomorrow I will send home a letter about Language Arts and things the students will need for this year. Locker fees are $10.00 and should be paid asap. Thank you for helping your child to be successful.
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