The students are currently working on the following standards, skills, and activities. This list can take several days or weeks to complete. The students' learning pace and mastery of the skills determines how long standards/skills and activities are taught. The majority of the language arts standards/skills are taught in a prerequisite manner. Prerequisite simply means that a student must master/learn certain skills before they can move on to master others.
STANDARD(S)
-See 8th Grade Language Arts Georgia Performance Standards http://www.georgiastandards.org/index.aspx
-CRCT Practice Site: WWW.linkstolearning (user name: ga, password: temp)
WRITING
During the next few months, the class will be creating expository and persuasive writing pieces. Students will take a writing test in January. Your student will write a persuasive or expository essay that either meets or exceeds expectations. Learning to write correctly takes paractice and time. (see also grammar)
Writing Activities: Students will practice writing paragraphs to include a thesis statement and supportive sentences.
SPELLING
(Spelling will resume on Tuesday, January 6, 2009)
*Today, Monday, Dec. 7th Sudents were given a list of adjective, noun, and adverb clause words to study and learn. The test will be on Monday, December 15, 2008.
-Spelling words are issued every Monday, unless other wised announced in class (NO EXCEPTIONS). If school is closed on a Monday, then the word list will be distributed on Tuesday. The spelling test will be given every Friday (ALWAYS, UNLESS ANNOUNCED during CLASS). Students will also be tested on the definition of each word. Students who are absent on the day of the test, should be prepared to take the spelling and vocabulary test on the day they return to school. THE STUDENT MUST LEARN TO SPELL EACH WORD AND THE DEFINITION.
CHAPTER 1, 2, and 3
(1) The parts of a sentence: subject and predicate, kinds of sentences (2) Parts of Speech: noun, pronoun, adjective, and (3) Parts of Sppech: verbs, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection
******Additional Grammar, Literature or Reading Skills being taught
Student are learning to combine short choppy sentences to make more complex sentences.
Reading Skills being taught
Comprehension and vocabulary development is enhanced through the AR (Accerelated Reading) Program and Literature stories and activities
LITERATURE Lessons
Stories from the literature book are read as a whole class and independently. All literature activities are evaluated using several post testing instruments.
On-going Story: Check with your student as to the story being read in class. Students may be assigned to read the story in advance.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
-Homework is assigned to assist students in preparing for tests and developing skills. Spelling homework is due no later than Thursday. I Will not accept spelling homework on Friday unless the student was absent on Thursday. All other homework is due on the day announced in class. Students are encouraged to complete their spelling homework on the day the words are distributed. The homework is designed to help the student prepare for the spelling vocabulary test on Friday.
1. SPELLING has been cancelled for the next two week. Students should be learning the list of 60 prepositions given to them on Monday, November 3, 2008. A preposition test will be given on Thursday or Friday, November the 19th or 20th. The student must be able to write the list of 60. The student should not write
Spelling Assignment HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND WILL RESUME ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008
Weekly Spelling AssignmentWrite 2-3 synonyms (words that mean the same)for each spelling word and at least 2 antonyms (opposite word) for each word. Spelling homework is due the day after spelling words are issued (Due on Tuesday of every week) ***15 points will be deducted for every day the homework is late. ****Spelling homework will not be accepted on Friday.
2. GRAMMAR HOMEWORK
A. Grammar homework will be assigned throughout the week. I cannot give you or the student a specific date for the assignment. Grammar homework is assigned after a skill(s) has been introduced, taught, and practiced in class. Grammar workbook pages are distributed sporadically or when the direct teaching of a skill is completed. Asking your student if he/she has more than spelling homework to study or complete will ensure that the student completes the assigned homework
task(s)......Grammar Homework may include but is not limited to pages from the grammar workbook and writing activities. Students who do not complete the assigned grammar book pages must bring the assignment to the class incompleted. Failing to bring the incomplete grammar homework to class results in the student not being able to practice the assigned skill. Practice is necessary.
GRADING POLIcy
The Muscogee County School System is Grading Policy: A=100-90, B=89-80, C=79-70, F=69-0
Grades are weighted according to the following scale.
-Grammar Assignments/Activities: 20%
-Writing Assignments/Activities: 15%
-Literature Assignment/Activities: 25%
-Spelling Assignment/Activities: 20%
-Homework Assignment/Activities: 10%
-AR Grade include the # of books Read and the % of correct items on each test taken(Accerelated Reading)Assignment= 10%
Total: 100%
****Graded Papers
Students are given their graded papers as they are graded. Students are encouraged to share their papers with a parent(s)/guardian. Parents can gather a great deal of information about their child's academic ability, work habits, classroom performance, and study habits. I encourage parents to use the graded papers as a means of helping their student make better grade. Using the graded papers to punish a student before giving assistance is inappropriate and does not work in most instances. You can help your student by having him/her correct the items he /she may have missed on the graded paper. Having the student correct or redo missed items will help the parent discover their student's weaknesses and strength. The parent will discover if the student is in need of parental assistance, tutoring, positive/negative encouragment or if the student is being totally irresponsible.
******Useful Parent information for the week of
Monday,October 6- Friday, October 10, 2008
1. Spelling: See Spelling note above
2. Students should be reading for 30-60 minutes each night. All students should have an AR Reading
novel.
3. Progress reports were given out today. Please review the report with your student (pay particular attention to your child's last two AR grades. He/she should have read and taken at least two AR test) during this progress report period), please sign the report and return on tomorrow. Please call the school if you would desire a conference. Your student must have a total of four books read before the end of the 2nd Nine Weeks grading period. The student must make 80 % on the AR test. AR counts 10% of the students' language arts grade. The percentage was established by the principal.
Please expect and continue to encourage your student to do his/her best in school ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE AND ENCOURAGE.
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