Thanks to all my parents and students for a wonderful school year. All we have left now is final exams. Be sure to bring a pencil or pen.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy summer. Don't forget about your summer reading!
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Homework assignments for the week of May 26:
Book project is due Thursday,May 28. All textbooks and library books should be returned.
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Homework assignments for the week of May 18:
Book project #3 is due May 28. A summer reading list was passed out in class today. There are two required books and one choice from a list provided. The list is also available on the communications portal found at the Academy's website under my name.
Students should return textbooks and library books this week.
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Homework assignments for the week of May 11:
Book report #2 is due Wednesday. Book project #3 is due Thursday, May 28. It on the novel, Lupita Manana, we are reading in class. The directions are available on the communications portal found at the Academy's website. Students will be given time during Mr. Vickers' class as well as my class using laptops. If students are not able to complete the project during class time, it is considered homework.
Textbooks are due by Monday, May 18. There are no more homework assignments from the textbook.
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Homework assignments for the week of May 4:
GUM pages 385-389 are due Thursday. Book report #2 is due May 13.
Progress reports go home Thursday, May 7.
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Homework assignments for the week of April 27:
GUM pages 379-384 are due Thursday. Students should be reading their multicultural/ethnic fiction book. Book report #2 is due May 13.
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Homework assignments for the week of April 20:
GUM pages 373-378 are due Thursday. Book report #1 is due Thursday.
Students should read pages 135-139 in the literature book. I will give students a question sheet. Students should also write a 4-6 sentence summary of the story. This assignment is due Tuesday, April 28.
An information sheet on book report #2 will be given to students on Thursday. I will also provide time to visit the media center to check out a book.
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Homework assignments for the week of April 13:
GUM pages 367-372 are due Thursday. Book report #1 is due Thursday, April 23.
Friday is our field trip to Aquatica. I gave students an information sheet today to share with you.
Report cards went home today.
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Homework assignments for the week of March 30:
GUM pages 361-366 are due Thursday. I was out of town on Thursday and Monday, so we will grade last week's GUM pages 355-360 on Thursday as well. The survival story is due Thursday. Book report #1 is due 4/23.
I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe spring break. Our field trip to Aquatica is 4/17. I will give students an info sheet the week after spring break with suggested things to bring, etc.
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Homework assignments for the week of Mar.23:
GUM pages 355-360 are due Thursday. Students are to write an original survival story of 400-600 words to be shared in class Thursday, April 2. It is worth two grades, one for writing and one for sharing.
A directions sheet for book report #1 will be passed out in class Wed. The report is on a fiction book of choice. It is due Thursday, April 23.
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Homework assignments for the week of Mar.16:
No GUM homework this week. Students are writing a fairy tale in class on Wednesday and Thursday. If it is not completed in class, it should be finished at home. The stories will be shared in class Friday which is my intern's last day.
Students are to read "Master Frog" on p.637 in their literature book. I will give them a question sheet in class Thursday. It is due Tuesday, March 24.
Money and permission slips for our April 17 trip to Aquatica are due Tuesday, March 24. Yes, we do need chaperones.
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Homework assignments for the week of Mar.9:
No homework assignments this week.
Today I passed out permission slips with info on back concerning our April 17 field trip.
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Homework assignments for the week of Mar.2:
No GUM pages this week. Book report #3 is due Monday.
Reminder: FCAT is next Tuesday and Wednesday. Students should eat a healthy breakfast and come to school rested.
FYI: I will be giving out info next Monday on our April 17 trip to Aquatica at Sea World. We will need chaperones, so please check your calendars.
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Homework assignments for the week of Feb.23:
GUM pages 311-316 are due Thursday. Students should read "Sky Woman" p.426 and answer FCAT format questions which will be passed out in class Thursday. It is due Tuesday, March 3.
Book report #3 is due March 9. It is on the novel, The Cay, read in class.
FYI progress reports go home Wed.
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Homework assignments for the week of Feb.17:
GUM workbook pages 305-310 are due Thursday. Book report #2 is due Thursday. Students should read "When the Earth Shakes" in the literature book on p.434. I will give students a sheet with FCAT format questions. It is due Tuesday, Feb.24.
Info on book report #3 will be discussed later in the week. The report is on The Cay which we are reading in class.
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Homework assignments for the week of Feb.9:
GUM workbook pages 291-296 are due Thursday. Book report #2 is due next Thursday, Feb.19
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Homework assignments for the week of Feb.2:
GUM workbook pages 282-290 are due Thursday. Students are to read "Sealskin, Soulskin" p.650 found in the literature book. I will give the students an FCAT format question sheet to answer after reading. This assignment is due Tuesday, Feb.10.
Book report #2 is due Feb.19.
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Homework assignments for the week of Jan.26:
GUM workbook pages 277-282 are due Thursday. Book report #1 is due Thursday. Students will go to the media center on Friday to pick out a mystery or historical fiction novel for the next book report.
Students are to read "King Midas and the Golden Touch" found in the literature book. I will give students a FCAT format question sheet to answer after reading. This assignment is due Tuesday, Feb.2.
FYI report cards will be sent home Thursday.
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I'm happy to welcome Ms. Sleeman as my intern from UF who will be in my classroom for this nine weeks. She will be teaching a unit over the novel, The Cay.
Homework assignments for the week of Jan.20:
GUM workbook pages 181-186 are due Thursday. The fiction book report is due Jan.29.
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Homework assignments for the week of Jan.12:
GUM workbook pages 175-180 are due Thursday. The first book report for the new nine weeks is due Jan.29.
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Homework assignments for the week of Jan.5:
GUM workbook pages 169-174 are due Thursday. I passed out to students a writing assignment which is due Tuesday, Jan.13. Students are to write a 600-1000 word science fiction story. It will be shared in class. Wednesday I will discuss the first book report for the new 9 weeks which will be due Jan. 29. It is to be on a fiction book of choice.
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Homework assignments for the week of Dec.15:
The book project on The Giver is due Thursday.
Monday I gave students an up to date grade. It's on a little blue slip of paper which indicates the average in each category to better assist students in determining their weak area.
There is no homework over the winter holidays, but I would encourage reading as there will be a fiction book report due in late January. It will be on a fiction book of choice.
I hope everyone has a wonderful winter break. Remember books are a great gift idea. Journals for the creative writers make an excellent gift as well.
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Homework assignments for the week of Dec.8:
GUM pages 75-81 are due Thursday. The book project on The Giver is due Dec.18.
Homework assignments for the week of Dec.1:
GUM pages 69-74 are due Thursday. Book report #2 is due Thursday. Wednesday there will be a test over the novel, The Giver.
In class Thursday we will discuss the book project on The Giver. It will be due Thursday, Dec.18. A directions sheet will be given to students.
Progress reports went home with students today.
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Homework assignments for the week of Nov.17 and Nov.24:
GUM pages 59-64 are due Thursday. Book report #2 is due the week after Thanksgiving on Thursday, Dec.4.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Homework assignments for the week of Nov.10:
No GUM pages this week. The science fiction book report is due Thursday. The next book report is a fiction book of choice. The directions sheet will be passed out in class Thursday. The report is due Dec.4.
In class Thursday we will discuss an essay assignment which is due Tuesday, Nov.18. A five paragraph persuasive essay should be written in support of the Great American Smokeout.
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Homework assignments for the week of Nov.3:
GUM pages 53-58 are due Thursday. The science fiction book report is due next Thursday, Nov.13.
Report cards went home yesterday along with the November calendar.
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Homework assignments for the week of Oct. 27:
No GUM this week. The scary story is due Thursday. See last week for additional information on this assignment. Students should continue to read their science fiction book. The report is due Nov.13.
We are ordering team t-shirts. Students were given an order form, and the money ($6) is due by Friday. This is optional.
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Homework assignments for the week of Oct. 20:
No GUM this week. We will visit the media center Wednesday to check out science fiction books for our first book report of the new nine weeks. It will be due Thursday, Nov.13.
There is a writing assignment due Thursday, Oct. 30. Students are to write a scary story of 600-1000 words. The story will be read by other students in class. Students should type the story, if at all possible.
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Homework assignments for the week of Oct.13:
GUM pages 46-52 are due Thursday. There are no other homework assignments this week.
We have field trips scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of next week. We still need parent chaperones for the San Felasco trip. Students with last names K-Z go on Monday. Currently I have NO parents signed up to chaperone. I'd like at least 3. I have 2 parents signed up for Tuesday, and I'd like at least 1 more.
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Homework assignments for the week of Oct.6:
There is no GUM assignment this week. The book project on Nothing But the Truth is due Tuesday, Oct.14.
There is a test over Nothing But the Truth Thursday. We will be checking notebooks Friday.
Permission slips for Challenge Day and the field trip to San Felasco Park are due by Friday, Oct.10. We need chaperones! Thanks to those of you who went to SFCC with us last Friday. We had a great time.
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Homework assignments for the week of Sept.29:
GUM workbook pages 37-42 are due Thursday. Sentences for glossary words #39-59 are due Tuesday, Oct.7. Sentences should be at least six words in length.
In class Thursday we will discuss the book project which is due Tuesday, Oct.14. I will give students a directions sheet. The project is on the book, Nothing But the Truth, we are finishing up in class this week.
Information on Challenge Day and a trip to San Felasco Park has been given to students. The dates for these two activities are Oct.20, 21.
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Homework assignments for the week of Sept.22:
GUM workbook pages 31-36 are due Thursday. Sentences with glossary words #23-38 are also due Thursday. Sentences should be at least six words in length.
Students are to read "The Smallest Dragon Boy"
p.47-59 in the literature book. Answer questions on workbook p.9 which will be given to students in class Thursday. This assignment is due Tuesday, Sept.30.
Permission slips for our Oct.3 field trip to SFCC have been given to students. They should be returned by Friday, Sept.26. We do need parent chaperones. Indicate on the permission slip, if you are available.
Homework assignments for the week of Sept.15:
GUM workbook pages 25-30 are due Thursday. We are beginning a novel, Nothing But the Truth, in class this week. Students are to write sentences with the first 22 words on the glossary sheet passed out in class. These sentences are also due on Thursday. The biography book report is due Tuesday, Sept.23rd.
Progress reports go home Tuesday, Sept. 23rd. Thanks for the classroom supplies you have been sending in to me. They are much appreciated.
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Homework assignments for the week of Sept.8:
GUM workbook pages 15-20 are due Thursday. Wednesday we will discuss the next book report and visit the media center to check out books. The report is due Tuesday, Sept.23rd. Thursday we will discuss the written assignment which is due Tuesday, Sept. 16th. Students are to write a paragraph of 6-8 sentences explaining their personal definition of patriotism.
There will be a quiz on Friday over the material covered in class since the first day of school.
Thanks to everyone who came to open house. I enjoyed meeting you. Thank you for the supplies you have sent in from my wish list.
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Homework assignments for the week of Sept.2:
GUM workbook pages 9-14 are due Thursday. The first book report is due Tuesday, Sept.9.
Students were given a September calendar with important due dates and other information. I also passed out a Million Minutes of Reading Record. It is an optional assignment as explained on the back of the record sheet.
Open House is Thursday at 6:30. 7th Academy parents are to meet in the media center. Hope to see you there!
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Homework assignments for the week of Aug.25:
Grammar, Usage, & Mechanics (GUM) workbooks were given out in class today. We did a quick review of subjects and predicates. Homework is to do pages 2-8. The pages are due Thursday. Students may tear out the pages to bring to class and leave the workbook at home. I will be glad to issue a Language textbook to keep at home, if additional assistance is needed to complete the workbook pages.
Thursday I will issue literature books. Students are to read "A Mason-Dixon Memory" on pages 206-211. Answer #1-4 on page 213 in complete sentences. Also answer the review the text section. This assignment is due Tuesday, Sept.2.
Reminder the first book report is due Tuesday, Sept.9.
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WELCOME 7th grade Advanced Language Arts students and parents. I hope you will find this site useful. I will update homework assignments each Tuesday.
Tuesday's homework assignment is due Thursday. Students will interview a student in class Tuesday. Students are to take the information and write two paragraphs about the student interviewed. The paragraphs will be shared and collected in class Thursday.
Information on the first book report will be passed out in class Tuesday. This report is due Tuesday, Sept.9th.
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