February 22, 2011

Homework:

Planner signed
Read 30 minutes

Soc. Studies: The open book TEST is due tomorrow! Students have had a week to work on their answers as well as two extra opportunities to view the video. Today they had 45 minutes of class time to work. Students should make sure that they have complete sentences using part of the question in their answers. Answers should be written in cursive. The test should be proofread for spelling, capitalization, etc. before it is turned in tomorrow.

Arete goal sheet week 4 is due tomorrow. Be specific about your evidence. Write down test and assignment scores. Turn in a chart or tell me where you have your evidence of improvement. i.e. planner This is your last week. Did you achieve your goal?

Language Arts:Students have until Monday, February 28, to improve the scores on their essays on myaccess.com. Remember a score of "4.2" =70%, which = 70/100 points, which = a "C". Any score less than that is an "NI". There are four essays that will be on this term's report card. Each essay is worth 100 points. As you can see, these essays will play a significant part in determining the Language Arts grade that will be on the report card for Parent/Teacher Conferences on March 9-10.

Students were introduced to a new writing assignment today: "A Day In Ancient Pompeii." This is a narrative piece of writing. The students will have 2 worksheets to get them organized before they begin work on the computers. We will work on these organization worksheets in class on Wednesday, and they are due Thursday, February 24. This narrative is not due before Parent/Teacher Conferences.