Middle School

Today in Language Arts we started with word study on the root word “struct.” If you were absent, make sure to pick up a sheet from me when you return. There will be a quiz on the five vocabulary words on Thursday/ Friday. Following word study, we went over the rubric for the memoir. We [...]

Today I collected the December reading logs.  If you were absent today, make sure to turn it in t0 me when you return. Class started with reading an example of a student memoir called “The Power of Reading.”  You can download it here:  The Power of Reading Then, as a class, we started making the [...]

We started class today with a different sort of word study.  For the next few months, we will be studying latin root words, prefixes and suffixes.  Today we had a pretest and did the warm up work.  If you were absent, please make sure to pick one up from me and complete it for homework. [...]

We started class today with a partner spelling test from last week’s word study lists.  Make sure you get me your word study sheet if you were absent for today’s class. Then we had story time!  We read The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant.  We talked about the sensory language she used in her fairly [...]

We started class with a poem by Grace Walton called “Swingset” and discussed the idea of growing up that she is exploring through the “thing,” her swingset. We then had a minilesson on punctuating dialogue.  The notes can be found here:  punctuating dialogue Homework: Since there are no academic classes on Friday due to guest [...]

Today we started class with word study.  If you were absent, make sure to pick up a word study sheet and work on it over the course of the week. We then had a mini-lesson on “Making a Movie Behind Your Eyelids.”  The notes are attached here:  Movie behind your eyelids Following our mini-lesson, students [...]

Today we sped through a short class due to a morning assembly. We started class with partner spelling tests.  If you were absent on Friday, make sure you turn in your word study sheet when you return. We then had a mini-lesson on “thoughts and feelings.”  Notes are attached here:  thoughts and feelings We put [...]

We started class today with the poem, “Deer Print” by Benjamin F Williams, and talked about the rich description the author used to describe something he wished he had seen. We then had a minilesson on leads in narrative writing.  The notes are attached here:  narrative leads Then students conducted book talks.  Post it notes [...]

Today in class we started with word study.  If you were absent, make sure to pick up a word study sheet and complete it before Friday. Then we had book group discussions.  If you were absent, make sure to turn in your five sticky notes when you return. Following book groups, we talked about the [...]

We started class with a spelling test and reading logs were collected.  If you missed class today, make sure to get me your reading log and your word study sheet on Monday/ Tuesday. We then read two poems, “The Bowl” by Carl Johanson, and “Seven in the Morning” by Zoe Mason.  Both of these poems [...]