Thank you to all the parents who have signed up for Edmodo. It will be the major line of communicating assignments and class information. As always, email me any questions, comments, concerns, or praises. I want to have an open line of communication while working toward the common goal of supporting the students.
Also, it was brought to my attention the requirements for the 1 to 1 environment for middle school. I am attaching the link below. I want to make sure that all parents are aware of the expectations.
Have an amazing weekend.
Seventh Grade
Students put their summarization skills into action this week using the short story Crush. While reading the story together, the used their annotation strategy to help them explore deeper into the text. Then, they used their Someone Wanted But So Then summarization strategy. This directly correlates with the plot that we reviewed last week. Students then completed the 200NT summary. The students continue to use technology through Edmodo and the Google Applications. In the area of writing, students are analyzing a quote each week and posting it to a blog.
Eighth Grade
Students read the short story Born Worker. Our skill focus this week was summarization. Students need to harness their ability to condense information and focus solely on the main points in a text. For a fiction strategy, we used Someone Wanted But So Then. This follows the plot of a story that was our focus last week. The 200NT summary challenges students to summarize the text using no more than 20 words. It is very important that students can synthesize information without retelling or paraphrasing. The students and I continue to expand our knowledge of using the 1 to 1 in the classroom. Every week I feel that we are become more and more competent in this area. For our writing focus, students are evaluating a quote and posting it to their blog. The quote assignment allows students to practice analysis with a short text. This will prepare for them for analyzing a much longer text.
