10/11

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1:Test is next Wednesday

Use Sadlier.connect to study

Reading Response  Journal Week 4 is due Tuesday

-  Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1:Test is next Wednesday

Use Sadlier.connect to study

Finish Q 2 & 3, pg 319 using R*A*C*E format. 

Reading Response  Journal Week 4 is due Tuesday

-  Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1:Test is next Wednesday

Use Sadlier.connect to study

Reading Response  Journal Week 4 is due Tuesday

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in November 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/10

6th Grade

7th Grade

Homework

Work on reading your novel and completing your Reading Response Journal for Week 4, which is due on Tuesday 10/15.  

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in November 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/9

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1:Test is next Wednesday

Use Sadlier.connect to study

Quiz on conflict, character, and setting is tomorrow. Study notebook pg. 11

-  Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1:Test is next Wednesday

Use Sadlier.connect to study

Finish and Mark Done:

Crossroads Summary

-  Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1:Test is next Wednesday

Use Sadlier.connect to study

Finish and Mark Done: “Freedom of the Press?” Summary and Evaluation

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in November 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/8

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

VWS Unit 1: Complete the Sentence is due tomorrow. 

6B has a quiz tomorrow on conflict, setting, and character.

VWS Unit 1: Complete the Sentence is due tomorrow. 

VWS Unit 1: Complete the Sentence is due tomorrow. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in November , 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/7

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

-Reading Response Week #3 must be turned in by the end of the day. 

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Completing the Sentence is due Wednesday

 -Reading Response Week #3 must be turned in by the end of the day. 

Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Completing the Sentence is due Wednesday

-Reading Response Week #3 must be turned in by the end of the day. 

 Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Completing the Sentence is due Wednesday

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Please see Google Classroom for the information we discussed in class today about the Reading Response Journal pages. You will find it in the Reading Response Journal folder

10/4

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

All Grades: Reading Response Journal Week # 3 is due on Monday. Please Make sure you submit through Google Classroom on time as it will not accept late submissions. Any late submissions must be printed and a 5/100 point deduction will be made for each day it is late. 

6th grade: Finishing filling in in each section on page 103 with 3 ideas for stories. Use complete sentences. This is not intended to be a full story. You will pick one of these in few weeks and apply what you learn in class about writing a personal narrative to what you have. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in 4 - 6 weeks , 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/3

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Antonyms

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Antonyms

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Antonyms

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in 4 - 6 weeks , 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/2

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Synonyms 

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Synonyms 

- Vocabulary Workshop: 

Unit 1 Synonyms 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Individual Portraits tomorrow! Dress sharp! 

Reading Response Journal Week 3 is due next Monday.

Each grade will start a novel unit  in 4 - 6 weeks , 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

10/1

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

- Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1 Choose the Right Word due tomorrow

7b: Printouts of quote essays due tomorrow. 

- Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1 Choose the Right Word due tomorrow

8a/b Print outs of essays due tomorrow.

- Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1 Choose the Right Word due Wednesday

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in 4 - 6 weeks , 

please see my webpage for a detailed list of the

 novels you need this year. 

9/30

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

-Printout of goals  essay  due tomorrow

- Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1 Choose the Right Word due Wednesday

-Think (no writing) about stories you can tell about a time where you did something and learned a lesson from it. 

7a: Printout of quote essay due tomorrow

7b: Printouts of quote essay due Wednesday 10/2

- Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1 Choose the Right Word due Wednesday

8a/b Print outs of essays due Wednesday 10/2

- Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 1 Choose the Right Word due Wednesday

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Each grade will start a novel unit  in 4 - 6 weeks , please see my webpage for a detailed list of the novels you need this year. 

9/27

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

 Reading Response Journal Week # 2 Due Mon. 9/30

By Tuesday, 10/1, all middle school students should have printed the final copy of their essay so they are prepared to turn them in on Tuesday during class. I will continue to post “Private Comments” in Google Classroom over the weekend. We will no longer work on this particular essay in class. 

6th Grade: Reflective essays about sixth grade goals

7th Grade: Reflective essays about a selected quote

8th Grade: Literary analysis of two books and the common values demonstrated in both

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Please bring your myPerspectives textbooks to class each day next week, we are starting short story units in each class. You will also need your Voyages workbooks and VWS. Remember, supply lists are posted on my whiteboard each morning.

Each grade will start a novel unit  in 4 - 6 weeks , please see my webpage for a detailed list of the novels you need this year. 

9/26

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

 If you received feedback on your work (see “Private Comments” in Google Classroom) last night  or before the end of the school day today, , you should use those comments to improve your essay and print your final copy tonight so you can turn it in for  a grade tomorrow. . 

If you have not received “Private Comments” comments yet in Google Classroom, , you should continue  working  on any of the assignments listed below, as you will be improving your essay in class tomorrow or finishing it for homework. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

*Reading Response Journal Week # 2 Due Mon. 9/30

9/24

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

Goals Essay: 

-Finish making structural revisions to your essay. 

-Finish writing your concluding paragraph. 

-Turn in your essay through Google Classroom. 

Quote Essay: 

-Finish making structural revisions to your essay. 

-Finish writing your concluding paragraph. 

-Turn in your essay through Google Classroom. 

Values Essay: 

-Finish making structural revisions to your essay. 

-Finish writing your concluding paragraph. 

-Turn in your essay through Google Classroom. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

9/23

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

1. Make sure you finished your introductory paragraph in GC .

2. Finish checking the structure of your printed DRAFT.  Use notebook pg. 46-48, then glue those pages in your notebook.

1. Make sure you Make sure you finished your introductory paragraph in GC.

2. Finish checking the structure of your printed DRAFT.  Use notebook pg. 46-48, then glue those pages in your notebook.

1. Make sure you finished your introductory paragraph in GC.

2. Finish checking the structure of your printed DRAFT.  Use notebook pg. 46-48, then glue those pages in your notebook.

RemindersUpcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

The trip to SJB this Thursday has been postponed until later notice. It will be a regular school day here at SMS. 

9/20

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

Reading Response Journal Week 1 is due on Monday. Please submit it through Google Classroom before Monday. 

Reading Response Journal Week 1 is due on Monday.Please submit it through Google Classroom before Monday. 

Reading Response Journal Week 1 is due on Monday

Please submit it through Google Classroom before Monday. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

9/19

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework

Unit 7 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

PUnit 9 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

P Unit 4 Vocabulary test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Read your self-selected novel up to this week’s stopping point  by tomorrow.

All students must have wired headphones or wired earbuds for i-Ready every day. 

Read your self-selected novel up to this week’s stopping point  by tomorrow.

All students must have wired headphones or wired earbuds for i-Ready every day. 

Read your self-selected novel up to this week’s stopping point  by tomorrow.

All students must have wired headphones or wired earbuds for i-Ready every day.  

9/18

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework:

Please read your self-selected novel up to this week’s stopping point so that you are prepared to work on your Reading Response Journal on Friday. 

Please read your self-selected novel up to this week’s stopping point so that you are prepared to work on your Reading Response Journal on Friday. 

Please read your self-selected novel up to this week’s stopping point so that you are prepared to work on your Reading Response Journal on Friday. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Unit 7 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

Unit 9 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

 Unit 4 Vocabulary test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework:

VWS Complete the Sentence due Wednesday, 9/18 (see pg. 95-96)

VWS Complete the Sentence due Wednesday, 9/18 (see pg. 115-116)

VWS Complete the Sentence due Wednesday, 9/18 (pg. 57-58)

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Unit 7 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

Unit 9 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

 Unit 4 Vocabulary test is Friday 9/20

Tip: Use sadlierconnect.com to help you study. Instructions are on my SMS webpage. 

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Homework:

• Finish “Flash Drafting” your three body paragraphs for your goals essay. Remember to use your outlines. 

• Finish “Flash Drafting” your three body paragraphs for your quote essay. Remember to use your outlines. 

• Finish “Flash Drafting” your three body paragraphs for your three values essay. Remember to use your outlines. 

Reminders, Upcoming Due Dates and Test Dates

Unit 7 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

VWS Complete the Sentence due Wednesday, 9/18 (see pg. 95-96)

Unit 9 Vocabulary Test is Friday 9/20

VWS Complete the Sentence due Wednesday, 9/18 (see pg. 115-116)

Unit 4 Vocabulary test is Friday 9/20

VWS Complete the Sentence due Wednesday, 9/18 (pg. 57-58)