This week, seventh grade will be working to complete their argumentative essay. Students have been given several days of class time to work on this so far, and they will have all of Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday this week as well. We have a short vocabulary quiz tomorrow, Tuesday the 14th. The word list is on Spelling City, and students have had the words since Monday of last week, so I expect great grades from everyone! Progress reports go home this Friday. I will also be sending home the extra credit logs today. These will not be reflected on this progress report; however there is still time to bring those grades up before the end of the nine week grading cycle. Tutoring for 7th grade is continuing on Friday, and have been pleased with attendance; however, there are many more students that I would love to see take advantage of this time. If you can schedule to have your scholar here from 3:30 to 4:30 on Friday, they will certainly benefit from the additional instruction. Scholastic books is offering free books!! Click on the button below to find out how to get yours. Have a great week!
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Unfortunately, our Moby Max assessments have been a total flop so far. I'm not sure what is going on, but we can't seem to get logged in during class time. After school and at home, we are not having problems. I will be sending home the extra credit logs anyway, and assigning students work based on our class assessments so far this year. So look for those to come home this week. Some students have been successful in getting in to do their placement, so those students will get a letter with their placement score. As we get the others completed, I will send their information home as well.
In addition to Moby Max, Odyssey has purchased a writing and grammar program called Write Smart. We have book in the classroom in addition to an online platform. We have already begun using these in addition to our other resources, and it is very helpful. Students will be putting their login information in their agendas this week, so please remember to check their FIRST when they come home with an online assignment. This week, our major lesson in ELA will center around writing argumentative essays. This will take a LOT of attention in class, so please speak with your scholar about being attentive and staying on task. |
Mrs. Smith's 7th Grade ELALanguage Arts is, along with mathematics, one of the primary subjects in our education. Without language arts, we would lack the skills to communicate adequately or to analyze and process information that is provided. In 7th grade, we will work on building those skills through grammar, writing, and reading. Archives
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