Update for the Week of September 9

What a crazy week it's been so far. I am so proud of our 8th-graders for their behavior during our unexpected dismissal yesterday.  The students' positive attitude and behavior made a difficult situation easier to handle.

This week we are continuing to work on analyzing informational text to find and prove the central idea. The students are reading an article about changing attitudes toward air conditioning in Europe and completing a graphic organizer to help them determine and defend the central idea.

Grade Level

Below grade level

Advanced

This work is being done in small groups in class.  We will be working on ACES essays about this article next week.  

We will complete our vocabulary for Unit 1 this week and will have an assessment late next week.   Students should be completing Word Maps (Remember to add in Word Families.) at home for each word that we cover.  Please check the Fungi Team Homework Page for ELA daily homework assignments. 

Students should also be reading a book of their own choice for 20 minutes every night (5 nights per week).  If they come across our vocabulary words, they should write down the sentence, book name, and page number to share with the class.  

Also, a few things to remember: 

• Bring a book to read in ELA every day
• Bring a notebook or a folder with lined paper for journal writing by Sept. 18. This will be left in the classroom. 
• I am available to help those who need it on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school till 3:45 or mornings at 7:50. 

Please feel free to call (919-929-7161, ext. 51701) or email me if you have any questions.  

Thanks!