Wednesday, December 23, 2015

ELA:
The students are almost finished with their narrative essays - "Best Gift Ever"
Figures of Speech Trees were completed.


7th/8th Math:
The students are studying Geometry.
-Area and Circumference of Circles

5th Math:
The students are studying fraction and decimal equivalency.

Sunday, December 13, 2015

ELA:
The students are currently learning about figures of speech.
At this time, the students are writing about the best gift that they have received.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are currently learning about angles and circles.
There will be an angle quiz Wednesday or Friday.

Math 5th:
The students will be completing their mixed numbers and fractions unit.
The next unit that they will be studying in decimals.

Friday, November 27, 2015

ELA:
The students will be learning about pronouns.
Comic strip projects will be completed, this week.
The students will be reading non-fiction passages, this week.

5th Math:
The students will be learning how to multiply whole numbers by fractions and reduce the product.


7th/8th Math:
The students will be completing the inequality unit.
Next, they will be starting a geometry unit.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

ELA:
The students have completed reading Bud, Not Buddy.
"Famous Person" projects will be presented, this week.

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to solve two-step inequalities.
Quiz next week


5th Math:
The students are learning how to add multiple mixed numbers.
Quiz next week

Monday, November 9, 2015

ELA:
The research projects will be completed on Friday 11-13-15.
The students are learning about different types of sentences.

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to solve and graph inequalities.
Quiz next week

5th Math:
The students are learning how to subtract mixed numbers by renaming whole numbers as fractions.
Quiz next week

Monday, November 2, 2015

ELA:
Currently, the students are working on a famous person research project.
The class will soon be completing Bud, Not Buddy .
The students are studying different types of sentences (declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory.)

Math 5th:
The students will be learning how to subtract mixed numbers using renaming.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are completing their studies of solving equations.
Test Tuesday 11-3-15

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

ELA:
The students are learning about prepositional phrases.
The class is continuing to read Bud, Not Buddy.
Research Projects are coming along, nicely.


7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to solve two step equations.
Test next week


5th Math:
The students are learning how to add and subtract mixed numbers.
Quiz, next week

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

ELA:
The students are working on a research project.
They are learning about adjectives.
The class is continuing to read "Bud, Not Buddy."

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to solve two step equations.
*Test Next week


5th Math:
The students are learning how to change mixed numbers into improper fractions
and improper fractions into mixed numbers.
*Quiz Next Week

Monday, October 12, 2015

ELA:
"Bud, Not Buddy" test Wednesday on Chapters 8-12
No vocab test this week
This week, the students will continue to practice using dialogue in their writing.
They are also learning about adverbs and adjectives.

7th/8th math:
Test Thursday or Friday on writing and solving one step equations

5th math:
The students are learning how to add and subtract fractions.
There will be a quiz on Thursday or Friday.

Monday, October 5, 2015

ELA:
The students are studying adverbs and quotation marks.
They are continuing to read Bud, Not Buddy.  (test on Friday)
This week, the students will complete typing their narrative essays into MyAccess.

Math 5th:
The students will complete their fraction projects.
They will learn how to add and subtract fractions with "like denominators."

Math 7th/8th;
Quiz Tuesday, on taxes and tipping

Thursday, October 1, 2015

ELA:
The students are typing their scary stories into MyAccess.
The students are practicing using quotation marks, correctly.
The class is continuing to read Bud, Not Buddy.
Vocab Test Friday on words to use "instead of said."


7th/8th Math:
The students are learning about going to a restaurant and how to figure out tax and tips.
Test Friday


5th Math:
The students are working on a fraction unit.
They will be completing a fraction tree project.
Quiz next week, on equivalent fractions and "fraction of" problems.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Language Arts:
The students are continuing to write haunted stories. They will be entering their writing into MyAccess, next week.
The students are reading Bud, Not Buddy.
Vocab Tests are on Fridays.

Math 7th/8th
The students are learning about "markups and markdowns" and "tax, tip, profit"


Math 5th
The students are learning about fractions.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

ELA:
The students are continuing to learn about the parts of speech. They are learning how to write a narrative essay. Also, they are learning how some words have multiple meanings.
****VOCAB QUIZ FRIDAY 9-18-2015****

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning about percent increase and percent decrease.
QUIZ THURSDAY 9-17-15

5th Math:
The students are learning about GCF and LCM.
QUIZ FRIDAY 9-18-15

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Welcome Back!!!

7th/8th Math:
The students are beginning to learn about percent increase and percent decrease.

5th Math:
The students are learning about factors.

Language Arts;
The students are learning about the 8 parts of speech.
They have developed a writing idea chart.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Math:

This week, the students have been completing their MARE projects.

Next week, they will learn about measuring volume. There will be a quiz, next Thursday.

Friday, May 22, 2015

Math:
Currently, the students are studying geometry and working on MARE projects.
The week of June 1st there will be a geometry test.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Math:
Next week, students will be learning about Geometry.
They will also be working on MARE projects.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Math:
This week, 6th grade students are working on a project and 7th/8th grade students are taking the PARCC.
Next week, the students will continue to study ratios and proportions. There will be a quiz on Thursday or Friday.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Math:

This week, the students will be learning about ratios.
Next week, there will be a quiz  Tuesday or Wednesday.

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Math:

This week, the students are finishing a unit about probability.
Next week, the students will learn about unit rates.

Monday, March 23, 2015


Math:

The students will be having a scientific/standard notation test on Thursday or Friday of this week.

Next week, the students will review probability.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Math:

This week, the students celebrated Pi Day!!!!
The next topic that they will learn about is scientific notation.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Math:

Next Week, the students will be learning about scientific notation.

The students will be celebrating Pi Day.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015


Math:

The students learned about writing and solving ratios and proportions.
They have also been practicing long division.

Thursday, February 19, 2015



 Math:
The students are taking PARCC practice tests.
The students are reviewing vocabulary and proper answer format.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Math:

The students will be starting a unit on ratios and unit rates.
They will also be reviewing skills for use on the PARCC test.

Thursday, January 29, 2015


Math:

Next week, the students will continue to learn how to  compare and order rational numbers.

****There will be a test next Thursday 2-5-15 or Friday  2-6-15

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Math:
The students are learning how to categorize "real numbers."
There will be a test on the topic of "rational and irrational numbers"
on Wednesday or Thursday of next week.

Thursday, January 8, 2015


Math:
Welcome Back!!!
We will be studying "rational and irrational numbers."
There will be a quiz late next week.