ELA:

Reading :
7th grade  is currently reading Hatchet.
8th grade is currently reading about the Holocaust.

Writing:
The students are learning about independent and subordinate clauses.

7th Math:

Currently, the students are studying fractions. There will be a quiz on Wednesday.

8th Math:

This week the students will be reviewing various basic skills topics.
Quiz Thursday

ELA 7th and 8th:
Reading:
7th grade has started reading the book Hatchet.
8th grade will soon finish The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

Writing:
The students are continuing to work on their autobiographies.


7th Math:
Currently, the students are learning how to multiply with decimals.
Quiz towards the end of the week

8th Math:
Currently, the students are learning about proportional relationships.
Possible quiz at the end of this week or the beginning of next week

7th and 8th ELA:
 Reading: The students will be completing their chapter 11-15 tests.

Writing: The students are using chronological order in order to write autobiographies.


7th Math:

The students have been learning to add and subtract rational numbers.
Quiz, this week


8th Math:

The students have completed learning about slope.
Quiz, this week

7th and 8th ELA:

The students are practicing the skill of inference.
They are also learning how to skim a passage in order to answer questions.
Chpt 11-15 reading tests will be next week.


7th Math:

Currently, the students are adding and subtracting rational numbers.

8th Math:

Currently, the students are learning about slope.

7th and 8th ELA:

The students are completing their chapters 6-10 reading tests.
Currently, the students are practicing skimming passages in order to answer comprehension questions.
The students are also reviewing the parts of speech.

7th Math:

The students are learning how to add three or more rational numbers.
Quiz will be next week


8th Math:

The students will be learning about proportions.

7th and 8th ELA:
Both reading classes will be having chapters 6-10 tests early next week.
The students are completing their persuasive essays.

7th Math:
There will be a quiz on Thursday, on the topics of reducing fractions
and changing a fraction into a decimal.

8th Math:
Currently, the students are learning about adding and subtracting integers.
There will be a quiz early next week.

ELA 7th and 8th:
Students are currently writing persuasive essays.
7th Grade is continuing to read A Mango Shaped Space
8th grade is continuing to read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas



7th Math:

The students are learning how to: change fractions into decimals using long division, add and subtract rational numbers.

Quiz early next week


8th Math:

The students are learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with scientific notation.

Quiz Friday

**ELA:
7th and 8th  Reading: will have Chapter 1-5 test Tuesday 10-11-16
7th and 8th Writing: learning how to write persuasive essays
Vocab sentences due every Thursday
Vocab tests are every Friday

**7th Math:
Currently learning about using the order of operations along with integer rules
Quiz Tuesday or Wednesday next week

**8th Math:
Currently learning about exponents and scientific notation
Quiz next Wednesday or Thursday

***7th and 8th ELA:***
The students will be completing their narrative essays on Friday.
There will be a vocab test on Friday.
Vocab sentences are due on Thursday.

*Vocab sentences or stories will be due on Thursdays and tests will occur on Fridays every week, except during short weeks (i.e. winter break)

7th Grade is currently reading A Mango Shaped Space (Quiz next week on the first few chapters)

8th Grade is currently reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas


***7th Math:***

Currently the students are learning how to multiply and divide integers.
There will be a quiz early next week.

***8th Math:***

Currently the students are learning how to compare and order "real numbers."
There will be a quiz on Friday

ELA 7th and 8th:
The students are currently writing "fractured fairy tales."
7th graders are beginning to read A Mango Shaped Space.
8th graders are beginning to read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.


7th Math:
Currently, the students are learning how to add and subtract positive and negative integers.
Quiz this week on adding integers.
Quiz next week on subtracting integers.


8th Math:
Currently the students are learning about square roots and cube roots.
Quiz Friday

Welcome Back!!!!

ELA:
Currently, the students are working on MARE projects.
The students are learning how to interpret idioms.

7th/8th Math
The students are studying scale.
Quiz this week

5th Math
The students will be learning about area and perimeter.
Quiz next week

ELA:
The students are currently writing an essay about their "Worst Day Ever!"
They are also reviewing how to properly use quotation marks.
Synonyms for run and walk are being reviewed for use in their writing.

7th and 8th Math:
We are continuing to study scale drawing.
Currently, the students are drawing the classroom to scale.

5th Math:
The students are learning about elapsed time.
They are also learning how to add and subtract mixed measurements.
Quiz Next Week!

ELA:
The students will be starting to write an essay about their "worst day ever!"
How to properly write a dialogue will also be studied.

7th/8th Math:
The students will be learning how to determine missing measurements in scale drawings.

5th Math:
The students will be learning how to calculate elapsed time.

ELA:
The students are learning about adjectives.
7th grade students are taking PARCC.


7th/8th Math:
Currently the students are learning about scientific notation.
Quiz next week


5th Math:
The students are learning about converting in the metric system.
Quiz next week

ELA:
Next week, the students will take their final Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie test.
PARCC testing will begin.-- (7th grade)

7th/8th Math:
After spring break, the students will continue to study probability and statistics.

5th Math:
The students will continue to learn how to convert measurements in the customary and metric systems of measurement.

ELA:
The students are currently writing a persuasive essay about whether or not homework is beneficial.
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie will be completed before spring break.


7th/8th Math:
The students will be celebrating Pi Day on Monday.
Currently, the students are learning about probability.

5th Math:
The students are learning about angles.
The students will be celebrating Pi Day on Monday.

ELA:
The students are completing a persuasive soup project.
They will be starting a persuasive essay about whether or not homework is beneficial.
The students are also learning about verb tenses.

7th/8th Math:
The students are currently learning about probability.
The class will be celebrating Pi Day on March 14th.

5th Math:
The students are currently learning about measuring angles with protractors.

ELA:
The students will be learning about persuasive advertising techniques.
They will be designing a label to persuade people to buy their food item.
The students are continuing to read Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie.

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning about a variety of charts and graphs.
Quiz late next week


5th Math:
The students are learning about quadrilaterals.
Quiz late next week

ELA:
The students are beginning to write an essay about "Life, Twenty Years From Now"
Currently, the class is reading Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie

7th/8th  Math:
The students are learning how to use formulas in order to determine volume.
Quiz next week

5th Math:
The students are learning about lines, line segments, rays, and angles.
Quiz next week

ELA:
The students are continuing to work on "presidential characteristics" essays.
They are also learning about combining sentences.
The class has started reading "Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie."


Math 7th/8th:
The students are currently learning about surface area and the Pythagorean Theorem.

There will be a quiz late next week


Math 5th:

The students have been working on solving word problems involving money.
This week, they completed a "create-a-store" poster and game.

ELA:
The students are currently writing an expository essay about the characteristics that they believe a president should possess.

Subjects and predicates are also being studied.


7th/8th Math:
The students are currently learning how to use formulas in order to determine the surface area of three dimensional objects.

Quiz sometime next week


5th Math:
The students are currently learning how to write and solve word problems involving money.
They are working on a candy store shopping project.
Next week, the students will be working on creating their own menu projects.

ELA:
The students are working on a song lyric project.
A new novel will be started soon.

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to use formulas in order to find the area of
composite figures.
Quiz early next week

5th Grade Math:
The students are learning how to write fractions in the form of decimals.
Quiz Friday or Monday