Friday, September 23, 2011

Happy Fall!!!!

Language Arts - During the week of September 26th, we will be studying possessive nouns and the proper format for writing an explanatory essay. Students have chosen books for their book projects. Please be sure that your student is reading their book every night.


Math - During the week of September 26th we will be studying place value and rounding.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Welcome Back

Welcome Back!!!!!!

Math: students are studying long division and multiplication

Language Arts: students are studying nouns and proper essay formats

Thursday, May 26, 2011

5th and 6th Grade Math
Students will be classifying polygons and identifying similar and congruent figures.


8th Grade Math
Students will be adding and subtracting rational numbers.


Language Arts

Students will be working on MARE projects.

Students will be studying verbs.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

8th Math
The students are studying Algebra topics including: function rules, measures of central tendency and stem and leaf plots.
5th and 6th Math
The students will continue to study metric and customary conversion.
Language Arts
The students are working on projects involving the beauties and beasts of the oceans.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

5th and 6th Math:
This month students will be learning about:
conversion, charts and graphs, and how to solve word problems.

8th Math:
These students will be working on Algebra concepts.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Happy Spring!!!!! Book Projects Are Due April 27th Language Arts: The students have been learning about modifiers in grammar. The class will continue to read A Mango Shaped Space. This month the students will focus on speculative writing prompts. 8th Math : The class will be creating scale drawings. The students will continue to practice solving word problems. 5th-6th Math: The class is focusing on solving word problems involving money.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Happy March!!!

Math 5th and 6th Grade

*The students are currently learning about probability


Math 8th Grade

*The students are currently learning about calculating volume and surface area for rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cylinders.


Language Arts

* The students have chosen new books for their book projects.

* The next grammar topics are direct - indirect objects and action verbs

* In class, the students are reading A Mango Shaped Space ..... ask your student about the book ...let them teach you about a disorder you may not have ever heard of....