Extra Credit anyone?

Hi-ya Smarties!

So, the homework for break was discussed in class and given out on Thursday and Friday before we left. All students should have copies.

For grade 7-finish your monkeys and fill out the monkey stats sheet. Remember, your monkey is from the middle ages! Let the monkey help you decide who it is.

Extra credit Grade 7- The Cherry Blossom Fesitval, San Francisco Japan town. The festival runs on the weekend. Schedules of events and directions were given out on Friday.

For grade 8- Finish reading and post-iting your books, bring them to school on Monday. 

Extra credit Greade 8- San Ramon civil war reenactment. The flier is on the website under 8th grade materials, and students wrote down information in class.

Congratulations to everyone who made 9th grade honors! there were 75 taken out of 116 who sat for the exam.

Have a great break!

Mrs. Anderson

Homework Alert for April!

Hi all you Smartypants!

We have had a long haul of very light homework, and not much is changing on that front! This month we are working on persuasion and propaganda in English and the Civil War in History. Most of our work is getting done in class.

Over spring break students will have homework dealing with persuasion and propaganda, and students need to finish their book report books (they should be affixing post its to "golden lines", which are lines of text that are really well written, or carry great imagery or meaning.)

When we come back from break students will need their English work as well as their finished books in class every day.

All history work will be done in class. If you have an interest or knowledge or family history about women's rights, civil rights, or the Civil War and would like to come into class to talk to us please give me a call or drop me a line!

As always students should continue to read a minimum of 1:45 each week. Also, I am missing many books. Please look around the house and send any books you find back to school as I buy them out of my paycheck.

There will be extra credit in 7th as well as 8th grade coming very soon so look here for it, and finally, Wells is having a Spring Reading Event at Barnes and Noble on May 1st. I will be there giving book recommendations and advice and would love to see you all there too!

Click on the link below to my Teacherweb page where I posted the article I wrote for the April edition of the GATE newsletter, if you care to read it. Look for the post of the same name.

Reading is a Family Affair

Cheers!
Mrs. Anderson

Homework 3/20-3/27

Hi all you Smarties!

I am at home with allergies today. Grade checks are printed and will be passed out by the sub to all classes. These are not the final grade checks of the quarter (which ends next Friday). I am NOT giving any new assignments on WED, THURS, or FRI of next week as the band will be in Disneyland, and it is the aforementioned and of the third quarter.
Band students: please get this week's HW in before you go. When you return you will be excused from classwork from wed-Fri. All other students, homework is due by Friday. I will be closing the grade book on FRIDAY!!!

So, without further delay, here is this weeks homework:
Grade 8's:
ALL
Reading log
AM CORE and PM-P2- choose a new book report book- any type, must be at or above grade level. Please check it in with me by Friday.
P1- Finish Downriver this week and turn it in.

Hot Sheet 22: Fiction Story. You should have brainstormed the particulars of the story in your classes. You are to write me a short story within your class guidelines.

History test fix: The "how to fix a test" sheet is photocopied onto the back of your test. All students are required to fix their mistakes according to the instructions- sue on Friday.

THESE ARE ALL 3RD QUARTER GRADES!!!

Grade 7's:
Check your grade printouts. As always, there is no homework unless you have unfinished work. All make-up work is due by FRIDAY please.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Anderson

We're BACK!

Yay!

Homework online is back up! Here is the homework for the week of March 2- March 6:

Grade 8:
Biographical Narrative: Students are finishing interviews in class and need to write a narrative draft for class on Friday.

Reading logs

Grade 7:
Plague flip books, in class and at home. Due on Friday.

I should not be out of the classroom again for a long while, thanks for your patience over the last five weeks!

Mrs. Anderson