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9/10/18 - 9/21/18

September 10th, 2018 - September 21st, 2018



Good morning, parents! We hope you had a wonderful weekend. Here are some updates on upcoming assignments in English Language Arts. 

Ms. Culberson and Ms. Johnson (1st, 2nd, and 5th periods):
On Monday, we focused on the plot diagram. We felt like this needed to be reiterated based on their overall performance on the recent selection tests. Beginning today, the students are reading one of two stories. Some students are reading "The Market Square Dog" and some are reading "The Drive-In Movies". We will be working with these short stories for the next two weeks. We will be writing constructed responses, filling out the plot diagram, making "news reports" based on the plot of the stories, practicing citing textual evidence, and playing Quizizz. All of these different strategies will help the students get a greater understanding of the text. 

We plan on having a "citing textual evidence" common assessment on Friday. The selection test for these stories will be at the end of next week (date TBD). 

Reminder: Thursday, September 13th is "Bring Your Parents to School Day" from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. If you can attend, we would love to see you, and show you some of our classroom procedures, routines, and activities!

Ms. Culberson (4th period):
On Monday, we focused on the plot diagram. I felt like this needed to be reiterated based on the student's overall performance on the recent selection test. Beginning today, the students are reading  "The Drive-In Movies". We will be working with this short story for the next two weeks. We will be writing constructed responses, filling out the plot diagram, practicing citing textual evidence, and playing Quizizz. All of these different strategies will help the students get a greater understanding of the text. 

We plan on having a "citing textual evidence" common assessment on Friday. The selection test for these stories will be at the end of next week (date TBD). 

Reminder: Thursday, September 13th is "Bring Your Parents to School Day" from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. You will not get to visit my class, but we would love to have you stop by and say hello!


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