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April 14, 2008

Week of April 14 - 18

Welcome back from spring break!  I hope you all had a fun and restful time!  We are now getting in gear for CRCT's which begin next Wednesday, 4/23. 

Also...8th grade registration forms went home with students today.  Please complete these and send them back this week!

First Period
Monday - After a DGP, students finished their homophones booklets.  No homework
Tuesday - We reviewed the agreement test and then began a review of paragraph basics.  Agreement review help session:  Wednesday at 8:15 with Mrs. Cedarholm!!  Optional test (will be averaged with the first test grade) on Thursday.
Wednesday - We reviewed paragraph basics today.  Homework:  Write a good paragraph on any topic you choose.  Then, highlight the topic sentence, supporting details, clincher/conclusion, and transitions.  I suggest you type it so that you can revise and highlight on the computer.  The paragraph will be graded for accurate highlighting of the elements. 
Thursday - After we checked the capitalization review pages, students worked on a punctuation review
Friday - Students worked on a punctuation review...due Monday - so it is homework if you did not finish in class!
All grades this week have been updated in I-Parent.  Please check your progress!

Second/Fourth Period:  Don't forget to secure your copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles by the end of CRCT testing (May 1!!)
Monday - After a DGP, we completed our review of paragraph basics.  HW:  Write a good paragraph on any topic you choose.  Then, highlight the topic sentence, supporting details, clincher/conclusion, and transitions.  I suggest you type it so that you can revise and highlight on the computer.  The paragraph will be graded for accurate highlighting of the elements. 
Tuesday - We reviewed capitalization rules
Wednesday - We worked through a DGP, reviewed sentence types, and then completed our review of capitalization rules.  No homework!
Thursday - Students worked on a punctuation review
Friday - Stidents completed the punctuation review and we checked it.  All grades have been updated in I-Parent...so be sure to check out your grades on the homophones book, capitalization, and punctuation reviews!