Good Afternoon,

I hope you have had a good week!  I know many students are looking forward to attending Teen Night at the school tonight.

This week in my class we started working daily on a program called iLit.  We had a few technical difficulties today but it was a good first week.  I will be posting grades from the assessments given as part of this program beginning next week.  I'll tell you more then.

This week in my class we worked on a 5 sentence paragraph.  The paragraph should be 1 topic sentence, 3 detail sentences, and one conclusion sentence.  Some common mistakes were - forgetting to indent the first line of the paragraph, capitalization errors, and not sticking to the prompt.  We will continue to work on writing throughout the year.  The format for this paragraph is the format I will expect students to use.

We also started our weekly vocabulary words.  Students will get 8 new words next week.  A quiz over all 16 words will be next Friday. (matching) Practice is set up for students on Quizlet to use as they wish.

8th grade only - There is a science research project that students should be working on.  It is due October 13.  Students should spend some time each day working on this.

Please make sure you are checking your child's grades on Infinite Campus.  Some students are very behind in their work and need to improve their study efforts.

Have a wonderful weekend!