In LA we’ve been taking notes on the differences and similarities of fiction and nonfiction by taking Cornell notes. We also just finished a close read on a story called “The 11:59” by: Patricia Mckissack which sometime takes place in 1960-80s. “The 11:59” by: Patricia Mckissack is a story about a retired train worker who tells people about a train called 11:59 which has a strange trait about it… no one can escape a ride on it! So, a close read is when you read the story and take notes and answer questions that have to do about the main idea or theme. People are still taking NWEA so the library is still closed for now. Oh yeah, we finally got FOLDERS!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!! I’m so excited because we didn’t get them until the 25th and everyone else got them on the beginning of the month.
The Walk-A-Thon will take place Oct. 3rd. The 7th and 8th grade bands will play during the run. Oct. 16th is a choir performance with the 8th grade band. Finally, on Oct. 30th that is the first band concert for 6th and 7th grade band. That is all for now, bye!
-Jarred
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In Accelerated Language Arts for the week of 9/26/2014, we have done a close read on the story of “The 11:59”, continued on our reading logs, and got our new folders. This year, the entire 7th grade gets nice, hard folders that we can use for the rest of the year. Mrs. Smith’s class got them a little later than the rest of the LA classes did, but we got them. There is one for each subject, LA, Science, Math, Social Science, Exploratory, and our other class. There is World Languages, Study Skills, and Spanish.
We are already into our 3rd reading log. We have to fill out what book we read, what page numbers we read and how many, how many minutes we read, and then get a parent to initial it. This week we also have to find and define 6 new great words and find two examples of figurative language.
Lastly we read a close read of “The 11:59”, written by Patricia Mckissack. It was a spooky story and had a lot of symbols. It is about a guy named Lester who thinks he’s really smart. There is this train that once you board it there is no coming back. Lester tries to avoid it but can’t and his destiny isn’t good.
Other school activities, Girl’s Volleyball is 3-1 and doing a phenomenal job. Cross country had a competition and did really well. Choir and band have their first concerts coming up in October. Soccer club and student council have also started.
-Sydney
The Walk-A-Thon will take place Oct. 3rd. The 7th and 8th grade bands will play during the run. Oct. 16th is a choir performance with the 8th grade band. Finally, on Oct. 30th that is the first band concert for 6th and 7th grade band. That is all for now, bye!
-Jarred
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In Accelerated Language Arts for the week of 9/26/2014, we have done a close read on the story of “The 11:59”, continued on our reading logs, and got our new folders. This year, the entire 7th grade gets nice, hard folders that we can use for the rest of the year. Mrs. Smith’s class got them a little later than the rest of the LA classes did, but we got them. There is one for each subject, LA, Science, Math, Social Science, Exploratory, and our other class. There is World Languages, Study Skills, and Spanish.
We are already into our 3rd reading log. We have to fill out what book we read, what page numbers we read and how many, how many minutes we read, and then get a parent to initial it. This week we also have to find and define 6 new great words and find two examples of figurative language.
Lastly we read a close read of “The 11:59”, written by Patricia Mckissack. It was a spooky story and had a lot of symbols. It is about a guy named Lester who thinks he’s really smart. There is this train that once you board it there is no coming back. Lester tries to avoid it but can’t and his destiny isn’t good.
Other school activities, Girl’s Volleyball is 3-1 and doing a phenomenal job. Cross country had a competition and did really well. Choir and band have their first concerts coming up in October. Soccer club and student council have also started.
-Sydney