8ELA-We read "All Summer In a Day" by Ray Bradbury and followed it up with questions.  We then had Reading Class.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.  "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY" Q 1-7.  JOURNALS DUE TOMORROW.

8SS-Started a new unit learning that all early civilizations started up along a river near a larger body of water.  HOMEWORK:  IMPORTANT PLACES:  EARLY CIVILIZATIONS.

7SS-We corrected the Europe and Africa maps and reviewed our next project on these same continents. HOMEWORK:  WEEKLY UPDATE.  EUROPE/AFRICA QUIZ ON MONDAY.

**Halloween party on Monday.  Come in a great costume and win spooktacular prizes!  

Bring a dollar for great party treats.

8ELA-We worked on Spelling Unit 6 today which focussed on the schwa sound.  We also continued working on irregular verbs and those verbs that are easily confused.  We then corrected "Operation Survival" by Cicely Veighey.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING UNIT 6 AND SKILLS P. 152, 153, 154, AND 155.

8SS-We had time to touch base with project partners and finalize our unit projects.  HOMEWORK:  UNIT ONE TEST TOMORROW.

7SS-We did the Americas Test then did some exploring of Europe in our atlas.  NO HOMEWORK.

8ELA-We did our spelling tests today and lots of people got 20/20--good job!  We then shifted gears and read a story called "Operation Survival" by Cicely Veighey.  What a great ending it was!  HOMEWORK:  "OPERATION SURVIVAL" QUESTIONS 1-7 DUE MONDAY.

8SS-We continued working on our unit projects; they are due Monday.  HOMEWORK:  TEST ON TUESDAY, PROJECTS DUE MONDAY.

7SS-I collected our North/South America projects.  We had some leftover time so we played the Geo game.  Good job Ava for winning a gold coin!  HOMEWORK:  N/S AMERICA QUIZ ON MONDAY.

**PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO SCHOOL TOMORROW.

8ELA-We corrected Spelling Unit 5 then the Skills (grammar) worksheets.  Instead of a Reading Class for our second period, both classes voted to have an extra SS class and students worked on their projects.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.  NON-FICTION PARAGRAPH.

8SS-We worked on our unit projects:  Prehistory Story or Imaginary Civilization.  HOMEWORK:  UNIT PROJECT DUE MONDAY.  UNIT TEST MONDAY.

7SS-We continued working on our unit projects focussing on North and South America.  HOMEWORK:  UNIT PROJECT DUE TOMORROW.

**PLEASE REMEMBER - NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY.

8SS-I introduced the unit project and students had work time.  They needed to choose between working alone and working with a partner and they had to choose between two projects.  We will have class work time tomorrow and Thursday.  Students will need to complete the work during their long weekend (there's no school on Friday).  Monday's class will be for final touches and coordinating with partners regarding the work done over the weekend.  NO HOMEWORK.  PROJECT WORK ONLY.

8ELA-We had time for peer conferencing and editing; our classmates reviewed our work and gave us both compliments and critical suggestions on how to improve our work.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING UNIT 5 AND SKILLS PAGES 148-151 DUE TOMORROW.  NON-FICTION FINAL COPY DUE THURSDAY.

**PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY.

8ELA-I handed back marked Spelling Tests today--students need to put more effort into preparing for these large, multi-unit test.  We have discussed a study strategy so I expect marks will be better in the future.  We worked on Unit 5 Spelling today and a grammar booklet focussing on irregular verbs.  I assigned four pages from the booklet.  This was followed by Reading Class.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING UNIT 5, GRAMMAR BOOKLET PAGES 148, 149, 150, 151.  NON-FICTION PARAGRAPHS-ROUGH DRAFTS-DUE TOMORROW.

8SS-We reviewed the concept of What is History? and Why Study History?  We also reviewed the idea of primary and secondary sources when studying history.  Students were assigned a Vocabulary Circle which reviews these ideas (great preparation for next week's test)--it is due tomorrow.  HOMEWORK:  VOCABULARY CIRCLE.

7SS-We orally reviewed the physical features of North and South America and did our Weekly Updates.  We then shifted gears and started our continent projects.  NO HOMEWORK.

**Please remember that there is no school on Friday.

8ELA-We had Reading Class today which was followed by a theme class during which I introduced the non-fiction writing assignment.  Students must choose between four types of non-fiction and create a paragraph on a specified topic.  HOMEWORK:  SPELLING TEST TOMORROW.  NON-FICTION PARAGRAPH ROUGH COPY DUE MONDAY.

8SS-We discussed sources of history and the meaning of history.  We made notes and read our text on the topic.  NO HOMEWORK.

7SS-We did a quick oral review of the physical features of North America then "explored" South America in our atlas.  We learned that lakes there have funny names.  Based on this quick look at maps, we made predictions on our worksheets.  NO HOMEWORK.