Week 26 Update
Good afternoon!
I hope everyone had a great extended weekend!
Because of our extra long weekend, we did not get to have our unit 17 vocabulary test on Friday. We will be having that test tomorrow in class. The work for that unit is also due tomorrow. I will handout the next vocabulary unit work tomorrow after the test. The unit 18 test will not be until next Friday, February 24th.
This week we are pushing through the rest of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. We will take an open book quiz over the novel when we get finished.
Please do not forget to send in signed permission forms for our TAATU field trip and t-shirt order forms and money. If either of those forms did not make it home to you, they are on my website under the “other” tab.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone had a great extended weekend!
Because of our extra long weekend, we did not get to have our unit 17 vocabulary test on Friday. We will be having that test tomorrow in class. The work for that unit is also due tomorrow. I will handout the next vocabulary unit work tomorrow after the test. The unit 18 test will not be until next Friday, February 24th.
This week we are pushing through the rest of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. We will take an open book quiz over the novel when we get finished.
Please do not forget to send in signed permission forms for our TAATU field trip and t-shirt order forms and money. If either of those forms did not make it home to you, they are on my website under the “other” tab.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 24 Update
Good morning!
I hope everyone is having a great week!
I wanted to send an update for this week even though we are benchmark testing all week. Our schedule is a little crazy, so we will not meet every day. I did give out vocabulary for the week yesterday, but we will not test over it until next week. This gives students two weeks to complete the work. Because of this, I will not accept late vocabulary next week.
Don’t forget to get your permission forms for TAATU sent back into your first period teacher. Also, we need the class tshirt form and money by next Friday, February 14th. Both of these forms can be found on my website under the “other” tab.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone is having a great week!
I wanted to send an update for this week even though we are benchmark testing all week. Our schedule is a little crazy, so we will not meet every day. I did give out vocabulary for the week yesterday, but we will not test over it until next week. This gives students two weeks to complete the work. Because of this, I will not accept late vocabulary next week.
Don’t forget to get your permission forms for TAATU sent back into your first period teacher. Also, we need the class tshirt form and money by next Friday, February 14th. Both of these forms can be found on my website under the “other” tab.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 23 Update
Hello!
I hope everyone is having a great week! I thought I sent this email on Monday and went back and checked and it was never sent! I am so sorry!
This week we are working on vocabulary 16. The work will be due on Friday and so will the test.
We are continuing on in The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
We did a lesson on annotating fiction and have been practicing annotating as we read our novel in class.
On my website, under the “Other” tab there are two forms that need to be completed and returned. The first is a class tshirt order form. This needs to be returned with $7 to your child’s first period teacher by February 14th. The other is a permission form for our field trip to TAATU in March. Please sign and return to first period as soon as possible. Both of these forms should be coming home with your student, but I added it on my website just in case. J
I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!
-Mrs. Johnson
I hope everyone is having a great week! I thought I sent this email on Monday and went back and checked and it was never sent! I am so sorry!
This week we are working on vocabulary 16. The work will be due on Friday and so will the test.
We are continuing on in The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
We did a lesson on annotating fiction and have been practicing annotating as we read our novel in class.
On my website, under the “Other” tab there are two forms that need to be completed and returned. The first is a class tshirt order form. This needs to be returned with $7 to your child’s first period teacher by February 14th. The other is a permission form for our field trip to TAATU in March. Please sign and return to first period as soon as possible. Both of these forms should be coming home with your student, but I added it on my website just in case. J
I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!
-Mrs. Johnson
Week 21 Update
Good afternoon!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
This week we are working on week 14 vocabulary. I have decided to make vocabulary work due on Fridays instead of Thursdays. That seemed to be beneficial for everyone last week, so I want to do that moving forward. The tests will still be on Friday.
We are starting our novel study over The Witch of Blackbird Pond. We will be reading this entire novel in class, so do not be alarmed if you never see the book come home. We have numerous activities to complete as we read that will build on our standards as we read.
We will continue going over inferencing this week and will take a quiz on Friday. We are also continuing to work on compound and complex sentences throughout the week.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
This week we are working on week 14 vocabulary. I have decided to make vocabulary work due on Fridays instead of Thursdays. That seemed to be beneficial for everyone last week, so I want to do that moving forward. The tests will still be on Friday.
We are starting our novel study over The Witch of Blackbird Pond. We will be reading this entire novel in class, so do not be alarmed if you never see the book come home. We have numerous activities to complete as we read that will build on our standards as we read.
We will continue going over inferencing this week and will take a quiz on Friday. We are also continuing to work on compound and complex sentences throughout the week.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 20 Update
Welcome back!
I hope everyone had a wonderful break!
We are hitting the ground running today! We are starting week 13 vocabulary. The work will be due Friday (instead of Thursday to give some extra time). The test will also be on Friday.
We are going to be going over inferencing notes and practicing that skill in class.
Tomorrow, we will be doing the county wide benchmark to see how we are all progressing in our standards mastery.
We are starting our next novel unit next week. We will be reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I have a book for each student so there is no need to purchase your own copy, unless your student wants to annotate in the book.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone had a wonderful break!
We are hitting the ground running today! We are starting week 13 vocabulary. The work will be due Friday (instead of Thursday to give some extra time). The test will also be on Friday.
We are going to be going over inferencing notes and practicing that skill in class.
Tomorrow, we will be doing the county wide benchmark to see how we are all progressing in our standards mastery.
We are starting our next novel unit next week. We will be reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond. I have a book for each student so there is no need to purchase your own copy, unless your student wants to annotate in the book.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 18 Update
Good morning!
I apologize for not sending this email yesterday!
Yesterday, we finished our A Long Walk to Water essays and turned them in. I am working hard to get those all graded before we leave for break. Please double check with your student and make sure they turned in their essay and the charts that we completed in class.
Today, we are working in stations on subject and object pronouns, paragraph writing, and individualized standards practice.
Our unit test for vocabulary is tomorrow. If by some crazy chance we do not have school tomorrow due to the weather, the test will be Thursday. The vocabulary lists are still on my website. I HIGHLY recommend students bringing any flashcards that they have made for extra credit (or making new ones) to the test. *Hint, hint.
For the rest of the week, we will be working on a cold read as a practice for our midterm exam. I will send exam information home in the next few days. I will let you know that it will not require a study guide and will have an open book part to it.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I apologize for not sending this email yesterday!
Yesterday, we finished our A Long Walk to Water essays and turned them in. I am working hard to get those all graded before we leave for break. Please double check with your student and make sure they turned in their essay and the charts that we completed in class.
Today, we are working in stations on subject and object pronouns, paragraph writing, and individualized standards practice.
Our unit test for vocabulary is tomorrow. If by some crazy chance we do not have school tomorrow due to the weather, the test will be Thursday. The vocabulary lists are still on my website. I HIGHLY recommend students bringing any flashcards that they have made for extra credit (or making new ones) to the test. *Hint, hint.
For the rest of the week, we will be working on a cold read as a practice for our midterm exam. I will send exam information home in the next few days. I will let you know that it will not require a study guide and will have an open book part to it.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 17 Update
Good morning!
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
This week we will be working on our essay to conclude our novel study. These will be done in class over three days. I will be offering students one free edit by me. I will look over their essay before I grade it and make sure they have everything on the rubric in their essay. Hopefully, students will take advantage of this!
This is our review week for vocabulary. The test will be next Wednesday and all vocabulary work will be due this Friday. Word lists can be found on my website.
Now is a good time to be making sure your student is not missing any work for this quarter. If you have questions about missing work, please email me and I will do my best to help resolve any issues.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Mrs. Johnson
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
This week we will be working on our essay to conclude our novel study. These will be done in class over three days. I will be offering students one free edit by me. I will look over their essay before I grade it and make sure they have everything on the rubric in their essay. Hopefully, students will take advantage of this!
This is our review week for vocabulary. The test will be next Wednesday and all vocabulary work will be due this Friday. Word lists can be found on my website.
Now is a good time to be making sure your student is not missing any work for this quarter. If you have questions about missing work, please email me and I will do my best to help resolve any issues.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Mrs. Johnson
Week 15 Update
Good morning!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
This week we are working on week 11 in our vocabulary unit. As always, the words are on my website under the “vocabulary” tab. The work will be due on Thursday and the test will be on Friday.
We are practicing citing evidence this week. After looking at our essays from last week, it is evident that we need to practice pulling evidence and citing it from various sources. We will work on this for the next several weeks as we start our essays on A Long Walk to Water.
We will finish A Long Walk to Water this week. We will be starting our essay the week after Thanksgiving.
Your child will be coming home with a permission slip to watch The Good Lie in class next week. This is a movie that is very closely aligned with A Long Walk to Water. We are sending permission slips home to watch the movie because it is rated PG-13 due to war violence that is briefly shown. If you do not want your child to watch the movie, we will have an alternate activity for them in the library. These permission slips need to be signed and returned by this Friday, November 22.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
This week we are working on week 11 in our vocabulary unit. As always, the words are on my website under the “vocabulary” tab. The work will be due on Thursday and the test will be on Friday.
We are practicing citing evidence this week. After looking at our essays from last week, it is evident that we need to practice pulling evidence and citing it from various sources. We will work on this for the next several weeks as we start our essays on A Long Walk to Water.
We will finish A Long Walk to Water this week. We will be starting our essay the week after Thanksgiving.
Your child will be coming home with a permission slip to watch The Good Lie in class next week. This is a movie that is very closely aligned with A Long Walk to Water. We are sending permission slips home to watch the movie because it is rated PG-13 due to war violence that is briefly shown. If you do not want your child to watch the movie, we will have an alternate activity for them in the library. These permission slips need to be signed and returned by this Friday, November 22.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 14 Update
Good morning!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
We are working on unit 10 in vocabulary. The work will be due on Thursday and the test will be Friday. As always, flashcards can be turned in for five extra credit points. The list of words is on my website under the “weekly vocabulary” tab.
This week we are continuing to read A Long Walk to Water. As we are reading, we are completing a graphic organizer to help with our culminating essay.
We are also starting to look at pronouns this week. We will be doing mini lessons to go over pronoun usage in our speech and in our writing.
If you have not turned in your field trip permission slip and money, you have until November 19th to do that.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
We are working on unit 10 in vocabulary. The work will be due on Thursday and the test will be Friday. As always, flashcards can be turned in for five extra credit points. The list of words is on my website under the “weekly vocabulary” tab.
This week we are continuing to read A Long Walk to Water. As we are reading, we are completing a graphic organizer to help with our culminating essay.
We are also starting to look at pronouns this week. We will be doing mini lessons to go over pronoun usage in our speech and in our writing.
If you have not turned in your field trip permission slip and money, you have until November 19th to do that.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 13 update
Good morning!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
This week we are working on Unit 9 of vocabulary. The list of words will be on my website by this afternoon. The work will be due on Thursday and the test will be Friday.
We are finishing our essays in class today and submitting them. If your student is not finished with their essay by the end of class, they will need to finish them and submit them through Google Classroom by tomorrow afternoon. They can access these at home through their Google accounts.
This week we are starting a novel unit on A Long Walk to Water. This is always a student favorite! We have a class copy for each student to use so there is no need to purchase a copy. We have several activities that go with the novel over the next few weeks and we will end with a writing task.
Today your student should be coming home with a permission slip for our field trip to the high school. This needs to be returned to their first period teacher by November 19th. I have a copy of the permission form on my website under the “Other” tab just in case the form does not make it home.
We are still trying to resolve the online gradebook issue. I will send an email when that is corrected. I am so sorry for the inconvenience.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
This week we are working on Unit 9 of vocabulary. The list of words will be on my website by this afternoon. The work will be due on Thursday and the test will be Friday.
We are finishing our essays in class today and submitting them. If your student is not finished with their essay by the end of class, they will need to finish them and submit them through Google Classroom by tomorrow afternoon. They can access these at home through their Google accounts.
This week we are starting a novel unit on A Long Walk to Water. This is always a student favorite! We have a class copy for each student to use so there is no need to purchase a copy. We have several activities that go with the novel over the next few weeks and we will end with a writing task.
Today your student should be coming home with a permission slip for our field trip to the high school. This needs to be returned to their first period teacher by November 19th. I have a copy of the permission form on my website under the “Other” tab just in case the form does not make it home.
We are still trying to resolve the online gradebook issue. I will send an email when that is corrected. I am so sorry for the inconvenience.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 12 update
Good afternoon!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
This week we are starting a research project in class. We will be doing all of the research in class (most students completed the research in class today). We will use our research to write an essay in class on our randomly selected famous person’s failures leading to success. There should not be any need to work on this at home. We will complete this essay in class on Wednesday and present our findings on Monday. This is not a formal presentation, but just practice getting in front of the class and speaking (one of our standards).
We will not be having vocabulary this week because it is a short week. We will start back with vocabulary next Monday.
I have taken several grades in the past two weeks. There has been a glitch in the online grade book switching from Mr. Tomlinson to me. We are waiting on a solution and as soon as we have that, I will add grades to the online grade book. I am so sorry for this inconvenience.
I hope everyone has a great week!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
This week we are starting a research project in class. We will be doing all of the research in class (most students completed the research in class today). We will use our research to write an essay in class on our randomly selected famous person’s failures leading to success. There should not be any need to work on this at home. We will complete this essay in class on Wednesday and present our findings on Monday. This is not a formal presentation, but just practice getting in front of the class and speaking (one of our standards).
We will not be having vocabulary this week because it is a short week. We will start back with vocabulary next Monday.
I have taken several grades in the past two weeks. There has been a glitch in the online grade book switching from Mr. Tomlinson to me. We are waiting on a solution and as soon as we have that, I will add grades to the online grade book. I am so sorry for this inconvenience.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Week 10 update
Good afternoon!
I actually sent a message on Tuesday, but did not send it correctly. I m still learning Skyward. I am so sorry if there has been confusion this week!
I wanted to let you all know that I am back at school and have loved getting to know your students this week!
This week we have been busy with taking notes on essay writing and learning how to pull apart various prompts. We completed unit 7 vocabulary by checking it in class today. The test will be tomorrow. All vocabulary lists, from now on, can be found here. You can also find weekly updates and any other important information.
Next week, we will be continuing our writing unit and be working through vocabulary unit 8. The vocabulary work will be due on Thursday and the test will be Friday.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Johnson
I actually sent a message on Tuesday, but did not send it correctly. I m still learning Skyward. I am so sorry if there has been confusion this week!
I wanted to let you all know that I am back at school and have loved getting to know your students this week!
This week we have been busy with taking notes on essay writing and learning how to pull apart various prompts. We completed unit 7 vocabulary by checking it in class today. The test will be tomorrow. All vocabulary lists, from now on, can be found here. You can also find weekly updates and any other important information.
Next week, we will be continuing our writing unit and be working through vocabulary unit 8. The vocabulary work will be due on Thursday and the test will be Friday.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Johnson