Week of April 30th

This year I am co-teaching with Miss Frank for periods 3 and 4, Intensive Reading 7.  I will also be teaching with Miss Zangari during period 6B, English 8
Please review Miss Frank's and Miss Zangari's teachers homework blogs for any information regarding the above mentioned classes.

 For All Classes below:

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

Period 1- English Literature 9-12
Daily: Vocabulary Journal- Word of the Day written in a complete sentence

Read the following and complete related vocab. and comprehension activities: Robinson Crusoe: I Truly Work for my Bread, Quiet Happenings---and Frightening, Cannibals on my Island, My Man, Friday, We Win---and get a Happy Surprise.

Period 2- English 9-12

Daily:  Daily Warm Up Language Series
Begin Unit on Mail Order and Catalogs: pgs. 1-15

Period 7- Current Events 7-8 

Scholastic News: Would you Eat this for Breakfast?, Place in the News: Kentucky, Holiday History, Numbers in the News, Be A Quiz Whiz- read and watch feature videos for articles in this week's magazines, discuss, complete related vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 8- Current Events 9-12
Channel One News- Students view Channel One News Daily, classroom discussion points occur daily based on current news topics within the newscast, Word of the Day focus within each newscast; Weekly News Portfolio completion
Friday- 5 Question multiple choice quiz on this week's newscasts

Week of April 23rd

  8th Grade Science PSSA's Tues. and Wed.

This year I am co-teaching with Miss Frank for periods 3 and 4, Intensive Reading 7.I will also be teaching with Miss Zangari during period 6B, English 8
Please review Miss Frank's and Miss Zangari's teachers homework blogs for any information regarding the above mentioned classes.

 For All Classes below:

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

Period 1- English Literature 9-12
Daily: Vocabulary Journal- Word of the Day written in a complete sentence

Read the following and complete related vocab. and comprehension activities: Robinson Crusoe: I Long for the  Sea, Eight Years Later- and Shipwrecked!, Settling In, I Find Peace- and Grow to be Happy, I Truly Work for my Bread

Period 2- English 9-12

Daily:  Daily Warm Up Language Series
Continue  unit on The Newspaper pgs. 13-26

Period 7- Current Events 7-8 

Scholastic News: An Island of Sloths, Debate It: Should Kids Be Allowed to Run for Office?, Blast OFF!
Be A Quiz Whiz- read and watch feature videos for articles in this week's magazines, discuss, complete related vocab. and comprehension activities
Friday- Arbor Day activities, review materials together, complete related vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 8- Current Events 9-12
Channel One News- Students view Channel One News Daily, classroom discussion points occur daily based on current news topics within the newscast, Word of the Day focus within each newscast; Weekly News Portfolio completion
Friday- 5 Question multiple choice quiz on this week's newscasts

Week of April 16th

7th and 8th Grade Math PSSA's Tues. and Wed.

This year I am co-teaching with Miss Frank for periods 3 and 4, Intensive Reading 7.I will also be teaching with Miss Zangari during period 6B, English 8
Please review Miss Frank's and Miss Zangari's teachers homework blogs for any information regarding the above mentioned classes.

 For All Classes below:

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

Period 1- English Literature 9-12
Daily: Vocabulary Journal- Word of the Day written in a complete sentence

Read the following and complete related vocab. and comprehension activities: Still Unsolved: The Murder of Emmett Till, Canada's Lake Monster, The Salem Witch Trials, The Mothman of West Virginia, Unit Assessments

Period 2- English 9-12

 
Daily:  Daily Warm Up Language Series
Begin unit on The Newspaper pgs. 1-12,

Friday, Vocabulary Lesson

Period 7- Current Events 7-8 

Newsela articles Monday-Thursday, review materials together, complete related vocab. and comprehension activities.
Friday- Earth Day activities, review materials together, complete related vocab. and comprehension activities

Period 8- Current Events 9-12
Channel One News- Students view Channel One News Daily, classroom discussion points occur daily based on current news topics within the newscast, Word of the Day focus within each newscast; Weekly News Portfolio completion
Friday- 5 Question multiple choice quiz on this week's newscasts

Weel or April 9th

  7th and 8th Grade ELA PSSA's Tues, Wed. and Thurs.

This year I am co-teaching with Miss Frank for periods 3 and 4, Intensive Reading 7.I will also be teaching with Miss Zangari during period 6B, English 8
Please review Miss Frank's and Miss Zangari's teachers homework blogs for any information regarding the above mentioned classes.

 For All Classes below:

*Please note that all assignments listed are the lessons/assignments that are completed during class. If a student is absent or not able to complete the assignment in class, it will become homework.

Period 1- English Literature 9-12
Daily: Vocabulary Journal- Word of the Day written in a complete sentence

Read the following and complete related vocab. and comprehension activities: Still Unsolved: The Mysteries of the Maya, What Happened to Glen and Bessie Hyde?, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Killer Flu, Costa Rica's Strange Spheres

Period 2- English 9-12

 
Daily:  Daily Warm Up Language Series
Begin unit on Directories and Guides pgs. 16-26

Period 7- Current Events 7-8 

Scholastic News: Piles of Plastic, Place in the News: Peru, Marker Magic, Strange But True  Read and review materials together, complete related vocab. and comprehension activities.

Period 8- Current Events 9-12
Channel One News- Students view Channel One News Daily, classroom discussion points occur daily based on current news topics within the newscast, Word of the Day focus within each newscast; Weekly News Portfolio completion
Friday- 5 Question multiple choice quiz on this week's newscasts