Saturday, April 4, 2009

Testing, testing, and more testing...

After four long mornings (and part of an afternoon on Tuesday), students on Team 7-1 finished their English MCAS testing.

Other than the MCAS, there is not too much to report. Students had a reduced class schedule due to testing, so I saw each English class once over the course of the 4-day testing period. We used that period to de-stress by playing a game called Scattergories.

Returned Assignments
One graded assignment was returned this week. Students received their "Qualities of a Hero" essay (a 25-point writing assignment) on Monday. I hope you got a chance to read your child's work!

Looking Forward
Students will wrap up Quarter 3 by practicing their apostrophe use and working on a writing assignment for Independent Reading Project #3.

During Quarter 4, students will study the literary term theme in preparation for 8th grade and take part in a poetry unit. Students will also complete an assignment for Independent Reading Project #4.

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