Ms. Fousch

Week of May 12, 2008

Mock writing on Monday

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

Plans for the Week:

DGP#27 - no quiz this week                   

All students will read/discuss/write from literature selections(poetry/tall tales)

Bookfair - 50% off - it runs from Friday the 9th until Tuesday the 13th - a good time to think of those summer reading assignments (fiction and non-fiction)

***Students, bring  all textbooks from home and keep in your locker until they are collected

***We will complete the mock writing assessment on Monday the 12th - bring 3 sheets of notebook paper, 2 pencils, and a blue or black ink pen to homeroom.

Block 5 & 6

DGP #26

Letter writing - friendly and business letter writing

Week of May 4, 2008

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

Plans for the Week:

Students will work on letter writing (friendly and business)                    

Bookfair - 50% off - it runs from Friday the 9th until Tuesday the 13th

***Students, bring  all textbooks from home and keep in your locker until they are collected

Block 5 & 6

TEST MAY 7, 2008 Literary Devices

QUIZ Friday May 9, 2008 DGP #24 Study Guides provided.

Week of April 28, 2008

CRCT Monday and Tuesday.  Rest, eat well and relax!  Remember to be on time each morning.

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Complete DGP #26 - QUIZ ON FRIDAY

Complete the "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", Rod Sterling

Block 5 & 6

Complete the "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", Rod Sterling

Review Literary Devices - TEST ON FRIDAY.  Study guide will be completed on Thursday in class.

Week of April 28, 2008

CRCT Monday and Tuesday.  Rest, eat well and relax!  Remember to be on time each morning.

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Complete DGP #26 - QUIZ ON FRIDAY

Complete the "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", Rod Sterling

Block 5 & 6

Complete the "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", Rod Sterling

Review Literary Devices - TEST ON FRIDAY.  Study guide will be completed on Thursday in class.

Week of April 21, 2008

Week of April 21-25

Plans for the Week:                     

Students will review for CRCT tests on Monday, Tuesday, and Wenesday.

HW: Get plenty of rest, eat healthy, and relax!

Bring a book to read, a healthy snack, 3 #2 pencils, and a sound mind for the CRCT tests!!

Wildcat morning sessions run from 4-16-08 to 4-22-08

Download crct_practice.pdf 

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", by Rod Sterling

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Block 5 & 6

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", by Rod Sterling

Plans for the Week:                     

Students will review for CRCT tests on Monday, Tuesday, and Wenesday.

HW: Get plenty of rest, eat healthy, and relax!

Bring a book to read, a healthy snack, 3 #2 pencils, and a sound mind for the CRCT tests!!

Wildcat morning sessions run from 4-16-08 to 4-22-08

Download crct_practice.pdf 

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", by Rod Sterling

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Block 5 & 6

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", by Rod Sterling

Students will review for CRCT tests on Monday, Tuesday, and Wenesday.

HW: Get plenty of rest, eat healthy, and relax!

Bring a book to read, a healthy snack, 3 #2 pencils, and a sound mind for the CRCT tests!!

Wildcat morning sessions run from 4-16-08 to 4-22-08

Download crct_practice.pdf 

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", by Rod Sterling

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Block 5 & 6

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street", by Rod Sterling

Week of April 14, 2008

WELCOME BACK!  I hope everyone had a rested Spring Break. 

Block 3, 5 & 6

This week students will work on  basic skills and solidify skills that need remediation.

HW: Complete any work owed.  Practice Skills Tutor and/or OAS skills on-line to prepare for the CRCT.

Block 4 & 7

DGP # 25 QUIZ on Friday

HW: Paragraph:  Setting paragraph, must include an onomatopeia and an alliteration.

Week of March 30, 2008

Block 3

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Block 5 & 6

Students are working on "Rikki-tikki-tavi"  test will be on Friday April 4, 2008

Students will analyze the story elements and be tested on material covered in class.

On Wed. and Friday students will work on Skills Tutor in the Reading Lab to strengthen skills.

We are also working on a project to reinforce literary skills.

Week of March 24, 2008

Welcome to Language Arts

Week of March 24-28

Homework: Return signature sheet from report card

Plans for the Week:

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

DGP#24 -Quiz on Friday         who has read the poem the road not taken by robert frost                            

Research on the king cobra and mongoose from the school web site must be turned in for a grade by today (Monday the 24th)

After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi", students will complete a plot development chart, a vocabulary activity, and a compare/contrast chart. When these activities are completed, students will be tested over the selection.

Block 5 & 6

CRCT Warm-up each day

Math Unraavel on Wed.

Complete research for Expository Writing

Begin Expository writing piece.

Study Verbs - Verb Test Thursday

BINGO PROJECT DUE FRIDAY March 28th

Week of March 24-28

Homework: Return signature sheet from report card

Plans for the Week:

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

DGP#24 -Quiz on Friday         who has read the poem the road not taken by robert frost                            

Research on the king cobra and mongoose from the school web site must be turned in for a grade by today (Monday the 24th)

After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi", students will complete a plot development chart, a vocabulary activity, and a compare/contrast chart. When these activities are completed, students will be tested over the selection.

Block 5 & 6

CRCT Warm-up each day

Math Unraavel on Wed.

Complete research for Expository Writing

Begin Expository writing piece.

Study Verbs - Verb Test Thursday

BINGO PROJECT DUE FRIDAY March 28th

Week of Mach 17, 2008

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

Plans for the Week:                          

Students will complete research on the king cobra and mongoose from the school web site. Go to "Projects"-language arts- "Rikki-tikki-tavi"

After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi", students will complete a plot development chart, a vocabulary activity, and a compare/contrast chart. When these activities are completed, students will be tested over the selection.

Homework: complete any research not finished in class

***Report cards will go home on Thursday of this week - parents, please sign the sheet attached to the report card and return it to the homeroom teacher                          

Block 5 & 6

DGP #21 brad gave sheena his phone number but she did not call him

Download dgp_21.notebook   QUIZ on WEd. March 19, 2008

PROJECT DUE MARCH 28, 2008 - LA BINGO

Students are working on expository writing.  They are taking notes, completing research, reading good examples and will read the selection Rikki Tikki Tavi from our Literature books on page 408.  Next week they  will begin their own writing piece.

Week of March 10, 2008

Block 3

http://durham.blogs.com/blacks/

Block 4 & 7

http://durham.blogs.com/harrellm/

Block 5 & 6

DGP #21

Download dgp_21.notebook

This week students will learn about Expository Writing.  We will concentrate our grammar study to verb/verb tenses.

TEST Monday March 10, 2008 on sentence type, purpose, and grammar.

DGP QUIZ Tuesday March 18, 2008