Week 37: April 27-May 1

I can't believe this year is rapidly coming to an end! I am so happy with this group of students and the amount of effort they put into their work. The Book Finales look great and it's been fun to see students try so hard and be successful. We've made great progress on SAGE Reading Test prep. while exploring good literature and honing our skills. It's just been a great week.

This next week's focus will be three-fold in preparation for SAGE: editing, listening comprehension and reading comprehension. It's vital that students are in attendance each day and make-up any missed work.

The success of the iRead program has been astounding to me. More and more students are reading 40+ plus books for the year (um, WOW!!!) and those that finish by May 4th will qualify for the iRead party on May 11th at Laser Mania. Keep up that good reading! The most important thing is that I feel students are becoming life-long readers, which is really the best gift they can give themselves. Check out the iRead 40 Club members this week as well as a a shout-out to David Cosby for winning a national contest!

Thanks for the continued support and encouragement. Please email or call me (652-4742) with any questions. Enjoy your week!

Nation-in-the-News

to present Friday, April 24th

2nd period: *Matt Quigley, Sierra Renstrom, Katie Rubio, Gia Stinson, Alaina Smith
3rd period: Savannah Milton, Clint Wright, Mackenzie Wright
4th period: Junior Torres, Andy Villasenor, Atreyu West
5th period:  Abbie Pemberton, Tony Tami, Frankie Urias, Elisabeth Veltkamp, Dax Wood
6th period: Hunter Berry
* = unprepared, you own me 2

Monday, April 27th
Free Reading
DOL: Editing (grammar, punctuation, spelling)
Scope Magazine: "Your Phone Could Ruin Your Life"
Reading Comprehension Quiz

Tuesday, April 28th
Free Reading
DOL: Editing (grammar, punctuation, spelling)
"Dreams" and "Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening" poems
Notes on rhyming scheme, tone
Figurative Language/Poetry Analysis Quiz

Wednesday, April 29th
Meet in Library
Scope Magazine: "Banned Forever"
Listening Comprehension Quiz

Thursday, April 30th
Free Reading
DOL: Editing (grammar, punctuation, spelling)
Scope Magazine: "The Girl Who Lived Forever"
Main Idea/Support Details Quiz

Friday, May 1st
Free Reading
DOL: Editing (grammar, punctuation, spelling)
Figurative Language Practice
Read Aloud: "The Crossover"
Book #9 Due (Book #11 for Honors)

8 iReaders AND 1 National Writing Contest Winner This Week!!! 
WOW!!!

Audrey Godfrey

Lemmon

Ryder Dalton

Kaden Crouch

Garrett Graff

Keean Kirkland

Angie Stucki

Gracee Larsen

Big congrats to David Cosby who entered and won the Korean Culture Essay Contest!!! This was a national contest and David was also the only winner from Utah--so amazing. David received a couple of books and $300.