Week 22: Parts of Speech

Stop! It's Grammar Time all January long:) We'll be covering parts of speech, prepositions, capitalization, conjunctions, as well as simple, compound and complex sentences. This is all in preparation for essay writing. It's essential that students learn and understand these foundational skills and I'm doing all I can to make it fun:)

Please read...30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week is the goal. Reading = increased reading ability.

Grammar instruction is very hands-on each day. Students will receive points for being in attendance each day, filling out notes and participating in the learning activity. Points may be deducted for disruptive behavior that stops the learning process. There will be a CFA (common formative assessment) as well as occasional quizzes along the way. If students miss a day, they must come in before class the next day OR during advisory (please ask me to request you) to get the notes and practice. Please take charge of your learning and don't get behind.

We are listening to Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus as our class read aloud novel. It's a fantastic sequel to the book we studied earlier this year. If students want to count it as a novel read, they need to miss no more than 3 days in the month of January. If they do miss more than 3 days, they cannot count the book unless they make up the reading they've missed.

I do love this group of students and am very thankful to be their teacher. As always, I'm available and willing to help you succeed! Please let me know how I can help.

Week 22:

January 6-January 10

Monday, January 13th
7th grade LA Department Reading Party
for students who read 4 books before midterm
READING LOG DUE TODAY!!!

Tuesday, January 14th
Class Jobs
Class Read Aloud: Insignificant Events II
Pronouns and Adjectives
Notes and Practice

Wednesday, January 15th
Class Read Aloud: Insignificant Events II
Verbs and Adverbs
Notes and Practice

Thursday, January 16th
Counseling Lesson for all students

Friday, January 17th
Class Read Aloud: Insignificant Events II
Interjections, Articles & Possessive Nouns
Notes and Practice