Assignment Board - updated 7/25/16
- Be excellent to each other
- Play Outside!
- Read Every day
- Nominate a Myers Book Club Book
- Sleep enough (over 9 hours a day!)
- Eat healthily
- Stay hydrated
- Vote! (When you're old enough, obviously)
- Keep in touch
On-going assignments
Vocabulary / Word within the word
We usually have a vocab list going on. 6th and 7th graders do ten words each week that are pulled from social studies or read alouds. 8th graders do a different program called Word within the Word (www). It is a study of Greek and Latin roots. They study 25 "stems" every two weeks. Both vocab and www have regular quizzes that are cumulative - all words studied this year are fair game for quizzes.
Extra Vocab sheets,as well as a how-to-complete a vocab form are all available on the "Links and Downloads" page.
Extra Vocab sheets,as well as a how-to-complete a vocab form are all available on the "Links and Downloads" page.
Current Events
We usually are doing current events each week. We alternate between "in-class" and "homework" current events. These are a writing grade, so careful attention to topic sentences, conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.), and complete ideas are essential. Current events require two thoughtful paragraphs - a one paragraph summary and a one paragraph response. The summary should include the who, what, where, and when all in the topic sentence. The rest of the paragraph should answer the why and include any other who's, what's, where's, and when's. The response paragraph should be a personal reaction to the article. Did you have any questions? How did this article make you feel? Did it remind you of anything we studied in class? Can you connect to it personally? If so, how?
For in-class current events, Myers brings an article that the class reads and discusses together before any writing is done. For homework current events students will have a topic assigned to them based on their table group number (see right-hand column). They also have a day of the week assigned to them so that we don't get 32 current events on the same day! See below for the day of week assignments (by first letter, last name). AM Monday A-D Tuesday E-H Wednesday I-P Thursday Q-S Friday T-Z PM Monday A-F Tuesday G-L Wednesday M-N Thursday O-S Friday T-Z For information on formatting a homework current event or to download the template, go to Useful Links and Downloads. |
Current Event topics
Week of 5/11 - 5/15
Local ................2 National ...........3 International ....8 Sports .............5 Edutainment....1 Editorial ............4 Science ............6 Choice .............7 week of 4/27 - 5/1 Local ...............1 National ..........2 International ....7 Sports .............3 Edutainment....4 Editorial ............8 Science ............5 Choice .............6 In-Class Current EventsLinks to the in-class current events are under the "Useful Links and Downloads" section.
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