Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Complete workbook p. 55

A Long Walk to Water Assessment: Thursday, 11/2. It will consist of 10 multiple choice and 2 short response questions.

Have a great Halloween!

Monday, October 30, 2017


  • Reread chs. 9 & 10
  • Complete workbook pgs. 51 & 52
  • Use context clues for vocabulary - not the dictionary (or Google)!
  • Next assessment will be later this week on chs. 6-10

Friday, October 27, 2017

Read your independent reading books!

Next assessment: after chapter 10 of A Long Walk to Water.

Thursday, October 26, 2017


  • Reread chs. 7 & 8
  • Complete workbook pgs. 47 & 48

  • 7-339: Independent reading tomorrow. Have your books!

  • Scholastic book orders due tomorrow, Friday, October 27th!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Reread ch. 6 and complete workbook pgs. 43 & 44. Use context clues to define the words on p. 44! Do not look them up in the dictionary!

7-235: Independent reading tomorrow

Scholastic orders due Friday, 10/27!

Monday, October 23, 2017

Complete annotation for Excerpt 1 of "Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps" (paragraphs 1-8).

Read independent reading books.

Thursday, October 19, 2017

7-441 & 7-235: Complete inference for last quote on workbook p. 31.

7-339 & 7-346: Complete inference for last two quotes on workbook p. 31.

Read independent reading books!!

Scholastic orders due Friday, 10/27. Make sure you get the latest flyers!

Wednesday, October 18, 2017


  • Complete annotation for paragraphs 7-12 of Excerpt 2 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War."
  • Read independent reading books.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Short Response Re-do's are due tomorrow, Tuesday, 10/17. (Original tests  must be with them.)

Complete questions a - d in the right column of Except 1 for "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War". Answers must be complete.

Friday, October 13, 2017

7-346, 7-235, and 7-441: Complete annotations of Excerpt 1 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War."  Read independent reading books.

7-339: Complete questions in right column for Excerpt 1 of "Sudanese Tribes Confront Modern War." Read independent reading books.

Thursday, October 12, 2017


All classes:
  • Finish analysis (third column) on workbook p. 18. 
  • Complete workbook p. 19; explain answers in the white space.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

All Classes: Reread ch. 5 of A Long Walk to Water and add to gist notes.

Friday, October 6, 2017

All classes: Read independent reading books over the long weekend and enjoy them!

Thursday, October 5, 2017

All classes: A Long Walk to Water (chapters 1-4) assessment tomorrow, Friday, 10/6: Ten multiple choice and one short answer.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

7-346, 7-339, & 7-235: Complete workbook pgs. 13 & 14.

All: Read your independent reading books.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

7-235 & 7-339: Complete p. 10 in workbook.

7-236 & 7-441: Reread ch. 3 complete columns 3 & 5 in workbook (adding to gist notes).

All: Read your independent reading books.

Monday, October 2, 2017

7-339 and 7-235: Reread ch. 3 of A Long Walk to Water and complete gist notes on p. 5 of workbook.

7-346, & 7-441: Complete p. 10 in the workbook.

All: Read your independent reading books!