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NOTE TO PARENTS
AND STUDENTS: I apologize for the missing dates and information
on this website. There was a problem with my computer; the
information was lost and is apparently irretrievable.
November 30, 2006
- Read: "Harriet Tubman Conductor on the
Underground Railroad" (nonfiction-biography)
- Read: Letter from Fredrick Douglass to
Harriet Tubman (Primary Source Document)
November 29, 2006
- Complete "Musical Chairs with Text"
- Group Conferencing with results from "Musical
Chairs with Text" - discuss information from activity: text
features, topics, questions, and predictions
November 28, 2006
- Complete Selection Test
- Reading Strategies:
Previewing/Questioning/Predicting w/nonfiction texts - "Musical Chairs
with Text"
November 27, 2006
- Prefixes/Roots/Bases - Worksheet
- Vocabulary SkillBuilder
- Selection Test: from Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored
September 11,
2006
- Spelling & Vocabulary Test
- Unit 1 vocabulary test retakes
- Work on biopoems
September 8, 2006
- Bellringer: Definitions & Analogies,
spelling book, p. 19 (1-20)
- Copy/Cover/Compare Spelling Strategy
- Look at models for Biopoem writing assignment
- Hand out assignment guide/scoring guide for
biopoems (DUE SEPTEMBER 13, 2006)
September 7, 2006
- Orientation to new library
- Introduction to Reading Counts
- Check out books
September 6, 2006
- Bellringer: Word Part Completion,
spelling book, p. 21 (1-19)
- Concept Rectangles: Synonymous terms for
vocabulary words
- Cover/Compare Study Strategy for Vocabulary
Words
September 5, 2006
- Bellringer: Code Load worksheet - due as
homework on Tuesday at the beginning of the hour
- Handed back all work from last week - discussed
vocabulary retest scheduled for Friday, Sept. 8
- Notes: Greek word
parts/definitions; SAC Strategy for learning new vocabulary;
suffix definition
September 1, 2006
- Spelling & Vocabulary Test
- Conversation Calendars
- Silent reading
- WRITING PORTFOLIO NOTEBOOKS DUE
August 31, 2006
- Multiple Meaning Words
- Snap/Clap Spelling Practice
- Vocabulary Review activity
- Partner spelling
August, 30, 2006
- Theme Vocabulary Activity
August 29, 2006
- Vocabulary notes - Unit 1
- Sort & Categorize Game (How the end of
words change when -ion is added)
- "Inside-Outside" Cheer (Reading Context Clues
- Page 5 - spelling worksheet (due Wednesday at
the beginnng of the period)
August 28, 2006
- Vocabulary notes - Unit 1 (adding the suffix
-ion to change a verb to a noun)
August 25, 2006
- Student Learning Style Questionnaire
- Student Profile Sheet
- Syllabus
- Names
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Unit 1 - Words from French
chef
gourmet
buffet
saute
fillet
parfait
omelet
foyer
brochure
suite
etiquette
mustache
memoir
souvenir
camouflage
chauffeur
opaque
intrigue
rendezvous
elite
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Carolyn
Nixon
8th Grade Language Arts
Willard
Middle
School
Willard R2 School
District
407 Farmer Road
Willard, MO 65781
(417) 742-2588
Extension 235
1/15/04©Nixon Updated 1/15/04
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