📚 ELA 8: Another Great Week of Learning!It was another busy and exciting week in ELA 8! Students have been working hard, building important skills, and settling into our routines for the school year. ✏️ Bell Ringers
This week, students practiced identifying and using homophones as well as editing sentences. We are also continuing to work on the importance of using our best handwriting and taking pride in the work we put on paper. 📖 Vocabulary
Students kicked off our Anchor Terms 1 vocabulary list this week! Each Monday, students will receive 10 important ELA vocabulary words. Throughout the week, they will complete fun and meaningful activities to help them learn and remember the words. The week wraps up with a vocabulary quiz on Friday. This will be our vocabulary routine throughout the school year, so students will have plenty of opportunities to build their vocabulary and strengthen their ELA skills. 📚 Independent Reading
We also completed our first Independent Reading Book/Page Check this week! Students shared information about the books they have chosen and had the opportunity to tell the class a little about what they are reading. A reminder that students should be reading for at least 30 minutes each day. Reading progress will be checked weekly through our page checks. Our next page check will be Thursday, October 1st. Thank you for encouraging your student to read at home and for supporting their learning! Your partnership makes a difference. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns at ncrandall@oxac.org. I look forward to another great week of learning with your students!
Math 8: we've started diving into the world of exponents. ELA 7: This week ELA students continued our writing unit. We revisited writing terms such as complete sentences (requiring a subject and predicate) and ways to avoid writing errors like sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Additionally, students reviewed the four types of sentences in language (declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory) and in which situations do you use the conjunctions because, but and so. Students learned about the importance of using appositives and subordinate conjunctions to enhance the complexity of sentences in which they write. Students were assigned their first independent reading assignment of the school year. Students must decide on a book to read by 9/30. The book chosen must be a minimum of 200 pages. The in-class assessment is scheduled for 10/30. 7th grade Social Studies students are learning about the impact of exploration using cause and effect. 8th grade Social Studies students have been learning about the Civil War. Math 7- This week we continued to work with multiplying and dividing fractions and decimals. We also began reviewing ratio and rate problems, and took our first quiz on essential review material from 6th grade. Have a great weekend! 7th Grade Science: Students are currently exploring the scientific method and learning about experimental variables. Be sure to ask your student about our milk and vinegar lab! Vocabulary words are available on Google Classroom. Students can print them out or create flashcards to prepare for our weekly Friday quizzes. 8th Grade Science: Students are working on a NYS-required laboratory activity, which should be completed by the end of next week. If your student is absent or needs additional time to finish, they will need to work on it in my room during lunch. Please note that Vocabulary Quiz #2 is scheduled for Friday, 10/2.
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