Monday, May 21, 2012
After careful consideration, I have decided not to include grammar on the quiz this Friday.
We will be completing Forged by Fire on Thursday, and students will take the assessment on Friday for the final chapters. We need to complete Operation Redwood prior to the author visit on May 30th, so that will be where we aim our focus next.
Please don't forget that the week of the 29th will be class time to work on Forged by Fire projects!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Due to my absences on Monday and Tuesday of this week, I will be adjusting the quiz on Friday to only encompass the reading of Forged by Fire; I will review the punctuation students practiced this week on Friday after the quiz and that content will be added to the final quiz next Friday.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Today students were provided with a calendar for the remainder of the school year that includes: Chapters of Forged by Fire we are reading by day, Grammar practice we are completing by day, and the dates of assessments on both. On the back of the calendar is the list of project options for Forged By Fire. Each student must select one and turn it in no later than June 1, 2012. If you are going to be taking your child out of school prior to June 1st, please remember that this project is due prior to the student leaving. If your child is absent, please refer to the calendar to see what work needs to be made up.
Copies of the calendar and the project list are posted on the documents page.
Each Friday there will be a reading/grammar assessment based on the reading/practice that week.
Due to the closing of the Media Center for construction, Reader Responses are no longer required.
Monday, April 30, 2012
There will be a vocabulary quiz Friday - the second 12 words from Forged by Fire. Students ALL made flash cards this week!
Four reader responses due Friday.
Monday, April 23, 2012
There will be a vocabulary quiz Friday - 12 words from Forged by Fire.
Four reader responses are due Friday.
FCAT 2.0 online student comment form: Please take a few minutes to fill this out!
www.FLAssessments.com/SpringCBTStudentCommentForm
Monday, April 9, 2012
No Vocabulary Quiz this week.
"The Phantom Tollbooth" assessment Thursday.
FCAT Reading review Friday with Mrs. Robson/4 Reader Responses due Friday.
Monday, April 2, 2012
*Students were provided with their first Q4 Progress sheets today
Vocabulary Quiz on 15 words from "The Phantom Tollbooth" this Thursday!
No Reader Responses this week.
Don't forget: FCAT Math is April 16th and FCAT Reading is April 19th and 20th!
FCAT Explorer is an excellent resource! http://www.fcatexplorer.com/
See me if you don't remember your login information, kids. 
Monday, March 26, 2012
Vocabulary Quiz on 15 words from "The Phantom Tollbooth" next Thursday, April 5.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Vocabulary Quiz this Friday (last grade of the quarter).
Four RR due Friday.
Monday, March 5, 2012
No vocabulary this week. No homework Monday or Tuesday. Homework will be assigned Wednesday and Thursday.
The following is a link to download ePAT, which is a practice test for FCAT 2.0:
http://www.FLAssessments.com/ePATS
Friday, February 24, 2012
I just have to post how proud of my students I am right now!
61 A's (including twenty-four 100%'s) on today's vocabulary quiz! Way to preprare!!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Students were provided with vocabulary words on Friday of last week; the quiz will be this Friday, February 24, 2012.
Three summary/reader response paragraphs are due on Friday.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Students will have a vocabulary quiz on Monday of next week; Vocabulary cards are due from those who are required to do them by tomorrow. There are four summary/reader response paragraphs due on Friday.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Updates to the third quarter reader responses are posted on the "documents" page. Note that students are being required to read twenty minutes a day, four days a week, continue to complete reader responses, and add a two to three sentence summary of what they read (that way they're not tempted to summarize in their responses). There will be three due on Friday, as we did not have all classes Monday.
No vocabualry this week!
Please sign and send back permission slips for the film, "The Incredible Journey"
Monday, January 9, 2012
As we will not have time to complete the persuasive essay rewrites prior to the end of the quarter, students will have a vocabulary quiz this week to have one more grade, as promised. There will not be reader responses due this Friday.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year, and welcome back! There is vocabulary this week (week 4 of The Incredible Journey vocabulary), with a quiz on Friday. Students will also log reading and complete paragraphs this week.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
There are no homework assignments in LA this week, nor is there a Vocabulary Quiz. We will be doing some creative writing in class and sharing that writing throughout the week.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Ms. Thoms forgot to hand out progress reports to first period! They will be handed out when I next see my students, depending on the day they attend the field trip! My apologies.
Monday, December 5, 2011
There is a vocabulary quiz this week - students who are attending the field trip on Thursday, or not attending it at all, will be quizzed Friday. Students attending the field trip on Friday will be quizzed Thursday.
Three reader response paragraphs are due this week - same due dates as quiz dates.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Change in plans for the 3rd week of Vocabulary! This week we have been rescheduled to take FAIR testing on Wednesday and Friday, so I am going to hold off on the Vocabulary until next week, when we will have enough time to prepare! Monday will be the first persuasive Florida Writes prompt, Tuesday I will try to schedule us into the Media Center, and we will read Chapter 4 of The Incredible Journey, and Thursday we will read Chapter 5.
Students will have four Reader Response/Dialectical Journals due on Friday.
Monday, November 21, 2011
There are no new vocabulary words this week. There is no homework this short week.
Students have had their first two Vocabulary Quizzes from The Incredible Journey and have read through Chapter 3 of the novel. We will continue the novel the week of November 28th, along with week 3 of Vocabulary.
Have a safe, wonderful break!!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Students are writing their second Florida Writes practice write in class today.
Please sign the permission slip for reading The Incredible Journey and return as soon as possible. My plan is to begin reading it next week - the first set of vocabulary words will be Monday, November 7th.
Three Reader Response/Dialectical Journals are due Friday. Students did not have homework Monday.
Essay Rewrite Rubric:
R = Rubric
A = All parts are included - thesis, two body paragraphs with main ideas, conclusion, and transitions
R = Revisions - student made revisions based on feedback on rough draft
E = Effort - student demonstrated effort in class, asked clarifying questions, and stayed on task.
S = Spelling/Word Choice/Punctuation - student used resources available to make the fewest errors possible
Thursday, October 27, 2011
The marking period ended on Monday, October 24th. The rewrite of the Florida Writes essay will be included in Quarter 1 grades. The Reader Response/Dialectical Journals that were collected on October 21st will be the first grade in Quarter 2. The only homework students had this week was to read.
Monday, October 17, 2011
There will be four Reader Response/Dialectical Journals due on Friday. The rewrite of the Florida Writes essay will be completed in class this week and turned in on Wednesday, and is for an Essay/Project grade for Quarter 1. This week the vocabulary will be from the story story we are reading, "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury in our LA text. The vocabulary handout is posted on the "Documents" page of my website. The grading period ends on Monday of next week.
Monday, October 10, 2011
There will be four Reader Response/Dialectical Journals due on Friday. We will be focusing in class this week on re-writing the first Florida Writes essay. The rewrite will be for a grade. There will be no vocabulary quiz this week. Media Center trip is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Due to the change in our schedule on Wednesday, October 5th, I will be rescheduling the Vocabulary #1 make up for absent students to this Friday, after the schedule Vocabulary #2 quiz.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Progress Reports for LA will be coming home today on hot pink paper.
Please sign and have your child return to Ms. Thoms.
Students re-taking the pronoun quiz on Wednesday must turn in the extra practice today!
Examples of Reader Response/Dialectical Journal were provided in class today and are also on the "documents" page. Reader Response and Dialectical Journal are interchangeable. Students may use two columns with the quote on the left side and the response on the right side, or they may write theirs the way my examples are written (not typed).