October 31st-November 4th: Halloween, ACES writing and End Of Trimester!

I have really enjoyed this past week grading Lierature Circle assignments. There are some amazing artists in my classes.  I appreciate those students who have been working so very hard to get all caught-up in preparation for the end-of-the trimester. 

Halloween Guidelines: Yes, dress-up if you'd like to! Costumes need to be school-appropriate

*follows dress code

*NOT violent/gruesome

*NO excessive make-up

*NO masks, and 

*NO eye-altering costume contacts. 

Friday, November 4th is the end of the trimester.  Please see the schedule and deadlines below. 

In preparation for essays, we will be learning ACES paragraphs that will eventually become the anchoring body paragraphs of essays. There are tricks to writing well, and it will be exciting to simplify the process for students and give them lifelong skills.

Thanks for a great first trimester, let's finish strong and work hard! Please contact me at jandi.gubler@washk12.org with any questions. 

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October 31-November 4

Monday, October 31st

Halloween!

Book Business

Spooky Writing & The Raven (pop-culture version, original text)

Tuesday, November 1st

Book Business

Introduction of ACES Paragraphs:

Notes, Modeling, Sort

Wednesday, November 2nd

Book Business

Lesson/Practice on Citation with Scope Magazine

Last Day to Hand In Late Work

Book #10 DUE

Thursday, November 3rd

Book Business

Partner-up ACES Paragraph

Friday, November 4th

CFA #2: ACES Paragraphs

END OF TRIMESTER 1!

October 24th-28th: SENTENCES/VOCABULARY TEST AND ACES INTRODUCTION

We wrapped up our Friendship Literature Circle Unit last week! The students completed awesome Notice and Note Maps and creative ABC Books to represent what they read and learned in their novels. I have seen some really amazing work-these students are fabulous to work with!

This week we will review our vocabulary and types of sentences, and take a test on Tuesday. Students will be introduced to ACES paragraphs, the foundation for informational writing, which will lead to our next CFA.

Our first Gecko Gold Day will be October 28th. This is an epic event where all students who have ALL of their work in and ALL passing grades (No NP's or U's) will spend the last hour of the day choosing a fun activity to do. Other students will be in classrooms doing their missing work to prep for the end of the trimester. Please encourage your student to get their work in on time--I'd love for all of them to enjoy this fun day!

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding your student's grades and/or behavior in my class.  Email me at jandi.gubler@washk12.org/(435)652-4742.

October 24th-October 28th

Monday, October 24th

PLC Short Day (school dismissed at 11:45am)

Free Reading/Make-up Work Time

Review for test (sentences & vocabulary)

Tuesday, October 25th

Book Business

Sentences/Vocabulary Test

Catch-up on Missing Work

Wednesday, October 26th

Book Business

ACES Introduction/Notes

Deadline to qualify for GECKO GOLD Day 

(NO missing work, NO NP's, No U's)

Thursday, October 27th

Library Day

Book #9 Due

Friday, October 28th

GECKO DAY in Language Arts!
Enrichment/Reteach or Homework Hall
GECKO GOLD DAY for the school (after 6th period)

October 17th-21st:Wrapping up Literature Circles Friendship Unit

October 17 - 21 I hope everyone is coming back to school relaxed and rejuvenated because it is time to get down to business.  This week we will be finishing our first round of literature circles.  All students should be on track to finish their book by Friday.  The group's Notice and Note Mural and ABC book pages are due on Friday as well.  Hopefully students have been working on Quizlet at home; they should have EIGHT sessions completed and signed by Friday.  (I have scheduled class time for three sessions this week for those who need it.) A couple things you can do to help your student be successful in Language Arts: 1. Check Power School regularly.   2. Make sure your student is reading each day at home for 30 minutes. 3. Share your reading life with your student.   THANK YOU so much! Our anticipated schedule: MONDAY 10/17  BOOK #8 is Due! Free Reading/Quizlet Update Friendship Unit Guide Complete Notes on Characters and Conflict Literature Discussion and Activity  TUESDAY 10/18 Free Reading/Quickwrite Sentence Structures Practice Literature Discussion and Activity WEDNESDAY 10/19 Free Reading/Quizlet Sentence Structures Practice Literature Discussion and Activity THURSDAY 10/20 Free Reading/Quickwrite Sentence Structures Practice Literature Discussion and Activity FRIDAY 10/21 Free Reading/Quizlet Enter Literature Circle book into Book Tracker Literature Circle wrap-up **Notice & Note Mural is due. **ABC Book pages are due. **Quizlet due (all 8 practice sessions completed and initialed).

October 10th-12th: Short Week for Fall Break!

Thanks to those of you who were able to eat at Chili's on Wednesday night to support our iRead program!

Last week our classes worked very hard learning more literature device terms and grammar, as well as continuing with our Literature Circles. Some of the items we had planned to learn were not discussed because we needed to take more time on others.

This week coming up is a short week. We have Fall Break on October 13th and 14th. We will use our time wisely Monday through Wednesday to learn the remaining literature devices for this unit and complete the grammar lessons we need to finish.

Schedule

October 10th-12th

Monday, October 10th

Library Day

Tuesday, October 11th

Free Reading/Book Business

Quick Write

Complete Theme Lesson

Mini-Lesson: Complex Sentences

                            Subordinating conjunctions

Simple, Compound and Complex Sentence Practice

Wednesday, October 12th

Free Reading/Book Business

Quick Write

Literature Circle Discussion

                       -Work on Plot Chart/N & N Map/ABC Booklets

Vocabulary: Internal/External conflict; Dynamic/Static character; Protagonist and Antagonist