Remind Your Parents about Conferences!

Welcome back students! You have half days on Thursday and Friday so that your parents can come in to meet with the teachers. Please remind your parents to attend! The time and date of your conference should be listed in your agenda.

We have a lot of work to do this week:
6th grade - Your test over The Westing Game will be on Tuesday.
You have a vocabulary test on Tuesday.
Your revised creative writing story is also due on Tuesday.
We will begin reading No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman on Wednesday.

7th grade - You have a vocabulary test on Tuesday and your creative writing story is also due.
We will finish reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham tomorrow and will begin
the real-life history behind the events of the story.

8th grade - Your test over A Raisin in the Sun is tomorrow! Good luck! We will begin reading
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle on Wednesday.

Thanksgiving Vacation Is Here!

There's no homework this weekend. Enjoy your time with your family and friends! As a side note, if any of your family members has a recipe for tamales that uses leftover turkey, I'd love to hear it!
Rest up, be safe, and have fun!

We Should Be Thankful for Each Other

As Thanksgiving approaches, I'm reflecting a lot about how thankful I am to be your teacher. Sometimes I get tired and cranky at this time of year, but I promise I really do love teaching all of you! We'll have a wonderful 5-day weekend next week to spend time with family and rest. Until then, however, we have plenty of work ahead of us! A reminder:

6th/7th Language Arts - Your 8-paragraph stories are due tomorrow at the start of class.

8th Grade - Rough drafts of memory papers are due on Wednesday.
- Final drafts are due on Friday. Extra credit will be given to typed papers.
- Vocabulary test is on Thursday