Tuesday, January 27, 2015



Here is a video on Sentence Diagramming. Please watch and use to diagram the following sentences:

1. Mark ran.

2. Carlos fell down.

3. Spot loves to play in the mud.

4.Lily is graceful and kind.

5.Silly Angie is tall, awkward, and funny.

7th/8th Grade Spelling Words:

microcircuit
parallelogram
photography
grammatical
cablegram
hectograph
representative
oceanographer
administrator
weathercaster
consideration
incidentally
entertainment
instantaneously
spectrogram
machinist
illustrator
programmer
condominium
antonym

Bonus:
Communism
Estonia
Fascism
Leninism
interrogator




Monday, January 26, 2015

Happy New Week! Students are continuing to work on projects of ancient civilizations (the Maya, the Aztecs, the Anasazi and the mound builders of the Mississippi (see previous post for information).  Projects will be presented on Thursday and Friday this week.

Students will attend a field trip to the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL this Wednesday, January 28, 2015.  Students should wear full school uniform, and bring a sack lunch. Please do not bring electronic devices, backpacks or liquids as they will not be allowed in the museum. Students may bring additional monies to purchase items from the gift shop or Cafe Gala. Please be sure all permission slips are turned in with the money by Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

Homework for January 26:

S.S.-- Project on ancient civilizations.
Think About It Questions p.63.
Study Spelling words for test Friday


Happy New Week Everyone! As most of you probably already know, I am away this week attending the FETC Technology Conference in Orlando, FL. There are a few things you should keep in mind this week:

There is a project due on next Thursday, January 29, 2015. Students must create an oral presentation about one of the following ancient peoples of the early Americas: the Aztecs, the Mayans, the Anasazi, the Incas, or the Mound builder peoples of the Mississippi and Ohio River basins. Students may create a PowerPoint, Diorama, a live "character" presentation, or a model representing an object or scene from one of those groups. NO posters or drawings please. Students will present projects next Thursday and Friday.

A notice went home about the Dali Museum field trip on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Please return all monies and permission slips by Friday, January 23, 2015.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Happy New Year-- Homework January 5-9, 2015


Happy New Year! I am so glad to have everyone back in place for the quarter so that we can finish this year with a bang. Keep in mind that this year's Spelling Bee will be this Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the Mt. Calvary SDA Church. Please support your children in this endeavor.We have returned to our regular schedule and we will be having Spelling Tests and Word Work Homework. Here are this week's lists for each class:

5th and 6th Grade: