End of May Plans for LA and SS

In both classes we are winding down to summer! This Friday June 1st is our 8th grade trip to MI Adventures. That will be a blast! LA Plans: Tuesday will be the students final work day for their book project. Book Projects are due Wednesday and students will present them on Wed. or Thursday. SS Plans: Tuesday students will complete their Reconstruction Vocab. work. Wed. and Thursday students will be reading the Reconstruction chapter and completing the corresponding reading notes. Vocab is due Wed. and Reading notes are due end of hour Thrs.

Plans for Week of 5/21

Our last full week of the school year: Wow! What a fun/fast year it has been. SS Plans: We are finalizing our study of the Civil War. The Test Review will be given out Tuesday (and posted on this blog). The Test will be Friday. LA Plans: We will finish the year with a book project. Students will be allowed to choose their own books and produce a book review poster as a final score. Monday students will have a chance to checkout books and projects will be due next Tuesday. Individual work/assignments will be assigned throughout the week. Enjoy the beauty that today holds! -Mr. Toole

LA and SS Plans for Week of May 14th

The sun is shining and the days are becoming long...and our days left here in school are quickly coming to an end. I hope that my efforts, partnered with yours, will benefit all students and help them end this school year on a successful note. LA Plans: We just took the Novel Test from the book Soldier's Heart. Students are actively reading "Bull Run" in the classroom. There will be limited homework this week. Students will take their second round of Discovery Ed. Testing in class on Tuesday. SS Plans: Students finished Chapter 20 and took the test. We are now studying the Civil War. Students will be completing a reading note packet as we use the book for a source of information. We will investigate strengths and weaknesses of each side, major battles, and changes throughout the Civil War. Homework will be assigned Tuesday night (vocab.) Possibly another assignment later in the week. Enjoy the beautiful week! -Mr. Toole "When the sun smiles upon you....smile back"

LA and SS Plans for the 1st Week of May

May is almost the last month of school....realistically, it is the last academic month for 8th graders. June is filled with MI Adventures, Handing in textbooks/classroom wrap-up and 8th Grade Recognition. I appreciate your assistance in helping your child exit 8th grade on a positive note....they might need some reminders along the way. SS Plans: Monday intro chpt. 20 and vocabulary. Vocab due Tuesday. Tuesday, Civil War and how it shaped America video. Wed. and Thursday will be Chpt. 20 group work. Their assigned reading notes should be completed in class, if any work is not completed in class, it will need to be finished at home. Possible Hwk. Wed/Thrs. night. Friday will be the early days of the Civil War. LA Plans: Monday we will go over Soldier's Heart Chpts. 4-6 work and vocab. and reading Chpt. 7. Tuesday, we are reading chpts. 8 &9 and they are assigned vocabulary for homework due Wed. Wednesday we will read the end chapters and have a class book discussion. Thursday will consist of a Soldier's Heart review assignment. Friday we will review and work in groups.