Friday, October 26, 2012

What Happened?

Wow! Where did the last month go?!?! It has been a busy time, from Student-Led Conferences to the beginning of Weekly Workshops. October is nearly at its end and will culminate in a most exciting Halloween even this Wednesday.

Teachers and students are encouraged to dress in costume and participate in the costume contest! I'm offering extra credit to my students who dress as a character from a book. I'll be playing along too, of course!

Our packet has been focused on the four types of writing that could be on the CST (only ONE essay will be given for the CST)- Persuasive, Narrative, Summary, or Response to Literature. Students will be writing a summary, revising, editing, and turning it in with the Writing Packet.

The LAST day to take an AR quiz for the first trimester will be on November 2, NEXT FRIDAY. Get 'er done, kids!

Monday, October 1, 2012

A Walking Trip to the Library

On Thursday, September 27th, 3rd period took a walking field trip to the Napa Library. We went with Mrs. Banta and Mrs. Hillman's classes too. We got a tour of the library, did a scavenger hunt of library resources and students got to take home three free books from the library book sale! It was a very quick, but successful trip. Hopefully, all these fabulous students were reacquainted with all the fun that can be found at the library.