Week of November 11th

6th grade students will finish reading the short story, "The Smallest Dragonboy," by Anne McCaffrey from the Elements of Literature textbook, and complete the Making Meanings questions at the end to increase students' awareness of HOTS. After completing those questions and discussing them, students will begin their unit on adjectives.

 

HOMEWORK:

Students will complete various exercises from the Elements of Language textbook

 

The 7th grade students will continue to read the novel, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel. Students will increase their skills by studying vocabulary, comprehension, HOTS, themes, and author's purpose by reading this novel and having discussions in Literature Circles. Also, students will conduct a one act play based on a chapter between 6- 10.

 

HOMEWORK:

Students will study and read various chapters

 

The 8th grade class will begin reading their novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. By reading this novel, student will understand the author's purpose for writing, the themes, and increase comprehension by examining the characters and their lives as they live on Mango Street. During this unit, student will journal using writing prompts and reanalyze their roles in Literature Circles.

 

HOMEWORK:

Students will study and read various chapters

 

Let's have a fabulous week!! Believing is Achieving!!

 

 

 

 

FROM THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA -  Please visit the Cafeteria blog http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com/ for information on the delicious Pecan, Apple and Pumpkin pies that can be ordered for your Thanksgiving celebrations. The cafeteria is also offering a meal for the classroom festivities at a very attractive price!

 

DONATIONS NEEDED:  Don’t forget to send in cereal boxes for “Ya Tengo Donde Escribir” between now and November 20. The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!

 

 

For Grades 4 – 6 only:

 

Dra. Karen Funes ( gynecologist) will be giving an informative talk on Wednesday, November 20 to the girls from grades 4 – 6  on changes that occur during the puberty stage of development. This will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.  We will be sending a permission slip with your child this week for parents to sign if they wish for their daughter to attend this presentation.

 

For Secondary Only:

 

PASSING GRADE ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCTION - We would like to remind parents that the passing grade, according to new regulations, is 70% for the Ministry of Education. Your child needs to score at least 70% in order to avoid coming to recuperation exam/s. We encourage you to check blogs and Engrade on a weekly basis, and to keep close communications with teachers.

 

STUDY SKILLS WORKSHOPS - To help improve students' overall academic performance we will be offering the following mandatory Study Skills Workshops taking place at the Library:

 

• Middle School (grades 6-8): Wednesday, November 13, from 8:00-9:40 am
• High School (grades 9-12): Wednesday, November, 13 from 10:00-11:40 am

 

These workshops are geared to students in particular.On a later date we will offer workshops that are more focused on parental support at home.

 

The University of Michigan and Hope College will be visiting us on Tuesday, November 12 at 10:00 am.