Pack the Place

We are in the middle of the spirit week leading up to Pack the Place. Pack the Place is an event held to support our athletes.The goal is to pack the gym with as many fans as possible to cheer our basketball teams on. Wednesday, February 3rd, is the girls' basketball game and on Thursday, February, 4th is the boys' basketball game. Before each game there will be a pre-game show with games, contests, and the choir and pep band performances. At the pre-game shows certain teachers will be pied in the face by students. On Wednesday, Mrs. Myers, Mr. Little, Ms. Enzbigilis, Ms. Payne, Ms. Cerney, and Ms. Coppoletta will be pied. On Thursday Mrs. Mesker, Mrs. Mixon, Mr. Safranski, Mr. Windsor, and I will be pied. "Pie in the Face" tickets are being sold during lunch for one dollar. Students' names will be pulled the day of the event to see who will get to pie the teachers. They should be fun days, so come out and support the teams!

Spirit Days:
Monday- Ugly Shirt Day
Tuesday- No School, Teachers' Institute
Wednesday- Green Day
Thursday- Gold Day

A Peek at Next Week

Next week in Language Arts we will be taking a verb test on Lessons 1-8 in the verb unit. Students are welcome to use a note-card of notes on the test. The test will cover action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs. It will also cover present and past participles, the perfect tenses for regular and irregular verbs, and the progressive forms of verbs.

In Reading we will continue to read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. We hope to read chapters 1-6, and to continue going over our new vocabulary.

Important Days:
Thursday: Verb Test, Twin Day
Friday: AR book report due, Snuggie/PJ Day

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie

Next week we will begin our new novel, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, by Jordan Sonnenblick. It is a great story about a kid named Steven who is trying to make it through his eighth grade year. While Steven is trying to survive junior high school, his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia. Between drums, girls and dangerous pie, Steven finds ways to cope with his problems. We will begin the novel by discussing stresses that teenagers face on a daily basis, going over vocabulary, and making predictions.

Important Days:
Monday- No School, Martin Luther King's Day
Tuesday- Mid-terms

Poetry

Next week we will begin a short poetry unit. We will go over different poetry terms, and analyze poems we read in class. We will be reading "Casey at the Bat," and the dramatic "Highwayman." We will also be working on drawing inferences, and will review our punctuation unit.

Important Days:
Tuesday- IOWA Testing
Wednesday- IOWA Testing
Thursday- IOWA Testing

Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed their breaks and stayed warm. This week we will be working on our punctuation unit and extended responses in Reading. .