A Peek at Next Week

In Language Arts we will finish up our Noun unit. We will have a test on nouns, on Friday. In Reading we will read another short story by O.Henry, "Retrieve Reformation."

Important Days:
Sunday- Bears vs. Eagles at 7:15
Tuesday- Magazine Turn-in Day
Wednesday- Newspaper Club Meeting
Friday- LA Test

Bear Down!!!!

Magazine Drive

This week we kicked off the magazine drive! Lakeview's goal is to raise $800! If we make our goal, then the teachers will participate in an inflatable horse derby, just like last year. The school will be divided into 4 teams and each group will have a relay team of two teachers. Team One will have Mrs. Wagner and Ms. Lepley, Team Two will have Mrs. Mixon and me, Team Three will have Mr. Little and Mrs. Schulyer, and Team Four will have Ms. Coppoletta and Mrs. Olander. Go Team Two!!!

Important Days:
Friday- DGS Homecoming Game
Sunday- Bears opening game!
Tuesday- Magazine Turn-In Day
Wednesday- Sports Pictures
Thursday- Magazine Turn-In Day
-Golfing Field Trip

BEAR DOWN!!!!

A Peek at Next Week

Next week in Language Arts we will be finishing our unit on sentences. Students will have a Unit 1 test on Friday. In Reading we will finish reading "Zebra" and then will read "Rikki-tikki-tavi." We will be analyzing the stories and pulling out the different components that make up a short story.

Important Days:
Sunday- 12:00 Bears play the Panthers
Monday-Magazine Drive Kick-off
Tuesday- Early Dismissal and Open House
Friday- DGS Homecoming Parade

ISAT Mondays

Every Monday we work out of our ISAT book. We start off with doing part of the pretest and then we complete a lesson out of the book. Last week we learned about prefixes and suffixes, and this week we are learning about root-words. On Monday students will receive homework based on our ISAT lesson and the homework will be due on Thursdays. This way we learn the lesson at the beginning of the week and we come back and review it towards the end of the week.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Seventh Grade! My name is Mrs. Mastny and I will be teaching language arts and reading. Last year was my first year teaching at Lakeview. Before I moved to Downers Grove, I had taught in the city for three years. This year we will be focusing on essay writing, poetry, and reading short stories and novels. I look forward to working with you all.

Naper Settlement

Well today we enjoyed a soggy walk through the Naper Settlement. We went back into time, to the late 1800's and learned about the way people lived. My group's first stop was the Martin Mitchell Mansion, built in 1883. Mr. Mitchell made his money in the brick and limestone business. He made his fortune re-building the city after the Chicago Fire. He had one of the first indoor bathrooms in Illinois. We then went to the Murray House which was built in 1842, and it represented a middle class American home. We learned that everybody in the house took one shower a week and that they all used the same water. (Ew!) They took showers in order from oldest to youngest. We also stopped by a replica of Fort Payne, the Century Memorial Chapel , the Paw Paw Post Office, and ended our tour with the Copenhagen Schoolhouse. My group especially liked the school house where if students misbehaved they had to wear a sign of shame and stand with their nose touching the chalkboard. Parents would then know if their children misbehaved when they came home with chalk on their nose! We were a tad wet, but we enjoyed our day.

Happy Memorial Day!

We are done with our political cartoon/editorial unit! Editorials were due today and the cartoons are due on Tuesday. Students may make an extra cartoon for extra credit if they would like. Next week students will be working on some creative writing, and they will be learning about fables.

Important Days:
Monday-No School, Memorial Day
Tuesday-Political Cartoons due
Friday- Naperville Settlement Field Trip

Have a wonderful weekend!