Mrs.
Stoppel
Total
year homework points, for participation in the Fun Day on May 3, are due on
April 28! Requirements are 250 points.
Students
have the opportunity to read for the Crystal Eagle Award. Student with the most yearly accumulated
points will be awarded a crystal eagle statue.
Deadline for this will be in May.
Exact date to be announced later.
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6th Gr. Reading
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4th nine weeks is
beginning with a new novel for my sixth graders. Our class will begin a new novel after
spring break titled, Number the Stars,
by Lois Lowry. It is an
exciting story told in the setting of World War II. Nazi Students have chosen their own homework
points to work on during the nine weeks (I do not choose their points,
although I will conference with them about them). This is their homework, and is equivalent
to one grade in the gradebook. Because
it represents a whole nine weeks of reading outside the classroom for
homework, students earn a detention if they do not accomplish at least 89.5%
of their homework. With the reality
of high expectations on government-issued assessments, students will have to
read outside the school setting in order to continue becoming more proficient
readers. What we want is comfortable,
steady reading throughout the school year, not homework points that are
unrealistic and unobtainable.
Sometimes unforeseen circumstances at home can have an effect on
reading time (illness, etc.) Please
feel free to contact me anytime if there is a real problem your child is
having outside school, that is affecting his/her reading time toward their
points. Please encourage your student
to be reading now, and not wait until the last week or two. This puts unnecessary hardship both on
students and parents. Please take time
to read with them, or have them read to you.
So much is gained when they read outside the school setting. Thanks for your help! Note: If students reach the goal of 250 A.R. points for the year by April 28, they will be able to attend the A.R. Fun Day on May 3. |
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Seventh grade students just finished the
novel, The Cay, by Theodore
Taylor. They will be starting a
timeless favorite, Old Yeller, by
Fred Gipson. It is an older novel, yet
has never lost its popularity amongst young and old readers alike. Old Yeller takes place in the late 1800’s
after the Civil War. Travis has
settled with his parents and brother in Students have chosen their own homework
points to work on during the nine weeks (I do not choose their points, although
I will conference with them about them).
This is their homework, and is equivalent to one grade in the
gradebook. Because it represents a
whole nine weeks of reading outside the classroom for homework, students earn
a detention if they do not accomplish at least 89.5% of their homework. With the reality of high expectations on
government-issued assessments, students will have to read outside the school
setting in order to continue becoming more proficient readers. What we want is comfortable, steady reading
throughout the school year, not homework points that are unrealistic and
unobtainable. Sometimes unforeseen
circumstances at home can have an effect on reading time (illness, etc.) Please feel free to contact me anytime if
there is a real problem your child is having outside school, that is
affecting his/her reading time toward their points. Please encourage your student to be reading
now, and not wait until the last week or two.
This puts unnecessary hardship both on students and parents. Please take time to read with them, or have
them read to you. So much is gained
when they read outside the school setting.
Thanks for your help! Note:
If students reach the goal of 250 A.R. points for the year by April
28, they will be able to attend the A.R. Fun Day on May 3. |
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We
will begin the book The Outsiders,
by S.E. Hinton, after spring break.
Hinton was 17 when her first novel (The Outsiders) was published. This alone intrigues students to want to
read her book. It is a story that
takes place during the 1950’s in an Students have chosen their own point
goals to work on during the nine weeks (I do not choose their goals). This is their homework, and is equivalent
to one grade in the gradebook. Because
it represents a whole nine weeks of reading outside the classroom for homework,
students do receive a detention if they do not earn at least 89.5% of their
goal. With the reality of high
expectations on government-issued assessments, students will have to read
outside the school setting in order to continue becoming more proficient
readers. What we want is comfortable,
steady reading throughout the school year, not point goals that are
unrealistic and unobtainable.
Sometimes unforeseen circumstances at home can have an effect on
reading time (illness, etc.) Please
feel free to contact me anytime if there is a real problem your child is
having outside school, that is affecting his/her reading time toward their
goal. Please encourage your student to
be reading now, and not wait until the last week or two. This puts unnecessary hardship both on
students and parents. Please take time
to read with them, or have them read to you.
So much is gained when they read outside the school setting. Thanks for your help! Note: If students reach the goal of 250 A.R.
points for the year by April 28, they will be able to attend the A.R. Fun Day
on May 3. |
My 2nd semester
Communications students have finished their fable plays. We also just completed our Community
Improvement Speeches. Currently, we are practicing one-act
play. They must act with only their
voices – no costumes or props on this one.
The next assignment will be writing their own one-act play. The last project of the year will be
their formal speech on Citizenship.
Parents are welcome to watch students present these speeches in the
gym. I will let you know the date
when we get closer to presentation.
6th
Gr. Communications
Study Skills
Students
receive remedial instruction on all
subject areas as needed.