Thank You

Maranda and family for providing snack for the entire class!

Sharnay and family for providing snack for the entire class!

Charity and family for providing snack for the entire class and purchasing copier paper!

CONGRATULATIONS

To the following students who have passed Milestone 1:

o   Kamayah Carr-Bunkley

o   Michale Coffey

o   Charity Fells

o   Toni Goss

o   Jordan Harrell

o   Chaderra Hayes

o   Davon Barker

o   Jordan Lewis

o   Maranda Martin

o   Joshua Nolen

o   Na’Zyia Thompson

o   Je’Ron Wells

Edmodo

Last week I registered the students of Room 318 on Edmodo. We will be using Edmodo in our classroom, especially for Weekend Writing. I feel that this is a great way to expose the students to the types of requirements that are offered in higher education (college). We will be using Edmodo to enhance our educational experiences in and out of the classroom.

Please read below for a more detailed explanation.

Edmodo Parent Letter

Love Celebration

The Love Celebration is THIS Tuesday in our classroom from 12:30-1:15pm. All parents are welcome to attend.

I will be sending home in this week’s Friday folder a class list for those students who want to give out Valentine’s and also a reminder of the items you volunteered to contribute.

Thank you for all of your assistance with the Love Celebration!

NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL

The school will be closed on Friday, February 3^rd for professional development.

I hope those students that have not completed their Milestone 1, will go to the library to get their books. Milestone 1 is due THIS THURSDAY!

Important Dates

Please look on the right-side of the blog to view the important dates for February and March!

Narratives

I still do not know when narratives are will be going home. They printed them on Wednesday; however, they had to be sent back due to a lot of errors. We do not print the narratives here at the school, they are done at our Operations Office. If you should have any questions, please contact Ms. Steward at the front desk.

Thank You... Jordan L and family

Jordan L. and family for providing snack for the entire class AGAIN, and also for providing me with lunch! Your thoughtfulness does not go unnoticed! 

College Project-Phase 2

It's official! All of the students have completed Phase 1 of the college projects. 

We have mailed off everyone's letters and now we are waiting on the responses (packages) from the colleges. Kamayah was the first student to receive a package from Tennessee Tech University. They sent her stickers and a lot of information which will be used for Phase 2.


The students and I have begun Phase 2, by exploring the genre of "Feature Articles." As we continue to dig deeper in our genre study and receive packages from the colleges, the students will begin the steps of Phase 2.


***None of the students have received any of the information for Phase 2, except for the introduction to feature articles. I just wanted to give the parents of room 318, all of the information ahead of time, so that you are informed.

The following 2 steps are needed to complete Phase 2 of the College Project:

Phase 2

1. Compare the information about the three colleges with assigned criteria on the Facts and Figures sheet.
2. Write a feature article comparing two colleges and picking the best one. (out of the 3 colleges that they sent letters to)
• This will be written mostly in class, however information on how to access it on Google Docs will be forth coming.