We Smell Candy Right Around the Corner!!

Both the 7th & 8th graders are getting excited about Halloween.  Spooks and goblins, tricks and treats, dances and games--all good times when you're a kid.  The 8th graders had a really good time yesterday at the Life Skills Day in Taloga.  Destiny especially liked the ice cream sandwich snack everyone received.  Michael loved the brisket they had for lunch, but wanted more!!  Gentry is bummed she can't attend the dance Sat. because she is in a softball tourney in Okc.  Jessie and Cayla, be sure to check out the video link.  Hope no one is around when you two are watching it.  If so--grab ear plugs!!



7th Assignment
*Did DOL wk #9 (5&6) then took quiz and graded.
*Went over sequencing worksheet that everyone struggled with.
*Due Tomorrow--Fri. Oct. 29--Take Spelling Test #9 and wb will be for bonus; Grade Vocab. wb #9; Grade Break Away p.17; Grade wksheets p.15&16 and 7&8.

8th Assignments
*Finished wksheet from Wed. over "Mrs. Flowers."  Do quest. p.191 (1-5 & Reading Check)
 All due Mon.

We Are Seeing Red Instead of Leedey Green!!

Red, red, red--that is the color of choice today as the Red Ribbon Week starts.  "You & Me Drug Free" is the theme of this statewide event sponsored by our FCCLA group.  Today was wear red day.  Wednesday is wear a cap day; Thursday is wear a sports shirt day; and Friday is camo day.  All students were given red stretchy drug free wristbands to wear each and every day.  The students also signed a "chain strip" pledging to be drug free.  Should be a fun and educational week.  Cordalle can't wait until tomorrow.  He's excited for hat day!
The 8th graders are excited about missing school tomorrow.  They are going on a field trip to Taloga for the "Life Skills Day" sponsored by the Dewey Co. Ext. office.  They need to wear a green Leedey shirt and no opened toed shoes.  The only thing they need to bring is their manners, as lunch and a snack will be provided for them.  It really is a pretty cool program.  The kids will learn a lot.  Allison and Morgan can't wait for tomorrow to get here!

7th English
*Wrote in journal
*Did DOL wk. #9 (3&4)
*Did Break Away series p.12-14=Sequencing and took a grade

8th Lang. Arts
*Read and listened to "Mrs. Flowers" p.186-190
*Gave them a 20 question worksheet over story.  Due Thurs.

7th & 8th Getting the Week Started Off Right

I love MONDAYS!!  There is nothing better than a Monday for getting back in the groove and starting the whole week off on a powerful, positive note.  That is just what both classes did today, as each group was very productive and hard at it.  Too bad the ole' Pokes couldn't pull it off, and it looks like the Sooners had problems of their own as well.  Yup, it was a tough weekend to be a college football fan in Oklahoma. Good thing basketball is right around the corner!!  :)

7th English
*Wrote in journal
*Did DOL Wk. #9 (1&2)
*Assigned Spell. Less. #9--Due Fri.
*"           "  Vocab. Less. #9--Due Fri.
*Worked in Break Away series on Sequencing =p. 7,9,10, &11.





8th Lang. Arts 
*Discussed and graded quest. over "Pacific RR Poster" and "Home, Sweet Soddie"
*"                "                  "  Vienn diagram comparing/contrasting both articles
*Did and graded Vocab. Dev. word origins p. 
*Began intro to Mrs. Flowers and discussed and took class survey p.

Finally--Friday!!

Thank goodness for Fabulous Fridays!!  What a busy week.  And I'm quite sure that the weeks will only get busier with the holidays and basketball season quickly approaching.

In 7th English we wrote in our journal, took our spell. test #8 and graded vocab. wb #8.  In 8th Lang. Arts we handed in our assignments from last 2 days and then just read our library book.  We also listened to oral book reports from Makayla, Gentry, Taylor, and Cayla. 

Lots of kids seem to be going to Stillwater today and tomorrow for football Homecoming.  Hope the COWBOYS can pull it out!  The rain is nice and needed.  The kids are tired of the hot Oct. temps and keep asking "When's it gonna cool off?!"  Maybe the rain will bring the change.  

O-State Fight Song   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkptH0ELwKM


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!

Just Trying to Get Through the Week!

Everybody is tired it seems.  Kids that went to the maize had a late night.  A few attended the Carrie Underwood concert and had a late night.  Scrimmages, gs ballgames, homework, deer hunting.....hard to work in all in with school!  :)  Hope Jordan is ok.  They said he got knocked out at the maize!  Not for sure how that happened.  I think everyone is just ready for the weekend.  Come on Friday--get here!

7th English Assignments
*Wrote in journal
*Took DOL quiz and graded it.
*Started the "Break Away" series.  Read p. 7 and took pre-test
*Listened to Brianna and Zac give book reports.


8th Lang. Arts Assignments
*Made 4 notecards over definitions from yesterday's lesson.
*Answer 6 quest. on p.183
*Do a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting RR info. text and "Home, Sweet Soddie"
*Will grade tomo as well as Pract. Test quest. on p. 183

The Maze!! The Maze!! The Maze!!

Wow!!  Both the 7th & 8th graders are psyched about the haunted corn maze in Weatherford.  That's all they wanted to talk about today in my class.  The United Methodist Church Youth Group is taking anyone in 7-12 to the maze tonight.  Sounds scary, but good clean fun.  Watch out for Freddie and Jason!!  I hear that Jessie and Mason are a bit scared and might just do laser tag.   (LoL!)  Good Luck!  That's a lot of fun too.  Amidst all of the maze talk, Taylor and Makayla were chatting about the O-State football Homecoming game this weekend.  GO POKES!!  And today was Cadan's birthday, so a big birthday shout out to the boy that all of the 7th grade girls have a crush on according to the 8th grade girls!!  :)

7th Assignments= 
*Wrote in journal
*Did 4 DOL's (#3-6)
*Discussed Blog
*Went over grade avg. individually.  Worked on spelling and vocab. when not talking to Mrs. Gore
* Passed out "Break Away" Books.  Starting Sequencing tomorrow.

8th Assignments
*Read and discussed p.178, then looked for bias/objective on p.179-182 "Union Pacific RR Poster" and "Home Sweet Soddie."
*Took Pract. Test (1-5) p. 183.
*Discussed Blog
*Meant to go over grades indiv. but ran out of time.  Will do first thing tomorrow.

I Miss My 8th Graders!

Rats!!  I didn't get to see my darling 8th graders today!!  They were taking the Explore Test with Mrs. Harrel for most of the morning. This test is some type of precursor to the ACT test students take as sophomores, juniors, and seniors.   I'm sure the 8th grade  missed me as much as I missed them!!  :)  Oh well, tomorrow when I see them in class we will just have to do 2 days worth of assignments.  I bet they're ok with that!!  BTW--check out the thriller dance video link from yesterday.  The 8th graders tell me that's what they will look like next Sat. at the JCC costume dance.  Pretty scary cool!

7th Graders Routine Jumbled Up.

Today in 7th English we were not able to meet in our classroom because of the 8th grade taking the Explore Test.  We unfortunately were not able to follow our normal routines.  We did do a journal, but no DOL.  Mrs. Gore didn't have all of her textbooks, so the students worked on Spelling and Vocabulary assignments (Less. #8) both due Friday.  Grades were posted today and should be mailed to parents soon.  The kids are way excited about that!!  NOT! 

FCCLA as a fund raiser sent home some t-shirt order forms.  They look pretty snappy!!  Those are due next Tues.  Jordan says "I think they look cool, but where's the kelley green sweatpants?!?"

Amazing 8th Graders Come Back Refreshed & Eager to Learn!!

8th Lang. Arts= Discussed Blog page; graded and discussed questions on p.175 from "Too Soon a Woman;" looked at and worked on a timeline on p.176, will ask 5 questions about the timeline tomorrow, Autobiography or Biography Book Reports for this 2nd 9wks=due date TBA.  Must give me 2 oral book reports and take AR tests for each book.

The 8th graders are all a buzz about the JCC Masquerade Dance which is Friday, Oct. 29th at the Community Center in Leedey from 8pm till midnight.  There is much discussion about costumes and who to take as your date.  Cayla and Kolt plan to groove on the dance floor all nite long!!  Ethan, unfortunately has to rodeo.  Too bad, lotsa girls will be disappointed without the horse whisperer being there!

7th Grade--Back to the Grindstone After Fall Break!!

7th English Assignments: Spelling Less. #8=Due Fri.;  Vocab. Wb. #8=Due Fri; Wrote in journal and did DOL Wk.8 #1&2.  Book Reports this 2nd 9wks is Autobiography or Biography=due date TBA. Must do 2 oral book reports for me and take AR tests.

New lunch schedule has potential to be awesome according to Macee because the 7th graders get to eat sooner.  Who doesn't like eating early!  The athletes feel like they will have more time for their food to digest and not puke in PE!!!  Only time will tell....

Mrs. Gore's 7th and 8th Grade English Classes Start a Blog!!

Hello!  Welcome to "Gore's Gems"--a blog page all about Mrs. Kris Gore's 7th & 8th English/Language Arts classes and students here at Leedey.  We are very excited (and a little nervous) about starting this blog.  The name of our blog comes from the fact that I think each and every one of my students is a gem that needs to be shined, polished, and treasured.  Our main goal for starting this blog is to foster better communication between teacher, students, and parents, plus have a little fun.  Each day I will post what all we did in each class for that day.  I will announce upcoming assignments, as well as big news that is going on in the school.  Occassionally I will post some of the students' writing assignments, with their permission of course, and sometimes the students will be the ones making the posts.  Once we return from Fall Break, we hope to have our blog ready and going.  All in all the kids and I are very excited about all of the possibilities that could come from "blogging."  Keep looking for us and keep reading "Gore's Gems!"