Only One More Day till Weekend!!

Gosh!!  This week has flown by.  Everything is going fast and furious.  The HS softball Leedey Tourn. is going on today thru Sat.  Some of the JH softball girls have to help with that.  The JH baseball boys play at the Sentinel Festival Sat. Lots of activities to keep people entertained and busy.

Today in class we continued to Journal with our two characters that we created and actually started dialogue between the two relating to their conflict and setting.  We will continue to work with that the next few days.  We graded the Vocab Wb Less. #2.  There is a 10 question quiz over those 10 words tomo.  We also checked out magazines from the library and the students picked an article that they want to give a 2-3 min. oral report over.  They can only take note cards up to the front of the class with them and it is due tomo.  They must also use the sticky arrow notes (that I gave them) to make these marks in the non fictional texts: things that are important; things they learned new; things they don't understand. Tomo after finishing the oral reports, we will grade their Scavenger Hunt worksheets.
Rock On!!

8th Grade all about Extra-Curricular Activities

School is definitely in full force and the 8th graders lives are starting to get very busy as extra-curricular activities have begun.  JH softball girls are at Shatty and the JH baseball boys play at Vici tonight.  I however, am still struggling to get in my groove as I realized I didn't blog Friday or yesterday.  Yikes!!!!  You'de think I had ballgames or something to distract my brain.  lol. :)  Mrs. Gore---get with the program!!  Scheesh!
In class today we wrote about 2 fictional characters in our Journal.  All week we will work with these characters and write about them, as we begin learning about Narratives.  Vocab wb. less. #2 was assigned and those 4 wb pages are due Thurs.  On Friday we will have a quiz over those 10 words.  I also gave the students a Scavenger Hunt worksheet front & back that teaches them how to use the book--table of contents, index, etc.  This worksheet is due tomo.  Most students were half-way finished when we stopped to go to the library to check out a book for one of their book reports this 9 wks.  It is Student's Choice and they must read 2 books and give me two oral reports before the 9 wk period is up.
Enjoy your evening--Later Gators.  :)

Day Two Down--Looking to TGIF

Second day of school went off without a hitch.  All cogs in the wheel seem to be operating smoothly.  I know my body and brain isn't used to the all day every day hustle and bustle of it just yet. I gotta get to bed earlier!!!

Today in class we did a compare/contrast journal entry using a Vienn Diagram.  Students had to pick a character from a movie or book and then compare/contrast themselves with that character. 
We then read one of Kelley Gallagher's non-fiction news articles of the week.  It was about a girl protesting Seventeen Magazine's use of photoshopping pictures of models. She believes that these photos subliminally send the message that young girls and their bodies aren't "pretty" enough. I used some "MAXX" teaching concepts, along with peer reading to understand the text.  Both of these teaching ideas are based on Common Core info I've received this summer.  We will finish the article tomorrow.  I was very pleased at all students' input and participation in this group activity today.  Great job 8th Graders!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Back to School Leedey 8th Grade!!!!

Well, it's here weather we like it or not.  School is starting; it's still incredibly hot; Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson is the smash hit of the summer; and Team USA is kicking booty in the Olympics!!!Whoot Whoot!!!  I know you think you're not ready but I'm confident that will change once you get your groove going and embrace the rigorus challenges ahead!!  Check out this blog everyday as it will contain homework assignments, important dates, links to the school website, weekly lunch menu, weather info, and crazy rantings and postings by your crazy teacher!!  lol  :)  Hope you enjoyed your first day.  Hope to see ya back for Round 2 tomorrow.

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Last Week of School Before Christmas Vaca!!!!

Only one more week left and I have a feeling it is going to fly by!!  Lots of activities going on.  Tonight the 5&6 and JH teams play at Gage.  Not all of the kids are suiting up and playing though, because Gage has to use younger players to field their teams.  So we are treating this sort of like a Junior Varsity game for the 5&6 and JH.
Basically in all three of my classes, we are going over our study guides and reviewing for the 9 weeks tests and semester tests.  Check the list below to see when your test is scheduled.

6th Reading, 8th Lang. Arts, and 7th English
Mon & Tues= work on study guide and review for 9wks test.  Grade WOS/Fun Facts.  Grade assignment from last Thurs.
Wed= Take the 9 wks test and grade it.  Also go over list of who all has to take Sem.Test
Thurs= Review for Sem. Test
Fri= Take Sem. Test and grade it.

Mr. Winter--Come On In!!

Hello Mr. Winter!!  I don't think you are going anywhere.  Looks like you are here to stay because it has been some kind of frigid cold the last few days.  It's affecting my outside running!  LOL!
Not a lot going on today or this evening.  Both are hs boys' and girls' teams lost last night in the tournament.  Now they play Friday night at Hammon.  Boys play at 5:45 and girls play at 7:00. 
Enjoy the night off and recoup.

6th Reading
Did p. 67-73 in BA wb over Compare and Contrast.  Due tomo.

8th Lang. Arts
Continued reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" play.  Lit quest. p.410 due tomo.

7th English
Did p.128-132 in BA and graded at end of hr.=Figurative Language.

First Winter Snow!!!

What a beautiful winter snow we got last night!!  I was curled up in front of my warm, blazing fire, sipping hot chocolate while reading "The Night Before Christmas" to my little girl.  It just doesn't get any better than that.  A very relaxing way to spend the evening.
Today our HS basketball teams play at the 5 County Conference Tournament at Hammon.  The girls play at 4:30 and play Cheyenne-Reydon, while the boys play right after that and play Hammon. 
The 5th grade went to StarBase at Sayre today. 
Only 19 days left till Christmas!!!!!!!  Get your shopping done and stay on the "nice" list.

All autobiography or biography book reports are due for Mrs. Gore Monday, Dec. 12th.  That is the LAST day to give an oral report.  They must give me two book reports.  It is 3 zeroes for each book report if they choose to blow it off. 

All 2nd 9wks tests for Mrs. Gore's classes will be given Tuesday, Dec. 13th.  Reviewing is starting this week.

6th Grade Reading
We worked on our WOS & Fun Facts lists.  Figured out what all we needed and tried to get them organized.  They are due next Mon the 12th.  A 100 or a zero.  Kids received a typed copy of what all items they should have in this grouping.

8th Lang. Arts
Continued reading "The Diary of Anne Frank."  Then worked on lit. quest. on p. 410 #2-7 and reading check.  These are due Thurs at beginning of class.

7th English
Break Away wb p.119-123=Figurative Lang. Less. #9.