Mrs. Ustach
Last Updated
05-22-2010
custach@elm-street.u29.k12.me.us
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Welcome to L/A |
Weekly Assignments:
Studies show that by reading more, we become better readers and writers. I require all of my students to read (a book of their choice) nightly for at least twenty minutes. After completing their book, students need to fill out a book review for the class to read. They also have a bookmark to fill in the time, number of pages, date, etc., after they read nightly. I will collect the bookmarks every week.Standards for bookmarks:
4--> Student reads for more than 20 minutes nightly for at least five nights and completes a journal response (and/or student reads at least twenty minutes nightly more than five nights). (Reads over 100 minutes and fills out the a journal responses for that week.)
3--> Student reads twenty minutes nightly for five nights and completes a journal response over the course of the week. (Reads 100 minutes and fills out a journal response for that week.)
2--> Student reads for 75 to 99 minutes over the course of the week and fills out a journal response.
1--> Student reads for less than 75 minutes over the course of the week and fills out a journal response. Students have the writing prompts and the standards in their L/A notebooks and they are on their laptops. Writings for the week are due on Friday as soon as they come to class. Students may turn in up to three writings per week but no more than three with the exception of the week they turn in their long piece. On this week they may turn in four writings.
If students are behind in writings or reading, they should stay after school on Mondays and Wednesdays for Homework Help. We are now in the third trimester of the year! |
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Grade 8 Per 1/2 |
Writing: ALL writings are due by June 1. Laptops will be collected this day. (Only 15 writings with at least 200 words but no more than 300 words, plus a long piece with at least 1000 but no more than 1500 words are due over the course of the trimester.) Reading: **Reading logs are due WEEKLY now. Grammar: Independent lessons.
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Grade 8 Per 3/4
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Reading: **Reading logs are due WEEKLY now.
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Grade 7 Per 5/7
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Writing: ALL writings are due by May 27. Laptops will be collected this day for the year. (Seventh graders have 20 writings due by the end of the trimester, two per week, with at least 150 words but no more than 250 words. They should also be working on a long piece (1000-1500 words over the course of the trimester.)
*Students probably want to be working ahead because of the days they will be spending at Camp Kieve (June 2-4). Grammar: Independent lessons.
Reading: **Reading logs are due WEEKLY now.
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