Mrs. Ustach
Last Updated
11-16-2009
custach@elm-street.u29.k12.me.us
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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, ect., after they read nightly. I will collect the bookmarks every two weeks.Standards for bookmarks:
4--> Student reads for more than 20 minutes nightly for at least ten nights and completes two journal responses over the course of two weeks (and/or student reads at least twenty minutes nightly more than ten nights). (Reads over 200 minutes and fills out the two journal responses for that two week period.)
3--> Student reads twenty minutes nightly for ten nights and completes two journal responses over the course of two weeks. (Reads 200 minutes and fills out the two journal responses for that two week period.)
2--> Student reads for twenty minutes a night and completes two journal responses for 7-9 nights over the course of two weeks. (Reads 140-180 minutes and fills out the two journal responses for that two week period.)
1--> Student reads for twently minutes a night for less than seven nights and completes two journal responses over the course of two weeks. (Reads less than 140 minutes and fills out the two journal responses for that two week period.) 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.
It is almost report card time! Grades close Tuesday, November 24th for the first trimester. |
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Grade 8 Per 1/2 |
Writing: Fifteen writings and a long piece are due Friday, November 20th. Students who are behind need to be working hard to catch up. THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF WRITING for this trimester. (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: There will not be any required bookmarks for this week because the trimester ends on Tuesday of next week. For students who are behind, they may read twenty minutes nightly. Record it on bookmarks. Students can turn in bookmarks and book reviews on 11/24/09 for extra credit or to catch up.
Grammar: Study conjugations. Test over conjugations will be Friday, November 20th and Monday, November 23rd. (There will be two tests.)
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Grade 8 Per 3/4
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Reading: There will not be any required bookmarks for this week because the trimester ends on Tuesday of next week. For students who are behind, they may read twenty minutes nightly. Record it on bookmarks. Students can turn in bookmarks and book reviews on 11/24/09 for extra credit or to catch up.
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Grade 7 Per 5/7
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Writing: Twenty writings and a long piece are due Friday, November 20th. We only have THIS week of writing left for this trimester. Students who are behind need to be working hard to catch up.(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.) Grammar: Independent lessons.
Reading: There will not be any required bookmarks for this week because the trimester ends on Tuesday of next week. For students who are behind, they may read twenty minutes nightly. Record it on bookmarks. Students can turn in bookmarks and book reviews on 11/24/09 for extra credit or to catch up.
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