7th Grade ELAR (March 4-8)
The students will take a practice STAAR Writing Assessment this week. This practice will be timed and each section must be completed in the specified amount of time. Monday and Tuesday: STAAR WRITING...
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Monday – Thursday: We will work on STAAR Test Taking Strategies. REMINDER: April 2 and 3 the 7th graders will take the STAAR WRITING TEST. APRIL 2: The students will write one essay and answer...
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Monday: Discuss Test Taking Strategies. Tuesday: Day 1- STAAR Writing Assessment (Students will write one essay and answer multiple choice questions.) Wednesday: Day 2- STAAR Writing Assessment...
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Monday-Friday: Use reading strategies to read passages and answer questions. (STAAR Test preparation) Reminder: AR points are due Wednesday, April 17. The end of the 5th six weeks is Friday, April...
View Article7th Grade ELAR (April 15-19)
Monday and Tuesday: STAAR Reading Test strategies. Use strategies to read and answer questions. Wednesday: LIBRARY DAY (AR due today) Thursday and Friday: STAAR Reading Test strategies. STAAR...
View Article7th Grade ELAR (April 22-26)
Monday: Review Reading Strategies Tuesday: STAAR-Math Wednesday: STAAR-Reading Thursday: Field Trip Friday: Discuss Research Project
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Monday- Begin research project (1900 Galveston Hurricane) Tuesday- Continue research Wednesday- LIBRARY Thursday- Continue research Friday- Continue research * All library books will be returned to...
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Students will continue working on the 1900 Galveston Hurricane research project. (Projects due May 16) AR points due May 13. AR counts as two test grades. All library books must be returned May 13.
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Monday: All library books must be returned today. AR points are due. Tuesday: Work on research journal or newspaper. Wednesday: Continue working on research journal or newspaper. (Research Project...
View Article7th Grade ELAR (May 20-24)
Monday: AR extra credit is due today. Tuesday-Friday: Character study using video Zeus and Roxanne. All the work will be done in class. Semester Exams will be next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday....
View Article7th English (August 26-30)
Monday: Assignment- Autobiography Poem Tuesday: Decorate Writer’s Notebook. (Free Write) Wednesday: Work in Writer’s Notebook. Parts of Speech (Nouns) Thursday: Work in Writer’s Notebook. Continue...
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Mrs. McAdams’ 7th Grade Reading: Week of Sept. 9th
Monday: *Introduce Procedures and Classroom Expectations *What is Communication? Small group brainstorming activity Tuesday: *Begin ‘Learning about Poetry’ (characteristics and forms of poetry)...
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READING Monday: Vocabulary Packet (Synonyms and Antonyms) (Due Tuesday) Tuesday: Analyze Pat Mora Poetry (class work) Wednesday: Continue analyzing Pat Mora Poetry (Pat Mora Poetry Test Thursday)...
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McAdams’ 7th Grade Reading~Week of Oct. 21st
Welcome! What a great conclusion to this last week! The students did a tremendous job in writing their own poetry, and had lots of fun while doing so. That officially wraps up our poetry unit, as we...
View Article7th Grade Reading and English (October 22-25)
READING Tuesday: Check Reading Warm-Up B and Main Idea/Supporting Details Worksheet Wednesday: Test- Nonfiction Notes Silent reading- “Life Without Gravity” Thursday: “Life Without Gravity” class...
View Article7th Grade Reading and English (October 28-November 1)
READING Monday: Open Book Test Review- “Life Without Gravity” (Test Tomorrow) Tuesday: “Life Without Gravity” Test Read AR and work on Reading Response Journals after test. (RRJ due Friday) Wednesday...
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McAdams’ 7th Grade Reading~Week of Oct. 28th
Welcome to the Half-Way Point of the 2nd Six Weeks of School! This week we will be continuing our unit on comparing fiction and nonfiction short stories by reading “Barrio” by Ernesto Galarza, and “A...
View Article7th Grade Reading and English (November 4-8)
READING Monday & Tuesday: Read and discuss “I Am a Native of North America.” (Reflective Essay) Wednesday: Test “I Am a Native of North America” Thursday & Friday: Informational Text- Read...
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McAdams’ 7th Grade Reading~Week of Nov. 4th
WELCOME~TO~NOVEMBER! “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ~Dr. Seuss This week we will be examining the author’s purpose for...
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McAdams’ 7th Grade Reading~Week of Nov. 11th
17 Days Until Thanksgiving Break! This week we will be finishing up our nonfiction unit as we compare an autobiography and a fictional adaptation. We will be reading “Eat Dirt” and “Playing Time” by...
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