Carbage’s Language Arts Classes

The week’s focus will include the following:

• Oral and silent reading from text, pages 142-153
• We will complete the comprehension activities on pages 154-161
• Students will write a 5-7 paragraph essay on a given topic
• Reading workbooks, pages 94-95 will be graded
• Our grammar skill will be outlining

Parents,

Please make sure that te children are at school on a regular and daily basis so that they do not fall behind.

Let’s make it an exceptional week, academically and behaviorally!

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TCAP testing is fast approaching! Yet, there are still very many skills that we must cover so that we are prepared for the challenges of the test.

We have been working on grammar skills by completing a packet of previously learned skills. We will continue to practice these skills and review them orally in class. 8.3.spi.3; 8.3.spi. 5 ; 8.3.spi.7

Our reading focus for this week will be as follows:

• Analogies 8.1.spi.16
• Figures of Speech  8.1.spi.15

The eighth grade Language Arts department has also purchased the TCAP Coach/ Blueprint for Learning books. We will spend some time practicing the skills in these books, in that they are directly correlated to the TCAP achievement test for Language Arts, teaching the students the skills that are measured on the test.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! 

Parents, remember that next Monday, February 18, 2008, is a holiday for the students.

Have a wonderful week!

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Thank you, Parents, for all that you do for us at GMS! Team 8-C is the BEST!If at all possible, please help support us by providing classroom incentive treats and colored ditto paper. Thank you in advance! 

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Monday is a holiday. We are celebrating the birth date of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Have a safe holiday!

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Welcome Back!!!

Hopefully, everyone is well-rested and ready to learn new and exciting skills.

Reminders: 

• Please bring agenda books and all necessary materials to class
• Complete all practice/homework exercises
• Turn in assignments when they are due
• Request all missed work when returning from an absence
• It is better to stay “caught up” rather than trying to play “catch up”

Let’s make it a great and successful semester as we “put our best feet forward”!

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This week will be quite busy and eventful as we attempt to stay focused on our tasks at hand. Parents, please make certain that your children are keeping up with their assignments so that their grades are the best possible. There is lots of excitement in the air; we still have to remain on task!

We are in need of treats and copy paper. Thanks for all your help!

Have a sensational and awesome week!

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This week we are collecting money and/or items for our Angel Tree child. All donations are due by Wednesday. A truck from the salvation Army will pick up our gifts at that time. Parents and students, thank you so very much for the donations that have already been received.

It is almost unbelievable that we are almost halfway through this school year. We still have lots of ground to cover. Therefore, attendance and focus are extremely important. Have an awesome week!

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• Parents, please remember to encourage your children to keep their agenda books updated. This is also an excellent way to communicate with the teachers.
• Daily study time is essential. A ten-minute review/study time each day is quite beneficial in helping to remember skills taught.
• Please check the posted grades regularly . Teachers can be reached by email or contacted through the GMS office if there are questions/concerns.
• Our team’s Fall Festival was awesome! We hope to have another incentive activity that will be just as fun and exciting.
• Thanks for all your support, Parents!

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All classes are working on grammar skills for the entire week. We are identifying the following types of verbs:

1. Linking Verbs

2. Helping Verbs 

Please watch for homework assignments each night because we will complete several practice exercises to ensure mastery of all skills.  These are review skills, so the students should do very well on all assignments.

Students will also write a five-seven paragraph essay on a given topic. A prompt will be assigned, and students will be required to write for 35 minutes.

We will be out of the classroom on Friday as we take our Thinklink tests in the writing lab.

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