Carbage’s Language Arts Classes

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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Team 8-C is having an incentive party on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. This will be our Fall Festival. We will have a pizza lunch, snacks, and a movie. The students must earn the opportunity to attend the festival. Those students who do not earn the privilege to attend will have a regular work day. Hopefully, all students will comply with all rules/ procedures and get the opportunity to participate.

Eighth grade is encouraged to pay $10.00 to cover the holiday party and the end-of the-year picnic. The funds are due by November 20, 2007.

Open House, spaghetti supper, Book Fair, and home basketball game all happen on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007! What an exciting day this will be! 

Have a splendid week!

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The students are all working towards an incentive project. We will be having a Fall Festival on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007! There will be movies, games, fun activities, snacks and a pizza lunch. Students must earn the privilege to attend by following all established  rules and procedures, as well as by being up to date/current on all assignments. The cost is $6.00 per person and it is due by Wednesday, November 7,2007. We are all looking forward to a day of fun and excitement!

Parents, please help 8-C teachers to encourage all the students on our team to remain focused, especially as the holiday seasons approach. We really want to spend our time on teaching required skills rather than correcting procedural violations. Thanks for all your support and help!

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Parents, please look for an announcement pertaining to a team incentive. The announcement letters will be sent home on  Monday, 10-22-07.

Also, this is Report Card Week!!! 

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We are very excited about starting the 2nd. nine week term at GMS. There are so many new skills and concepts to learn! This will be a very busy and eventful term for each of us.

Thanks so much, Parents, for all your support. Currently, we are in need of the following:

• Styrofoam cups
• Copy paper
• Bottled water
• Treats

Again, thanks for all you do !

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It’s October already! The school year is whizzing by. We have so much work to do, yet I am sure that we will get it all done expeditiously.

There will be a school dance on Friday of this week. The cost is $10.00 per person. Refreshments will also be sold for one dollar. The place is the school gym and the time is 3:15-6:30 p.m.  Hope to see you there!

Don’t forget that next Monday and Tuesday are Fall Break Days. NO SCHOOL!!!!

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Thanks, Parents, for all your donations. You are the greatest!

Students, remember to practice locating pronouns and their antecedents. We will have a quiz on Wednesday, September 26, 2007. Use your Flip Books and workbooks for review.

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• Thank you, Parents, for all the wonderful donations. All your support is truly appreciated!

• Students will learn to make a study tool called a Flipbook.  In order to make the Flipbook, students will need to bring in a package of 3×5 index cards, a manilla folder, and some clear scotch tape. Once we have made the Flipbook, students will take them home so that parents can see how they are made.

• Please have all Flipbook materials by Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Bring them to class on that date.

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• Thank you, parents, for attending Curriclum Night.  Your support will definitely help to make this a more successful school year.
• Monday is Labor Day. Enjoy your holiday!
• Studying  and reviewing classroom notes each day  will help   to  improve learning retention and understanding.
• Spend about ten minutes  reviewing  (per subject) each night.

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• Curriculum Night will be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 6:30 p.m.  We look forward to meeting all GMS parents.

• Parents, remember  to check your child’s agenda  book on a daily basis.
• Please make certain that your children have their supplies so  that they are ready and prepared for class each day.
• One  very  good study skill is to spend about ten minutes  per class/subject each  day reviewing what was  covered in class.

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