Friday, October 26, 2007

Week of Oct. 22-26th

Happy Red Ribbon Week! It was a great week in our class. In Reading group B read a fantasy story about aliens and funny events that occur on a make-believe space ship. Reading group A read an interesting non-fiction story about hurricanes and their effect on different ecosystems. Each group did a great job answering difficult comprehension questions from the story. The class enjoyed great discussions about each of the stories. In our Wilson phonics groups, group B focused on the "b" "sh" "u" "h" "j" "c" "k" "ck" "e" "v" "w" sounds. Reading group A focused on digraphs, blends, and closed syllables. Please feel free to practice these sounds with your student at your leisure. They worked really hard.
In Language Arts group A worked on drafts of their narratives. This group was also able to use the IMC computers during class to type up their final drafts. Each student did an excellent job forming paragraphs and making corrections to their first and second drafts. Language Arts group B started working on supporting details and forming paragraphs this week. The students enjoyed writing paragraphs about their favorite Halloween costume, favorite and least favorite food, and their best sports memory. Each student did very well correcting mistakes and forming great topic sentences.

Overall a great week and have a wonderful weekend!

Friday, October 19, 2007

Week October 15 to October 19

This week was very busy in our room. In reading we broke into groups to read stories from our hard-back reader. One group read about diver and his adventure with a family of dolphins. The other group read about two types of plants; carnivorous and flowering. Both groups worked on vocabulary and note-taking. Each group did an excellent job participating and reading aloud.
In language arts we broke into separate groups again to work on composition skills. One group worked on finding the main idea in a paragraph and creating topic sentences. The other group worked on forming narrative paragraphs into a full paper. This group had the privilege of writing letters to soldiers serving over seas. This was wonderful practice in writing and a nice chance to show our thanks to all the members of the armed forces. Have a great weekend!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Lauren Wood Student Teacher #2

Hello,
I'm Ms. Wood and I have the awesome opportunity of student teaching here at Lakeview Junior High. I will be taking over where Mr. Nutt left off. I look forward to getting to know all of my students and continuing to work on Reading and Language Arts. I will be graduating from Eastern Illinois University in December with a degree in Special Education. In January I will be starting graduate school classes, and substituting while applying for teaching positions for the coming fall. I am so excited to spend my last eight weeks of student teaching at Lakeview and I know it is going to be a wonderful rest of the semester.


-- Ms. Wood

Friday, October 12, 2007

Mr. Nutt's last day! (10/12/07)

This week was my final week at Lakeview. We finished watching the Hatchet video, and the boys did a great job of comparing events between the film and the novel. The boys also practiced a new lesson on Wilson Phonics. I want to thank all parents for giving me the opportunity to work with your kids. I will miss them as I make the move over to Prairieview for the next 7 weeks.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Hatchet

This week the boys finished reading Hatchet. We had many thought provoking discussions throughout the unit. During the week, we split the class into groups to complete a collage and mobile assignment that summarized main parts of the story. Next week, they will watch a movie and complete a comparison alley worksheet. This is something the boys are looking forward to! We have also been working on Wilson phonics. The boys have done a great job participating. Next week, we will be working on writing personal narratives in Language Arts.

Share Your Shoes Athletic Shoe Drive

Hello All!

We have changed our shoe drive due to some unforseen circumstances. We will now be collecting for Woodridge Athletico and One World Running (see details below). We are very excited to see our students exhibit generousity and compassion for those in need.

Share Your Shoes
Shoe Drive
Start Date: 10/9/07 Completion: 10/16/07
One World Running is a not-for-profit organization based in Boulder, CO. They promote awareness of health, fitness, and nutrition by donating running shoes and other supplies to those in need in the U. S. as well as around the world.

Homebases will be collecting gym shoes (in ANY condition) from Tuesday, Oct. 9-Tuesday, Oct. 16. Shoes will be sent to impoverished and underprivileged communities and countries around the world.