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Email: melindal@wcs.edu

 Announcements
The Young Traveler's Gift Powerpoint  Attachment
by Melinda Leake		 12/14/2009 9:03 AM
 
Photos of making our Veteran's Day Postcards 
by Melinda Leake		 11/11/2009 3:05 PM
 
Planting plants with Steve Bennett from Riverbend Nurseries for The Noticer Project (photos) 
by Melinda Leake		 11/11/2009 3:04 PM
 
Andy Andrews visit photos 
by Melinda Leake		 11/9/2009 9:54 AM
 
Seinfeld History Class Video - I showed this the first day and the kids asked me to put the link online. Here you go! 
by Melinda Leake		 8/20/2009 6:15 PM
 
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 Calendar
< March, 2010 >
 Sun  Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat 
 28 
  1 
  Continue Poetry
  Celebrity Apprentice Group Work (1 hour)
  2 
  Continue Poetry
  Computers in room (hour and 1/2 each day)
  3 
  Continue Poetry
  Computers in room (hour and 1/2 each day)
  4 
  Continue Poetry
  Independent Reading Projects due
  5 
  Continue Poetry
  Celebrity Apprentice Group Work (1 hour)
  PAMS 19 - in class together
  6 
  Continue Poetry
 7 
  Continue Poetry
  8 
  Continue Poetry
  Teacher work day - no students
  9 
  Continue Poetry
  Computers in Room (hour and 1/2 each day)
  10 
  Continue Poetry
  Computers in Room (hour and 1/2 each day)
  11 
  Continue Poetry
  Celebrity Apprentice Group Work (1 1/2 hour)
  Celebrity Apprentice Business Letters and Envelopes Due
  12 
  Celebrity Apprentice Presentations
  Reward Day 1:00-2:30pm
  End of 3rd quarter
  13 
 14 
  15 
  Begin new novel - The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
  Mrs. Blair in class - The Dominance Factor
  16 
  PAMS 20 (in class)
  17 
  Poetry Flip Books Due
  Novel - Ch. 1
  Grammar - paticiples and infinitives
  18 
  Grammar - paticiples and infinitives
  Novel - Chapter 2
  19 
  Grammar - paticiples and infinitives
  TCAP Item sampler
  Novel - Ch 3
  20 
 21 
  22 
  Poetry Anthology Due (6 poems)
  "Espresso Yourself" - Poetry sharing and Starbucks!!!
  23 
  TCAP Practice Test as class
  24 
  TCAP item sampler
  Pottery Presentations and Paragraphs Due
  Novel - Chapter 4
  25 
  TCAP item sampler
  Novel Chapter 5
  26 
  TCAP item sampler
  Novel Chapter 5
  PAMS 21 (in class)
  27 
 28 
  29 
  Novel - Chapter 6/7
  TCAP item sampler
  30 
  TCAP item sampler
  Novel Chapter 8
  31 
  TCAP item sampler
  Novel - Chapter 9 & end
  PAMS 22 (in class)
  1 
  TCAP item sampler
  Novel Test
  2 
  Out of school - Good Friday
  3 

 Assignments
January Vocabulary List - spelling quiz - 2/4, Vocab. Test - 2/5
Begin working on research for research paper - all research and note cards are due 1/27
Independent Reading Projects Due 1/28 & 3/4 (1 of choice and 1 biography or autobiography)
Do Independent Reading (30 min. per night)
  		 

 Course Resources
  Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
  Great interative sites for students in all subject areas
  National Geographic Kids
  I Know That.....Really, How Much Do You Know?
  Fun Grammar Games Online
  Great Grammar Practice and Review
  Grammar Gorillas
  Funbrain - Plurals
  Funbrain - Word Confusion (homonyms)
  Funbrain - Spelling games
  Four games about Punctuation
  Grammar Blast! - grammar games
  Analogy Challenge
  Antonym Challenge
  Synonym Challenge
  Vocabulary Fun
  Find a Good Book to Read on This Site
  Superthinkers - Solve the Mysteries
  FFFBI - Crack the Case!
  Book Adventure - Find books on reading levels and take quizzes
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 District Resources
  Heritage Middle School
  WCS Student Resources
  Discovery Education Streaming
  netTrekker d.i.
  TN Electronic Library
  Grolier Online
  ProQuest
  HMS 7th Grade Testing Calendar