5th grade:

Spelling words go home on Friday to be written five times each and are due on Monday. A spelling worksheet is homework on Monday or finished in class on Tuesday. The pretests are on Tuesday with the final test on Wednesday. An A+ on Tuesday means no test for the student on Wednesday! (See the bottom of this page for more information on spelling.

In the English book we are beginning possessive nouns. Students should expect a worksheet each day (or a book assignment) over these lessons. We have made journals and will be writing in them a few times each week during class. 

6th Grade:

Spelling words are sent home on Fridays to be written five times each for Monday. Pretests are on Tuesday; final tests on Wednesday. An A+ on Tuesday means no test on Wednesday! (See the bottom of this page for more information on spelling.)

We are studying punctuation usage. Students should expect a worksheet almost every day.

7th Grade:

Spelling words are sent home on Fridays to be written three times each for Monday. Special challenge words are written five times each.  Pretests are on Tuesday; final tests on Wednesday. An A+ on Tuesday means no test on Wednesday! (See bottom of this page for more information on spelling. We are finishing the chapter on nouns and pronouns, starting the chapter review, and will be having a test later next week (Nov. 16).

8th Grade:

Each week eighth graders have vocabulary study from a unique program. Students learn three new words every Monday, write them on color-coded paper, and paperclip them together with the three words from all the previous weeks of the quarter. We review the words in various different types of activities during the week, and on Friday take a quiz. Each week three more words are added to their collection, with all of them on the quiz. By the end of the quarter, there will be 27 words. Then we will start over with just three words, etc. So far, during the second quarter we have learned enigma, eccentric, obstinate, expunge, apprehend, euphemism and more! 

We are also working on punctuation usage.

Although the eighth graders do not have spelling on a regular basis, they do have a list occasionally that is based completely on words that were misspelled in their own writing.

See the links below on parallel structure and thesis writing. 

  AR BOOKMARKS - See photo below

When students earn AR points by reading books in Mrs. Wrage's reading class, they can win an extra prize from Mrs. Acton. For every 100 points earned, students win a bookmark  of their choice from her collection. This photo shows the names and numbers of points earned.

Green = 100 points, purple = 200 points, pink = 300 points, decorated blue paper = 400 points (only 6 kids made it), and pink heart-shaped paper = 500 points. Last year only Sadie in 7th grade and Cheyenne in 8th grade made it over 500 points!

So far this year three students have already earned 100 points, an eighth grader, a seventh grader, and a sixth grader.