Posted: November 1, 2024
Mrs. Murphy
Notes for 6W, 7H, 8M, 8MFI & 8P
Posted: September 17, 2024
All 3 grade 8 classes should be ready to present a book talk. We will do these over 3 days and students will be picked randomly to determine the order they do them in.
Posted: September 16, 2024
Homeroom -
All initial forms have been returned, thank-you. We will be going to Fletcher's Farm on Sept. 26. Students are asked to bring in $3 to help offset the cost.
Last week was another busy week. We have been working hard at setting routine and procedures and developing good computer habits.
All classes have started a unit.
Grade 6 – The Sharing Circle ` Stories about first Nations Culture
Grade 7 – Refugee
Students have chosen a Character from the book that they will focus on.
Assignment #1 – Journal – students are to write journal entries from the perspective of their character, keeping the time-period and culture in mind.
Grade 8
Tue / Thur – Reading Workshop Days – Students will be assigned a time relevant essay from Newsela.com to read then complete a multiple-choice test to measure comprehension and a short answer question to demonstrate their connection to the piece.
Book Genre Book Report and Book Talk – We are starting off slowly with picture books. Students need to read 5 books and be prepared to do a 2-sentence book talk by Wednesday.
Posted: September 6, 2024
It has been a busy week, and I am sure everyone is looking forward to the first weekend. There were sleepy kids (and teachers) at school today. I just have a few housekeeping notes to pass along.
1. Supplies My English Language Arts (ELA) classes will be leaving the majority of their materials in the classroom, so I have asked the students to bring in a courier bag or something equivalent to keep everything together.
I would like the students that I teach Social Studies to (7H & 6W) to have a 1in binder. We will be organizing our materials into strands, and it is easier to add paper and pages to a binder.
2. Homework
All ELA students are expected to read for 15-20 min. per day, approx. 1 1/2hrs per week, at home. They will have a reading log and short assignments to complete. They will also be expected to do book talks which they should practice at home. Generally, they should be able to finish their work in class so homework will be minimal.
Social Studies - Students should be able to finish their work in class. They will occasionally have some studying or catch-up work to do. Some students will choose to do extra work to supplement their mark and much of this will need to be done in their own time.
Posted: March 21, 2022
Word Work
Like many sites this on is free for a while but students may enjoy it for a while.
Posted: March 21, 2022
Spelling
On this site students can generate their own 4 word spelling lists so they could use it to practice words they get wrong on the weekly spelling tests. (5/6M FI)
Posted: March 21, 2022
English Games
Posted: March 21, 2022
English Games
Posted: March 21, 2022
English Games
Posted: March 21, 2022
Last week I asked some of the students in grade 5/6M to find some on-line sites with games that teach English Language Arts. Thank you Cohen, Addyson and Isabella for sending me the links to some sites.
https://www.funenglishgames.com/
https://www.turtlediary.com/games/fifth-grade/language-arts.html
