Just a reminder that tomorrow is the end of first quarter. This means that this weekend will be the last chance to get make up work in. Progress Reports are coming home today so students should know what work needs to be made up!!
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Hard to believe that October will be over before the end of the week. The end of 1st quarter happens this week as well. That means report cards are coming home soon!
These grades should not be a shock to anybody as we have been sending home progress reports every week. This seems to be going well and I am getting a lot of good feedback from parents in the comments sections. I have not been able to respond to every note, but I am reading them and if necessary responding to parents or discussing them with students. All 7th grade students attempted to call home on Thursday during SLAM to schedule their student lead conferences. I have e-mailed every family that we were unable to get a hold of to schedule their meeting. A quick response would be great appreciated so that I know you are confirmed for your time slot. I am looking forward to meeting many parents that I have not yet met. A lot more going on this week: Seffens has a TEST tomorrow on phrases and clauses. This is an open note test. The Diary of _______ Rough Draft is due Wednesday in Seffens. Mrs. Williamson will be having a test in WA Hist. on Thursday. Finally, Science classes are well into their units on Eclipses. Keep checking on the unit outline for due dates and assignments. The test on this unit is scheduled for later next week. Two short weeks in October, and November is coming up soon. Seems like the 4 day weeks just keep on coming. On top of that, we are only two weeks away from the start of Second quarter. Thats right, 1st quarter is over on Friday Nov. 1st. Report cards should be sent home with the students the week after. Hard to believe we are almost a quarter of the way through the school year. Not a ton going on in this short week that I know of so far... (keep in mind things can change quickly around here!) Mrs. Chelin has her business letters due tomorrow, Tuesday the 22nd. Mrs. Seffens is starting a new project called: Diary of a ________. The final due date is Nov. 13th, but there are many deadlines in this project.
I updated the Support page with instructions to join Remind 101. This is the text messaging service that allows me to send out mass text message reminders. This is free to use for you and your student if you have a plan that has unlimited texting. This program does not give anyone (myself included) access to anybody's phone number. You can also sign up to receive these free via email. It is the best way to keep up on projects and tests going on in 7th grade at DHMS. E-mail me if you have any questions about signing up. I hope everybody has a great week!
Click here for instructions to join Remind 101. Good Morning! I have not posted to this blog for over a week and I wanted to update as to why that is: simply put, there has not been too much to report as far as projects and tests. It seems that classes have hit their stride and daily work is coming fast and furious. But tests and big projects are coming in fewer and farther between. I am still working with the History teachers to get more/better information as to their tests and projects, but Language Arts, and Science are in nearly daily contact with me about what they have going on in class. Mrs. Kadinger is also doing a great job of working with me so that I can update you on upcoming tests.
As far as this week goes there is not much going on. Students have been doing a good job of getting their progress reports signed but there is still a significant number who are forgetting and are needing to call home every week. This would be a good week to talk to your student about making sure they have a place to put stuff that needs to go home each night. The only thing of note that is due this week is a descriptive essay for Mrs. Seffens. This is due Friday the 18th. I hope everyone is enjoying the weather and fall season! Seems like we have a lot of these 4 days weeks this fall. Two Fridays with no school in October will defiantly break up the month. I am really enjoying class now that I am getting to know the students better. We are done with our first round of tests in Science and History so I am starting to see more clearly what each student needs. Not a ton going on this week. Mrs. Chelin has an Argumentative Essay due Wednesday. Science is getting started on their new units. I will have more information when I get it from the science teachers.
Parents: Now seems like a good time to Prime you on Student Lead Conferences. This year 7th graders will be doing Student Lead Conferences. This means that we will not be doing arena conferencing for 7th grade teachers. So your student will be calling you later this month to schedule that conference. So heads up on that. Also, each student needs to start collecting exemplary works for conference. So if your student brings something home that is exemplary, remind them to bring into my room and put it into their folder. Mr. Jones sent a letter home with more explanation earlier in the year. E-mail me if you have further questions! Have a great week! Mrs. Chelin has updated her October Calendar and shared it with me. So I am sharing it with you. Here it is:
Looks like there is an argumentative essay due next Wednesday and then they are getting into business/professional writing.
Quick Reminders: 1. Test in math for Kadinger tomorrow. This is over the second half of chapter 1. 2. Mrs. Seffens has two things tomorrow: a test on Subject/Predicate and a Descriptive Paragraph. Both due tomorrow!\ 3. Support progress reports are coming home today |
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