Monday, April 2, 2012
Just a reminder: Thursday, April 5th is an early release day. Students will be dismissed from Stanton Middle School at 12:15. In addition, there is no school on Friday, April 6th or Monday, April 9, 2012.
Language Arts: Finish end punctuation activities that were started in class. The activities are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
Monday, March 26, 2012
The third grading period ends on Friday, March 30, 2012. All missing or make-up work should be turned in this week if applicable.
Language Arts: Elements of Poetry projects are due tomorrow. These projects were assigned on March 6th. There will be no additional class time to work on the projects, however, I will be available during lunch if students need help. Students should finish the persuasive writing review if they did not finish in class today.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Language Arts- Students will be working on their poetry project books in class. Completed poetry project books are due on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. All completed poetry project books that are turned in by the end of the day on Friday, March 16th will be awarded ten points extra credit. Students will be working on their projects in class this week.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Language Arts: Quiz tomorrow over the elements of poetry
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Social Studies: No Homework. Students will be working on lessons from Chapter 17 and activity pages in class on Thursday. If they do not finish in class on Thursday, this will become homework that will be due on Friday. We are working on the early middle ages.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Langauge Arts: Grammar assessments are due tomorrow. Finish persuasive activities from class if you did not finish in class.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Language Arts- Students were assigned a grammar assessment for homework. The completed assessment is due on Tuesday, February 7 at the beginning of class.
Social Studies- Chapter 11 Diorama projects, including the three- paragraph essay explaining the scene depicted in the box using details and facts from the chaper, are due on Monday, February 6th.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Langauge Arts-Finish preposition activities that were started in class
Social Studies- Work on diorama project for Chapter 11
Monday, January 30, 2012
Language Arts- Complete the sentence structure identification activity “Food That Fool You”.
Social Studies: Students were assigned a Ancient Rome diorama project today in class to demonstrate an understanding of the content in Chapter 11. The Diorama project is due on February 6, 2012. The diorama should depict a scene that displays some comparison of ancient Roman times to today. This scene should demonstrate an understanding of key terms discussed in class. Students can use any materials that they wish to complete the project. Students must write a two-three paragraph essay explaining the scene created in the diorama. The essay must identify key terms from the chapter that are relevant to the diorama. Key terms within the essay should be underlined and explained. Students should bring a shoe box to class tomorrow. If you have a shoe box to donate, please bring it to class on Tuesday.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Language Art: Complete conjunction activities from class.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Language Arts- Complete the independent activities from class.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Language Arts- Finish the parts of speech review from class.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Social Studies: Students are working on questions for take-home test. Students will be working
on these questions on Wednesday in class and turn in completed assignment on 1/19/12
Friday, January 13, 2012
Language Arts: Completed Business Letter Writing projects are due at the end of the school day on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Language Arts: Business Letter projects are due on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Completed projects may be turned in by Friday, January 13, 2012 for five points extra credit.
Social Studies: Read section 2 chapter 11 for tomorrow. Design a cut-out section of a “Roman Road
and label it with a key to show different layers. Also, get a map of current cities to show where the roads travel through and their distances. This is due Thursday, January 12th.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Language Arts: There is a scheduled quiz tomorrow over the characteristics of formal and informal writing and identifying the parts of a business letter. Students are to continue working on their business letter writing project. If they use their class time wisely, this project does not require time outside of class to be completely effectively.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Language Arts: Students were assigned a business letter writing project. The project requirements can be found on my website. Students will be working on the project during class. If students use their time wisely, this project will not required out of class time to be completed correctly.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Language Arts: No homework today. Completed autobiographies are due by the end of the day tomorrow for full credit. Arrangements must be made with me to turn in the autobiography after tomorrow’s extended due date.
Social Studies: Read section 1 chapter 11 and be ready to discuss tomorrow. Current Event article
assigned today. Due Monday 1/9/12
Friday, December 16, 2011
Hooray! There is no homework over winter break. Enjoy your time off. See you in 2012!
That includes social studies 
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Language Arts: Students were assigned an autobiography writing project. The rough draft is due at the end of class on Monday. You can visit my website for a copy of the writing project requirements.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Language Arts: Finish adverb writing activity that we started in class. For extra credit, add 10 adjectives to your paragraph.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Language: Finish the adverb activities from class
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Language Arts: Adjective Quiz tomorrow
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Language Arts: Finish the adjective activities from class. Paragraphs should be written on a separate sheet of paper. Underline the adjectives in the paragraph.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Language Arts: Finish adjective activities 25 and 27 from class
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Language Arts: Complete Activity 36, re-writing the paragraph to have a consistent verb tense. Correct any incorrect sentences from Tuesday’s activity.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Language Arts: Finish writing sentences from class. You need to use strong action verbs. You can use the verbs from the list in class or from the list you created.
Social Studies: Chapter 9 Test, all sections.
Science: Please check my blog each week on Mondays to get the agenda for the entire week!!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Language Arts: Finish the Sniglet activities from class. Groups should have posters completed by the end of the day on Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Language Arts: Finish the verb activities from class, practice 24 and 25
Monday, November 7, 2011
Language Arts: No homework today.
Social Studies: Complete vocab for chpt. 9 and read section 4 chpt 9 due 11/9
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Language Arts: Pronoun activity sheets 68 and 70
Monday, October 31, 2011
Language Arts: Complete the writing assignment assigned in class.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Language Arts: Complete analogies activities.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Complete the Multiple Choice section of the OAA high frequency vocabulary review (33-64)
Monday, October 24, 2011
Language Arts: Students are completing the district writing assessment today and tomorrow in class so there is no additional homework. I will accept missing work through Wednesday. Students check for missing assignments on their Progress Book accounts. Missing work is highlighted in pink.
Science: Students need to complete any missing assignments by Wednesday of this week. Also, please help them to bring all materials from the entire grading period tomorrow for the notebook check.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Language Arts- Final copies of the narrative writing project were due at the end of class today. I have given extensions to students that are still typing at school.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Language Arts: Completed narrative rough drafts are due at the end of class tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Language Arts: Work on narrative rough draft. The final edited rough draft is due at the end of class of Tuesday, October 18. There will be a quiz on elements of narrative writing tomorrow for all classes.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Science: We have been working on microscope labs this week. The students will have a quiz over microscopes on Tuesday of next week.
Language Arts: We are working on our narrative rough drafts in class this week. Completed rough drafts are due in class next Tuesday. Students will have a quiz on the elements of narrative writing on Thursday.
Math: We are working through proportions this week. Unit Conversions WS is due Wednesday and Measure Man Projects due Thursday.
Social Studies: Study for section three quiz for tomorrow. Work on your HELP (historian, economists, location (geography), political) paper for section 2, chapter 8 which is due on Thursday.
Literature: Read to page 191 in Peak. Students should answer several of the literary questions. Phase 5 due on Monday. Just a reminder: My blog (kentschools.net/lsimmonds) is updated at the beginning of each week.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Language Arts: Complete Narrative Action Plan by Wednesday.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Language Arts: Finish writing sensory detail paragraphs that were started in class. Final paragraphs are due on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Language: Finish sensory details/sentence activity from class.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Language Arts: Finish the topic/sensory details chart from class today.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Language Arts: Finish the sensory details chart for “The Gray Cat”
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Language Arts: Any missing homework, or make up work, is due in class tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Language Arts: Students should finish the paragraph writing activities if they did not finish in class. There is a quiz tomorrow over the effective paragraph elements. This is an open note quiz. If students lost their notes, they can print a copy from my website.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Science: Projects due tomorrow!! Complete practice test for Thursday. Test over Chapter 1 (3 packets) on Friday.
Langauge Arts: Finish writing the paragraph on practice 7. We will have a quiz on the elements of an effective paragraph on Thursday. It is an open note quiz.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Language Arts: Comlete practice pages 2 and 5
Friday, September 23, 2011
Interims for the first grading period closed today. Interim reports will be sent home with the students on Friday, September 30th.
Language Arts: Finish final draft of writing if you did not finish in class today!
Social Studies: Complete current events article.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Language Arts: Three-paragraph summer job writings are due in class tomorrow!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Language Arts: Complete the Ideas writing activity.
Science: Please complete handwritten notes from highlighted packets on “Classification”. We worked on this in class today.
Monday, September 19,2011
Science: Complete Reading Assignment for tomorrow. Well-done science projects turned in by Friday will earn 20 bonus points!!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Language: Finish the writing process illustrated chart from class. Noun Quiz Tomorrow!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Language: Complete graphic organizer for the writing process. Use your notes from the writing process packet.
Social Studies: Read Chapter 6, section 4. Complete the assessment questions 1 a&b, 2 a&b, 3, and 4
Monday, September 12, 2011
Language: Creative writing assignment from Friday, September 9th is due at the beginning class of Tuesday. Students should use the writing prompt and their noun chart to complete the writing assignment.
Thursday, September 7
Science: Missing assignments were posted for students today. Any missing work posted thus far must be done by next Monday. Students received the “Scientific Method Project” page today. Project ideas will be explored in class tomorrow. Formal project description due Wednesday, September 13. We are having a quiz over the scientific method on Monday.
Social Studies: Take notes on Chapter 6, section 3
Language Arts: Finish the noun activity for “The Cathedral of Junk”
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Language Arts: Complete the noun review from class.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Language: Complete the Stanton noun chart
Social Studies: Read Chapter 6, section 2
Friday, September 2, 2011
Language Arts: no homework..have a great weekend!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Social Studies: Word definitions, Chapter 6, section 2 assessment
Science: extra credit tissue boxes
Language: finish work from class
Literature: Read “A Mason-Dixon Memory” (pgs. 65-70) and answer questions #3, 4, 5, 7, 8 on page 71. Complete sentences.
Math: Exponent/ Negative Exponent WS Advanced: Operations with Integers WS
Monday, August 29, 2011
Language Arts: Finish your writing from class.