Language Arts NewsLetter 
Week of November 14th 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Take time to smile : )   

Cycle 2B instruction begins this week:
(There are only 12 days in this Cycle. )

6th-grade focus standards:

6.RL.3.2

6.RN.3.3


The Big Ideas: 

Author’s Perspective

Narrator’s Influence


7th-grade focus standards:

7.RN.2.1

7.RV.2.3


The Big Ideas:

Inference

Connotation/Denotation


8th-grade focus standards:

8.RL.2.1

8.RV.2.3

8.W.6.2a


The Big Ideas:

Inference

Connotation/Denotation




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Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. 
  -- St. Jerome
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Fun with making inferences:

The little pigs are inferring that the wolf has been playing ____________. 

Email me the right answer for a treat!
 
 

Canvas - Modules 
 

6th Grade: 

PLC groups will meet in the data room.

Andrea Meadows will discuss Canvas 

modules and Denise Harvey will discuss Study Island. 


7th/8th Grades: 


Cycle 2A Mini-Assessment: analyze your data and identify students who need to be pulled out for additional instruction. 



 Reminder: Wednesday is an early release department meeting day.
 
 
 
 
 
 

  • Cycle 2B mini-assessments will be ready for review by Tuesday morning. 
  • ISTEP 2015-2016 is still embargoed! 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

We learn in different ways, depending on abilities, learning styles, preferences, and interests.
 
Therefore:
  • Students have choices.
  • Small groups are engaged in different things.
  • Learning is expressed through drama, art, music, movement, and technology.
  • The teacher isn’t talking to the whole class at once.
  • There is individual attention for those who require it.
  • Independent learners are applying their learning unassisted.
  • There are clear scaffolds in place for students to manage their learning.
  • The learning environment is arranged to accommodate the variations.
 
 
 
 
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