Language Arts Newsletter 
Week of January 23rd 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Team ELA is 

Determined to Succeed!


Cycle 3A Instruction Final Week:

6th-grade focus standards:

6.W.1


6.W.6



The Big Ideas: 

* Writing about the reading (RAP)

* Teaching grammar and conventions 

  through students’ writing

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7th-grade focus standards:

7.W.5, 7.W.3.1


7.RN.3.3, 7.RN.4.1


The Big Ideas:

*Research

*Argument

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8th-grade focus standards:

8.W.5, 8.W.3.1


8.RN.3.3, 8.RN.4.1


The Big Ideas:

*Research

*Argument

*Author's Perspective 


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Stay focused and stay determined. Don't look to anyone else to be your determination - 
have self-determination. It will take you very far.
    -- Justice Smith

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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination   — Napoleon Bonaparte

 
 
 
 
Determination gets you a long way! -- Chelsea Clinton
 

6th Grade: 

 

1. ISTEP / RAP resources

2. Pivot - Student Data Warehouse

 

7th/8th Grades: 


1. Getting to know the all-new Pivot! 


2. Assessment Vocabulary 



 
 
 
 
 
 

  • Cycle 3A mini-assessments will be on Canvas and ready for you by Wednesday morning. 
  • NWEA Testing Dates:



    Week 3: Language test -Tuesday/Wednesday  

    Jan. 24 & 25


     Make-ups start this Thursday!



    Use Chromebooks in your classrooms for testing 

    If you prefer a lab, you will need to sign up for one here: HMS Lab Schedule

    Step by step instructions for NWEA testing can be found here: NWEA Teacher/Student Steps-Test Day (Thanks goes out to Ms. Harvey.)

 
 
 
 
 

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Just click here  to log in with your Google account and you will get an email with step-by-step directions.  


 
 
 
 
 
 
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