8th. Graders have been working hard to pass the Illinois Constitution. We are moving into study more about our government, and how it came about.

7th. graders and myself have teamed up with Mr. Berry for Literature, and will be reading a short story called Zebra, by Chaim Potok, and creating our first vocabulary podcast using garageband.

Welcome Back for the 2010-11 school year!!!!

We will be "Rockin the Mac Books". I am so excited about the new technology that awaits us this year in our learning! We will also have a Promethean Whiteboard that will be installed hopefully this week as well, to add to our technology.

Roll Out for the Mac's will be Thursday, August 26th. at 9:00 a.m. Your parents are welcome to attend.

Wow! What a busy year we have had! In Language Arts we worked really hard on persuasive and narrative writings for ISAT, using the Four Square Method. We are now focusing on Vocabulary words by doing word of the day where we define the word, draw a picture, and use the word in a sentence.

In Math we learned about basic geometry skills including perimeter, area, circumference, etc.

We are now exploring Career Math that involves solving multi-step story problems while looking in on some cool careers at the same time.

In Science we are now studying cells, organs, tissues and systems.

In Social Studies we are reading about some Great Rescues and Disasters that have happened over time.