Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Have a wonderful vacation and a happy, healthy, peaceful Christmas , Hanuukah, and New Year. I will be very busy finishing up the Penny Books so you will have them before you receive your second report card.
If you get a chance, I have included a link under "Book Summary" to The Giver by Lois Lowry so you can become familiar with the book. Because of the weather and the schedule last Friday,there was no time to hand out the book.
Don't forget to write to your pen pal. Let me know if you get a response by emailing me at the TMS address.
Hope Santa Claus is good to all of you!

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

Final and Movie on Friday

We are finishing up A Christmas Carol this week. Tonight the team will read Stave Four and complete only one page of quarter notes. The students reading the Great Illustrated Classics version should read up to page 202. We will finish the book this week and take the final before viewing the movie on Friday. This particular novel has proven to be a difficult piece of literature to read and understand. However, the Team 7-2 students have worked very hard to complete the novel in a timely manner.

Please mail pen pal letters soon. I am sure you will receive an answer sooner than you might expect!

Those who missed the MCAS practice will take the test during an AE block to be announced. Those who need to complete the MCAS will do likewise.

The Ghost of Christmas Present

Tonight we are writing quarter notes for the first half of Stave Three of A Christmas Carol. Students reading The Great Illustrated Classics version of the novel should write quarter notes for pages 80-101. Tomorrow we wil review vocabulary and check our understanding of this section of the book by answering questions.

Don't forget penpal letters and essays for the JDCU Credit Union Essay Contest.

Field Trip money and permission forms are due Friday, December 12th

Pen Pals Are Here

The requests for pen pals has arrived and members of Team 7-2 received the names of their new friends today! It will be very interesting to learn about the cultures of so many new countries and customs! Check out the link " Friendly Letter Format"
to help you set up your letter!!!

Stave One

Tonight students will answer the questions for Stave One of A Christmas Carol. We listened to one version of this classic by clicking on" A Christmas Carol" listed under Educational Links. You can also read along on the screen by clicking " You can also read the story here."
Vocabulary words are defined for students but they are responsible for learning the meanings and the part of speech for Friday, December 5th when they will have a test on the words and the first stave. If you would like a copy of The Great Illustrated Classics version of A Christmas Carol, please let Mrs. Jaggers know.