Friday, October 11, 2019

Today is the last day of the first grading period. All missing work must be turned in with a late slip by 2:30pm today or it will remain a 0 in the gradebook.

Final Grades: Teachers do not have to have grades updated and finalized until October 21. Over Fall Break, I have family coming in from out-of-state to visit while we celebrate my daughter's first birthday. I will not be working on grades until after Tuesday, October 15 and will not have grades ready to be finalized until Sunday, October 20. If you do not see your grade updated with late work that you turned in, please be patient. All late work will be updated on/before October 20.

Email over Fall Break: I will be checking email intermittently over Fall Break due to spending time with my family. If you email me, I may not respond immediately; I will do my best to respond within 48 hours unless you are emailing me to ask when your grade will be updated. If you ask about updating a grade, I will not respond as I have already answered this in the paragraph above.

I hope that everyone has an amazing week off: spend time with friends and family, sleep in, relax, watch some good movies, play video games, read a book, and enjoy having the week to yourself!

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Today, all students are taking Part 2 of the Benchmark Test. If you are absent today, you must schedule a time with Mrs. Keith to take this test as soon as possible.

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Today, all students are taking Part 1 of the Benchmark Test. If you are absent today, you must schedule a time with Mrs. Keith to take this test as soon as possible.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Today we are going to be working through a review activity for the Benchmark. Remember, you will take Part 1 of the test tomorrow and Part 2 of the test on Thursday.

This review is intended to familiarize you with the kinds of questions that you will see on the Benchmark. These are not the texts you will see on your test, nor are these the exact questions. However, this will give you an idea of what kind of questions you will see and what is expected of you. Please use your copy of the review to help you prepare and study for the test.

If you were absent, you can find the Newsela Review Activity posted in Google Classroom.

The link to the review Nearpod is here (use the code IPMNA if it asks). You'll need to write the answers on a sheet of notebook paper, as the questions are not interactive.

You can also study the following skills on IXL to help you practice for tomorrow's test:
A.2
D.1
D.2
E.1
E.2
U.3

Monday, October 7, 2019

Welcome to the last week of the grading period!

I know that with it the week before Fall Break, it's easy to "check out" and stop focusing on class.  However, we have a busy week and we need to make sure we are focused on giving 100% all week to finish out the nine weeks strong.

Monday (Honors/General): Point of View/Perspective looking at The Odyssey Book 9 (Cyclops tale)

Monday (STEM): Landfill Harmonic

Tuesday: Review for the Benchmark test

Wednesday: English Benchmark Test, part 1

Thursday: English Benchmark Test, part 2

Friday (Honors/General): The Odyssey video comparison

Friday (STEM): Landfill Harmonic

We do have a Benchmark Test this week. This is important - your score on this test sets up the expectation for your academic success this year in English. Please make sure you are utilizing the study guide and review activities we will be doing this week. Your Benchmark will be on the computer, so please make sure you bring your computer and charger to class all week.

Also, this week I will be reaching out to the parents of all students who are failing (or close to failing) English I this nine weeks. If there is anything listed as "missing" in PowerSchool, you have until Friday, October 11 at 2:30pm to submit those assignments for credit. You must also submit a late slip by 2:30pm on Friday, October 11 in order to receive credit for those late assignments. No exceptions. It is your responsibility to check your missing work, ask for the assignments from Mrs. Keith, and turn them in with a late slip before the 2:30pm deadline on Friday, October 11.

Now that you have read through the important notes for this week, please get out your class binder and open up to the next blank sheet of notebook paper. We will be taking notes today.