DAILY HOMEWORK & HELPFUL LINKS

This is the daily homework for Mrs. Minor's classes:

Monday: Reading Log and Spelling (format for Reading Log below)
Tuesday: Reading Log and Spelling
Wednesday: Reading Log and Spelling
Thursday: Reading Log and Spelling (Spelling due & test on Lesson Friday morning)
Friday: Reading Log (due Monday or next school day)

Note: Spelling Review Lessons have 6 pages and there is no test on Friday.

Click here for information on Extra Credit.

Click here to check grades on PowerSchool Student & Parent Portal.

To contact Mrs. Minor directly: gminor@rcsdk8.net

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  NAME _______________________                    PERIOD ____
        
READING LOG
30 MINUTES READING PER NIGHT-50 words written

CLASS WEBSITE: www.mrsminorsclasses.blogspot.com (check here for what’s going on in our classes)

Ideas for Log Entries: summary; personal reaction; character analysis; analysis of literary technique; what the dialogue reveals about the character’s personality; analyze cause & effect, identify idioms, analogies, metaphors, or similes; definitions of 5 new words; discuss a theme the author is advancing; analyze how the author is developing the plot; cool descriptions of setting or place; wild & crazy stuff you love about the section you read. ENJOY!!!

Title of Book ____________________ Author ___________________ # of pages ____

_____MONDAY: pages read _________

_____TUESDAY: pages read _________

_____WEDNESDAY: pages read _________

_____THURSDAY: pages read _________

_____FRIDAY: pages read _________

 

12/15/14 --- 12/19/14

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!
CLASSES RESUME Tuesday, January 6, 2015.

11/10/14---11/14/14

NEXT WEEK IS WESTMINSTER WOODS! HAVE FUN OUT IN NATURE!

KIDS STAYING IN CLASS NEXT WEEK WILL HAVE OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES (hint: we may get outside and do some gardening and nature hikes!)

11/3/14---11/7/14

 

10/27/14---10/31/14

10/20/14-10/24/14

10/6/14-10/10/14

9/29/14-10/3/14

 

Several students were able to make it to the 50th Annual San Francisco Public Library's Big Book Sale this past weekend! One student made the family outing an all-day event by going to Olive Garden for dinner. Families were able to pick up plenty of wonderful, old books for a dollar apiece! Mrs. Minor ended up leaving the sale with 294 books, filling up 2 shopping carts! She scored a class set of excellent quality dictionaries (Merriam-Webster, American Heritage, & Oxford) and books of quotations---and books on typing, birds, animals in general, ancient history, trees, ponds, and frogs. All these works will help with our new emphasis on non-fiction informational reading. 

WESTMINSTER WOODS OUTDOOR EDUCATION MEETING

Mandatory Meeting: Monday, October 6, at 6:30 pm in the MUB.

Good morning, Clifford families! The office has informed me that there is a mandatory 7th grade parent/guardian meeting about the upcoming week-long Westminster Woods outdoor education trip scheduled for November. Spread the word to other 7th grade families. Call the office if you have any questions.

9/15/14-9/19/14

HOMEWORK BOARD

DAILY ROUTINE FOR THE WEEK

      Don't Forget: Back-to-School Night this Thursday!

PROGRESS REPORTS were handed out to students on Tuesday, September 16th.
Get them signed by your parent or guardian. They are due back to Mrs. Minor by Friday!

WEDNESDAY'S COMPUTER LESSON:http://blnds.co/1m8JSL8

9/8/14-9/12/14

Homework Board

9/1/14-9/5/14

DAILY ROUTINE FOR THE WEEK

HOMEWORK BOARD

8/25/14-8/29/14

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Homework Board

                

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Hi 2014-2015 Students! Welcome to our first computer lesson. Please copy and paste this URL into your browser:

https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/ePAxSoGHdT2naA/living-online?feature=embed

2/3/14---2/7/14

A New Year!

HELLO PARENTS! PLEASE SIGN UP: YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WEEKLY WHEN OUR BLOG IS UPDATED.

Happy New Year! And thank you for your patience while Ms. Boissevain and I got the kids settled into their routines. Yes, it takes several months!

We will finish out this year with this URL and plan on having a Boissevain/Minor blog for next year. Posting photos of our classwork/homework board is the easiest way for us to keep up, so that is the procedure. You can also expect to see some fun in-class photos that you wouldn't normally get to see.

Contact us by email if you have any questions: gminor@rcsdk8.net and jboissevain@rcsdk8.net.

February 25, 2013 - March 1, 2013

NEXT TUESDAY IS THE STATEWIDE 7TH GRADE WRITING TEST! We have all worked very hard all year long and are fully prepared for the challenge. Bring it on!!!

And on Friday, we celebrate all our hard work with the annual End-of-the-Writing-Test Party!!! One of my favorite events, it is organized entirely by the 7th grade students. It is the high point of seventh grade when they show themselves to be a mature, unified team. They always make me so proud! And it is a fitting end to a long journey. We're done with essays: creative writing for the rest of the year!!!

February 11, 2013 --- February 15, 2013

Countdown to the California State Writing Test---21 more days!

February 4 --- February 8

2/4/13~2/8/13

Technical difficulties kept me from updating the homework blog, but now I am back on track.

Great news for the new year: our Junior High assignments and grades are available to see on the parent portal of PowerSchool. My goal is to update the gradebook every Monday by 5 pm so that you can see if your child turned in their Spelling homework on Friday and their Reading Logs on Monday. Encourage your son or daughter to look up their grades regularly, as this will help develop solid academic habits and goal-setting skills.

And finally, the Frog Pond Fundraiser raised over $4,800 last week!!! Check out the frog pond website: www.cliffordfrogpond.blogspot.com. Above is the Frog Pond Building Team making some last minute decisions before work begins! Enjoy the photos.