Welcome to 8th Grade Reading 2007-08!

We're looking forward to a great year in Reading! 

Today we set up our reading notebooks for the year.  This is a crucial tool in reading class, as we work out of these notebooks all year and they will contain information that is vital to helping students pass the CRCT in the spring!  Everyone who had their notebook in class today received a classwork grade of 100 points, since students had an entire week of notice to get a 1" binder, 5 dividers, and notebook paper.  The notebooks STAY in the classroom.  Each student has been given his/her reading score from the CRCT as well as their corresponding lexile levels.  More about lexiles later....but these should help you in choosing books for your child to read at home.  Each student must read a minimum of 25 books this school year (150 pages counts as a book).  The only homework usually given in this class is to READ at home 30 minutes a night. 

Last week we spent some time talking about last spring's CRCT reading scores and this year's expectations and standards.  We also read a story in the Literature book entitled "The Kid Nobody Could Handle".  Today we finished the quiz on that story and the scores should be available on iparent as soon as it becomes functional for parents (I did enter them!).

This week we will begin our first novel study using the book "Pigman".  We'll be working with this book for the next few weeks.

Tomorrow night is our Open House, and I hope to see alot of parents there!