Starfish English Language Arts

When I’m Gone…

dlancaster — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:46:27 +0000

Power Planning not a snore….

Tell me your thoughts on the jigsaw activity…

What would you change?

What did you like?

What needs improvement?

How about T-rebel’s Song for Sydney?

Lost Generation Gab Slab

dlancaster — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:06:20 +0000

This is the link for Lost Generation. Watch it several times. Start to fill in your CSI Poetry Graphic for gab slab discussion tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA&feature=related

Happy Birthday Sydney!

dlancaster — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:52:58 +0000

Go Green For Sydney tomorrow!

Tomorrow is Sydney’s birthday. We will have a celebration during AC. Wear green to show your love for Sydney.

Congrats Princess Rameses!

dlancaster — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:18:21 +0000

http://www.fpa.ysu.edu/homework/images/chick%20fil%20a.png

Way to write Remi! Remi entered the Chick-fil-a biggest fan contest for the upcoming opening of Chick-fil-a in Morehead City. She wrote an awesome essay. Mrs. L will attend the Premier night with her. Upon receiving permission from Chick-fil-a, she will post her essay for all to read. WE ARE SO PROUD of our STARFISH this year. Amazing things continue to happen!

Book Orders and Radical Readers

dlancaster — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:28:34 +0000

For those of you wanting to order books on-line with a credit card, click on the Breaking News tab. There is an introductory letter to book ordering and a book ordering tab link. The username is starfishteam and the password is starfishshine for the book ordering link.

Radical Readers link is located to the right for first time visitors or others who may have had trouble locating it.

ClassScape…hot or not?

dlancaster — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:41:14 +0000

Hey guys! I know we are at different places within our ClassScape journeys, but I really want to get some feedback from you.

How did you feel about the first ClassScape assessment?
Do you like that the info is available for you in egrades but does not count for or against your academic performance in class?
How did you feel about our call to class conference today?
Did you like having the ClassScape Assessment 1 conference individually with me? What was beneficial about the conference? If you haven’t had your ClassScape conference with me yet, what do you hope to gain?
Do you like taking the assessment in class and during AC when it is quiet or would you prefer to go to a lab and take it all together?
If you could change one thing about ClassScape, what would it be and why?

Congrats to our top scorers from ClassScape Assessment 1: Cooper, Caroline, Haven, and Erika! Way to show what you know! I am super proud!

Reader’s Workshop Video

dlancaster — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:40:05 +0000

Reader’s Workshop PPT

Interviews and Charades or Anything Goes…

dlancaster — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:24:49 +0000

So…as our theme song today indicated “Anything Goes”, tell me what you thought about our sub genre interviews for RDJ 19 on Monday and the Lancaster version of Charades for today’s T2K round 3. I can’t wait to hear from you.

Recent Additions to ELA Starfish

dlancaster — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:27:55 +0000

RPA = Reading Progress Assessment: monitors day to day reading over a period of time. Students should read everyday as much as possible including time allotted at school and time at home. We want to continue to grow as readers, which only happens by actually reading on a regular basis. For the most part, we are doing a good job. If you (the student) feel behind this week on your day to day reading, make sure you make up for it this weekend. The first RPA scores will be posted early next week in e-grades.

T2K = Terms to know focus on vocabulary terms all seventh grade students should master. Each week, we get a new list of focus words where we do class activities. This first week, we took the Gab Slab Challenge, which was a table competition to complete the list of terms correctly first. Winners will be announced in class tomorrow, Friday 1-30-09.

As always, students take notes or place handouts in their Reading and Writing Handbooks. This time of year is a great time for reviewing content already covered. Currently, we are working on the ins and outs of the subgenres located within the spectrum of fiction and non fiction. Students should apply what we are learning with examples in their reading dialogue journals as well as their day to day reading. As a parent, you can help out by asking them questions or getting them to “teach” you the material.

Current book order closes tomorrow, 1-30-09 at 3:30.

4 NEW Links

dlancaster — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:38:08 +0000

First, there are three new links you might find useful for review leading into your on-demand writing assessment pilot adventure tomorrow. They are the features rubric, the conventions rubric, and the writing assessment tips. Check them out. Parents, it might help you understand as well. Of course, if you have questions or comments, post them here. These three links are located under Writer’s Workshop to the right of the screen.

The fourth new link way surpasses cool. It is the Study/Homework Help link located under Academic Tools to the right of the screen. It has instructional videos plus way much more to help with all subjects and is absolutely free. Check it out. Enjoy your E-adventure.