Thursday, May 5, 2011

BAD BUGS!! :)

For my students! :)

http://www.medicinenet.com/bad_bugs_pictures_slideshow/article.htm
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Monday, April 25, 2011

April 25, 2011

Hi Students,
Please keep working for the rest of the year on Grammar Usage and Research in English Language Arts. We will be preparing you all for 9th grade expectations. In Georgia Studies, we'll continue examining the structure of our state and federal governments. Please come to school on time and prepared to work!
Summer is coming soon, but we need to be working until the last day of school!
Warm Regards,
Mrs. Pastor
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Hello,
This week we will continue our preparation for the CRCT! Our weekly spelling test and vocabulary test will be on Monday. Students will have another test on Friday in spelling only. Please visit Spelling City and other links on this page to study your vocabulary. We will continue to review grammar and reading strategies for reading informational text. Additionally, we will devote some time in class each day to test questions in standardized format.
In Georgia Studies, we will continue with standardized test practice covering all topics we have discussed this year while moving forward to finish other topics. We will continue learning about the impact of WWII on Georgia and the USA. We will read about NATO and the condition of Georgia and the USA following this time. Students are encouraged to read Georgia's Encyclopedia and watch videos at History.com. You can find these links below. Our test is on Tuesday for this unit. We will move forward to discuss the Civil Rights Movement.
This month is Women's History Month! Read all about it and watch videos below,
Parents, please come to visit our classroom if you have the time. Encourage students to read at home with you.
Best Wishes,
Mrs. Pastor

History Videos and ArticlesJews in Georgia
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3169
Holocaust
Civil Rights Movement-Maya Angelou
Brown vs. Board of Education-Maya Angelou
Beyond Brown
Civil Rights in Georgia

Ellis Arnell
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-597

STATE FLAGS of GEORGIA

Civil Rights-Georgia Stories

SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.
a. Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia’s role during the 1940s and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge, Benjamin Mays, the 1946 governor’s race and the end of the white primary, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the 1956 state flag.
b. Analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; include such events as the founding of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sibley Commission, admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia, Albany Movement, March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta, and the role of Lester Maddox.
c. Discuss the impact of Andrew Young on Georgia.

More
Remembering MLK
Supports Obama
Timeline-Biography

Maynard Jackson
Lestor Maddox timeline

Women in History
History Videos
United Nations-International Women's Day


CRCT practice tests-all subjects and grades
8th grade Study Guide
Georgia OAS

Reading Practice Test
Score Online Test Practice
More released test practice
States of test practice

ELA Online
Reading for Information

http://www.spanishdict.com/

Released CRCT tests

ReadWriteThink
Spelling City
Grammar Gorillas

Online textbook
Georgia OAS-all subjects
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
Assessments for ELA
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

GA Studies Online
Online textbook
Password: ga11hist

Biographies for Kids
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Stories
PBS American Experience Videos
Current Events
CNN Student News
Time for Kids News
WTVM Local News and Weather
Neuroscience for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Physics for Kids
More help
http://www.multiplication.com/
http://www.crctlessons.com/
http://www.coolmath.com/
EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.

http://www.kutasoftware.com/freeipa.html
http://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/activities/8th-grade.html
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hi,
This week will be a short one. We will be working in ELA on recognizing new words, grammar, informational texts, and practice for the upcoming CRCT. In Georgia Studies, we will practice reading for information in our exploration of the Great War, Great Depression, and World War Two over the next couple of weeks. We will be practicing our test strategies in ansswering standardized test questions over these topics.
Please study your vocabulary, notes, and spelling words for this week's tests.
See you in class!
Mrs. Pastor

practice crct tests

CRCT practice tests-all subjects and grades
8th grade Study Guide
Georgia OAS

Reading Practice Test
Score Online Test Practice
More released test practice
States of test practice

ELA Online
Reading for Information

http://www.spanishdict.com/

Released CRCT tests

Poetry Review
Poetry Place
Funny Poems
Chicken Spagetti
Poetry for Kids

ReadWriteThink
Spelling City
Grammar Gorillas

Online textbook
Georgia OAS-all subjects
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
Assessments for ELA
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

GA Studies Online
Online textbook
Password: ga11hist

Test Practice


World War One and Georgia
Georgia Stories SS8H8


Biographies for Kids
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Stories
PBS American Experience Videos



Current Events
CNN Student News
Time for Kids News
WTVM Local News and Weather
Neuroscience for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Physics for Kids

http://www.multiplication.com/
http://www.crctlessons.com/
http://www.coolmath.com/


EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.
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Friday, February 11, 2011







Hi,
This week we'll be working on grammar and technical directions in Reading. We will be reading all sorts of informational texts and using the same reading strategies that we employ with short stories and poetry. Please read newspaper articles, textbook chapters, and other informational text this week at home to practice the reading strategies we are using in class.


In Georgia Studies, we'll start looking at World War One causes and how Georgia was influenced by these events. We will be practicing our reading strategies as we research and learn about how Georgia was involved in World War One.


Our spelling test and vocabulary test is on Thursday since there is no school on Friday or Monday. Please study!


See you in class!


Mrs. Pastor-Ramos


practice crct tests
http://www.rabun.k12.ga.us/staff/rhenson/CRCTPractice.html


ELA Online









http://www.spanishdict.com/












EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.
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Sunday, February 6, 2011



Hi Students!
This week we will be analyzing poems by looking for sound devices, figurative language, themes, and making inferences in reading. We will continue working on Spelling words. Test is Friday so study daily!
In Georgia Studies, we'll begin our look at famous, influential people in Georgia's history after the Reconstruction.
See you in class!
Mrs. Pastor

ELA Online
Poetry Place
Funny Poems
Chicken Spagetti
Poetry for Kids


ReadWriteThink
Spelling City
Grammar Gorillas

Online textbook
Georgia OAS-all subjects
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
Assessments for ELA
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

GA Studies Online
Online textbook
Password: ga11hist
Reconstruction Clip

PBS Jim Crow Digital Storytelling
Georgia Stories-SS8H7
Biographies for Kids
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Stories
PBS American Experience Videos
American Experience Reconstruction Era http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/program/index.html


Current Events
CNN Student News
Time for Kids News
WTVM Local News and Weather
Neuroscience for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Physics for Kids

EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.
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Monday, January 24, 2011



Hello Students!
The writing test has passed, but we'll continue to improve our writing skills through reading and grammar activities. This week we'll refocus on reading strategies in preparation of the Reading CRCT. Parents may follow along and read with you stories from your literature textbook. This week we will be reading "The Moustache" by Robert Cormier and The Wise Old Woman retold by Yoshiko Uchida. You can also find these and other stories at the local Columbus library.
In Georgia Studies, we'll continue exploring the Reconstruction Era in the South following the Civil War. We'll watch videos, take virtual field trips, and visit important websites in our research of this time. We will study the changes in economy and the use of slavery for labor to sharecropping and tenant farming. Additionally, we'll examine the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments of the Constitution as part of our study of the changes that took place during this time.
Remember to visit this page and the attached links for more interesting reading and exploration. Come to class prepared to learn! I will meet you there! :)
Warm Regards,
Mrs. Pastor-Ramos
1-24-2011

ELA Online
ReadWriteThink
Spelling City
Grammar Gorillas
Online textbook
Georgia OAS-all subjects
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
Assessments for ELA
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

GA Studies Online
Online textbook
Password: ga11hist
Reconstruction Clip

PBS Jim Crow Digital Storytelling
PBS Reconstruction Era
Georgia Stories-SS8H6
Georgia Stories-SS8H7
Biographies for Kids
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Stories
Ft. Sumter (History Channel)
PBS American Experience Videos
American Experience Reconstruction Era
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/program/index.html


Current Events
CNN Student News
Time for Kids News
WTVM Local News and Weather
Neuroscience for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Physics for Kids

EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.

math videos
229 videos by the school of chuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhITaZ1XVo&feature=BF&list=PL4D93D559BD0B0F75&index=38

http://www.yaymath.org/algebra2.html






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Sunday, January 16, 2011



Hi,


Students please continue reading and writing to prepare for this week's Writing Test! I wish you all luck!


In our classes, when we aren't testing, we'll be working on Spelling and will be Writer's Workshop sharpening our writing skills. In Georgia Studies, we'll continue our study of the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era. We'll be learning about more amendments to the Constitution that happened during this time. We will test in Spelling and Vocabulary on Friday. Don't forget Saturday school this week! :)

See you in Room 214!
Mrs. Pastor








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Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year 2011!


Hello Students,
I am welcoming you back to school for the New Year! With half of the year now over, we have little instructional time left. We will start in English Language Arts by working on grammar and writing in preparation for the 8th grade Writing Assessment later this month. In Georgia Studies, we'll further explore the battles and events of the Civil War in Georgia through virtual field trips, videos, digital storytelling, and reading and writing activities. We will hear Danny Glover read aloud an enactment of Henry McNeal Turner's authentic address to the General Assembly.
Every Friday we'll have our Spelling tests and Quizzes. This week's spelling list is LIST 7. Check the link below for the word list. Each day we'll continue CRCT Warm Ups in preparation for the CRCT tests in April.
Parents are encouraged to stop by the classroom and visit to see how your child is doing. Please work with the students on their homework assignments. We want to increase their participation this year in this area.
Thank you again for your support of Room 214 and Rothschild.
Visit the online sites and links for further study. Happy New Year and Great Beginnings! :)
Warm regards,
Mrs. Pastor

ELA Online
ReadWriteThink
Spelling City
Grammar Gorillas
Online textbook
Georgia OAS-all subjects
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
Assessments for ELA

GA Studies Online
Online textbook
Password: ga11hist
PBS Jim Crow Digital Storytelling
PBS Reconstruction Era
Georgia Stories-SS8H6
Georgia Stories-SS8H7
Biographies for Kids
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Public Broadcasting Stories
Ft. Sumter (History Channel)
PBS American Experience Videos

Current Events
CNN Student News
Time for Kids News
WTVM Local News and Weather
Neuroscience for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Physics for Kids

EQ and GPS/WarmUp/Lesson/Work Session/Closer listed on board daily.
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