Study Island Reports

6th Grade
The following students need to be on point with the following skills:

Prefixes and Suffixes
Charisma Dace and Miya Henderson--haven't tested

Context Clues and Connotation
Deonte Smith and Miya Henderson--haven't tested
Ebony Douglas --take again
DeAndre Gamble--take again
Shayrockayla--take again
Gerald Story--take again
Kevion Winfield--take again

Sequence and Ordering
All students in Grade 6 need to take this test or take it over--remember, I am looking for 70% and above

7th Grade
Prefixes and Suffixes
All students, except for Danesha Telfair need to take this test again or simply complete this skill.


Context Clues and Connotation
All students, except for Milira Pirtle need to take this test again or simply complete this skill.

Sequence and Ordering
All students, except for Milira Pirtle and Ramanetta Tate need to take this test again or simply complete this skill.

8th Grade
Prefixes and Suffixes and Root Words
All students, except for Kevin Bradley, Destanie Henley, Decarlos Hunter, Blake Jackson, Xavier Swope and Jamel Young, either need to take this test again or simply complete this skill.

Context Clues and Connotation
All students need to take this test again or simply complete this skill. I have no test scores for the following students: Erica, Anteisha, Terrell, Alexander, Decarlos, Aaron, Omar and Jamel

Sequence and Ordering
All students in Grade 8, except for Decarlos Hunter, need to either take test over or simply complete this skill.

Yes, you may have tested, but you need to receive a 70% or above to have a "Meets" or "Exceeds"score. Anything below 70% is Below Standards.

Study Island--Words in Context

Please practice the skill of Words in Context. Try to get a 70% or above in this skill. I will be pulling reports on both this skill and Sequence and Events and Ordering. Remember, we only have less than five weeks to prepare for this test. Keep all of your work inside your red folders. In Independent Reading, I would like you to finish what we have completed in Whole Group (the first twenty minutes of class. We will discuss this lesson in Small Group (with me). The lesson starts on Page 13--Lesson 2 in The Buckle Down Books.

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STOMP

Please do one Quickwrite per day:

Level 1
beat
claps
drum
group
music
song
stomp

Level 2
objects
sounds
stage
theater
unusual

Level 3
audience
cast
echo
performances
rhythms

Level 4
audience
cast
constructed
envision
mundane
participate
rhythm
witness


Website to look up words
http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Discussion Questions for Paperbacks--Levels 1, 2, 3, 4

The following are questions you should be able to answer before taking any READING COUNTS Quizzes. If you feel you cannot answer these, either go back and reread some sections of your book, or have a discussion over your book with Mrs. Oggero. These questions and your Graphic Organizers should help your with your Quizzes. I am only posting the most common books--more books will be added as we read.

Level 1
Alcatraz
What special features did prison authorities design to keep control of the prisoners? (After Chapter 1)

What kind of person was "Old Creepy"? (After Chapter 2)

How was the prison riot eventually stopped? (After Chapter 7)

All in a Day's Work
Why do you think Luisa's feelings about dressing up as a clown changed? (After "All in a Day's Work")

Why didn't Tom recognize that Abe was an alien? (After "The Alien")

What do you think the Flatterer means when he tells Jason, "When your program's not working, you fix it"? ( After "The Flatterer")

Why did Annie dress the way she did for the party? (After "Blind Date")

King of the Hill
What is the general attitude at the school about girls' sportsand gym classes? (After Act 5)

Why do you think the coach doesn't want Connie on the wrestling team? (After Act 10)

Why do Connie and Bobby decide to act like TV wrestlers? (After Act 18)

Level 2
Creatures Infest Local School!
What steps might Jack McCay take to find out if the creatures are real? (After Chapter 4)

Jack and Linda don't know what kind of creatures they are up against. What do they know about the creatures so far? (After Chapter 9)

If you discovered the cave dwellers, would you keep their secret? Explain your decision. (After Epilogue)

Frankenstein
What is Victor's reaction when he sees the creature? (After Page 17)

Why does the creature want Frankenstein to create a companion for him? (After Page 28)

What do you think the creature means when he says he now knows what it is like to be human? (After Page 35)

Happy Burger
Why does Scott's dad want him to get a job? (After Act 1)

Do you think Stacy will turn out to be a good person for Scott to be involved with? Explain. (After Act 6)

What important lesson has Scott learned about relationships with girls? (After Act 9)

Secrets of Oak Park
Whom does Zach suspect? Why? (After Chapter 6)

What do Zach and Meredith discover about Martin Beckwith? (After Chapter 11)

How does Dempsey's racism cause him to act? (After Chapter 16)

Level 3
Visitors
What strange things have happened so far? List them in order. (After Chapter 4)

What has happened to Mom and Dad? (After Chapter 13)

What dangers dod the three friends face? (After Chapter 25)

What happened to Frasier? How do you know? (After Chapter 38)

Won't Know Till I Get There
Why is it hard for Stephen when Earl and Hi-Note fight? (After Page 59)

Do you think the family will end up adopting Earl? Explain why or why not. (After Page 114)

In the end, what happens to Micheaux House and its residents? (After Page 175)

Level 4
Classic Tales of Terror
Why is Arthur happy at the end of the story, even though all of his orchids have died? (After 'The Strange Orchid")

How does Mrs. Sappleton's niece Vera discover that she can get away with telling Framton Nuttel the story about the open window? (After " The Open Window")

Why do you think the murderer hears a beating heart beneath the floorboards? (After "The Tell Tale Heart" )

Do you think Dr. Bourdette is real? Or is Hewson just imagining things? Explain your answer. (After "The Waxwork")

A Gift For your Parents and/or Family

We will construct a gift for your family as a way to keepsake this historical time in our lives. The Task: Design a folder to keep a copy of President Elect Obama's Speech.

1. You will need to pick key phrases from your speech that you think captures the overall feeling of Barack Omama’s speech—I have provided some on the board, but I encourage you to think of your own. "Democracy"...."Individual Liberty"...."Self-reliance"...."brick by brick....calloused hand, by calloused hand".....flip through your copy of his speech and/or your Graphic Organizer.

2. Please go to Microsoft Word 2007—click on "new document"
Go to “Insert”—then click “Word Art” –play around with the words and shapes.

3. If you think it will go over the page, then you will have to click "Format" to either edit your text or change the sizing.

4. When ready to save, I will come around with my TRAVELDrive to be saved for me to print at home.

This is an on-going project, please do not rush through--I encourage you to start collecting newspaper clippings, magazine pics, etc. of Barack Obama and/or anything patriotic.

Patriotic--having or showing love and support for oneʼs country; faithful, loyal, having pride on one's country.

Have fun!

Pablo Picasso's Work

In the topic Young At Art, the artist, Alexandra Nechita is compared to Pablo Picasso. The passage mentions that her type of artwork is called abstract. I have found a few paintings Of Picasso's artwork that illustrate this type of abstract work. Remember, abstract means unrealistic. Abstract art seeks to break away from traditional representation of physical objects. It explores the relationships of forms and colors, whereas more traditional art represents the world in recognizable images. I, personally, don't find it very appealing, but a good friend of mine just loves absract work for its simplicity. Take a look!