Middle School English

Hi There! We have a busy schedule next week…

4th Monarca - September 30 – Show & Tell (How To…)

5th Grade - September 30 – Show & Tell (Third World Country)

6th Grade - September 30 – Test (vocabulary, reading comprehension ‘The Trojan Horse’)

7th Monarca – September 30 – Test (vocabulary, reading comprehension ‘Fact or Fiction’, non-fiction elements)

‘Show & Tells’ are scheduled for next week, starting Wednesday September 30. Please check out the evaluation criteria:

• 4th Monarca – showandtell_howto
• 5th Grade – showandtell_helpingothers

Hello everyone!

This week we started new reading selections, which means…..new vocabualry words.

Studies suggest that students must encounter a new word in print several times in order to remember its meaning. However, the number of encounters needed to learn the word is significantly reduced when students are taught the meaning of the word before encountering it in a reading assignment.

Which is why we ‘preteach’ unfamiliar vocabulary for reading assignments:

So don’t forget to study these words daily and, when possible, try using them in your everyday conversations.

If your serious about improving your vocabulary, there are various sites on the internet that can help:

Enhance My Vocabulary – gives you seven tips on how to improve.

The Free Dictionary – is an online dictionary where you can hear correct pronunciations

Free Rice – Vocabulary game that donates grains of rice to a UN food program.

Vocabulary games – Fun word games

If you find any other sites let me know and I’ll add them to our growing blog roll.

Take care,

Mrs. Fausto

Hi There!

Just a friendly reminder that all grades have a test on Tuesday, September 15. Skills and concpets to be covered are as follows:

4th - vocabulary words, recognize animal names and their babies, identifyshort vowel sounds, change singular to plural nouns, use singular and plural nouns in a sentence and reading comprehension (Taking Care  of Their Young).

5th – reading comprehension (Everybody Wins), sequence of events, characters,  classify nouns,  change singular to plural nouns, use singular and plural nouns in a sentence.

6th – vocabulary words, reading comprehension (Jewel in the Sand), identify characters, recognize articles, use correct article.

7th - reading comprehension (Chasing Vermeer), distinguish character and character trait, character web, identify subject noun, object noun, and verbs in a sentence, using correct verb to be.

Happy Studying!

Take Care,

Mrs. Fausto

Hello Everyone!

Everything has gone well this week.  Besides the show and tell scheduled for  Monday (4th -Wednesday).  All grades will be taking a vocabulary quiz on Friday, topics will be as follows:

4M – Wild Animals and their Habitats (swamp, woodland, jungle, grassland)

5th – Vocabulary definitions and using words in context

6th – Nomads

7th – Vocabulary definitions and using words in context.