October 8, 2018

Mrs. Delinski’s
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The latest in ELA…

In literature, we are working on

“Theme” skits. The students were given
themes from the story we read in class, The

Reminders:
Mission, and they had to create a skit that
taught that theme. We will be presenting
theme skits this week. Then we will have an
assessment over theme. Students should be
able to identify a theme and tell how it ● No School: Oct 8
developed based on the characters and ● Fannie May sales
plot. (RL 7.2 )
● End of the
In English, students should be done with Quarter: Oct 19
their rough drafts of their children’s book ● Conferences Oct
stories, and they are peer conferencing to
improve their writing. They will also be
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conferencing with the teacher to assess their
figurative language, transitions, and
dialogue (W 7.3 b, c, d) Students will focus
on editing their writing. At the end of the
week, we are hoping to write our About the
Author and Back Summary pages and figure
out what text and sketches will go on each
page in our Page Planner.

They started moving

forward on the the
walls of the seventh
grade classrooms!
Daily, our surroundings
are changing!