For sixth and seventh grade students, we are completing our reading of nine, ten: A September 11 story. Mid-week, we thought about the purpose each

Middle schoolers have been busy with reading and interpreting texts. Using a flipped classroom model, students are expected to complete reading assignments at home so

Welcome back to school! I’m looking forward to an engaging year with thought-provoking discussions and assignments. In ELA this year, we will focus on communities

Students presented their book reports this week and were asked which of the books they learned about would they be most likely to read. They

SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE: We are continuing to review foundations such as punctuation and parallel structure. With book reports due this week, students have been

SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE: We reviewed examples of strong and weak book reports while discussing what made one model more successful than the other; hopefully,

Between snow days and school activities, we have pivoted to focus on fundamentals and work on long-term projects before moving into our next summative writing

Students were challenged to consider how easy it is to present a lie as a fact after submitting their Two Truths and a Lie essay.

We’ve jumped right in and are working on a few assignments: LAD Fair, book reports, and our first five-paragraph essay for the semester.  LAD Fair

We are working on our final essay of the semester that includes analyzing elements of fiction in relation to one of the messages in the