Forest City Middle School… The Super Short Week (Week 11 Reflection) 13 Nov 201517 Nov 2015 This week was the shortest week in history! We didn't have school on Wednesday because our high school volleyball team made it to state (hooray!) and then we had off…
8th Grade Reading… “My Name/My Family Crest” 12 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 The next section I had my students read in House on Mango Street was "My Name," a vignette where main character Esperanza talks about her name, family culture, and wrestles with her…
Dugout… What is Dugout? 11 Nov 201517 Nov 2015 Dugout is a program put into place on Fridays at Forest City Middle School. The focus is to promote relationships between students and teachers outside of the curriculum. Each teacher…
6th Grade Reading… Adopt a Pet Activity 11 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Once my students moved from their How Do I Research? introduction presentation to The C.R.A.P. Test worksheet to help them find credible sources to gather notes from, they were finally ready to…
6th Grade Reading… The CRAP Test (And Notes) 10 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 I introduced my students to their research project, 'Adopt a Pet,' where they would choose an animal to research, collect two legitimate websites, take notes (in their own words) and…
6th Grade Reading… How Do I Research? 9 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 My sixth graders are going to begin a short research activity to prepare them for a larger research project on wolves the following two weeks. For this short research activity,…
