It's that time of year!
Well, the beginning of the new year has already gone so fast. I am excited to be back, as I have missed seeing all these beautiful faces every day. I was a little delayed this year, but am happy to be back. I thought it would take me a while to learn the 6th graders' names, but it really didn't take that long. We have been busy already. The 6th and 7th graders have already written an essay. I am working on getting them graded. The 8th graders are writing and recording their own old-time radio show with sound effects. I am excited to see how they turn out. I have started a new beginning of the class routine, DOL and WOD. DOL or daily oral language is where they have a couple sentences they need to fix in their notebook ten we all go over it together as a class. They have had one quiz and will have one either every or every other week. WOD is the word of the day, they have a word on the board they need to define then ...