Monday, November 9, 2009

Important Announcements & Dates

Just a few announcements:
  • I can finally be contacted through DCPS email. My address is: mccoyj@duvalschools.org (see contact info at right).
  • NO SCHOOL Wednesday- Happy Veterans' Day!
  • Make sure you are turning in all your in-class assignments, homework, and weekly summaries!
  • Chapter Summaries are now due on SUNDAYS by midnight on ClassChatterLive. If you are having issues online, please write or type your summary and bring it to me Monday morning.
  • Our In-Class Spelling Bee is coming up next week on Tuesday & Wednesday. "Bee" prepared! The top five spellers from the 8th grade will compete in the schoolwide spelling bee soon!
  • Progress Monitoring Assessment #3 will be given next week on November 19 & 20.
  • We will be utilizing a fantastic new tool to help us prepare for FCAT Writes! It is an online program called WriteScore, which allows the students to submit essays online for hand-scoring. The company then emails the teachers with detailed results. This resource will give students a realistic idea of their potential score on FCAT Writes. We will be writing and submitting our first expository essays to WriteScore next week on November 20 & 23 (changed due to shipping issue).
  • Check the Homework Calendar to see what assignments are due as well as what we're doing in class!

Miss McCoy

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