Weekly Memo: Friday Eve!

Sorry for coming to you late this week with my Weekly Memo, as it has been a very busy week for everyone.

I hope everyone had a good Labor Day Weekend. I know I did. A busy one, to be true, but a good one.

On our first day back, students began the I-Steep Testing for Reading Fluency and Comprehension in the morning, and finished them out in their Math Classes on Wednesday. I-Steep is testing their basic skills in both Reading and Math, and can be used to determine if any interventions are necessary for students.

In more school news, the Cougars defeated Pike County in football yesterday, but unfortunately, our Lady Cougars loss to Carver Road in softball on Tuesday. They get another opportunity for victory this afternoon against Cowan Road at KRMS.

Students also received their pictures today from Picture Day. Hope everyone's photo turned out great.

Next Thursday is Progress Report Day, so all students should be coming home with Progress Reports from all of their classes. Please make sure they are signed and returned the next day.

In class this week, students in my 2nd, 5th, and 6th Period classes are working on their Newspaper Comprehension Project, where they have to read several issues of the Griffin Daily News, and create their own newspaper from the articles they read. All articles must be summarized in their own words. They received directions on this project at the end of last week, as well as a rubric for the project. It is an in class project, so they have not needed to bring anything home for it. It is due tomorrow by the end of class. This will count as three grades (2 - Daily Grades, 1 - Test Grade), and the grades will be on their Progress Reports next week.

Students in my 4th & 7th Period Class will be doing Comprehension Lessons of a different sort in class, using "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe. They will see three different versions of the story: print, audio, and video, and compare and contrast the different type of ways it was told, and how things were different in each of the versions.

That's all I have for everyone, so I hope everyone continues to have a good week (even if it is only one day left).