Parris' STAR Class

Changes

2009-03-22T18:21:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to met you, my wonderful students and very supportive parents, know that I am no longer an employee of Fairforest Middle and that I will miss you all! A few of you have my cell phone number and if you ever need to talk to me you can ask Ms. Seebeck for my number, and my home email address is sygparris@yahoo.com. I would love to hear from you at any time.
Please know that I love you ALL and I do miss you. Please take care of yourselves, I will be checking on you.

Week of December 8th

2008-12-07T11:13:00.000-08:00

Interims go home on Monday. My SRA classes will be on lessons 50-54 this week, and I will be checking the packets by the end of the week for an extra grade.

The Math classes are working on adding and subtracting fractions this week and the practice workbook pages to give extra practice are: from the Glenco book pages 43, 44, 45, and 46; from the Prentice Hall book pages 45, 46, and 47.
The Math classes are working on their next project which is the Christmas Wish List. The students are to come up with 10 items for their wish list and begin by estimating the cost of each item. The items must be less than $150 each. The students will then try to find the actual price for each item. They must give the totals for their 10 items, both the estimated price and the actual price. The students will tell where they found the prices for the items. They are given a budget to see what they can get from their wish list. The students must present their project to the class on a poster board. The posters should be decorative. This is an excellent way to show how creative the students can be.

Mrs. Comer's class will be reading "Why Monkeys Live in Trees" and "The Legend of the Hummingbird". The class will be working on pronouns and we will introduce antecednt and pronoun agreement. We will also begin the "Chronological order" paper this week.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

November 3, 2008

2008-11-03T08:28:00.000-08:00

Mr. Frost's class will be having a test on Unit 4, on Wednesday the 5th. Student's have a study guide that needs to be completed, signed by parent, and study for the test!
If you did not finish your packet from last week, then you need to do this as well.
As always, there is the Minute Math sheet due on Friday the 7th.

Ms. Westmoreland's class will also have a test on Unit 4 this week.

October 29th

2008-10-29T17:55:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Comer's class will have a spelling test on Friday, so study, study, STUDY!!!
The words and definitions are on pages 60 and 61 of the Wordskills book.
The words are:
assure
benefit
claim
condition
contribution
effort
express
immediate
increase
issue
oppose
participate
prompt
result
society

Mr. Frost's class will have a packet for Thursday and Friday. Minute Math is due on Friday.

I am so proud of my SRA classes and how hard they are working! Great job everybody!!!
Don't forget, you are working for a special treat for Friday, so keep up the great work!

October 28th

2008-10-28T14:08:00.000-07:00

I am so proud of my SRA classes!!! We are currently on Lesson 28 and about to start on Lesson 29! Friday we will have a treat in my class! Thanks to all of the parents for your support in helping me with this wonderful bunch of students! I appreciate you all!

Don't forget to wear dark colors tomorrow for the funeral of Mr. Bob Remainder. We will all miss him and his assistance in math.

Coordinating Conjunctions/Simple and Compound sentences

2008-10-28T12:46:00.000-07:00

Here is an easy way to remember several of the coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS
F=for
A=and
N=nor
B=but/because
O=or
Y=yet
S=so

(4+3) = 7
(S+V) = simple sentence
(4+3) + (4+3) = 14
(S+V) + (S+V) = compound sentence

Independent clause
+
Coordinating conjunction
+
Independent clause
=
Compound Sentence

Week of October 27th

2008-10-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

The homework in Mrs. Comer's class for this week includes the following.

Spelling Test on Friday October 31

Main Idea quiz Friday October 31

Tuesday November 4th NO SCHOOL!!!

Tuesday:

Combine simple sentences from homework last night (paragraph written with only simple sentences) using conjunctions.

Write spelling words and definitions on index cards.

Write 1 paragraph telling me what you think of Shi Huangdi from the story in the Literature book, "The First Emperor".

Wednesday:
Write 5 Compound sentences of your own, and 5 within "The First Emperor"
Write a sentence using 7 of the 15 spelling words.
What is the one thing you hope to be remembered by? Why?

Thursday:
Review simple/ compound/ and complex sentences
Study for spelling test!
Review main ideas and supporting detail notes for quiz!

The homework for Mr. Frost for Tuesday is Workbook page in Prentice Hall workbook page 30.

Wednesday Study Group

2008-09-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008
I started a Wednesday afternoon study group for those students that are struggling in subject area classes. This study class is geared for those students that are not coming to the Afterschool Program during the week or those that can only stay after school once in a while. All of you that have asked me for the information have received it. I hope to see you there or in the Afterschool Program. We at Fairforest Middle School are committed to the education of our students, and we are happy to help whenever we can!