PLEASE READ THIS LETTER FROM MRS. CLINE
Dear Parents,
I want to take this time to thank all of you for your prayers, patience, and support over the past five months. On October 23, 2015, I suffered two bleeding brain aneurysms and was hospitalized thirty days (in Neuro ICU). This event could have easily been life-ending, but God and the expert neuro-surgeons had other plans. My recovery period, lasting another four months, involved physical, psychological, and occupational rehab. However, I was committed to doing everything required to get back into the classroom and teach your children. I missed them so much.
Although five months is a long time for students to be without a full-time teacher, be assured they were in capable hands. Mr. Hinkle took care of the situation promptly and professionally, asking two former middle school Language Arts teachers, Cindy Coones and Susan Terry, to substitute for me most of the days. I am forever grateful to these friends and excellent teachers for continuing my high expectations for student learning. Also, the Best Co-teacher in the World Award goes to Stacy Shellhorse. She, without hesitation, took on the overwhelming task of teaching writing and composition skills to all the students. Wow! What a dedicated teacher and friend!
Last Thursday, I was blessed to return to the classroom and begin planning with Mrs. Shellhorse for this most important time before STAAR Writing. We’re ready for a full week of grammar review and writing practice. Then on March 29, I am confident your child will do an exemplary job.
Again, I sincerely thank you for all the kindness you extended during this difficult time, and I look forward to a strong, successful end to the school year. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
May God bless you!
Debra Cline
LESSON PLANS FOR MARCH 21 – 24**
***THIS LESSON PLAN IS NORMALLY FOR READING; HOWEVER, THIS WEEK THE LESSONS ARE FOR STAAR WRITING/REVISING AND EDITING
LESSON PLANS MARCH 21 – 24
TEKS/STATE EXPECTATIONS: 7.14, 7.17, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21
MONDAY, MARCH 21
PRONOUN USAGE
Distinguish between subject and object pronouns and practice using them
correctly
REVISING AND EDITING
Review SCPPVSW acronym
S – sentence structure; C – capitalization; P – punctuation; P – pronouns
V – verb usage; S – spelling; W – wow (word choice, voc.)
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
Continue working on pronoun usage
CAPITALIZATION
Review most frequent capitalization errors
Review SCPPVSW
HOMEWORK – STAAR GRAMMAR REVIEW (DUE THURSDAY)
PUNCTUATION – APOSTROPHES FOR POSSESSIVES
Review the rules for forming singular and plural possessives
and distinguish plurals and possessives
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
LIBRARY
Begin assessing/correcting Benchmark Revising and Editing
Review SCPPVSW
HOMEWORK – FINISH STAAR GRAMMAR REVIEW
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
In-depth review of comma patterns/rules (especially compound sentences
and compound sentence parts)
Practice using commas correctly
FRIDAY, MARCH 25 – SCHOOL HOLIDAY – GOOD FRIDAY
