Ms. Mobley

Fun Stuff (and educational, too)

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER! However, you can continue to learn. 

The very first thing you need to put in your "agenda" for the summer is to

              READ   

Here are a few websites that are fun, but they can also help you with spelling, reading, vocabulary, and grammar skills.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING: yahoo games.  At this site you can download free word games that will allow you to play for least 60 minutes. Other games are down loadable with unlimited free play. Some free for 60 minute games are Boggle and Bookworm.  The free with unlimited time games are Text Twist, Flip Words, and Letter Lab.

To use the Super Hero site from our class writing, click  here.

You can also use Wordle just for fun.

A couple of other good sites are:  read,write,think and time for kids.

One of our favorites not only helps with all academic subjects, but it also donates rice to third world countries: FREE RICE

Check back from time to time as I will continue to add sites that may be of interest to you.

Of course, you could just go outside and play like my grandson Isaac!

Writing

In Language Arts class we will begin some new writings. In order to make writing a little more interesting for the students, we are going to use some unique websites. We will begin by designing our own "Super Heroes" using the Ideas to Inspire Website.  Click on the link to get started.  www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/ Parents, let your student share their ideas with you.  They can show you the hero they have created on this website and then discuss some ideas for writing about the super hero.

New Book Adoption

Textbook Information

March 12, 2009

Please see information below concerning the new textbook adoption for language arts and reading classes for middle school students.

Dear Cobb County School District Parents,

We are writing to notify you of an upcoming opportunity to review textbooks and materials being considered for use in kindergarten through eighth grade English Language Arts classes. Two textbooks have been proposed for adoption by the Board of Education. They are: Pearson Learning - Good Habits, Great Readers, and Zaner Bloser - Handwriting. These textbooks will be available for public review from March 9th through March 27th, 2009 at the school district central administration building. Parents may visit the central administration building, 514 Glover Street in Marietta, during regular office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thank you for your time and interest.

Cobb County School District Communications Department

Dear Cobb County School District Parents,

We are writing to notify you of an upcoming opportunity to review textbooks and materials being considered for use in kindergarten through eighth grade English Language Arts classes. Two textbooks have been proposed for adoption by the Board of Education. They are: Pearson Learning - Good Habits, Great Readers, and Zaner Bloser - Handwriting. These textbooks will be available for public review from March 9th through March 27th, 2009 at the school district central administration building. Parents may visit the central administration building, 514 Glover Street in Marietta, during regular office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thank you for your time and interest.

Cobb County School District Communications Department

STUDY SKILLS

CRCT time will be here before we know it.  In preparation for that most important test, we are doing many enrichment activities in class.  There are several websites that may be of interest to your student in regards to testing.  We will be looking at some of these sites in  study skill classes and working with corresponding activites.  I encourage all students to take a look at these sites and engage themselves in a few of the activities. The websites are grouped according to the topics as follows:

The Study Environment   

 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/9120/study.htm   

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html

Taking Notes      

 http://www.ucc.vt.edu/studysk/control.html

 http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/booknote.htm

  http://ww.gradebook.org/gss.htm

 http://www.adprima.com/studyout.htm

Scheduling and Time Management

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides.timman.htm

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides.scheduling.htm

http://www.ucc.vt.educ/stdysk/htimesug.html

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesch.html

 

 

 

        

 

WE'RE BACK!!

In Ms. Mobley's seventh grade study skills class, we will be taking a multiple intelligence test to give the students an opportunity to determine their methods of learning. We will use the following website: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm Students in other classes are welcome to use this site. They may find it to be quite informative.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Due to an in-service training, I will not be in class today.  You will have the laptops for both 3rd and 6th periods.  Please choose any of the following links to use during READING: 

http://florida.teachlanguage.com If you select this site, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select "Sortegories".  Then select Unit 2. You may do each of the categories, but you must do at least four of them.  Please use headphones for this site so that you do not disturb other students.

http://www.freerice.com/  If you select this site, use the VOCABULARY link, and be sure to record your donations. If you do not have a Free Rice Log, just record on a sheet of paper.

http://www.myskillstutor.com To log on use your first and last name without spaces or capitals.  Your password is your lunch number.

 

LANGUAGE ARTS:

http://www.myskillstutor.comTo log on use your first and last name without spaces or capitals.  Your password is your lunch number.

http://www.freerice.com/ If you select this site, use the GRAMMAR link, and be sure to record your donations. If you do not have a Free Rice Log, just record on a sheet of paper.

JUST  TO LET YOU KNOW, I WILL BE CHECKING ALL OF THE WORK YOU COMPLETE ON THESE WEBSITES!

READ AND WRITE

The Language Arts and Reading Departments are trying to coordinate many of our activities so that students will receive added benefit. It is so important for students to see "good writing", so we encourage them to read as much as possible. As they read, they will become more familiar with the mechanics, conventions, and style of good writing. Our hope is that this familiarization will spill over into the students own writing. Parents, please monitor your students to be sure they are engaged in reading for at least 20-30 minutes per day.

 Language arts classes are also coordinating with the science classes. Teachers are helping the students to research for their Science Fair projects. The research will culminate into a writing assignment for the language arts classes as well as the science classes. The following links will put you in touch with some great activities for both reading and writing. The students are familiar with some of these as we have used them in class.

http://www.readwritethink.org/

 http://www.myskillstutor.com

http://www.timeforkids

 In particular, students may log onto the following website which is related to the Language! Program we use in reading. http://florida.teachlanguage.com

 And of course, don’t forget Free Rice for improvement in vocabulary and grammar. http://www.freerice.com/

Read, Read, Read

    All of our materials for the Language! program have arrived.  This is the new reading program that Pine Mtn. has instituted in all of our small group reading classes.  Students start in 6th grade on Level A and will progress to Level C or D by the time they complete the 8th grade.  It is our hope that low level readers will make significant progress each year.  Language! is a tried and true program, and we are extremely excited about having all of the components.

    If you would like to see how the program works you may log on to: http://florida.teachlanguage.com Your student will have online access as well.  The website is interactive.    I will  send home information for parents on Friday, September 26 after I have shared "what to do" and "how to do" with the students.

    As a supplement for building vocabulary, we are using a program on www.freerice.com  This program allows students to work on both vocabulary and grammar, so we will be using it in our language arts class as well.  You will also receive information from Mr. Moody concerning its use in math classes for multiplication.  We believe this is an exciting way for students to improve their skills as well as participate in a worthy cause.  For every correct answer, "free rice" donates 20 grains of rice to world hunger. We would like to carry this a step further by having the students match the "free rice" donations and give to a local food bank or ministry.   With his math classes, Mr. Moody is calculating the approximate number of grains of rice in a 1lb. bag.  When the students reach that amount, we will ask that they bring in a bag of rice for donation.  Logs will be issued for students who wish to participate from home.

HERE WE GO....

It's that time of year again!  School has started and we are ready to ROCK AND ROLL! Yes, it's only the first week of school, but we are jumping right in to both reading and language arts. We have begun our reading assessments to determine reading levels for all of our students.  In language arts we have completed our baseline writings, and actually began work in our Effective Writing workbooks today.

SUMMER READING:  Since we have new students to Pine Mountain we will extend the summer reading projects until the end of August. New students were given the summer reading list when they registered, so please choose an author and select a book. Please try to complete the reading by the end of August. Students who have finished reading a book should bring that book to school and we will do the project in class.

If you need to contact me:  bernadette.mobley@cobbk12.org

Homework/Informational line:  770-795-5720 x8581