Hey ASL Club Members,
Here are the practice videos for Friday's caroling activity. The first link is for Kahan and the choir. I am signing Kahan's part and Mrs. Greenlee is signing the choir. The second link is for Zaryian, the soloist. Have fun practicing. Remember.....practice makes perfect!!!!!!
Happy Signing,
Ms. Rouse
WELCOME TO
MS. ROUSE'S PEEK OF THE WEEKS
FOR
DECEMBER 2009
Upcoming Events
December 2: 8:15 a.m.-American Sign Language Club Meets
December 2: 10:30 a.m. American Sign Language Club Pictures
December 9 and 16: 8:15 a.m. American Sign Language Club Meets
December 16: Deadline for Permission Slips to the
ASL Club/DHH Department Field Trip to Shadow Interpreted Play at East Paulding High
December 18: D/HH Holiday Celebration
December 18: American Sign Language Club Goes Caroling Through the Building
TAKE A PEEK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSES
READING
Text: Band of Angels
by Deborah Hopkinsons
Summary: A fictional story based on true events depicting the origins of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University and how they saved the school from closing by raising money with their historic concerts throughout the U.S.
Skills: Vocabulary development, reading comprehension/fluency and essay
Homework: Vocabulary and Literature Response Logs
Study Skills
Reviewing and completing Science, Social Studies and Math
Literature/Reading Enrichment Connections
Text: The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
Summary: Judy Blume's beloved story incorporating the different points of view of a big sister and little brother growing up in the same household. Each sibling thinks the parents love the other more.
Skills: Vocabullary development, reading comprehension/fluency and essay
Homework: Response to Literature Logs and Community-Based Vocabulary Journal
Mathematics
Skills: Commutative, Associative and Identity Properties
Have a wonderful and safe winter vacation!!!!
WELCOME TO
MS. ROUSE'S
PEEK OF THE WEEK
HELLO PARENTS AND STUDENTS......TAKE A PEEK DOWN BELOW AT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITES
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, October 24 - All day rehearsal for
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
Tuesday - Friday: Red Ribbon Week
(check out PMMS information for each day's attire)
Wednesday, October 28 - 8:15 a. m.- A.S.L. Club Meeting
(Club leaders report 8:05)
Friday, October 30 /Saturday, October 31-
.....Stay Safe!!!!
TAKE A PEEK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN CLASS
READING
Text: Corn is Maize by Aliki
Skills: Vocabulary, comprehension and essay
Homework: Literature Response Logs / Vocabulary
STUDY SKILLS
Skills: Science (Motion) and Social Studies (U.S. Constitution)
Homework: Persuasive Essay - "Come to Georgia"
READING/LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT CONNECTION
Text: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Skills: Vocabulary, Comprehension, Essay
Chef of the Week: Zaryian
Homework: Literature Response Logs and Home-Community Based Vocabulary Journals
MATHEMATICS
Skills: Order of Operations, Addition Foundation and Number Sense
Homework: Math practice sheets
WELCOME TO MRS. ROUSE'S PEEK OF THE WEEK
Hello students and parents..... take a peek down below at some upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, October 23 - Chili's Night for Pine Mountain Middle School
Wednesday, October 24- 8:15 a.m. American Sign Language Club
(A.S.L. Student Leaders -8:05)
Wednesday, October 24- Mock Writing Test/Early Release Day
Text: Wolf Island
Vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and essay
Homework: Literature Response Log
Homework: Science Riddle Activity
Reading/Language Enrichment Connections Class
Text: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume 
Vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and essay
Homework: Literature Response Logs
Scientific Notation
Homework: Scholastic Math Magazine Questions
WELCOME TO MRS. ROUSE'S PEEK OF THE WEEK
Hello students and parents..... take a peek down below at some upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, October 23 - Chili's Night for Pine Mountain Middle School
Wednesday, October 24- 8:15 a.m. American Sign Language Club
(A.S.L. Student Leaders -8:05)
Wednesday, October 24- Mock Writing Test/Early Release Day
Reading Class 
Text: Wolf Island
Vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and essay
Homework: Literature Response Log
Study Skills Class 
Homework: Science Riddle Activity
Reading/Language Enrichment Connections Class 
Text: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and essay
Homework: Literature Response Logs
Mathematics Class 
Scientific Notation
Homework: Scholastic Math Magazine Questions
WELCOME TO MRS. ROUSE'S PEEK OF THE WEEK
Hello students and parents..... take a peek down below at some upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, October 23 - Chili's Night for Pine Mountain Middle School
Wednesday, October 24- 8:15 a.m. American Sign Language Club
(A.S.L. Student Leaders -8:05)
Wednesday, October 24- Mock Writing Test/Early Release Day
Reading Class
Text: Wolf Island
Vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and essay
Homework: Literature Response Log
Study Skills Class
Homework: Science Riddle Activity
Reading/Language Enrichment Connections Class
Text: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and essay
Homework: Literature Response Logs
Mathematics Class
Scientific Notation
Homework: Scholastic Math Magazine Questions
CAN'T WAIT FOR.........
Open House....rescheduled for Thursday, October 1 at 7 p.m. Hope to see you there!!
American Sign Language (A.S.L.) Club to begin Wednesday, October 7 at 8:15 in the 7th grade conference room
Now ....Take a PEEK at what we're doing in class!
Peek into our
Current Book: Wolves by Gail Gibbons (nonfictional text)
Skills: Acquiring/understanding new vocabulary, increasing reading fluency, finding the main idea
Homework – Due October 2: Read the text EVERY night and record it in your Response to Literature Logs. Read the same passages with an adult and be sure that they fill out their portion of the sheet. Study vocabulary from the story EVERY night
Peek into our Study Skills Class:
Skills: Supporting all academic subjects, book/movie summaries
Homework: Due – October 2
Subject Focus this week is Science. Complete all of the science review pages.
Peek into our Literature/Language Enrichment Class:
Book: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Skills: Acquiring/understanding new vocabulary, increasing reading fluency, finding the main idea, reading for information
Kids in the Kitchen Chef of the Week: Chef Alondra
Homework: Due October 2 Complete Home/Community Based Vocabulary Journals, read portions of your story each day with an adult and fill out the Response to Literature Sheet (you must fill out your portion and the adult must fill out their portion)
Peek into our Mathematics Class:
Skills: Understand and represent numbers using exponents
Homework: Due October 2 Exponent practice pack- Complete all the sheets in the practice pack. Study for test on Friday
Here is a helpful powerpoint we used in class......click on below
http://bemidji.k12.mn.us/~djohnson/exponents.3-3.ppt#257,2,Slide%202
Special Activities:
Come one .....come all to our Open House....Tuesday, September 22 at 7 p.m. Hope to see you there!!
Peek into our Reading Class:
Current Book: Wolves by Gail Gibbons (nonfictional text)
Skills: Acquiring/understanding new vocabulary, increasing reading fluency, finding the main idea
Peek into our Study Skills Class:
Skills: Supporting all academic subjects, working on prepositional poem project and book/movie summaries
Peek into our Literature/Language Enrichment Class:
Book: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Skills: Acquiring/understanding new vocabulary, increasing reading fluency, finding the main idea, reading for information
Kids in the Kitchen Chef of the Week: Zaryian
Peek into our Mathematics Class:
Skills: Understand and represent numbers using exponents
Here is a helpful powerpoint we used in class......click on below
http://bemidji.k12.mn.us/~djohnson/exponents.3-3.ppt#257,2,Slide%202
Parents, Students and Friends,
Welcome to Ms. Rouse's 7th and 8th grade blog. I'm sure you are as excited as I am to get the year off to a sensational start! I have lots of wonderful learning adventures planned for this year! Here you can get a "peek" into what we are learning in class and information about any special activities we have planned. If you have any questions feel free to contact me here at Pine Mountain!
Happy Learning,
Ms. Rouse
3rd Period Reading: We are working on the story, Borreguita and the Coyote. We will have one reading fluency check Tuesday, vocabulary test Thursday and comprehension test Friday.
Homework: Study vocabulary every night. Read every night and complete the "Response to Literature Logs" with parents. Both the student and parent log must be turned in Friday.
4th period Study Skills: Homework: You live in the Piedmont region of Georgia. There are four other regions. Write a persuasive piece convincing your parents to move to one of the other four regions of Georgia. Write 6 examples of physical changes and 6 examples of chemical changes. Remember to include your reasons why you picked your responses.
5th period Literature Connections: We are working on the beginning story to the infamous books that chronicle the life of the quirky Ms. Bedelia. We will have a reading fluency check Wednesday, a vocabulary test Thursday and a comprehension check Friday. Homework: Community-Home Based Journals are due Friday along with Response to Literature Journals (parent and student sheets).
7th period Mathematics: We are working with the world of patterns, regrouping with addition and personal finance (checking). Homework: Complete the problem packet passed out by Ms. Rouse.
It is almost impossible to believe that the year is almost over. We have worked hard and learned a lot! Our last two weeks will be extremely busy! Here's a peek at some upcoming activites:
Sunday, May 10 - Happy Mother's Day
Tuesday, May 12 - D/HH Tea Party and Program
Thursday, May 14 - Retirement celebration for Mr. Boling
Monday, May 18 - Wednesday, May 20 - The Olympic Games
Upcoming Tests and Projects
Reading:
Matilda: Final 4 chapters
Main Idea- Final Test
Project: Comparison of "Matilda" the movie and Matilda, the book
Language Arts:
Parts of Speech
Sentence Diagramming with Direct Objects
Social Studies:
Map Skills
All About Georgia
Study Skills
Project: Comparison of "The Tale of Despereaux" the movie with The Tale of Despereauux, the novel
Graphics from the following sites:
Olympic rings: ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com
Tea pot: www.anewday-anewway.com
Boy studying: nursingpad.blogspot.com
