I pray that you all had a lovely Christmas break with friends and family!
I was overwhelmed by the Christmas gifts given to me by my wonderful students! I am still in the process of sending thank you notes. But, in the meantime-- WOW, thank you all so much for your generosity! Thank you especially to Jill Gunniers and Michelle Sapp who came in and served the 8th graders with a fabulous Christmas party. How adorable were those snow globes that they made?! And walking tacos and desserts?! The fun 8th grade festivities made me not want to go to the teachers' luncheon which took place at the same time! (Shhh!) I couldn't ask for better room moms!
If you're in 8th grade, you will be receiving your Poetry Portfolio back in the next two days. I was completely blown away by the depth of the writing. The original poetry from this group of thirteen and fourteen year olds was absolutely beautiful. I was even moved to tears upon reading several of the poems. The artwork was such a beautiful compliment to the writing as well. AWESOME JOB, students! For each student, I filled in a comprehensive rubric showing how points were earned. They were given a blank copy of this rubric months ahead of time, so there should be no surprises.
I pray that the middle schoolers are geared up for midterms! We will have a couple days of excellent review before we begin the exam process. Please note that each midterm will be taken in a regular, 42 minute class period. This should actually ease some of the worry that these are not gigantic tests! We teachers just want to make sure that you have learned AND retained the most important and necessary information from 7th and 8th grade so far.
Here's to a brand new year AND the second half of the school year!
Blessings!
Mrs. Agate
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