Book Fair this week!

Hello NIAA Parents

ALL week long Newman is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair Fundraiser! 

I had the opportunity to take all of my ELA classes down for a visit and of course they found at least one book they wanted to purchase!

So please support literacy and our school buy purchasing a book for your student! They will be allowed to purchase books of their choice during my class :-)

Thank you!

Miss Sanders

ELAR-NIAA

The 3rd Six Weeks is here!

Greetings Newman Parents!

Since we only have a few days left before Thanksgiving Break all classes are continuing to focus on the writing process and working diligently on revise and editing.

After the break we will focus on one last fiction story and then begin looking at non-fiction work such as informative articles and memoires. Students were also given a reading log. The objective of the reading log is to get students reading non-fiction, informative articles via news and information websites. 

Students are also encouraged to use the newspaper and news magazines such as Time, US News and World Report and National Geographic. More ideas for informational reading material are welcome parents so please send them our way.

Dates to Remember:

November:

18th-22: Fall Book Fair Week

19th: Muffins with Mom 7:30-8:00am

20th: Report Cards go home

21st: Donuts with Dad 7:30-8:00

22nd: Grandparents are invited to eat lunch with their grandchild.

Nov. 23: University of North Texas Fall Pre-view 

Nov. 25-29 Thanksgiving Holidays 
Dec. 2: CiCi’s Spirit Night 

 

 Have a wonderful week!

Ms. Sanders 

NIAA-ELAR

Honoring Our Veterans and Successfully Completing our Finals

Greetings Newman Parents:

HUGE REMINDER:

Students are to wear uniforms MONDAY,November 11^th for the Veteran's Day Program!

Also this is  week as we are 
wrapping up the 2^nd Six Weeks of the year. 

Students will test Tuesday-Thursday.

ALL ELA Writing Assignments are due November 13^th.

^{Creative Writing Resources (in case kids get stuck):}

http://www.thebookchook.com/2013/06/top-tips-for-young-writers.html

http://www.ralphfletcher.com/tips.html

http://www.aaronshep.com/youngauthor/elements.html

Count Down to Creativity and Honoring our Veterans

Greetings Newman Parents,

My ELA students have a full plate of work and activities these last two weeks of the 2^nd 6 weeks!

10^th grade students will be working on a collective digital presentation, taking elements of the short story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and giving it a bit of a modern twist. Students will use their creative writing skills to bring this technical and visual effort to fruition.

10^th grade Pre-AP students continue to tackle the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky and prepare as well to complete their final essay focusing on the character of the “Underground an” and his views on society.

7^th and 8^th graders are using the imagery from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (7^th) and The Pearl (8^th) to bring these highly descriptive stories into three dimensional view as a part of their final project. Students are encouraged to use their creativity and merge it with art and technology to make their dioramas come to life.

All  students should be working diligently on their final creative writing assignment DUE November 13th . Students have been given the challenge to re-write their favorite part of the short stories or novellas we have been reading in class. The ideas so far have been amazing so look for posts of their writings on the Warrior Outstanding Work Page of this blog.

Reminders:

The students will wear their POWWOW uniforms on Monday, November 11, for the Veteran's Salute and Tuesday will be a regular day, wearing regular uniforms.

November Dates to Remember:

4^th --- PSC meeting 630pm-700pm in the Music Room

11^th ---Veterans Day Salute 130pm-300pm

12^th -14^th  ---2^nd 6 Weeks Exams

15^th ---EARLY RELEASE for Students

23^rd UNT Fall Preview

25^th – 29^th Thanksgiving Holiday Break