Saturday, August 25, 2007

one week down...

So, one week has passed and I think this year is going to be great! You're getting used to how I do things in class and learning about the resources.

This week we mainly did beginning of the year stuff - handed out agenda books, got those civility contracts signed, handed out my syllabus and talked about my expectations. I read Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant and had you write about your summer. I also read What's the Worst that Could Happen? by Bruce Coville and had you write about your most embarrassing moment. Friday, I had you make postcards that we sent home and I did not read them!

Next week we will start doing some English stuff. I will give you your first big-ish written assignment and we will start on some short stories. We will also be getting on think.com in challenge classes and will be checking out the websites when I get the mobile lab.

I hope you guys feel as good as I do about this year! :)

On that note, here is a question for you. What are some of your expectations for this year? What do you hope will happen? What do you hope will not happen?

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi ms smith! my expectations for this year are to have as much fun as possible while still getting good grades. i love 7th grade so far, and i can't wait for the rest of the year. it will be great!

Anonymous said...

I hope this school year is fun! I think it will be

Anonymous said...

what i want to happen is longer english hours because english with Mrs smith is really fun. Her room is cold. Lol

Anonymous said...

One of my expectations is to get an A in all of my classes. I hope I will have fun and learn a lot. I hope I don't get in trouble I also hope I get to read some good books. I wanted to know if we do a unit on spelling?

Anonymous said...

This year I hope to get good grades. I also hope that I don't get in any trouble. I think this year willbe fun.

Anonymous said...

HI! OK....MY EXPECTATIONS:
1. I HOPE THAT I GET A LEAD PART IN THE SCHOOL PLAY
2. I DONT WANT TO SIT BY MYSELF FOR LUNCH ALL YEAR (IT GETS LONLEY WHEN ITS JUST YOU AND YOUR FOOD)
OH WELL, LUV YAS ANYWAYS

Anonymous said...

i hope we dont have too big of projects. but im sure we will:/ oh well. and i hope that i make new friends and get good grades. i have to get braces this year. i really dont want to so thats definatly not something im looking foward to. wellll peace out hommie.

Anonymous said...

HMM... SO THiS YEAR iM THiNKiNG iTS GUNNA B PRETTY TiGHT! ENGliSH iS AlREADY SUPER FUN AND THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SUPER AMAZiNG PEOPlE iN THiS ClASS liKE U AND JENNiE FOR EXAMPlE!! lAlAlAlA iM SUPER HYYYYYYPER. SO THiS YEAR iM EXPECTATiONiNG... YES EXPECTATiONiNG NO NOT EXPECTiNG.... TO HAVE AN AMAZiNG YEAR iM RElE PUMPED ABOUT All THESE STiNKiN PROJECTSSSSS i MiGHT ACTUlly GET MY BRACES OFF iM EXCiTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i HOPE NO DRAMA GOES ON. AND HMM i HOPE U liKE MY AMAZiNGNESSSSS lOOOOOOl JK!

Anonymous said...

Yay! We finally have on week down! Now how many more to go? We had a great first week. I really enjoy your class!!

Anonymous said...

Okay I think that I will visit your blog often!! SO will my mom because she likes to know what I did in each and every class!! I love your class I love the SSR time!!!!!! But this isn't going to be a long comment like LUCYS!!!!! LOL!! But if you read this Lucy ILY!!!!!! LOL!!

Anonymous said...

I expect to have fun in English this year and to learn alot. i hope we will make our website soon and I hope we don't get bored. I think we will have fun!

Anonymous said...

This year I don't want a lot of Bookreports. I also don't want to get better at social studies. I want to get a lizard. I also want to eat a lot of food. Hi

Anonymous said...

i DoNt ReAlLy KnOw WhAt I eXpEcT tHiS yEar. I jUsT hOpE wE dOnT gEt MuCh HoMeWoRk... CuZ sOmE oF uS hAvE sTuFf To Do AfTeR sChOol!!! so if you give lots of homework... just give us time in class plez. I am also looking forward to a great season for gymnastics! yeah! Barrons is amazing!!!!! SCC rox my sox!

Anonymous said...

UM...MY EXPECTATiONS WOULD BE TO HAVE FUN iN CLASS WHiLE LEARNiNG. i WANT THiS YEAR TO BE REALLY FUN.i DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOT OF TESTS. ALSO i HOPE WE WONT HAVE TO DO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT AREN'T FUNN... BUT i LIKE ENGLiSH CLASS SO FAR.

Anonymous said...

HII
cant wait for the rest if the year
lolly pops are good
do u like LOLLY POPS!!!!!!!!!
:)
great 3 and 4 hour

Anonymous said...

I FORGOT TO PUT A SMILEY FACE ON MY COMMENT SO: :)

Anonymous said...

This year I hope I get all A's and 1's.I hope I won't get B's or 2's. I hope I won't get in trouble by any teachers either. I hope I have lots of fun this year.

Anonymous said...

I hope to get all A's this year. I want to make sure I keep up with my grades and that I don't get behind on homework. I hope that I will also get even better at writing. I want to get better at violin and piano and I think I'm also going to be learning the cello. Hopefully I'll have time to write on my own this year. Getting to soccer on time for every practice is another good goal/expectation for this year.

Anonymous said...

Hello Ms. Smith. I'm having a lot of fun in your class!! I can't wait to make my website on think.com. Do we do book reports this year?

Anonymous said...

okay soo this is danielle again because i didn't answer the question last time i forgot sorry!! okay so i expect this year too be really exciting!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi ms.smith I expect not to get in trouble and not to LAUGH and TALK ALOT!!!!! i THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN CLASS!!!!!!!!!!
SIERRA HARRISON
A.K.A
CEE-CEE

Anonymous said...

My expectations are that this class will be fun and with lots of reading. I hope we will have lots of fun. I hope we will not be bored.

Anonymous said...

For this year I hope to get good grades. A lot of times I tend to talk a lot in class and that gets me in trouble. So I want to fix that. I want to have a good time in class while learning.

Anonymous said...

Some of my expectations of this year are to get straight A's and have fun.Things that I hope will happen are that I will get straight A's and have tons of fun. something that I hope won't happen are me getting a C or below.

Anonymous said...

My expectations are that I do really well so I can pass this yer with all A's. also i don't want alot of home work.

Anonymous said...

i hope many things will happen one of them is that i will learn new things in english this year

Anonymous said...

I think this year will be fun, i guess. Hopefully it will be like my last years english, because it wasn't that hard last year. Oh well. i just hope i don't get a grade like b- because i got an A last year. Wow. I sound like a nerd right now.

Anonymous said...

This year I hope to read The Clique series because everybody says they are really good. I hope to do a lot of projects with friends and go on all the 7B field trips.

Anonymous said...

i HOPE THAT THERE WONT BE A lOT Of DRAMA. i REAllY WANT TO BE FRiENDS WiTH EVERYONE. HOPEfUllY i Will GET GOOD GRADES. iM GOiNG TO TRY HARD. HOPEFUllY 7TH GRADE Will BE A GREAT YEAR. BUT NOT TOO MUCH HOMEWORK? KAY? KAY :)
-ERiN fARREll

Anonymous said...

i hope that all the books we read are good, i also hope that we won't have any loooong projects this year.

Anonymous said...

My expectations for this year are to pass the challege classes.

I hope that I do very well on even the hardest assignments.

I don't hope that my homework takes forever.

Anonymous said...

I hope to have A GREAT year. I hope to have alot of fun in the classrooms and with my freinds. I don't want any ISS because I didn't get any last year.

Anonymous said...

My expectations for this school year are to get better grades, read more,and write with more adjectives, adverbs, description, etc. I hope to meet new people and have fun in all of my classes. I hope we don't have a lot of homework.

Anonymous said...

I hope to not get a F. I want to receive more A's. I would like to enjoy this school year! But that's up to the teachers! I'm looking forward to the field trips! well that's pretty much it c0=>

Anonymous said...

I love doing fun projects and reading, and I hope that book reports this year will include lots of drawing! Keepingmy homework organized is rather easy for me, though as a person I'm not perfectso I will forget it once or twice.

Anonymous said...

My expectations for this year is to keep good grades, and to do well in class! I'm not so good in english, but I hope to get better!! :)


:) Madi :)

Anonymous said...

cameron and dylan want to get straight a's.

Anonymous said...

good grades good stuff

Anonymous said...

i hope to have a great year and to do my best and get good grades.

Anonymous said...

i hope to have a fun year.

Anonymous said...

Have fun!

Anonymous said...

i wanna read every book in the world

Anonymous said...

I plan oh having fun and getting A's and B's.

Anonymous said...

My expectations this year are to get good grades and do well on my report card.

Gabi*

Anonymous said...

Our expectations are to finish at least 2 books this year.ya!