Good Monday, everyone: This week we continue our unit about the Holocaust. The simulation we did Thursday before planning day was a great way to help our students get a handle on how those persecuted by the Nazis felt. Anyway, it certainly raised lots of comment!

This week we will be taking our first Quotations Quiz from Scenes I and II of Act I of the play. A Quotations Quiz is one of the ways high school teachers determine whether students are getting the themes of a piece of writing, and we are practicing for our future! We will also be working with more vocabulary related to our unit. Finally, we will be focusing on ironing out any writing issues students feel they need help with in preparation for FCAT Writes! which we will take in February. We have a lot to do this week!

Please be aware that report cards come out on Wednesday. Parents, if you have questions about the grades your child receives, please call us for answers. The school number is 381-7440.

Students, please be working to meet your new reading goal for this nine weeks' grading period - 19 books. We are half way through the year, and I want everyone to meet their 25 Book goal for the year.

Parents: Have you thought about talking with your child about what you have been reading? We should develop a "dinner table" type conversation with our kids about what each of us is reading. If you show that you value reading by talking with your child about what you are reading, then he or she will catch the importance of being a reader, and learn the skills needed to talk about what is being read intelligently. Thanks for your interest in your child's progress in reading!

Mrs. Short