Students will be completing a 2nd Benchmark district mandated writing test over two days. Students will then review their writing to gauge strengths and weaknesses.
Students will be assessing their rough draft on this week's article, The Battle of Bull Run. Students will be writing a final draft upon review and completing a TNREADY format quiz.
Students will also begin reading Bull Run, an historical fiction novel by Paul Fleischman. Students will complete a variety of assessments(multiple choice & essays) by the end of next week.
Please have your student show you they completed their daily Edmodo posted homework assignments each Monday through Thursday.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Weeks of Nov 26th & Dec. 3rd
Students will be reading, analyzing, reflecting, and writing about two condensed articles on Fort Sumter and The Battle of Bull Run, as we prepare for reading our first class novel, The Battle of Bull Run.
Students will also be completing daily(Monday through Thursday) homework assignments posted on Edmodo.
Thank you!
Students will also be completing daily(Monday through Thursday) homework assignments posted on Edmodo.
Thank you!
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Week of Nov. 19th
Students will refine a four paragraph essay that summarizes the brief history of our national thanksgiving day holiday, and explains their own personal reasons for giving thanks in their lives.
Parents, be on the lookout for your students essay as they will be taking home this week to share with their families.
There will be no EDMODO homework assignments this week.
Parents, be on the lookout for your students essay as they will be taking home this week to share with their families.
There will be no EDMODO homework assignments this week.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Weeks of Nov. 5th & 13th
Students will be completing their informative and opinion essays we began last week on the issue of Voting.
Student led conferences with their parents are scheduled for Tuesday. Your student will lead their conference using their class folders from each subject. Teachers will be in the room to provide direction if needed. The responsibility is primarily on the student to share their work and reflections on their academic progress and their behavior with their parents. Teachers have included a teacher reflections document in your student's folder. In the event a parent wishes to discuss an issue regarding their student in more depth, a meeting will be scheduled at another time.
Students will be reading informational texts on Fort Sumter and The Battle of Bull Run, as a lead in to our class novel, Bull Run by Paul Fleischman. Students will be summarizing and reflecting on the texts as a prelude to the TN READY 5th Grade Writing Assessment.
Daily homework assignments are posted each Monday through Thursday on Edmodo.
Field Trip to TPAC on Nov. 13th. Permission slips and $13.00 need to be turned in ASAP.
Student led conferences with their parents are scheduled for Tuesday. Your student will lead their conference using their class folders from each subject. Teachers will be in the room to provide direction if needed. The responsibility is primarily on the student to share their work and reflections on their academic progress and their behavior with their parents. Teachers have included a teacher reflections document in your student's folder. In the event a parent wishes to discuss an issue regarding their student in more depth, a meeting will be scheduled at another time.
Students will be reading informational texts on Fort Sumter and The Battle of Bull Run, as a lead in to our class novel, Bull Run by Paul Fleischman. Students will be summarizing and reflecting on the texts as a prelude to the TN READY 5th Grade Writing Assessment.
Daily homework assignments are posted each Monday through Thursday on Edmodo.
Field Trip to TPAC on Nov. 13th. Permission slips and $13.00 need to be turned in ASAP.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Weeks of Oct. 22nd & 29th
Students will be reviewing their recent MNPS Benchmark Narrative Writing Essays. After their initial writing, we discussed how to improve their writing to the prompt supplied. Students then wrote another essay to the same prompt.
We will also be reviewing the importance of asking critical questions as we read.
Students will read, reflect, and write about the historical event of the assault on Fort Sumter and the Battle of Bull Run, as we will soon begin our novel, Bull Run.
Please ask your student to show you they have completed their daily posted homework assignment on Edmodo, each Monday through Thursday afternoons.
Thank you!
We will also be reviewing the importance of asking critical questions as we read.
Students will read, reflect, and write about the historical event of the assault on Fort Sumter and the Battle of Bull Run, as we will soon begin our novel, Bull Run.
Please ask your student to show you they have completed their daily posted homework assignment on Edmodo, each Monday through Thursday afternoons.
Thank you!
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Week of Oct. 7th, 2018
Students completed their first multi-paragraph essay last week on the Los Higos Chapter. Very pleased with the progress we are making together. Students will complete their ILF unit on Pam Munoz Ryan
The MNPS District Benchmark practice writing assessment will be administered tomorrow and Tuesday. Students will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill at prompt writing. Following my grading the test, students will be reviewing their product after Fall break. I strongly believe the success of our Spring TN READY test scores had much to do with modeling my writing expectations, practicing reflecting and writing skills, and most importantly, learning from our efforts.
I thank you for your support these past 9 weeks, and I look forward to the next nine weeks.
Remember, ask your student to show you they completed their afterschool daily Edmodo assignment, Monday through Thursday.
The MNPS District Benchmark practice writing assessment will be administered tomorrow and Tuesday. Students will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill at prompt writing. Following my grading the test, students will be reviewing their product after Fall break. I strongly believe the success of our Spring TN READY test scores had much to do with modeling my writing expectations, practicing reflecting and writing skills, and most importantly, learning from our efforts.
I thank you for your support these past 9 weeks, and I look forward to the next nine weeks.
Remember, ask your student to show you they completed their afterschool daily Edmodo assignment, Monday through Thursday.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Weeks of Sept. 24th & Oct. 1st, 2018
Students will learn the tools of an author's craft of narrative writing as we continue to read our Pam Munoz Ryan unit of study. Students will also learn how we analyze our text with the 5 Magic Words. Students will read with the teacher, independently, and in small groups. Students will learn how to self-question what they are reading and learning.Students will be assessed with various assignments(quizzes, short reflective writing, TN READY Test type questions.)
Please ask your student to show you that they have completed their daily after school Edmodo review assignment. Assignments are posted each MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY, on Edmodo.
Monday, September 3, 2018
Weeks of Sept. 10th & 17th, 2018
Students will learn the tools of an author's craft (Figurative Language). Students will also learn how we analyze our text with the 5 Magic Words. Students will then begin reading and analyzing our Pam Munez 5 short stories unit. Students will read with the teacher, independently, and in small groups. Students will be assessed with various assignments(quizzes, short reflective writing, TN READY Test type questions.)
Please ask your student to show you that they have completed their daily after school Edmodo review assignment. Assignments are posted each MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY, on Edmodo.
Please ask your student to show you that they have completed their daily after school Edmodo review assignment. Assignments are posted each MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY, on Edmodo.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Week of August 26th, 2018
Students will complete a writing activity in class this week. Students will be provided a prompt and guidelines to produce an informative explanatory essay. Students will also learn how to peer assess class writing. The first draft will be a formative assessment grade. The final draft will be a summative grade.
Students will also have our first on-line language quiz on Wednesday. This quiz will be on NO RED INK and will follow practice assignments on NO RED INK on Monday and Tueday.
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Please ask your student to show you that they completed their DAILY Edmodo.com assignment. These short and focused homework assignments are graded and vital to your student's success here at Head Middle Magnet. These daily assignments are posted on Edmodo each Monday through Thursday, and can be accessed by computer/internet and smart phone.
Students will also have our first on-line language quiz on Wednesday. This quiz will be on NO RED INK and will follow practice assignments on NO RED INK on Monday and Tueday.
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Please ask your student to show you that they completed their DAILY Edmodo.com assignment. These short and focused homework assignments are graded and vital to your student's success here at Head Middle Magnet. These daily assignments are posted on Edmodo each Monday through Thursday, and can be accessed by computer/internet and smart phone.
Monday, August 20, 2018
Week of August 20th
Students are completing their first 5th Grade MAP on-line testing this week. M & T ELA; W & THU MATH.
Following MAP testing, students will continue with our Nashville Brochure Activity in class. Students will be using the brochure independently and in groups for the purpose of practicing our analyzing Informational text skills. This unit study will cover multiple days of instruction this week, and culminate with a TN READY formatted quiz and writing activities.
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Please ask your student to show you that they completed their DAILY Edmodo.com assignment. These short and focused homework assignments are graded and vital to your student's success here at Head Middle Magnet. These daily assignments are posted on Edmodo each Monday through Thursday, and can be accessed by computer/internet and smart phone.
Open House Tuesday August 21st, 2018 6PM
Following MAP testing, students will continue with our Nashville Brochure Activity in class. Students will be using the brochure independently and in groups for the purpose of practicing our analyzing Informational text skills. This unit study will cover multiple days of instruction this week, and culminate with a TN READY formatted quiz and writing activities.
VERY IMPORTANT!!! Please ask your student to show you that they completed their DAILY Edmodo.com assignment. These short and focused homework assignments are graded and vital to your student's success here at Head Middle Magnet. These daily assignments are posted on Edmodo each Monday through Thursday, and can be accessed by computer/internet and smart phone.
Open House Tuesday August 21st, 2018 6PM
Monday, August 6, 2018
Weeks of August 7th & August 13th, 2018
Welcome students and families!
Dear students,
I am so happy to have the opportunity to help you grow academically, socially, and personally, this coming school year. Our three main class goals are to become improved readers, writers, and thinkers. It is my job to show you rather than tell you how we will achieve those goals. As your teacher, I am here to guide you each step of the way.
This week we will be learning how we do things in our classroom and at Head Middle Magnet. We will also have multiple opportunities to practice our reading, writing, and thinking. We start slowly and then move with a quicker pace. We go forward together, and we never leave anyone behind!
This week, we will be completing a practice assessment that will help me identify your strengths and any weaknesses. Next, we will also learn about reading informational text in the form of a travel brochure about our city. Lastly, we will learn how to be better listeners!
We will be signing up in class this week or next with two on-line programs that we will use for daily practice work at home. Otherwise known as "HOMEWORK!" Our ELA assignments are short in time and focused on what we are learning in class. You will receive a grade for "HOMEWORK."
Your practice work at home assignments are posted each day on line on these programs.
Mr. Occhipinti
Dear students,
I am so happy to have the opportunity to help you grow academically, socially, and personally, this coming school year. Our three main class goals are to become improved readers, writers, and thinkers. It is my job to show you rather than tell you how we will achieve those goals. As your teacher, I am here to guide you each step of the way.
This week we will be learning how we do things in our classroom and at Head Middle Magnet. We will also have multiple opportunities to practice our reading, writing, and thinking. We start slowly and then move with a quicker pace. We go forward together, and we never leave anyone behind!
This week, we will be completing a practice assessment that will help me identify your strengths and any weaknesses. Next, we will also learn about reading informational text in the form of a travel brochure about our city. Lastly, we will learn how to be better listeners!
We will be signing up in class this week or next with two on-line programs that we will use for daily practice work at home. Otherwise known as "HOMEWORK!" Our ELA assignments are short in time and focused on what we are learning in class. You will receive a grade for "HOMEWORK."
Your practice work at home assignments are posted each day on line on these programs.
Mr. Occhipinti
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Week of May 21st
Students are learning about Centennial Park as we look forward to our Wednesday May 23rd Fifth Grade Field Trip to Centennial Park. Still needing some Parents to chaperon. Our plan is for a supervised walk with campus security providing our escort. We have reserved the pavillion. $5 Pizza lunch from Jets Pizza. We will be touring the Parthenon Museum as well as the park. 
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Weeks of May 7th, 14th
Our classes completed our Steve Jobs Thinking Differently novel last week. Students will be assigned an essay prompt tomorrow to be completed at home. This reflective 5 paragraph opinion essay will be due May 14th in class.
We are continuing with our ILF unit materials, a collection of short stories and an author study of author, Pam Munoz Ryan.
Please ask your student to show you their completion of their daily Edmodo posted at home assignment.
School is still in session and we are learning everyday how to do our best!
Thank you again for your support. If you have not taken the parent satisfaction google survey I sent last Monday, please complete it at your earliest convenience.
Mr. Occhipinti
We are continuing with our ILF unit materials, a collection of short stories and an author study of author, Pam Munoz Ryan.
Please ask your student to show you their completion of their daily Edmodo posted at home assignment.
School is still in session and we are learning everyday how to do our best!
Thank you again for your support. If you have not taken the parent satisfaction google survey I sent last Monday, please complete it at your earliest convenience.
Mr. Occhipinti
Monday, April 9, 2018
Weeks of April 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
TN READY is over for the year. We will continue to read, analyze, discuss, and write with urgency until the end of the school year. We will be completing Steve Jobs Novel this week.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!
TNREADY each morning this week. Remember to use our test taking strategies. Students will also read our class novel on the life of Steve Jobs, Thinking Differently.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!**********************************************************************************************
Students will review all three past writing prompts in the next two weeks as we proceed with readying for the upcoming TNREADY tests in April. The dates at this time are: April 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
Students will also complete and review another TNREADY Practice test(multiple choice/paper & pencil). Students are seeing first hand the types of texts and questions they will be tested on. Students are practicing analyzing the texts and questions, test taking strategies, and learning from their mistakes. Passing the TN READY tests will determine entry into Martin Luther King Magnet High School.
Students will also read our class novel on the life of Steve Jobs, Thinking Differently.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!
TNREADY each morning this week. Remember to use our test taking strategies. Students will also read our class novel on the life of Steve Jobs, Thinking Differently.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!**********************************************************************************************
Students will review all three past writing prompts in the next two weeks as we proceed with readying for the upcoming TNREADY tests in April. The dates at this time are: April 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
Students will also complete and review another TNREADY Practice test(multiple choice/paper & pencil). Students are seeing first hand the types of texts and questions they will be tested on. Students are practicing analyzing the texts and questions, test taking strategies, and learning from their mistakes. Passing the TN READY tests will determine entry into Martin Luther King Magnet High School.
Students will also read our class novel on the life of Steve Jobs, Thinking Differently.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Weeks of March 19th and March 26th, 2018
*Head Middle Magnet School was chosen as a pilot school of an on-line assessment that is being evaluated for use next year. Our 5th Grade ELA students will be taking the test on Tuesday during the first two blocks of the morning.
Students will review all three past writing prompts in the next few weeks as we proceed with readying for the upcoming TNREADY tests in April. Students will also complete and review another TNREADY Practice test(multiple choice/paper & pencil). Students are seeing first hand the types of texts and questions they will be tested on. Students are practicing analyzing the texts and questions, test taking strategies, and learning from their mistakes. Passing the TN READY tests will determine entry into Martin Luther King Magnet High School.
Students will also begin our class novel on the life of Steve Jobs, Thinking Differently.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!
Students will review all three past writing prompts in the next few weeks as we proceed with readying for the upcoming TNREADY tests in April. Students will also complete and review another TNREADY Practice test(multiple choice/paper & pencil). Students are seeing first hand the types of texts and questions they will be tested on. Students are practicing analyzing the texts and questions, test taking strategies, and learning from their mistakes. Passing the TN READY tests will determine entry into Martin Luther King Magnet High School.
Students will also begin our class novel on the life of Steve Jobs, Thinking Differently.
Please ask your student to show you they completed their daily Edmodo assignment each Monday through Thursday. If your student is on Raz Kids, please ask them to show you they are using the program 2-3 times per week for 20-30 minutes.
Thank you!
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Weeks of March 5th and 12th, 2018
March 12th week...Metro Schools 3rd Practice Opinion Essay Writing Benchmark this Wed. Students will be given 2 1/2 hours to read a text article, organize their positions(evidence), and write a 5-6 paragraph essay. Essays will be graded and scored by Head Middle Magnet teacher(s).
Students will also be practicing test taking strategies with a practice test later in the week.
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Students will be writing an opinion essay on peaceful protests during the Civil Rights Era, using two texts for evidence. Our next Metro School's Practice Benchmark Writing Essay will be an opinion essay. Students are following a template that provides step by step modeling of successful essay writing.
We are also about to begin our next classroom novel on Steve Jobs. More to come.
Please ask your student to show you their daily Edmodo posted assignment each Monday through Thursday. Please monitor and confirm that they are keeping up with their practice work as TNREADY Spring tests are just around the corner.
Lastly, please ask your student to keep focused at school and make good choices regarding their behavior. My goal as teacher is to provide a safe learning environment for all.
Students will also be practicing test taking strategies with a practice test later in the week.
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Students will be writing an opinion essay on peaceful protests during the Civil Rights Era, using two texts for evidence. Our next Metro School's Practice Benchmark Writing Essay will be an opinion essay. Students are following a template that provides step by step modeling of successful essay writing.
We are also about to begin our next classroom novel on Steve Jobs. More to come.
Please ask your student to show you their daily Edmodo posted assignment each Monday through Thursday. Please monitor and confirm that they are keeping up with their practice work as TNREADY Spring tests are just around the corner.
Lastly, please ask your student to keep focused at school and make good choices regarding their behavior. My goal as teacher is to provide a safe learning environment for all.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Week of Feb. 20th and 26th, 2018
Students will be MAP testing this week in ELA and Math. Students will also be writing an informative explanatory essay on the Selma March of 1965. Students will continue reviewing their last Benchmark writing test in whole class and small group discussions.
Remember to complete daily Edmodo posted at home assignments Monday through Thursday.
Remember to complete daily Edmodo posted at home assignments Monday through Thursday.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Week of Feb. 12th, 2018
Students will complete a 5 paragraph rough draft and final draft narrative essay from the point of view of an Indian father on the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889.
Students will also review the results of their December MNPS Benchmark Writing test. Their results will also go home and require parents to review, sign and return to class.
Students will also be quizzed over building complex and compound sentences (from our week of NO RED INK activities.)
Please encourage your student to complete their daily Edmodo posted activities Monday through Thursday of each week. Stories about Black History month will also be posted.
Students will also review the results of their December MNPS Benchmark Writing test. Their results will also go home and require parents to review, sign and return to class.
Students will also be quizzed over building complex and compound sentences (from our week of NO RED INK activities.)
Please encourage your student to complete their daily Edmodo posted activities Monday through Thursday of each week. Stories about Black History month will also be posted.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Weeks of Jan 3rd, 8th, 15th
Students will be completing our recent unit on the Oklahoma Land Rush and be tested with various writing and multiple choice question quizzes. Daily activities will be posted on Edmodo each Monday through Thursday.
Please see that your student is keeping up with their Edmodo homework assignments.
Students will be learning various test-taking lessons designed to practice thinking and writing critically each week.
Students will soon begin reading our next novel, Thinking Differently, Steve Jobs, in class, with daily follow-up activities posted on Edmodo each Monday through Thursday.
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