Wonderful Wednesday

Another great day has come and gone and we are ready for another one!

STAAR Math: Remember that you will need to have your supplies by tomorrow! We will be using the duct tape in class next week! Rational Number Practice worksheet is due tomorrow as well. :) Most of you finished this in class.

8th Period Pre-Algebra: Check Your Readiness is due tomorrow! You should have your graph spiral by now as we will be keeping all of our notes in this spiral. It is a mandatory supply.

Also, the Basic Skills Fractions is due on Friday. Don't forget to head on over to http://tinyurl.com/4mulafun to finish the survey for your EASY 100!

Student Council: We will have our first meeting on September 8th after school until 4:15 pm. Make sure to pick up a sign-up sheet in my room (room 316) or from Mrs. Good at the front desk. I need these filled out with all the information so that I will be able to contact you throughout the course of the year.

Also, search for CMS Stu Co on Facebook and request to join! We are open to all Student Council officers, members and parents.

Red Ribbon Week Days

Monday- Sock it to Drugs! (Red shirt with dress bottoms, crazy socks- Contest with the winner from 7th grade and 8th grade receiving a Sonic Gift Card)

Tuesday- Be Smart, Don't Do Drugs! (Nerd Day with dress bottoms- Contest with the winner from 7th grade and 8th grade receiving a Sonic Gift Card)

Wednesday- Live Your Dream (Pajama Day)

Thursday- Lasso Up Drugs (Western Wear- out of dress)

Friday- Drugs can't find us! (Camo shirt with dress bottoms)

Classroom Update

Friday is when I had my cut off for all my grades for Progress Reports. They will be going out on Tuesday during homeroom. Homeroom switches will occur on Thursday since we have a Pep Rally on Wednesday afternoon.

If you are selling candy for Student Council, make sure that you are bringing it to me everytime you have $20. I don't want you carrying around excess money and risk it being lost. Thanks for all that you do!

Student Council Update

This past weekend our Student Council Officers went to the TASC District 3 Leadership Conference in Corinth, Texas. They did a lot of team-building activities to help strengthen our numbers and we are excited to bring that "bond" back to Crandall Middle School. We did discuss some ideas for the upcoming year as well. We will talk about these in detail at the upcoming Student Council Meeting on October 11th at 3:15 pm.

On October 25th, we will be having our first service project for Student Council. For this Service Project, we will be making Affirmation Cards. These cards will then be sent to several different places (Elementary School Teachers, Police Officers, Firemen, Local Business, etc.) and letting them know how much we appreciate them at CMS. The goal behind this is to not only show how CKH is working in our students but also to help show appreciation for our local businesses.

Quiz, Benchmarks and More

On Monday, the MMQ (Monday Memory Quiz) will be over Scientific Notation. Make sure you understand what you need to so that you will excel and have a great first quiz grade! :)

Last week's benchmarks went well. The students worked hard and many were VERY proud of their scores. I will be contacting parents of those students who made a 50 or below on the test as I want to STRONGLY URGE that these students start attending tutorials on a regular basis. It is crucial that we cover these things now and are not kicking ourselves in March as we bare down and prepare for the TAKS test.

On October 8th, we have a Pirate Pride Assembly during Homeroom. Students will be receiving awards for grades and attendance. Congratulate your students if they receive one because of their continued hard work at CMS.

Don't forget our next Student Council Meeting is October 11th at 3:15 pm in Room 316. We will be talking about committees, Red Ribbon Week, our upcoming service project for the community, our fundraiser and District Fundraising Week.

Thank You from the Bottom of My Heart!

I want to thank you all so much for the support and concern that was poured out from students, family members, staff and other people at CMS and CISD. I am truly humbled by the generosity and sense of family that Crandall provides. I know I am in the right place because my heart tells me so!

Don't forget, StuCo Meeting on Monday afternoon from 3:30-4:15pm. We will be choosing our 8 officers for this school year! Anyone who attends has a vote so be there if you want to help choose our leaders for this school year.

Progress is being made!

We have been so busy at school and are already on the down hill slide of our third week. OH MY HECK where has the time gone? Progress Reports will be going home on Friday so make sure that you ask you child for their report. Also, don't forget that you can check VSI at all times to see your student's grades as well.

I will be having tutorials Thursday afternoon and staying as long as needed so feel free to have your student stay. I apologize for not being there today as I had a fall while walking into work and had to be taken to the Urgent Care center in Garland to get it checked out. It turns out to only be a strain on my joints (thankfully).

We have our first Unit test on Thursday (tomorrow) and I am sure that everyone will do great. I am also doing a binder check and looking for the 3 handouts that have been given so far (multiplication chart, operation rules and coordinate graph foldable). If your student has all 3 it is an EASY 100! 2/3= 67 1/3= 34 and 0/3= 0. I take two binder grades a 6 weeks so these are easy for your student to be able to keep up with.

Also I am taking a composition notebook grade. These grades are for extra credit on their test. I will take them up EVERY time we have a test and put the grade in the comp book. If you haven't seen your students grade sheet in their binder yet, take a look at it as it is where all their grades are kept (followed by their graded papers). They should always be in there.

I'm hoping to get a lot of stuff graded this weekend and back to you so that we can start doing corrections and have even more updated grades. Remember that my tutorial times are Tuesday and Thursday after school. I am there until 4:30 pm on those two days.

Student Council Announcement: Our first meeting is September 13th from 3:30-4:15 pm. We will meet in room 316 and be voting that day for our officers. We have a big leadership conference coming up that ALL officers will be attending on October 2nd in Corinth, TX. More details to come on that after officers are elected.