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• Hey all, apologies you had trouble opening the Eve Merriam poem "Onomatopoeia." I think I had the share setting on needham public schools when it should have been open for anyone with link. Sorry for any hardship this may have caused. Go poetry!

  April 21, 2020, 4:24 p.m.
• Just a reminder there is no school today. Ms. Burriss will email you an updated schedule for this week, office hour particulars, and so on. Enjoy Marathon Monday! PS "Boston," great documentary about marathon airs on PBS tonight (also avail with Amazon Prime) I'ts amazing!

  April 20, 2020, 10:26 a.m.
• IMPORTANT: Please join Office Hours today using Googe Classroom. Due to tech difficulties THERE IS A CHANCE ONLY A Block CAN JOIN TODAY. I'll keep you informed.

  April 13, 2020, 7:27 a.m.
• Heyo everyone ... a gentle reminder that there is officially NO SCHOOL tomorrow (Good Friday), so you have the day off. That means you should try to get to the completion of your school tasks today. All the best, Mr. ELL

  April 9, 2020, 9:50 a.m.
• Ok, slides def in Google Classroom now for VIEWING ... remember you work goes on the separate Google doc "Poetry Week One." * Notice there are actually TWO "Think & Write"s associated with today, Monday's work.

  April 6, 2020, 9:50 a.m.
• If you do not have this already ... copy of weekly schedule can be found in MyHomework Resources.

  April 6, 2020, 8:12 a.m.
• PS: Sent invite for "Office Hours" Zoom for 9-:930 Monday if you want to check in with me for any reason. Your work will appear in Google Classroom between 8-9 Mon. morning, another set of slides with instructions for the week. I'll post a link in MyHomework as well.

  April 5, 2020, 3:22 p.m.
• Hey, all, I know you are getting bombarded with communication. It will start to taper off and simplify soon, I promise. As Ms. Bibbo mentioned in her screencast recently, you will get instructions for next week from all your teachers on Monday morning before 9.

  April 3, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
• Hey, all! Here is an announcement to announce that you should check out today's morning announcements by Ms. Bibbo and other students you might just recognize. Ha.

  March 30, 2020, 9:08 a.m.
• Hope you are all well. By early Saturday afternoon your family will receive an email from Ms. Bibbo detailing the latest news from Pollard around student work. Also around the same time you will receive a cluster email, probs from Ms. Burris, about expectations for next week.

  March 19, 2020, 4:09 p.m.
• Please remember to bring your nonfiction reading to class on Tuesday. It must be a REAL, live, made of paper book. You might bring a book and a magazine, but not JUST a magazine. If you bring a browsable book, also bring another with more dense text.

  Feb. 28, 2020, 1:49 p.m.
• Nicole, Simon, Ariana, julia R, spelling bee tomorrow morning; stay tuned to announcements. It will probs be in the library starting during advisory. Remember to check in with your advisor first.

  Feb. 25, 2020, 3:01 p.m.
• Quiz Friday now TBD (To Be Determined) because we will be in the library and we don't want to lose time there. Stay tuned.

  Feb. 25, 2020, 2:58 p.m.
• Hey, just another thing to think about our Outsiders movie viewing this Friday ... bring an extra snack that day to munch during the movie. Sounds like a plan, right?

  Feb. 11, 2020, 6:19 p.m.
• Calling all blankies! If you have any picnic-style blankets you can bring to share on Friday for movie viewing, that would be awesome. If you can bring them in by Thursday, all the better.

  Feb. 11, 2020, 8:46 a.m.
• In case you missed it, the notes from the whiteboard for what to include in your note home in your Journal about your portfolio are in Resources.

  Feb. 7, 2020, 12:02 p.m.
• Attention all wordsmithers ... Your vocab grade this week will be based on your prepped log you finished for yesterday's deadline. Quiz will be morphemes only. Aso, there will be no morphemes or vocab next week ... instead, we can all look forward to Sentence Bootcamp.

  Jan. 30, 2020, 9:41 a.m.
• Sorry so many announcements ... I apologize I won't be able to make it for after-school help tomorrow (Thursday). I have to go see the doctor to beg his permission for me to try skiing February break.

  Jan. 22, 2020, 3:26 p.m.
• Hey cool cats, don't forget you are reading through the end of chapter by tomorrow (Thur). See last night's assignment for details

  Jan. 22, 2020, 1:18 p.m.
• Chapter 3 not due till Monday. For tomorow, Friday, Jan. 10 study morphemes 6-10; revew morphemes 1-5.

  Jan. 9, 2020, 8:24 p.m.
• For the Sunday River ski trip coming up Fri, Jan. 10-Sun.,Jan. 12 we have up to four spots FOR GIRLS available. Let me know asap if you are interested and see me tomorrow for details on paperwork, payment, etc.

  Jan. 2, 2020, 10:52 p.m.
• Good morning and merry pre-vacation Friday, everyone! Slash chapter 3 is in resources. Sorry for the delay and enjoy. And, hey, try to have fun today!

  Dec. 20, 2019, 6:50 a.m.
• Hey don't forget it is Spirit Week and today is Monocrhomatic Monday. Morpheme mono means "same." So just wear stuff that is roughly the same color ... all blue, all green, black, orange, whatever. Fun!

  Dec. 16, 2019, 6:44 a.m.
• found keys in 242. check out resources.

  Dec. 11, 2019, 1:45 p.m.
• Sorry for all this communication. I apologize I will not be available after school tomorrow, Thursday, for extra help because I have to go to Central Street Auto Body for a check up on my achilles tendon.

  Dec. 11, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
• Don't forget to study up on your dictionary parts page.

  Dec. 11, 2019, 8:42 a.m.
• NEWS FLASH! Due to the snow day, the deadline for your three vocab words has been changed to Thursday.

  Dec. 4, 2019, 8:22 a.m.
• Really excellent, high quality contest that links writing and reading ... Letters About Literature. Look for it in Resources. You write a letter to an author whose work has inspired, influenced you somehow.

  Nov. 22, 2019, 6:35 a.m.
• COPY OF "THE BIG FIELD" - WITH BLUE STICKIES -FOUND IN LUNDBERG'S HANDOUT BIN.

  Nov. 21, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
• The grade 7 ski trip to Sunday river is on! See flyers around the school and/or take one from my door for details.

  Nov. 21, 2019, 8:15 a.m.
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