The Beach

When I see the ocean I feel this ominous breeze
like something is going to happen
is the ocean trying to tell me something, or just trying to swallow me away?
I just turn back to find how this world elude me
To find my purpose in this one world

-Richard

(GREAT JOB RICHARD!!!!!) :)

First Dance Lesson!

Hi 820,


Well, technically it was our second, because the field trip to the studio counted as the first! We just wanted to tell you all how proud we were of you today. You did a truly amazing job and followed directions really well. I can already tell we are going to grow a lot as a class through this program. Those of you who were feeling uncomfortable participating today, please give it a try on Friday. I promise you'll have fun!

Remember, our next dance class is on Friday at 8:00...you need to get to school on time!


Love,

Ms. Miranda and Ms. Skrzypchak

6 Days!

Hey Class-

Just wanted to throw up the flow of the week for you. Even if you've been sent to the SAVE room for the next few days, you'll still be expected to keep up with the tests we're taking in class.

Here's the list:

-Tuesday periods 1-3 ELA Practice Test
-Wednesday periods 1-3 ELA Practice Test
-Thursday Periods 4/5 ELA Unit Test
-Friday Period 2 Math Unit Test

Fun Stuff:
-Dance Lessons Period 4 Wednesday (I love doing the STOMP! It is so much fun!)
-Gym Period 8 on Thursday
-Dance Lessons Period 1 on Friday
-Student Holiday Showcase 5th period on Friday

Whew.

Please don't forget that we push you and keep high expectations because we know you can reach them. So far our class has grown an average of 2/5ths a year (.4 years) in reading! We are on target for our goal of 2 years growth by the end of June!

Good luck with your independent teaching assignments tonight! The grammar stuff just takes practice, and time (that we don't have in class.) Send the e-mails if you have questions!!!

xoxo

Ms. Skrzypchak

trip to dancing ballroom!!!!!!!!!

hi my name is maria and I'm going to Tell you about the trip. the trip on Friday was fun because we all went to a dancing studio and we got to meet two dance teachers one was called ms.Maritza {and by the way she was pregnant}and Mr.Enrico and they both were funny and they really know there moves hahaha! some of the boys were well dressed and some weren't also since there weren't alot of girls in the trip some of the boys were dancing with an imaginary partner but the good thing is that ms.skrzypchack and ms.Miranda and ms.jelink were dancing to :] and let me say from my point of view pretty much everybody was having a great time. for lunch we ate a turkey sandwich juice and a chip. then we did a little dance off [which was really fun] and then we left. after we left the dance studio we whent to see the big tree wich was really sweet and then we went home. thats all that happend in the trip and I can't wait for our very first lesson which is this wensday. well bye.

The House Kitchen

The kitchen where the table sat in the corner by the window

The brown and white table cloth I layed straight out

Oh how I smell mom's delcious turkey ready to come out of the oven

Yellow rice with pecan pie decorated with red pepper

baked chicken and mash potaotes and fresh garden salad with the color of my mom's beautiful flowers

this is all about a holiday with your family and friends giving thanks in unity and unforgetable wonderful holiday

my house the kitchen and dinning room where you could smell all the wonderful food cooked and ready to be eaten.

-Otoniel

FLIPPED/DANCING BALLLROOM

Hello and I'm back yes is me maria today is December,11,2008 and yes that means that Christmas is coming and that also means that the class has one day left to do the DANCING BALLROOM PROGRAM!!! but this isn't why we have this segment. this segment is about class 820 reading a book called FLIPPED and this book is about a girl named Julianna baker that falls in love with her neighbor and doesn't realize that he doesn't like her, soon Julianna starts doing every thing in her power to get close to him.now you may be thinking if the book is all about one girl why is the book called flipped well the book is not all about one girl is about two people the other person is the boy named Bryce he really HATES Julianna but he doesn't really know that he is soon going to fall for her in this book there is alot of love,friendship,backstabbing,and truth for me this book is the best but to bad that we just finished the book today trustme this book is awesome well that's all i could say see you when i have another important stuff to tell you and remember class 820 have only one more day left for the grand coming of Dancing ballroom program!!! bye talk to you some day!!!

flipped

the thing about this book is that even if you don't think you're changing,you are.that is what I think this book is about.example bryce never liked juli but now he does.





sincerly, malik

The Phantom Of The Opera

The Phantom Of The Opera was a good show because it had a man that had a white mystery mask on his right face and nobody knew who they were.i think that the place was very fun and i think that who ever goes there could probably have a very bright excited. there were a lot of bright lights every where.there was a lot of music and opera singers that were professionally trained to sing like that. it took like 4 hours and 2 sessions because the singers have to take a couple of minutes to rest.But i think that it was a good show and hope to go there again.
The people who went was: Karina C. Shuba and Bina M. and 2 others fellow students from the other 8 Th grades.
I think that they went people because maybe they did a great job or probably had a high grade in most of the classes. Only 6 8 Th graders got to go on the trip.

This morning watched MAD HOT BALLROOM its was really fun then we did a work sheet with the book flipped untill the en of 2nd period thank you






by lisandro

Inspiration for the Quiz tomorrow!

Hi class-

We know a lot of you are feeling nervous about the Math quiz we are going to have tomorrow, and that is understandable, this is hard stuff! We want to remind you how well you are doing though. The class average in Math right now is an 82%! On the last quiz, 19 out of 20 students received Mastery on standard 8.N.2!

This is awesome news. You really are learning. For a lot of you, this type of success might be something new, something you haven't experienced in a few years. You should be really proud of the hard work you have put in so far, but remember, you cannot give up just because things start to get a little harder!

8th grade Math is hard, and it will continue to get harder - but giving up is not an option. You need to continue to show us the commitment we saw from you so far this year.

-Ms. Miranda and Ms. Skrzypchak

another day with class 820

HI, my name is maria and today is December,2,2008 as you all may know today Tuesday and guess what ms.scryzpchack is back in NEW YORK you see yesterday ms.scryzpchack was supposed to come to new york yesterday but her flight got canceled and so she could'nt