Ask your student how many math vocabulary words he/she found in the article....

Plans for 2008-2009 Intervention period will  help out those students who have fallen behind in basic skills for certain subject areas.  Students will be given the opportunity each week to have one-on-one assistance with subjects that they may be struggling with.  There will also be time set aside for reading so as to maintain AR points that are part of English grading criteria.  Don't be surprised if your child is actually assigned to a different intervention teacher than the one scheduled as we have not had time to review the testing scores from 2007-2008.
One group of students will have this intervention time to utilize a  subscription for the ALEKS mathematics computer program.   Others will be working on reading skills as well as  developing  math skills in class.   The stress of AR points should not be a problem as the amount required is cut in half and only 10 points are required the first nine weeks.   This should be covered just with the required reading for English with Mrs. Holifield, so the kids are freed up a bit to choose other books that they would enjoy more than having to choose one just in their individual reading levels.   Hopefully, this individualized instruction time will be very beneficial to the kids as we try to bridge the gaps between Middle and High school learning.

The grades on the enrichment classes reflect how many points they have earned out of a total of 8 for the 3 week progress reports,  15  for the 6week progress reports, and 20 for each 9 week period.  The THIRD  9 week AR is cut off on March 7, 2008, and the the students do not have very much time to get this done.   Each student is still required to have at least 20 points in order to make 100% each 9 weeks.  REMEMBER that this is also part of their English grade.  Students not having 5 points by progress report time will be ZAPPED.....