the free Digg app is here for iphone! to celebrate they're giving out a custom colorware #ipad everyday for 2 weeks! http://bit.ly/diggapp

Hope you are enjoying your summer. I still remember when you all used to come to my room to play cards.

Summertime fun: B-ball until the sun goes down. But boy do i need to play more often.

Question for people going to the parade tomorrow: where is the best place to sit?

Made it through the first week of school. Great to meet all of my new students.

Beginning the first full week of school. The big question: how can we confront difficult situations?

Great to see everyone at back to school night.

Reading "Rikki-tikki". We turned in the second draft of our Kipling summaries.

Have a great three day weekend!

Students should finish their silent reading books by Sept. 26th.

Spelling test, grammar quiz, and Monster quiz tomorrow. But also a Touchstones discussion to round things out.

This week we begin using online tools like Edmodo and Zoho Writer. In addition, we begin our first essay.

Working on our first big essay. Finishing typing tomorrow.

Beginning chapter two this week. Focuses on characters. Big question: How do others change us?

Handed out instructions for Interview assignment. I will give the due date after our practice interview on Thurs.

Second quarter begins tomorrow. Beginning with Poe unit.

Happy Thanksgiving! After the break we begin our Dickens unit.