Mrs. Kathy Gibbs : Gibbsk

United States History, 8th Grade

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:27:27 PDT
Trimester 3 Project The Trimester Three Project is due on May 25, 2012. This project is more open ended than the formal papers from the two previous trimesters. It is important to do a quality job, but should not take more than an hour a week over the course of the trimester. Students picked their topics the first week of April. Students had a day in the library/computer lab to make sure th ...

TRIMESTER PROJECTS

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:55:50 PST
Historical Fiction Projects Due Feb. 23, 2012You should be writing your final copy this week. I will be after school each day until the twenty-third to help students and make computers available for typing.The directions are below.Historical Fiction Book ReportRequirementsAfter reading your historical fiction book, write a two to two and one-half (2-2.5) page book report. You ...

History

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:48:11 PST
Lewis and Clark Keynote ProjectStudents are working in partners today through the 23rd on Keynote projects. These will be presented to the class beginning Wednesday Feb. 22THese will be prepared in the library during class. If you are absent, write your paragraphs ,so that you can type them into the project on your return. Below are the directions.Lewis and Clark ExpeditionTopics:Me ...

2nd Trimester Term Project

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:05:53 PST
Start reading right away.This historical fiction book should be read at home and may be counted for your English class RAH reading. You should finish reading this by the middle of February, so you will have time to finish the report as well. Due date for report is Feb. 23, 2011. The directions are posted on the previous blog entry. ...

2nd Trimester Term Project

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:01:22 PST
Trimester 2 project due Feb. 23,2012Below are the directions for this term's historical fiction book project.Historical Fiction Book ReportRequirementsAfter reading your historical fiction book, write a two to two and one-half (2-2.5) page book report. Your report should be typed, 12 point size font, and double spaced. In your report, be sure to discuss the following: ...

United States History, 8th Grade

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:55:09 PDT
Welcome to 8th Grade U. S. History with Mrs. Gibbs. If you need information on units and assignments for this class, the best place to look is at my class calendar. This will tell you the unit topic and assignments for the day or week.Long term assignments: Currently students should be reading a biography. We went to the library and picked these out the second week of school. Students will nee ...

7th English

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:09:14 PDT
Progress reports have generally gone well for this class. If I did not see you at conferences, they will be mailed on Monday. Please email me if you have questions at gibbsk@canby.k12.or.us .The students are off to a great start. We are focusing our efforts this year to prepare for the state writing test. We have spent a great deal of time on punctuation skills. (This will continue throughout ...

Geography

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:01:42 PDT
Progress reports have generally gone well for this class. If I did not see you at conferences, they will be mailed on Monday. Please email me if you have questions at gibbsk@canby.k12.or.us .We have spent the first part of the year on the major landforms of earth. We then did a short study of Japanese and Korean cultures, in preparation for the Korean students who will be guests of our school ...

8th English

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:56:10 PDT
Progress reports have generally gone well for this class. If I did not see you at conferences, they will be mailed on Monday. Please email me if you have questions at gibbsk@canby.k12.or.us .On Monday our class will start a new unit on the biography "Night".This unit will take us about four weeks to complete. The biography is about the experiences of Elei Wiesel, before, during and shortly af ...

8th English

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:37:26 PDT
Literary Devices Book We have been working on Literary device books the last week. The students have been showing a great deal of creativity and artistic skill. These should be coming home Friday; take a look. This Wednesday we will have a test on the literary devices. Students have some study flip books to help prepare. It would be good to quiz them, to help them prepare for the test. ...

English-

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:48:57 PDT
WE ARE STARTING THE BIOGRAPHY "NIGHT" RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK.We will be reading a short book about the holocaust of World War II. This is a compelling story that shows the struggle to survive. The story begins in Rumania as the German army is moving toward the author's hometown. I hope it will be a learning experience for all of us. ...

English

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:46:38 PDT
Creative Writing Story Based on a PictureThis week students will be selecting a picture to use as inspiration for a creative writing story. The pictures are being selected today. Students will make a simple outline, rough draft and final copy. The story may four to six paragraphs long. Students will be encouraged to use sentence models and descriptive words. ...

English

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:06:41 PST
STATE READING TEST Our English class will be taking our first attempt at the state reading test Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the first week of March. Students have three attempts to meet or exceed the benchmark. Students need to get plenty of rest and have a good breakfast on test days. Please encourage students to do their best. ...

English

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:01:01 PST
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is coming to an end. Our Six week journey with Scout and Jem is coming to an end. We finished the award winning novel yesterday. We will be watching the Academy Award winning movie in black and white Thursday and Friday. We will finish the unit with a essay test at the end of next week after we take our turn at the state reading test. ...

English-

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:16 PST
We have begun "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee!We are currently reading one of the best books of the past century," To Kill a Mockingbird". In 1961, Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize. We are currently on chapter five of the novel. We began reading together to make sure all students have a strong background of the setting and the characters. Next week students will start to read ...

8th English

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:27:07 PST
Career Education WorkshopWe are spending the first four days of this week looking into careers and what is takes to get the job. Ask your child what careers they have researched. Today we completed a program where the students tried to see if they could live within the income of a career they selected. Some had large savings, others were way over budget. Ask how your child's budget went. ...

English 8th grade

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:21:27 PST
Goals Paper- Five Paragraph Writing SampleOur class has begun a writing sample. The topic is the student's personal goals. Each students has created an outline identifying three goals they have. One goal concerns improvement in English this year. The second goal may be on any topic, but must be attainable in the next year. Each student has also identified a long term goal; this is to be r ...

8th English

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:10:41 PDT
We are begining a new novel, "Joyride" By Gretchen OlsonAs you may know our class finished the novel "The Outsiders" last week. We spent this past week reading and practicing some technical writing. This short exercise is due Monday, October 13, 2008.This week we will begin "Joyride". This in a novel that takes place in the Salem/Sheridan area. I hope it will be fun to read a book set i ...

8th English

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:24:38 PDT
We are well under way in the novel "The Outsiders". In the next two days we will find out the compelling event that drives the rest of the novel. Students are working in class on a chapter 1-3 worksheet that will be due Thursday. ...

Read 180

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:21:32 PDT
Reading- This week we will be reading out loud in our small groups from the novel "The Well". By the end of the week we will have read beyond page 34 and completed an assignment on the main characters and the plot development. We will begin the more structured Read 180 program in two weeks. Students may read at home for extra practice. ...

Read 180

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:13:34 PDT
Read 180 7th & 8th GradesWelcome to Read 180! I am so glad to be back teaching reading. We will be working closely together to improve reading skills and try to develop a love (or at least a respect) for reading, and all the advantages this skill provides. Come with an open mind an a willingness to work hard. See you Wednesday. Mrs. Gibbs ...

8th English

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:05:06 PDT
Welcome Back Students! The new year is just about to get underway. I am very excited to get started. Mrs. Bean and I will again be teaching the sections of Eighth Grade English. Our focus this year is a little different than in the 7th grade. We will focus more on literature and reading skills, where as last year the focus was on writing. (There will still be writing requirements.) ...

8th English

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:53:48 PDT
We are finishing up the novel "Joyride" this week. Next week we will do a few days of career research. We will be reading aloud children's books the last week of school for our last speaking grade. ...

7th English

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:50:58 PDT
"Stormbreaker", our last book of the year. We are Just beginning today the great adventure novel "Stormbreaker", by Anthony Horowitz. This is an action packed thriller. The main character is a 14 year old boy who ends up being a secret agent. We will watch the movie at the end of the school year. This is rated PG. This is the first in a series of six books. I am hoping to plant the seed for ...

8th English

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:46:38 PDT
We began the book Joyride last week. This is a great novel comparing farm life to city life in the West Salem area. It is fun to have a local story from a local writer. The students seen to be enjoying the story. students are moving at their own pace through the book . This will free up faster readers to move on to a book of their own choice. This week we have been focusing on the theme of the bo ...