The End of the First Week

This has been a good first week for me, and I hope you would agree. Today we will be talking about how Accelerated Reader will work this year. Some changes for the eighth graders and for the seventh grade, it will be very different from what you did in elementary!

Good Morning

Welcome to the second day of school. It's a full day today, but the only full day this week :)

Today you will need clickers...we will be assigning numbers and getting them going soon.

First Day

Wow, what a great first day of school! It was awesome to see all you 8th graders again and to officially meet the 7th graders. You know what I really love about the first day of school...nearly everyone is excited about something--seeing friends again, new classes, new clothes, a new beginning. I wish you all the best this year in school and activities. Work hard, stay positive, and you should have a wonderful year!

Welcome to Mrs. McQuay's Classroom

2010-2011 6th hour English

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The start of my journey as a blogger.

Today I created my first blog.  I am in Denver, Colorado for the ISTE conference (International Society for Technology in Education) and I have decided to create a blog for my junior high English classes.  I have enjoyed my time in Denver, learning about lots of new technologies and ways to use them in my classes.  I am going home with a lot to think about as I start planning for the next school year.