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Christine M. Dickey (Ms. D.)
8th Grade Gifted  ​Language Arts 
Desert Ridge Middle School
8400 Barstow St. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122
Chamber 304 - The Realm
505-857-9282 (school)

email:  christine.dickey@aps.edu

  Week of 9/25/23 to 9/29/23
Podcast is due October 4 - That's Next Week (where did September go!?)


The Realm is always in need of boxes of Kleenex, notebook paper and Clorox Wipes, please.   Your help would be most appreciated.

Monday, 9/25/23
* D.'s Daily Journal Warm-up
* Graded Work Given, Discussed, Sent Home
* More Reading/Annotating/Discussing Flowers for Algernon

Tuesday, 9/26/23
* D.'s Daily Journal Warm-up - Turn in this set of entries no later than Friday.
*  More reading Flowers for Algernon and Deeper Thinking Questions for the Story so Far

Wednesday, 9/27/23 
* D.'s Daily Journal Warm-up - Prompt Set 2
*   Work on finishing deeper thinking questions (due by Friday) 

Thursday, 9/28/23  
*   Word Within the Word List 33 Test.  Homework due.
* Word Within the Word List 34 Given and Work Time for the List 34 Assignment

Friday, 9/29/23 
* D.'s Weekly Editing
*   Read (finish?) and annotate the next section in Flowers for Algernon

​Supplies for 2023-24
Initially I requested a binder, given that students wish to keep their ELA work in class, a 3-prong folder will also work.  

Subject dividers (4)
Notebook paper

pencils (more than one!)
colored pencils
OPTIONAL
Clorox wipes to donate to class
packs of college ruled notebook paper


Join Quizlet!
This is needed for weekly vocabulary homework and studying:
https://quizlet.com/join/bx4p5nNuF
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​Cell Phones
Cell phones are not allowed in the Realm during instructional time... not even in your pocket. Though technology is a useful tool, cell phones in class create more distraction than help. DRMS's cell phone policy prohibits cell phone use any time during the school day.  Phones are to be powered off and kept in backpacks or in our classroom device depot.


Quote of the Week:
​"It's 'before' not 'B4'. You speak English, not bingo."










                                                                                                    

Grade Weights for 2023-24
Tests/Quizzes - 35%
Homework - 10%
​Classwork - 30%
Quarterly Final Project - 20%
Presentations - 5%




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