Welcome to Mrs. Kendrick's Webpage
7th grade English at Desert Shadows Middle School
(My dog Josie)
Welcome to Mrs. Kendrick's 7th grade English class!
August 19th Update:
Infinite Campus is doing weird things. Anyone who earned 5 points of Extra Credit now has an "F" in my class! Oh no!!!! This is not a real "F" and will be fixed as soon as the wizards at district figure out what is wrong with IC. This is not just happening to my classes, it is all the English teachers who gave the EC assignment. UGH!!! Update - as soon as I enter a REAL assignment the EC will be calculated correctly. It will fix itself next week. No Stress!!!
Back to School!
Panther Team Letter - Parents and students - click on the link and read the letter. Parents, we will be sending home a VIDEO Permission form on Wednesday for your signature. By signing the Permission form, you are also indicating that you have read the Panther Team Letter.
Additionally, we would like to collect current contact information for all our team students. †Please click on the Parent Contact Survey link and complete the form. †This information will only be shared with Panther team teachers and will enable us to keep you easily informed. :)
Important things to know:
The DSMS office re-opens July 26th. The office phone number is 602-449-6800.
Student packets (with DSMS information and student schedules) will be available to be picked up at the DSMS office on August 6th. Due to the prohibitive cost of postage, these will not be mailed.
Back-to-School Night/Open House (where you walk through your schedule and meet your teachers) is Thursday night, August 12th, at 5 P.M. This event is for both students and parents.
The first day of school is Monday, August 16th. We start at 7:49 A.M. on the dot.
Required Supplies
*Organizer: 3-ring binder or expandable file folder
*Loose-leaf notebook paper: college ruled
*Pens: blue or black ink
*Pencils: wood or mechanical + lead
*Colored pen: red or other bright easy-to-see color for grading
*A box thin markers - you need the following colors: red, blue, black, orange, purple, green, yellow, and brown
*Suggested
*Index cards
*Highlighters: yellow, orange, blue, whatever
Donations? Yes! We can always use the following items. They are needed and much appreciated!
Pencils - yellow wood with eraser
Hand Sanitizer
Lined paper
Clorox wipes
Reams of copier paper - any type will do for our English department printer, but while we hate to be choosey, our school copier is, and jams easily!) 8 1/2 x 11, 20 lb, 92 brightness for the school copier.
A little bit about me:
Three years ago I married my husband, taking his last name, Kendrick. If you ask older siblings, neighbors or friends about Mrs. Kendrick at DSMS, they might think you are talking about the principal! Students from more than 3 years ago would know me as, Miss. Bennett.
I moved to Arizona six years ago from Ohio, which means of course I am a huge Ohio State Buckeyes fan! I graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in Middle Level Education - Language Arts and Social Studies. After college I taught for one year in Ohio before my now husband and I decided we had enough of the cold and snow! Upon moving to the Phoenix area, I taught in a first through third grade classroom at a Montessori school. I am now in my 6th year at Desert Shadows and I absolutely love it, as I'm sure you will as well! All in all this is my 8th year in education and 6th year at DSMS. Here at DSMS I serve as the Athletic Director, 8th grade softball coach, 7th grade Student Council Sponsor, and a team leader.
At DSMS we have a blocked 7th grade English, which means I will have the privilege of being with each of you for two class periods everyday. This will give us the time to do the following:
*Reading (Literature & Short stories) Be prepared to read! You will be required to read a minimum of 400 pages per month.
*Writing ñ Six Traits ñ Jane Schaffer
-Narrative
-Essay/Expository/Summary
-Correspondence
-Report
*Listening and Speaking unit
*Vocabulary (Word origins, Latin roots)
*Grammar
*Poetry
Go Bucks!
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South Africa - safari
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My horse, Myles.
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Paris |
I love to ski! |
Please take some time and check out my webpage.
Purpose: Homework, classwork, and other important information about my class will be posted here.
click the link below for classwork and homework.
DSMS poetry contest:
Links: Below are links to other sites and handouts that you may choose to access.
Most assignments will have a link on the homework page, if a link is possible.
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Webmaster's Name and Title:
Mrs. Kendrick, DSMS teacher
Last Updated date:
8/26/10
