Mrs. Cannon

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Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade Reading

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade Reading 1st Period

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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About Mrs. Cannon

• Originally from Setauket, NY
• Ive lived in Vero Beach for 22 years
• Married to Chuck Cannon of C.J. Cannons
  Restaurant
• Teaching since 1999
• Taught 4th-8th grades at Sebastian Elementary,
  Osceola Magnet, and Gifford Middle School
• I have a daughter currently a senor in HS

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 1 Culture and Belonging
• Golden Glass by Alma Luz Villanueva
• A Place to Call Home by Scott Bittle and
  Jonathan Rochkind
• What to Bring by Naisha Jackson
• Museum Indians by Susan Power
• New Immigrants Share Their Stories by Lisz
  Gossels
• The Powwow at the End of the World Sherman
  Alexie
• Collection 2 The Thrill of Horror
• The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
• Frankenstein by Edward Field
• What is the Horror Genre? Sharon A. Russell
• Man-Made Monsters by Daniel Cohen

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 3 The Move Toward Freedom
• My Friend Douglass by Russell Freedman
• The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury
• A Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crane
• Civil War Journal by Louisa May Alcott
• O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
• Collection 4 Approaching Adulthood
• Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
• The Whistle by Anne Estevis
• Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco
• Hard on the Gas by Janet S. Wong
• Much too Young to Work So Hard by Naoki Tanaka
• Your Phone Can Wait by Stephanie Ramirez
• Driving Distracted

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 5 Anne Franks Legacy
• The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and
  Albert Hackett
• From The Diary of Anne Frank Act I, Scenes 1 and
  2 by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• There But for the Grace by Wislawa Szymborska
• Collection 6 The Value of Work
• The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury
• (Short Story and Graphic Story)
• One Last Time by Gary Soto
• The Real McCoy by Jim Haskins
• To Be of Use by Marge Piercy
• A Story of How a Wall Stands by Simon J. Ortiz

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Class Content

• Possible Novels
• Phineas Gage A Gruesome, But True Story about
  Brain Science by John Fleischman
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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Materials

• Required Supplies
• Folder
• Composition Notebook
• Pencils, Pens- Blue or black ink only!!
• Suggested Supplies
• Hand Held Sharpener
• Cap Erasers
• Wish List
• Tissues
• Paper Towels

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Class Rules
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Grading Procedures

• Grades will be assigned to the following
  categories
• Classwork/Homework 20
• Independent Reading 15
• Projects 30
• Quizzes/Tests 35

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Absences

• Check my website for assignments for the week
• You can pick up work at the front desk for any
  work missed.
• Call Mrs. DeLisa at the attendance desk 564-3511

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Tardiness

• I expect students to enter class on time. I
  understand that there are circumstances that
  arise, that is why students are given 3 free
  tardies each quarter. After 3, I usually assign
  a lunch detention first, then after-school
  detention.

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Parent Involvement

• Read notes and assignments that are recorded in
  your students agenda.
• Monitor progress during units by checking your
  students work.
• Encourage and support homework and assignments.
• Talk with your student on a regular basis about
  what he/she is learning.
• Create an atmosphere at home where your student
  has a designated study space and study time.
• Offer help with homework or make sure your
  student asks for help before or after school.

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Concerns

• E-mail me elizabeth.cannon_at_indianriverschools.org
  
• Call 564-3544
• Website http//www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ECa
  nnon/

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Lets Have a Great Year!
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Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade Reading 2nd Period

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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About Mrs. Cannon

• Originally from Setauket, NY
• Ive lived in Vero Beach for 22 years
• Married to Chuck Cannon of C.J. Cannons
  Restaurant
• Teaching since 1999
• Taught 4th-8th grades at Sebastian Elementary,
  Osceola Magnet, and Gifford Middle School
• I have a daughter currently a senor in HS

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 1 Culture and Belonging
• Golden Glass by Alma Luz Villanueva
• A Place to Call Home by Scott Bittle and
  Jonathan Rochkind
• What to Bring by Naisha Jackson
• Museum Indians by Susan Power
• New Immigrants Share Their Stories by Lisz
  Gossels
• The Powwow at the End of the World Sherman
  Alexie
• Collection 2 The Thrill of Horror
• The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
• Frankenstein by Edward Field
• What is the Horror Genre? Sharon A. Russell
• Man-Made Monsters by Daniel Cohen

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 3 The Move Toward Freedom
• My Friend Douglass by Russell Freedman
• The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury
• A Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crane
• Civil War Journal by Louisa May Alcott
• O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
• Collection 4 Approaching Adulthood
• Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
• The Whistle by Anne Estevis
• Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco
• Hard on the Gas by Janet S. Wong
• Much too Young to Work So Hard by Naoki Tanaka
• Your Phone Can Wait by Stephanie Ramirez
• Driving Distracted

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 5 Anne Franks Legacy
• The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and
  Albert Hackett
• From The Diary of Anne Frank Act I, Scenes 1 and
  2 by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• There But for the Grace by Wislawa Szymborska
• Collection 6 The Value of Work
• The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury
• (Short Story and Graphic Story)
• One Last Time by Gary Soto
• The Real McCoy by Jim Haskins
• To Be of Use by Marge Piercy
• A Story of How a Wall Stands by Simon J. Ortiz

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Class Content

• Possible Novels
• Phineas Gage A Gruesome, But True Story about
  Brain Science by John Fleischman
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

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Materials

• Required Supplies
• Folder
• Composition Notebook
• Pencils, Pens- Blue or black ink only!!
• Suggested Supplies
• Hand Held Sharpener
• Cap Erasers
• Wish List
• Tissues
• Paper Towels

23
Class Rules
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Grading Procedures

• Grades will be assigned to the following
  categories
• Classwork/Homework 20
• Independent Reading 15
• Projects 30
• Quizzes/Tests 35

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Absences

• Check my website for assignments for the week
• You can pick up work at the front desk for any
  work missed.
• Call Mrs. DeLisa at the attendance desk 564-3511

26
Tardiness

• I expect students to enter class on time. I
  understand that there are circumstances that
  arise, that is why students are given 3 free
  tardies each quarter. After 3, I usually assign
  a lunch detention first, then after-school
  detention.

27
Parent Involvement

• Read notes and assignments that are recorded in
  your students agenda.
• Monitor progress during units by checking your
  students work.
• Encourage and support homework and assignments.
• Talk with your student on a regular basis about
  what he/she is learning.
• Create an atmosphere at home where your student
  has a designated study space and study time.
• Offer help with homework or make sure your
  student asks for help before or after school.

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Concerns

• E-mail me elizabeth.cannon_at_indianriverschools.org
  
• Call 564-3544
• Website http//www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ECa
  nnon/

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Lets Have a Great Year!
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Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade Reading 3rd Period

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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About Mrs. Cannon

• Originally from Setauket, NY
• Ive lived in Vero Beach for 22 years
• Married to Chuck Cannon of C.J. Cannons
  Restaurant
• Teaching since 1999
• Taught 4th-8th grades at Sebastian Elementary,
  Osceola Magnet, and Gifford Middle School
• I have a daughter currently a senor in HS

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 1 Culture and Belonging
• Golden Glass by Alma Luz Villanueva
• A Place to Call Home by Scott Bittle and
  Jonathan Rochkind
• What to Bring by Naisha Jackson
• Museum Indians by Susan Power
• New Immigrants Share Their Stories by Lisz
  Gossels
• The Powwow at the End of the World Sherman
  Alexie
• Collection 2 The Thrill of Horror
• The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
• Frankenstein by Edward Field
• What is the Horror Genre? Sharon A. Russell
• Man-Made Monsters by Daniel Cohen

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Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 3 The Move Toward Freedom
• My Friend Douglass by Russell Freedman
• The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury
• A Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crane
• Civil War Journal by Louisa May Alcott
• O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
• Collection 4 Approaching Adulthood
• Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
• The Whistle by Anne Estevis
• Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco
• Hard on the Gas by Janet S. Wong
• Much too Young to Work So Hard by Naoki Tanaka
• Your Phone Can Wait by Stephanie Ramirez
• Driving Distracted

34
Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 5 Anne Franks Legacy
• The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and
  Albert Hackett
• From The Diary of Anne Frank Act I, Scenes 1 and
  2 by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• There But for the Grace by Wislawa Szymborska
• Collection 6 The Value of Work
• The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury
• (Short Story and Graphic Story)
• One Last Time by Gary Soto
• The Real McCoy by Jim Haskins
• To Be of Use by Marge Piercy
• A Story of How a Wall Stands by Simon J. Ortiz

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Class Content

• Possible Novels
• Phineas Gage A Gruesome, But True Story about
  Brain Science by John Fleischman
• The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
• Nothing But the Truth by Avi

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Materials

• Required Supplies
• Folder
• Composition Notebook
• Pencils, Pens- Blue or black ink only!!
• Suggested Supplies
• Hand Held Sharpener
• Cap Erasers
• Wish List
• Tissues
• Paper Towels

37
Class Rules
38
Grading Procedures

• Grades will be assigned to the following
  categories
• Classwork/Homework 20
• Independent Reading 15
• Projects 30
• Quizzes/Tests 35

39
Absences

• Check my website for assignments for the week
• You can pick up work at the front desk for any
  work missed.
• Call Mrs. DeLisa at the attendance desk 564-3511

40
Tardiness

• I expect students to enter class on time. I
  understand that there are circumstances that
  arise, that is why students are given 3 free
  tardies each quarter. After 3, I usually assign
  a lunch detention first, then after-school
  detention.

41
Parent Involvement

• Read notes and assignments that are recorded in
  your students agenda.
• Monitor progress during units by checking your
  students work.
• Encourage and support homework and assignments.
• Talk with your student on a regular basis about
  what he/she is learning.
• Create an atmosphere at home where your student
  has a designated study space and study time.
• Offer help with homework or make sure your
  student asks for help before or after school.

42
Concerns

• E-mail me elizabeth.cannon_at_indianriverschools.org
  
• Call 564-3544
• Website http//www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ECa
  nnon/

43
Lets Have a Great Year!
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Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade Reading 4th 5th
Periods

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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About Mrs. Cannon

• Originally from Setauket, NY
• Ive lived in Vero Beach for 22 years
• Married to Chuck Cannon of C.J. Cannons
  Restaurant
• Teaching since 1999
• Taught 4th-8th grades at Sebastian Elementary,
  Osceola Magnet, and Gifford Middle School
• I have a daughter currently a senor in HS

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside
• We will read
• Unit 1 Decision Point

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside
• We will read
• Unit 1 Decision Point

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• National Geographic Inside

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Class Content

• Possible Novels
• Phineas Gage A Gruesome, But True Story about
  Brain Science by John Fleischman
• The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
• Nothing But the Truth by Avi

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Materials

• Required Supplies
• Folder
• Composition Notebook
• Pencils, Pens- Blue or black ink only!!
• Suggested Supplies
• Hand Held Sharpener
• Cap Erasers
• Wish List
• Tissues
• Paper Towels

57
Class Rules
58
Grading Procedures

• Grades will be assigned to the following
  categories
• Classwork/Homework 20
• Independent Reading 15
• Projects 30
• Quizzes/Tests 35

59
Absences

• Check my website for assignments for the week
• You can pick up work at the front desk for any
  work missed.
• Call Mrs. DeLisa at the attendance desk 564-3511

60
Tardiness

• I expect students to enter class on time. I
  understand that there are circumstances that
  arise, that is why students are given 3 free
  tardies each quarter. After 3, I usually assign
  a lunch detention first, then after-school
  detention.

61
Parent Involvement

• Read notes and assignments that are recorded in
  your students agenda.
• Monitor progress during units by checking your
  students work.
• Encourage and support homework and assignments.
• Talk with your student on a regular basis about
  what he/she is learning.
• Create an atmosphere at home where your student
  has a designated study space and study time.
• Offer help with homework or make sure your
  student asks for help before or after school.

62
Concerns

• E-mail me elizabeth.cannon_at_indianriverschools.org
  
• Call 564-3544
• Website http//www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ECa
  nnon/

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Lets Have a Great Year!
64
Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade Reading 7th Period

• Welcome Parents and Students!

65
About Mrs. Cannon

• Originally from Setauket, NY
• Ive lived in Vero Beach for 22 years
• Married to Chuck Cannon of C.J. Cannons
  Restaurant
• Teaching since 1999
• Taught 4th-8th grades at Sebastian Elementary,
  Osceola Magnet, and Gifford Middle School
• I have a daughter currently a senor in HS

66
Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 1 Culture and Belonging
• Golden Glass by Alma Luz Villanueva
• A Place to Call Home by Scott Bittle and
  Jonathan Rochkind
• What to Bring by Naisha Jackson
• Museum Indians by Susan Power
• New Immigrants Share Their Stories by Lisz
  Gossels
• The Powwow at the End of the World Sherman
  Alexie
• Collection 2 The Thrill of Horror
• The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
• Frankenstein by Edward Field
• What is the Horror Genre? Sharon A. Russell
• Man-Made Monsters by Daniel Cohen

67
Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 3 The Move Toward Freedom
• My Friend Douglass by Russell Freedman
• The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury
• A Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crane
• Civil War Journal by Louisa May Alcott
• O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
• Collection 4 Approaching Adulthood
• Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
• The Whistle by Anne Estevis
• Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco
• Hard on the Gas by Janet S. Wong
• Much too Young to Work So Hard by Naoki Tanaka
• Your Phone Can Wait by Stephanie Ramirez
• Driving Distracted

68
Class Content

• Houghton Mifflin Collections
• Sharing with Language Arts
• We will read
• Collection 5 Anne Franks Legacy
• The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and
  Albert Hackett
• From The Diary of Anne Frank Act I, Scenes 1 and
  2 by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• There But for the Grace by Wislawa Szymborska
• Collection 6 The Value of Work
• The Flying Machine by Ray Bradbury
• (Short Story and Graphic Story)
• One Last Time by Gary Soto
• The Real McCoy by Jim Haskins
• To Be of Use by Marge Piercy
• A Story of How a Wall Stands by Simon J. Ortiz

69
Class Content

• Possible Novels
• Phineas Gage A Gruesome, But True Story about
  Brain Science by John Fleischman
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

70
Materials

• Required Supplies
• Folder
• Composition Notebook
• Pencils, Pens- Blue or black ink only!!
• Suggested Supplies
• Hand Held Sharpener
• Cap Erasers
• Wish List
• Tissues
• Paper Towels

71
Class Rules
72
Grading Procedures

• Grades will be assigned to the following
  categories
• Classwork/Homework 20
• Independent Reading 15
• Projects 30
• Quizzes/Tests 35

73
Absences

• Check my website for assignments for the week
• You can pick up work at the front desk for any
  work missed.
• Call Mrs. DeLisa at the attendance desk 564-3511

74
Tardiness

• I expect students to enter class on time. I
  understand that there are circumstances that
  arise, that is why students are given 3 free
  tardies each quarter. After 3, I usually assign
  a lunch detention first, then after-school
  detention.

75
Parent Involvement

• Read notes and assignments that are recorded in
  your students agenda.
• Monitor progress during units by checking your
  students work.
• Encourage and support homework and assignments.
• Talk with your student on a regular basis about
  what he/she is learning.
• Create an atmosphere at home where your student
  has a designated study space and study time.
• Offer help with homework or make sure your
  student asks for help before or after school.

76
Concerns

• E-mail me elizabeth.cannon_at_indianriverschools.org
  
• Call 564-3544
• Website http//www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ECa
  nnon/

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Lets Have a Great Year!
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Mrs. Cannons 8th Grade EPIC

• Welcome Parents and Students!

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Lessons/ Study Hall

• Once or twice per week we will have lessons that
  focus on academic success, personal growth, or
  achievement. There is no grade for EPIC, it is
  meant to be enrichment.

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Lets Have a Great Year!