Mrs. DeSimone's Digital Classroom

Baby Henry David was born on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018, weighing 8 pounds and 4 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches long. Baby Henry came early because Mommy had sudden onset of a disorder called HELLP Syndrome and the doctors felt the best treatment for everyone was to make an early entrance! Maybe we can visit in June after all!

Hi, Friends! I have finished your marking period three grades! Now I can put these swollen feet up and relax! Mr. Murphy will pass back the rest of the Grammar Chapter 5 Quizzes (Period 2-3, 5-6, and 6-7) with the updated extra credit grades. He will also pass back the grading rubrics for your personal narratives. Personal Narrative Grades -   I modified the rubric that I used for your Compare and Contrast Essay, which is also the rubric used on the PARCC. Essentially, I was looking for a fully developed plot/story, fully developed characters and setting, and appropriate and frequent dialogue that was punctuated correctly. I wrote this in on most rubrics. The Period 6-7 and any rubrics   for essays submitted after April 9th are not included in what is being passed back today. All of your grades are in Real Time for the third marking period. Everything else I have in my possession will be passed back next week. If you have any questions, please e-mail me, but I wil...

Hi, friends! I have finished grading all SSR Logs and they have been returned to school with their checklists. All grades appear in Real Time. I organized them by class period and Mr. Murphy will pass them back to you today. If by some chance, you still have an SSR Log that you would like graded, you must speak to Mr. Murphy about it. You will lose 20 points for lateness, and whether or not Mr. Murphy chooses to grade them for this final test grade of marking period three is entirely up to him. I have awarded extra credit as appropriate on the Grammar Chapter 5 Quizzes for corrections, signatures, and extra credit assignments completed. All updated grades appear in Real Time, but only Period 1-2 quizzes have been returned to school. I have begun to grade the Literature Test Extra Credit and Personal Narratives. Grades appear in Real time for Period 1-2 only. However, it appears that many people failed to share their final draft with me as I asked. It is possible that your ...

Hello, friends! Please be nice to Mr. Murphy today and for the rest of the school year :) He will be handing back the following items - Some things I forgot to give some classes before Spring Recess - SSR Timelines and their attached Grading Checklists - MOST of your SSR logs * All of these grades appear in RealTime * If you have any questions, please e-mail me at ldesimone@bogotaboe.com (Remember that Mr. Murphy will most likely be using my e-mail address as well, so make sure I know the e-mail is for me!) You will be taking your Grammar Chapter 6 Quiz today. You may use Holt Handbook , your notebook, your notes sheet, and your homework packet. If I remember correctly, I did not check every page with every class. If you would like your work checked and it isn't checked, please speak to Mr. Murphy; I have sent him the answer key.  Please copy and paste this link into the browser of your Chromebook: https://goo.gl/forms/gogagbVbzEa5e2kk1 After ...