7^th grade Writing – March 5
8th grade Reading - March 5; March 28 - reschedule 1st period  8th graders who fail TAKS reading
8^th grade Math – April 8
7th grade Math - April 29; reschedule 1st Period for 8th graders who fail TAKS math
7^th grade Reading – April 30; 8th grade Reading retest
8^th grade Science – May 1
8th grade Social Studies - May 2
8 grade Math retest - May 13
8th grade Math retest - July 1
8th grade Reading retest - July 2

Please remember that we will be testing until lunch time.  Do not schedule appointments for these days please.

First Period Activities
    AR Reading Classes - Students who pass their TAKS Benchmarks go to AR Reading 1st period.
Seventh grade AR Reading students have been reading Hatchet and eighth grade students
have been reading A Day No Pigs Will Die. Teachers read the novels with the students
and test their comprehension. Students may earn AR points when they take the AR test
at the end of the novel.
    Scheduling for first period will be flexible, with students who fail benchmarks being
put into TAKS Math or TAKS Reading classes. The dates for these schedule changes coincide
with Math Benchmark dates.
    Some of the other novels that students in AR Reading will be reading are as follows:
The Bridge to Terabithia, The Call of the Wild, The Outsiders, Homecoming, Across
Five Aprils, Where the Red Fern Grows, Remembering the Good Times,  and A Day
No Pigs Would Die.

TAKS Study Guide: A Student & Family Guide for grades 7 or 8 is available. These are excellent
books from the Texas Education Agency. You can request a copy from the Counselor’s Office.

Students who fail TAKS will be required to go to summer school or be retained.

If you have any questions about TAKS testing or the AR Reading classes, you may contact
Ms. Sherry Brewster.

Phone – 903-693-2751 extension 4017

E-mail – sbrewster@carthageisd.org