Reminders:
A. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted) and pencil is not allowed.
B. If the assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads are unacceptable).
C. The students are given 20 vocabulary words per week. They will have to copy the words and definitions on Monday for Homework and it will be checked on Tuesday by the Homeroom Teacher. If your child does not have internet access at home, he/she will be able to stay in the Afterschool Program on Mondays from 3:00-3:30 in order to copy the words into the Vocabulary NBs.
D. 5th Grade will have GYM on Monday this week, so remember to wear Gym clothes.
E. Reminder: please bring a large shopping bag (or two) to pack up books that will be left in the classroom during Easter Vacation. If you would like any books to be brought home, please let your child know before they pack them up.
F. Thursday- 12:00 Dismissal. Report Cards will be distributed by Fr. Almonte. If your child does not receive a Report Card in school, you must pick it up between 2-7 PM.
G. Stations of the Cross at 8:30. This will be followed by an Honors Assembly in the church. Your child’s Report Card will state whether he/she will receive Honors. The children may wear dress up clothes to school on Friday. No jeans and no sneakers.
Dear Parents,
I wish all of you a Happy and Safe Easter Holiday.
Please make sure that your child reads over the vacation. It doesn’t matter what it is, just as long as they read for at least 30 minutes every day. It is a good habit to develop.
Remember school resumes on Monday, 4/16.
Donna Toscano Larios
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK AND CLASSWORK FOR THIS WEEK
Vocabulary for the Week: Check with Mrs. Ramsey because I am not sure if they will be giving new words this week.
5th Grade Reading- 3/26/12
You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Lesson Plans:
Class work & Homework: Unit 4
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh- Test on pgs. 128-157 on Thursday, 4/19! Continue reading the rest of the book over the vacation.
1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the following words using the glossary in the back of the book. This work can be started in class and finished for homework. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.
Vocabulary for Wolf Watch:
perceptive, vantage, elusive, treacherous, phenomenon, submissive, hierarchy, tolerant, crucial
Vocabulary for Farming on Avenue B
cultivate, lease, regenerated, stipulation, vacant, brigade, spigots, meditates, communal
**Remember to copy the vocabulary for the week into your Vocabulary NB tonight if there are any new words given.
2. Tuesday- Read the story LAFFF in class.
Complete (in the Practice book) page. 151 (1-7, and then write a paragraph of 4-6 sentences on 8-10) on looseleaf.
Remember to put a complete heading on the looseleaf.
3. Wednesday- On looseleaf, complete pg. 153 (1-6 restate) (Practice book)
4. Thursday- Open Book Test on the Rats of Nimh pgs. 96-128
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6th Grade Reading- 3/26/12- You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Remember to study your Aim Higher Book over the vacation, especially pgs.308-326 and pgs. 336-344. The State Exam in ELA starts on Tuesday, 4/17.
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework: Unit 4
1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the following words using the glossary in the back of the book. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.
Vocabulary for Leader of the Pack:
grueling, incentive, domain, mandatory, hallucinate, chaos, proposition
Vocabulary for The Grandfather Tree:
proper, straining, wail, sense, jealous, shallow, assembled, timid
2. Tuesday- Read the story Things That Go Gleep in the Night in class.
Complete (in the Practice book) page. 151- 1-10 (Write everything out). Also complete the Challenge Activity on the bottom. Write at least 4 sentences
Make sure you give this assignment to Mr. Marcial.
3. Wednesday- In Aim Higher read pg. 175- 179. Answer all of the questions on these pgs. on looseleaf (write question and answer).
Make sure you give this assignment to Mr. Marcial.
4. Thursday- In Aim Higher, read pgs. 194-207, on notetaking and graphic organizers, and pgs. 210 -211. Answer the questions on pgs. 212-213 (1-3) on looseleaf (write out).
Complete on looseleaf with a complete heading.
Make sure you give this assignment to Mr. Marcial.
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7th Grade Reading 3/26/12
You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework: Unit 4
1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the words below using the Skills Practice Book. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.
Vocabulary for Wings to Fly:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 121 & 122 (skills practice)
Vocabulary for The Great Balloon Craze:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 128 & 129
2. Tuesday- Read the story Only One Woof in class.
Complete (in the Skills Practice book) page. 113 (1-10-write everything out on looseleaf, and skip lines).
Also complete page 116 (1-21- write everything out on looseleaf. Skip lines).
3. Wednesday- Work on Social Studies assignments.
4. Thursday- In the Word Study Book, complete pg. 29 (1-18). Do in the middle of the Reading NB (skills section) Label as Vowel Sounds. .Write the question and answer. Complete pg. 34 (1-22, question /answer).
7th Grade Social Studies
Lesson Plans:
This work can be started in class and finished for homework. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework. I have decided to combine the test for Chapters 8 and 9, so we will continue on to Chapter 9 this week. All assignment s will be given to Mr. Marcial, and corrected by me!!!!!!!
Classwork &Homework: Unit 4 (Chapter 9- The Federalist Period- 1789-1800)
Monday, 3/26- In the back of your Social Studies notebook, copy the vocabulary words and definitions on pgs. 260, 266, 269, and 270. Label it as Chapter 9 Vocabulary Words and date it.
Tuesday, 3/27- On looseleaf, complete Checkup questions on pg. 265 (1, 2, 3, & 5), and 268 (1-4). Remember this will be graded, so you must read each section and look up the answers! Put your heading on the looseleaf, and skip a line between each question.
Remember, it must be done in black or blue ink…not red, purple, or orange because that is a zero!
Wednesday, 3/28- - On looseleaf, complete Checkup questions on pg. 272 (1-4), and 277 (1-4). Remember this will be graded, so look the answers up! Put your heading on the looseleaf, and skip a line between each question.
Thursday, 3/29- On looseleaf, complete the Chapter 9 Review on pg. 279 (Vocabulary Review 1- and Chapter Checkup 1, 2, 3, 5). Remember this will be graded, so look the answers up! Put your heading on the looseleaf, and skip a line between each question.
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8th Grade Reading 3/26/12
You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Remember to study your Aim Higher Book over the vacation (especially pgs. 302-318, and 327-335). The State Exam in ELA starts on Tuesday, 4/17.
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework: Unit 4
1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the words below using the Skills Practice Book. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.
Vocabulary for Aerin’s Dragon:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 123, 124
Vocabulary for Lee Bennett Hopkins Interviews Robin McKinley:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 130, 131
2. Tuesday- Work on Social Studies Assignments
3. Wednesday- In Aim Higher read The Beginnings of Baseball- pgs. 238-239. Write the question and the correct answer (letter and statement). page 258-260. Complete Exercises A and B (restate). All pages must be done on looseleaf with a complete heading (name of book and pages must be included.
4. Thursday- Work on Social Studies Assignments.
8th Grade Social Studies
Lesson Plans:
This work can be started in class and finished for homework. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework. I have decided to combine the test for Chapters 8 and 9, so we will continue on to Chapter 9 this week. All assignment s will be given to Mr. Marcial, and corrected by me!!!!!!!
Classwork & Homework: Unit 4 (Chapter 9- The Great Depression and The New Deal 1929-1938)
Monday, 3/26- pg. Copy the vocabulary and definitions on pgs. 304, 311, and 321 into the back of the Social Studies NB. Label as Vocabulary for Chapter 9.
Tuesday, 3/27- On looseleaf, answer Checkup questions on pg. 310 (1-4) and pg. 320 (1-4). Remember this will be graded, so you must read each section and look up the answers! Put your heading on the looseleaf, and skip a line between each question.
Wednesday, 3/28- On looseleaf, answer Checkup questions on pg. 325 (1-4), and pg. 327 – Vocabulary Review 1-10, Chapter Checkup Questions 3, 4, 5
Thursday, 3/29- Finish any work not completed for this week, and give all the assignments on looseleaf to Mr. Marcial.
Enjoy your Easter Vacation!
(Remember to read!!!!)
