A. ALL WORK MUST BE DONE IN BLUE OR BLACK PEN. NO OTHER COLOR WILL BE ACCEPTED. WORK DONE IN PENCIL WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED. ONLY ONE OR THE OTHER; NOT A MIXTURE OF BOTH.
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. Thursday, May 24- 12:00 Dismissal
E. Friday, 5/25 and Monday, 5/26 – No School due to Memorial Day Holiday
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HOMEWORK AND CLASSWORK FOR THIS WEEK
Vocabulary for the Week: Ask Mrs. Ramsey which teacher is doing the words for this week.
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 on Thursday. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
5th Grade Reading- 5/21/12
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework:
1. Monday- 1. Word Study Book- Copy the Rules on top of pages 67, 69, 71, and 73 in the middle section of your notebook (skills section).
2. Word Study Book pgs. 69 (1-7) and 70 (1-14). Write everything out on looseleaf.
2. Tuesday- Word Study Book-Complete pgs. 73 (1-16). Write everything out on looseleaf.
3. Wednesday- Read the story Last Days at Red Clay.
Complete the Story Map on page. 220 Exercise An only.
Complete page 219 Exercise A (write everything out on a separate sheet of paper)
4. Thursday- Word Study Book pg. 74 (1-10). Write everything out on LL.
Make sure you do each day’s assignment on a separate piece of looseleaf. There should be a complete heading on each sheet of looseleaf, the name of the book, and the page numbers. Do not staple the assignments together. Hand in each day’s assignment separately.
Make sure all assignments done on looseleaf are handed to Mr. Marcial by Thursday morning.
Remember, your notebook assignments will be given a Project grade when I return.
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6th Grade Reading- 5/21/12- 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 on Thursday. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework:
1. Monday- Read the story All Aboard. Practice Book pg. 226. Complete Exercise A (write everything out). Page 227 Write each sentence and the correct answer. Complete on looseleaf
2. Tuesday- Practice Book pg. 228 Exercise A (1-4). Write questions and answers. Page 229 -Copy the chart and fill in using the word box. Answers can be placed in more than one category. Pages 230, copy sentences 1-6 and tell whether the sentence is a fact or opinion. You do not need to explain why.
3. Wednesday- Read the story The Eagle Has Landed.
Complete page 235, Exercises A and B (write everything out) on looseleaf.
On a separate sheet of looseleaf, complete pg. 236 (questions and answers). Complete both Exercises A &B.
4. Thursday- Practice Book pg. 238. Read the selection and rewrite it in the proper order on looseleaf.
Make sure all assignments done on looseleaf are handed to Mr. Marcial by Thursday morning.
Remember, your notebook assignments will be given a Project grade when I return.
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7th Grade Reading 5/21/12
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 on Thursday. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework:
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 The Tomb of King Tutankhamen:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 205 & 206 (skills practice)
Vocabulary for The Treasures of Tomb 26:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 212 & 213
2. Tuesday- Word Study Book- 1.Copy all the Rules for Prefixes (top of the page in the box under the word “RULE”) on pages 77, 79, 81, 83, and 85 in the middle section (skills) of your notebook.
2. Complete pages 75 (1-12, write everything out) and 76 (you do not have to draw the puzzle, only write the numbers for across and down and put the correct answer next to the number) on looseleaf- Write everything out and make sure you have a complete heading on the loose-leaf.
3. Wednesday- Work on Social Studies during Reading.
4. Thursday- Read the story Through Skies Never Sailed in the text book.
In the Skills Practice, complete pages 141 (ans. only) and 142 (ans. only) on looseleaf.
Make sure you do each day’s assignment on a separate piece of looseleaf. There should be a complete heading on each sheet of looseleaf, the name of the book, and the page numbers. Do not staple the assignments together. Hand in each day’s assignment separately.
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.
Classwork & Homework: Chapter 11
Make sure you do each day’s assignment on a separate piece of looseleaf. There should be a complete heading on each sheet of looseleaf. Do not staple the assignments together. Hand in each day’s assignment separately. Each LL should have a date and the page numbers on it. ALL WORK MUST BE DONE IN BLUE OR BLACK PEN.
Monday, 5/21
Copy the 4 Essay Questions below into your notebook. These essays will be used for the final exam.
Tuesday, 5/22
Textbook p.385–Questions 3, 4, and pg. 389 –Questions 1-2-3-4 on looseleaf. Remember to put a full heading on the looseleaf and page numbers.
Wednesday, 5/23
Textbook page 394- Questions 3, 4, 5
Make sure all assignments done on looseleaf are handed to Mr. Marcial by Thursday morning.
Remember, your notebook assignments will be given a Project grade when I return.
Essay Questions:
1. Why did President Washington issue the Neutrality Proclamation?
Answer: President Washington issued a Proclamation of Neutrality because he knew that the United States was too weak to get involved in another war so soon after the War for Independence. This meant that the United States would not take sides in the war between France and Great Britain.
2a.Why did Tecumseh want the Indian tribes to organize?
2b.How was the Treaty of Greenville typical of the agreements signed by the American government and Indian tribes?
Answer: 2a. Tecumseh was the Chief of the Shawnee Tribe. He wanted to organize a great Indian alliance. He wanted to unite the Indians to prevent invasion of the western lands by white settlers.
2b. The Treaty of Greenville was typical of the agreement signed by the US government and Indian tribes because after a time it was broken by the settlers who invaded the Indian lands.
3. What were the main points of the Monroe Doctrine?
Answer: James Monroe issued a warning to the countries of Europe. This Monroe Doctrine has been called the American “declaration of independence from Europe”. It promised European nations that they could keep whatever possessions they had in the western hemisphere as of 1823. They could not claim additional territory in this hemisphere. The United States would oppose any effort to extend the European system of rule by kings and queens to the western hemisphere. The United States, in return, promised not to interfere in events in any European country.
4a. How did John Quincy Adams become President?
4b. Why was his administration generally unsuccessful?
Answer: 4a. In the Election of 1824, no one of the four candidates had a majority of the electoral votes. The Constitution stated that the House of Representatives should choose the President from the three leading candidates. Henry Clay was fourth and had to drop out. He supported Adams and Adams became President.
4b. Adams’ administration was generally unsuccessful because he entered office with corrupt-bargain charges. He lacked political skill. He raised tariffs and increased the price of public lands to raise money for internal improvements.
5a. How did the tariff issue turn into a nullification controversy in 1832?
5b.What was the result of the nullification controversy between South Carolina and the national government?
Answer: 5a. A higher tariff meant that southerners had to pay more for manufactured products. The South Carolina legislature protested this action by Congress. John C. Calhoun said that a state could nullify (cancel, veto) a national law within its own boundaries. The belief that a state could do this was called the nullification doctrine.
5b. The nullification controversy between South Carolina and the national government resulted in a compromise. The Compromise of 1833 was passed, tariff rates were lowered over a ten year period, and South Carolina accepted the Compromise of 1833.
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8th Grade Reading 5/21/12
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 on Thursday. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
Lesson Plans:
Classwork & Homework:
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 Life from the River:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 201 & 202 (skills practice)
2. Tuesday- Read the story Invasion from Mars in the textbook.
In the Skills Practice Book, complete pg.149 (1-16-answers only on looseleaf). Complete pg. 150 1-12 (write questions /answers and skip lines). Do page 150 on the back of the looseleaf. Make sure you have a complete heading on the looseleaf, name of book, and page numbers.
3. Wednesday- Work on Social Studies during Reading.
4. Thursday- In the Skills Practice Book, complete pgs. 142(1-10, ans. only on looseleaf) and 143 (1-10, ans. only on LL). Read Mystery of Loch Ness in the text.
Make sure you do each day’s assignment on a separate piece of looseleaf. There should be a complete heading on each sheet of looseleaf, the name of the book, and the page numbers. Do not staple the assignments together. Hand in each day’s assignment separately.
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.
Classwork & Homework:
Make sure you do each day’s assignment on a separate piece of looseleaf. There should be a complete heading on each sheet of looseleaf. Do not staple the assignments together. Hand in each day’s assignment separately. Each LL should have a date and the page numbers on it. ALL WORK MUST BE DONE IN BLUE OR BLACK PEN.
Monday, 5/21
Copy the four essay questions below into your SS notebook. These essays will be used for the final exam.
Read pages 431-434 and identify the following words on looseleaf:
1. Bay of Pigs
2. Peace Corps
3. Alliance for Progress
4. Berlin Wall
5. Cuban Missile Crisis
Tuesday, 5/22
Textbook pg. 437- Chapter 11 Checkup (Vocabulary Review 1-10 and Checkup Questions 1,2,3, 5) on looseleaf.
Wednesday, 5/23
Read pgs. 438-443. Answer questions 1, 2, and 4 on pg. 443 on looseleaf.
Make sure all assignments done on looseleaf are handed to Mr. Marcial by Thursday morning.
Remember, your notebook assignments will be given a Project grade when I return.
Essay Questions:
1. How did the mass production of inexpensive automobiles affect American life?
Answer: The mass production of inexpensive automobiles affected American life by the way people worked and played. People could live farther from their places of work. This speeded the growth of suburbs around large cities. People could shop in places far from their own neighborhoods and travel long distances to places of interest.
The automobile helped make the 1920s a decade of prosperity. Auto factories employed hundreds of thousands of workers. Hundreds of thousands more were needed to make materials that went into the making of cars and new businesses sprang up. Also, governments spent billions of dollars on roads.
2. What did it mean to say that Roosevelt’s New Deal programs dealt with Relief, Recovery, and Reform?
Answer: Roosevelt’s programs dealt with Relief, Recovery, and Reform because Relief meant for providing help for the millions in need. Recovery meant helping businesses, farmers and workers recover from the depression and get back to prosperity. Reform had to do with long-term change. The aim of reform was not only to prevent future depressions, but also to better the lives of all Americans.
3. How did economic conditions and increasing nationalism lead to the rise of dictatorships in Europe?
Answer: Economic conditions help lead to the rise of dictatorships in Europe because after World War I there was depression and unemployment. The dictators promised jobs and prosperity to the people. Nationalism helped lead to the rise of dictatorships in Europe because some countries were left with weak governments after World War I. In Germany and Italy the people believed that they did not receive all that they should have from the peace treaty. Mussolini and Hitler gained power by playing on the nationalistic pride of the citizens of their countries.
4. Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
Answer: President Truman had to make one of the most historic decisions of the war and even of human history. This was the decision to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. After he warned Japan to surrender or face prompt and complete destruction and received no reply, one American bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and the whole city was almost wiped out. Some of Truman’s advisers opposed this action because they were afraid that unleashing this force might have terrible consequences for mankind. Truman, however, made his decision on military grounds. Military leaders believed that in order to defeat Japan the allies would have to invade it, costing at least one-half million American casualties. The atomic bomb Truman decided would end the war quickly.
5. How did the rapid growth in population help create new job opportunities?
Answer: The country’s rapid growth in population contributed to new job opportunities and economic growth because city and state governments had to spend more for schools, roads, hospitals, and police and fire services. This meant more jobs for the people. More jobs meant more people could afford homes. This created a demand for and the sale of more consumer goods.
Have a great week and weekend!
