Reminders:
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. Progress Reports will be sent home on Friday, May11.
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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 before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.
5th Grade Reading- 5/7/12
There will be a test tomorrow-Tuesday, May 8 on the vocabulary words from the following stories. You should have all of these vocabulary words written in your Reading notebooks:
1. Milo’s Mysterious Gifts
2. Peach Blossom Spring
3. Images
4. LAFFF
5. The Dolphins Led Me Home
6. Wolf Watch
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. 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 The Youngest Buffalo Hunter:
grazing, distinguish, gait, temptation, resolved, regretted, exploits
**Remember to copy the vocabulary for the week into your Vocabulary NB tonight if there are any new words given.
2. Tuesday: Vocabulary Test
Word Study Book- pg. 48 (1-10) and pg. 49(1-19). Only write the answers for both pages.
3. Wednesday- Read the story City Birds.
Complete page. 193 1-10 (Practice Book) on looseleaf. Write questions and answers. Remember to put a complete heading on the looseleaf and the name of the book and page numbers.
4. Thursday- Practice Book pg. 194 (1-6 Exercise A) write question and answer. Exercise B write a paragraph of at least 6 sentences.
5. Friday- Practice Book pg. 196 Exercise A (1-6). On the back of the looseleaf complete pg. 199 Exercise A (1-7).
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.
You can check your grades on the SIS system for the work that I have checked so far. Many people have not handed in assignments, and have a failing grade for Reading. Your notebooks will be given a Project grade for each assignment when I return. If you have any questions about anything, you can send me a note. Just give it to Mr. Marcial with your work.
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6th Grade Reading- 5/7/12- 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.
There will be a vocabulary test tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8 on the vocabulary words from the following stories. You should have all of these vocabulary words written in your Reading notebooks:
1. Aunt Millicent
2. Rabies
3. Things That Go Gleep in the Night
4. Miss Faberge’s Last Daze
5. Kinship
6. Leader of the Pack
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 All Aboard:
scheduled, lurid, envious, transcontinental, formidable, opulence, undulating
2. Tuesday- Vocabulary Test
Read the story The Grandfather Tree.
Complete page. 190 1-10 (Practice Book) on looseleaf. Write everything out. On the back of the looseleaf do page 191 1-5. Write everything out. Remember to put a complete heading on the looseleaf.
3. Wednesday- On looseleaf, complete pg. 193 (Part A: 1-6, Answers only) and pg. 194 Copy the Venn Diagram and fill in with the correct answers (on the back of the looseleaf).
4. Thursday- Read the story Four Against the Sea
Practice Book pg. 197 (1-7) and pg. 198 (1-8). W rite everything out on looseleaf.
5. Friday- Practice Book pg. 199 Exercise A (1-5)and pg. 201 Exercise A (1-7). Complete in the middle section of your notebook (skills section) and write everything out.
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.
You can check your grades on the SIS system for the work that I have checked so far. Many people have not handed in assignments, and have a failing grade for Reading. Your notebooks will be given a Project grade for each assignment when I return. If you have any questions about anything, you can send me a note. Just give it to Mr. Marcial with your work.
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7th Grade Reading 5/7/12
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.
There will be a vocabulary test tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8 on the vocabulary words from the following stories. You should have all of these vocabulary words written in your Reading notebooks:
1. Housekeeper Wanted for Gentleman Cat
2. River Rescue
3. Only One Woof
4. The Campers at Kitty Hawk
5. Daedalus and Icarus
6. Wings to Fly
7. The Great Balloon Craze
8. Airy-Go-Round
9. Through Skies Never Sailed
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 Lost and Found: Pompeii:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 177 & 178 (skills practice)
Vocabulary for The Digging for China:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 184 & 185
2. Tuesday- Vocabulary Test
Read the story Airy-Go-Round in the textbook. In the Practice Book, complete pg.135 (1-8-write ans. only on looseleaf, and skip lines). Complete pg. 136 1-11 (answers only). Do page 136 on the back of the looseleaf. Make sure you have a complete heading on the loose-leaf.
3. Wednesday- Work on Social Studies during Reading.
4. Thursday- In the Skills Practice Book, complete pg. 138 (1-7, write questions/ans.) and 139 (1-16, ans. only). Complete on looseleaf and write everything out. Do page 138 on the front of the looseleaf and 139 on the back. Make sure you have a complete heading on the looseleaf and skip lines.
5. Friday- Word Study Book- complete pg. 59 (1-16) question and answer) and pg. 163 (1-9). 1-6 write the list of words in alphabetical order, and 7,8,9 write the list of words in the correct alphabetical order. DO NOT NUMBER THE WORDS.
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.
You can check your grades on the SIS system for the work that I have checked so far. Many people have not handed in assignments, and have a failing grade for Reading. Your notebooks will be given a Project grade for each assignment when I return. If you have any questions about anything, you can send me a note. Just give it to Mr. Marcial with your work.
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: Unit 4 (Chapter 10- The Frontier Travels West)
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, 5/7
Check your Social Studies notebooks and make certain that all vocabulary words for Chapters 8 and 9 are in there. You will have to go through Chapter 10 and write the vocabulary in your notebook. You already have done it on looseleaf. The pages of the vocabulary for Chapter 10 are: 334, 339, 343, and 351. There should be 27 vocabulary words in Chapter 10.
These will be the vocabulary words used for the Final Exam. The definitions should be taken from the glossary of your Social Studies textbook.
Tuesday, 5/8
Textbook p.357 Applying Knowledge –question 3 on LL.
Copy the words and definitions on pgs. 358 and 362 into your SS notebook. Remember to look up words in the glossary in the back of your book.
Wednesday, 5/9
Read pgs. 358-362 and answer questions 1-4 on LL.
Thursday, 5/10
Read pgs. 363- 369 and answer questions 1-4 on pg. 369. Complete on LL.
Friday, 5/11
Page 369 in the textbook. Answer Critical Thinking question 5 on looseleaf.
Make sure these assignments are handed to Mr. Marcial by Friday. Remember to look at your Grades for the 4th Quarter on SIS. Many people have not handed in assignments or are not doing them carefully. Remember that Progress Reports on May 11.
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8th Grade Reading 5/7/12
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.
There will be a vocabulary test tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8 on the vocabulary words from the following stories. You should have all of these vocabulary words written in your Reading notebooks:
1. The Eternal Frontier
2. Bigger Than Life
3. Pegasus and Bellerophon
4. Aerin’s Dragon
5. Lee Bennett Hopkins Interviews Robin McKinley
6. Playing for Keeps
7. The Night the Martians Landed
8. Invasion from Mars
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 The Confidence Game:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 176 & 177 (skills practice)
Vocabulary for Independence Hall:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 182 & 183
2. Tuesday- Vocabulary Test
Read the story Lee Bennett Hopkins Interviews Robin McKinley in the textbook. In the Skills Practice Book, complete pg.127 (1-7-restate on looseleaf, and skip lines). Complete pg. 128 1-19 (write questions /answers and skip lines). Do page 128 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 pg. 130(1-15, ans. only) and 131 (1-11, Quest/ans.). Complete on looseleaf and write everything out. Do page 130 on the front of the looseleaf and 131 on the back. Make sure you have a complete heading on the looseleaf, name of book, and page numbers.
5. Friday- Skills Practice- complete pg. 132 (1-12 question and answer). Do this in the middle section of your Reading NB (skills section) and label as Analogies. Complete pg. 134 (1-10, question/ans.). Do this in the middle section of your Reading NB (skills section) and label as Dictionary Skills.
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.
You can check your grades on the SIS system for the work that I have checked so far. Many people have not handed in assignments, and have a failing grade for Reading. Your notebooks will be given a Project grade for each assignment when I return. If you have any questions about anything, you can send me a note. Just give it to Mr. Marcial with your work.
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: Unit 4 (Chapter 10- World War II)
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, 5/7
Check your Social Studies notebooks and make certain that all vocabulary words for Chapters 8 and 9 are in there. You will have to go through Chapter 10 and write the vocabulary in your notebook. You already have done it on looseleaf. The pages of the vocabulary for Chapter 10 are 328, 335, 339, and 349 (17 words in all).
These will be the vocabulary words used for the Final Exam. The definitions should be taken from the glossary of your Social Studies textbook. As I was correcting the Chapter 10 definitions that you handed in, I noticed some of you did not write the definitions from the glossary. You must use those definitions, because they are the ones I will be using for the final exam.
Tuesday, 5/8
Read pages 356-359 in the textbook. On looseleaf, answer questions 1, 2, 3, &4. Skip a line between each question and restate.
Wednesday, 5/9
Textbook pg. 359 Thinking Critically, question 5 on looseleaf. There should be 5 paragraphs to answer this question: an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Thursday, 5/10
1. Read in the Text pgs. 361-369. Answer the questions about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on page 369 (1-4 on LL).
2. Read pages 370-377 about Mary McLeod Bethune. On LL answer questions 1-3 (pg. 377) about the life and work of this educator and presidential advisor.
Friday, 5/11
Read about Amelia Earhart on pages 378-386 in the textbook. Answer questions 1-4on pg. 386 about this aviation pioneer. Complete on looseleaf.
Make sure these assignments are handed to Mr. Marcial by Friday. Remember to look at your Grades for the 4th Quarter on SIS. Many people have not handed in assignments or are not doing them carefully. Remember that Progress Reports on May 11.
Have a great week and Happy Mother’s Day!
