Reminders:
1. These are a few reminders concerning homework and
classwork:
A. All work must be completed in
blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).
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 is unacceptable.
C. Homework must be handed
in on the day due, unless I receive a note
from a parent explaining why you did
not complete your HW.
This will only be accepted if there
is an emergency at home or you were sick.
D.
Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not
be accepted.
Remember that
homework and classwork count as a grade!
2.
Please bring back all test folders (empty) that were sent home last week.
3. February Calendars will be sent home this week. Please read it
carefully.
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Unit 3: WEEK 4
5th Grade Reading- 2/4/13
Homework:
We are reading the book Walk Two Moons.
Read Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 2/7.
Answer the following response questions (Questions are from Chapter
13- 18) by Friday, 2/8.
1.
Why do you think Phoebe tells Sal that she does not think she and her dad
should go to Margaret’s?
2.
Explain what happened to Gram when she, Gramps, and Sal were swimming and
playing in the Mississippi River. Who helped out? Give details.
3.
Describe Sal’s dad. What were his likes and dislikes? How did his parents feel
about him? How did Sal feel about him? How did Sal’s mom feel about him?
4.
Explain why Sal’s mom said she had to leave? Did she say where she was going or
if she was coming back?
Why
did the Sal’s dad say that they had to move?
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6th Grade Reading- 2/4/13
Homework:
We are reading the book Life After.
Read Chapters 5, 6, & 7. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 2/7.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/8. Answers taken from Chapter 2-7.
1.
Discuss the day Tia Sara died. How did she die? What was supposed to happen on that day?
2.
What did Roberto tell Dani in the park that made her feel so sad?
3.
Explain why Sarita did not like Papa. What did Dani tell her about Papa to try
to make her feel better?
4.
What did Dani want to say to Papa? Why didn’t she tell him how she felt?
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7th Grade Reading 2/4/13
Homework:
We are reading the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne
Frank.
Read pgs. 65-99. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 2/7.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/8.
1.
How did Anne and the others living in the Secret Annexe spend their time during
their first month in hiding?
2.
How does Anne describe the Van Daan family?
3.
Anne writes, “It is extremely important to be able to write in code” (October
1, 1942). Why was writing in code so important for her?
4. What does Anne report about Jews in Holland
who were not able to go into hiding? What does she mean when she says Hitler
took away her “nationality” (October 9, 1942)?
7th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
Write the following vocabulary words and
definitions in the Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date,
aim, and skip a line between each definition. Due Thurs, 2/7.
Continental Association Minutemen General Thomas Gage Patrick Henry Paul Revere Lexington Concord Captain Preston Crispus Attucks John Adams
Answer
the Checkup Questions on pgs. 181 (1-4) by Friday, 2/8.
Remember to answer each question completely and restate the question in your
response.
Work on Map!
Work
on your Black History Month Project! Due Weds.2/20 (no extensions!!!!!)
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8th Grade Reading 2/4/13
Homework:
We are reading the book The Boys’ War- Confederate and Union
Soldiers Talk about the Civil War.
Read Chapters 3, 4, & 5. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 2/7.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/8
1.
Discuss what recruits needed to learn to become soldiers (use details from the
text).
2.
Why did the Confederate army seem more and disciplined compared to the Union
army?
3.
Discuss the “chess match” that common soldiers did not realize that their
commanders engaged. What were the plans of the Union Commanders? The
Confederates?
4.
What was the purpose of the “drummer boys”? What was the drum beats used for?
What were some of the other jobs did the drummers do? Why would the Civil War
be the last war that drummers would be used?
8th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
Write the following Vocabulary words and
definitions in the Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date,
aim, and skip a line between each definition. Due Thurs, 2/7.
George Herman Ruth Amelia
Earhart demobilize Dwight Eisenhower George Marshall Operation Overlord Diet Douglas MacArthur West Point Harry S. Truman
Answer
the Checkup Questions on pgs.353 (1-5) by Friday, 2/8.
Remember to answer each question completely and restate the question in your
response.
Work on your Black History Month Project- Due
Weds.2/20 (no extensions!!!!!)
Work
on Map! Due on February 11 (Monday)
Have
a great week!
