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 not from a parent explaining why you did not
complete your HW. This will only be
accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too
tired or that you had too much other HW).
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!
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HOMEWORK: For
the Week of January 20, 2014- Unit 3 Week 6
5th Grade Reading- The book for Unit 3 is Who
was Dr. Seuss by Janet Paschal. The book should be finished by Friday.
****Unit 4- New book is Bud
Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. Please purchase this book this week. If
you need me to order for you, please bring the money by Thursday. The cost is $ 8.25.
Homework:
Tuesday- Define the words below in your
Reading Vocabulary Notebook. You can find the definitions in the back of the Progress
Book. Due Thursday, 1/23.
Wednesday- Common Core Progress Book- read “Hurricane Taylor” pgs. 18-23.
On looseleaf,
answer questions 1 and 2 on page 21, answer questions 1-2-3 on page 23. Please write out
the questions and answers. Due Friday 1/24.
Vocabulary Words for the week (definitions are in the back of your Common Core Progress Book).
1. headland 2. potential 3. random 4. grimace 5. rigging 6. vulnerable 7. eerie 8. hunker 9. spit 10. chaotic
Unit 3 Project is due January 27, 2014. Research a poet, author, or artist of your
choice. Write a report about that person that includes the following details:
1. Date of birth and what was his/her childhood like.
2. Date of death
3. Where did he/she live?
4. What did he or she do to make him/her famous?
5. What are some additional facts that are interesting?
Your project should be 2 pages typed, doubled-spaced, New Times
Roman 12 Font. There should be a Title Page and a Reference Page. That makes 4
pages in total. You may include pictures and if you a presenting your project
for extra credit, you may show your pictures using a PowerPoint. If you have
any questions, please see me before the project is due. There will be no
extensions. The project needs to be printed out and handed in on the date due.
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6th Grade Reading- The book for Unit 3 is Escape from Saigon: How a
Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea
Warren . Finish reading the book by Friday.
*****Unit 4- New book is The Freed0m Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling. The
children do not need to buy this book, since we have copies in the library. They will have to make notes in their
notebook, because they will not be able to write or underline in the book. If
you would like to order your own copy, please bring the money by Thursday. The
cost is $ 6.00. You can also purchase the
book yourself.
Homework:
Tuesday: Answer questions for Escape from Saigon on looseleaf. You may restate
the question in the answer (sentence form). Due Friday, 1/24.
Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into
Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 6). Due Friday, 1/24.
Unit 3 Project is due January 27, 2014. Research a famous person or a person that you know who has immigrated to
the United States from another country. Write a report about that person that
includes the following details:
1. What country is the person originally from?
2. Date of birth and the age they came to the US to live.
3. Discuss the reasons why they came to the US.
4. Give details of their life in the country of their birth and
compare it to their life in the US.
5. What are some additional facts (research) that are interesting?
Your project should be 2 pages typed, doubled-spaced, New Times
Roman 12 Font. There should be a Title Page and a Reference Page. That makes 4
pages in total. You may include pictures and if you a presenting your project
for extra credit, you may show your pictures using a PowerPoint. If you have
any questions, please see me before the project is due. There will be no
extensions. The project needs to be printed out and handed in on the date due.
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7th Grade Reading- The book for Unit 3 is Call
of the Wild
by Jack London. Finish reading the book by Friday.
Unit 4- New book is Stealing
Freedom by Elisa Carbone. Please purchase this book this week. If you
need me to order for you, please bring the money by Thursday. The cost is $ 7.25.
Homework:
Tuesday: Answer questions for Call of the Wild on looseleaf. You may restate
the question in the answer (sentence form). Due Friday, 1/24.
Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into
Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 6). Due Friday, 1/24.
7th Grade
Social Studies
Homework: The Road to Independence
Monday- Vocabulary due Thursday, 1/23 (Unit 3 Week 6)
1. Loyalist 2. Tory
3. Patriot 4. Second Continental Congress 5. Continental army
6. Common Sense 7. Declaration
of Independence
Tuesday- Read pages 184-191. Complete the Checkup Questions
1,2,3,4 on pg. 191 on looseleaf) Due on Thursday, 1/23.
Map of the Month due on January 24th.
Unit 3 Project on Black History is due January 27, 2014. Your project should be 2 pages
typed, doubled-spaced, New Times Roman 12 Font. There should be a Title Page
and a Reference Page. That makes 4 pages in total. You may include pictures and
if you a presenting your project for extra credit, you may show your pictures
using a PowerPoint. If you have any questions, please see me before the project
is due. There will be no extensions. The project needs to be printed out and
handed in on the date due.
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8th Grade Reading
The book for Unit 3 is The
Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War by Jack London. Finish
the book by Friday.
Unit 4- New book is Vincent
Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Please purchase this book this week. If you
need me to order for you, please bring the money by Thursday. The cost is $ 7.00.
Homework:
Tuesday: Answer questions for The Boys' War on looseleaf. You may restate
the question in the answer (sentence form). Due Friday, 1/24.
Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into
Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 6). Due Friday, 1/24.
8th Grade
Social Studies
Monday- Vocabulary due Thursday, 1/23 (Unit 3 Week 6)
1. vigilante 2. charter
3. Centennial State 4. dry farming 5. subsidy 6. Bessemer process 7. anarchist 8. reservation 9. nomadic 10. Dawes Act
Tuesday- Read pages 370-377 (Mary McLeod Bethune). Complete the
Checkup Questions 1,2,3,4 on pg. 377 on looseleaf) Due on Thursday, 1/23.
Map of the Month due on January 24th.
Unit 3 Project on Black History is due January 27, 2014. Your project should be 2 pages
typed, doubled-spaced, New Times Roman 12 Font. There should be a Title Page
and a Reference Page. That makes 4 pages in total. You may include pictures and
if you a presenting your project for extra credit, you may show your pictures using
a PowerPoint. If you have any questions, please see me before the project is
due. There will be no extensions. The project needs to be printed out and
handed in on the date due.
Have a great week!
