Reminders:
These are a few reminders
concerning homework and classwork:
A. All school supplies
should have been in today.
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. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors
will not be accepted).
D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or
illegible will not be accepted.
E. 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).
F. Please cover the New York Progress book. A clear plastic
cover is suggested.
G. Gym uniforms must be worn on Thursdays for gym.
H. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments
or
notifications.
I. The Archdiocesan Interim Assessments will be given this week.
Reading/ELA will be given on Tuesday and Math on Thursday. Please make sure that you have at least two sharpened #2 pencils with clean erasers.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of October 20- Unit 2 Week 1
Grade 5 is reading Alice
and Wonderland by Lewis Carroll for
Unit 2. Weekly reading will be assigned as soon as the books are delivered.
Homework:
The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic
cover is suggested. I will be checking them this week.
Tuesday- Copy the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the
Reading Notebook. The vocabulary will be posted on the blog.
Please click on the link. Remember to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You
should skip a line between each word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
10/23.
Wednesday- Answer the Reading Questions below on looseleaf.
Remember to put a heading on the looseleaf. You may restate the questions in
your answers (sentence form). Due Friday, 10/24.
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Grade 6 is reading Percy
Jackson and The Olympians- The Lightning Thief by Rick
Riordan for Unit 2. Read Chapters 1-4 by Monday, 10/27.
Homework:
The New York Progress
book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking
them this week.
Tuesday- Copy the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the
Reading Notebook. The vocabulary will be posted on the blog.
Please click on the link. Remember to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You
should skip a line between each word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
10/23.
Wednesday- Answer the Reading Questions below on looseleaf.
Remember to put a heading on the looseleaf. You may restate the questions in
your answers (sentence form). Due Friday, 10/24
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Grade 7 is reading The
Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel
Frederick for Unit 2. Read Chapters 1-3 by Monday, 10/27.
The New York Progress
book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking
them this week.
Tuesday- Copy the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the
Reading Notebook. The vocabulary will be posted on the blog.
Please click on the link. Remember to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You
should skip a line between each word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
10/23.
Wednesday- Answer
the questions about your reading in My Brother Sam is Dead. The questions will
be listed on the link marked Reading Questions. This
should be done on looseleaf. Please write neatly and skip a line between each
question. Due Friday, 10/24.
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7th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
All Social Studies
Textbooks must be covered. I will be checking this week!
The Map of the Month
(Spain) is due on Thursday, 10/23.
Unit 1- Our Colonial Heritage (Beginning to 1783)
Chapter 2- New Empires in the Americas (1400-1750)
Monday-Define the
words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary
Notebook. Please skip a line between each definition. Remember to
write the date, unit, week, and aim. Write in blue or black ink only. Due
Weds, 10/22.
Tuesday- Read pages 38-45. On page 41,
answer questions 1 and 3, and on page 45, answer questions 1 and 2 Complete on
looseleaf. Due Thursday, 10/23.
Vocabulary for the week
Leif Eriksson Henry
the Navigator astrolabe caravels effect
Christopher Columbus
Line of Demarcation Treaty of
Tordesillas
Ferdinand Magellan
circumnavigate Columbian
Exchange
raw materials
uncharted
Quiz on Monday on Sections 3 and 4. Study #s 1 and 2 a,b,c on p. 20.
Quiz on Monday on Sections 3 and 4. Study #s 1 and 2 a,b,c on p. 20.
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Grade 8 is reading Roll of
Thunder-Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor for
Unit 2. Read Chapters 1 and 2 by Friday, 10/24
Homework:
The New York Progress
book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking
them this week.
Tuesday- Copy the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the
Reading Notebook. The vocabulary will be posted on the blog.
Please click on the link. Remember to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You
should skip a line between each word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
10/23.
Wednesday- Answer
the questions about your reading in The Great
Fire. The questions will be listed on the link marked Reading Questions. This
should be done on looseleaf. Please write neatly and skip a line between each
question. Due Friday, 10/24.
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8th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
All Social Studies
Textbooks must be covered. I will be checking this week!
The Map of the Month
(Spain) is due on Thursday, 10/23.
Unit 5: 1861-1877: The Nation Breaks Apart
Chapter 17: Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Monday- Define
the words below in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebook. Please skip a line between each definition. Remember
to write the date, unit, week, and aim. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Weds.10/22.
Vocabulary for the week
Reconstruction Ten
Percent Plan Thirteenth
Amendment Freedmen’s Bureau Andrew Johnson procedure Black Codes Radical Representatives Civil Rights Act of 1866 Fourteenth Amendment moderate
Tuesday- Read pages
552-557. On page 557, answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Complete on looseleaf. Due Thursday, 10/23.
Quiz on Monday on Chapter 17, Section 1. Study #s 1, 2, and 3 on p. 563. Study your notes and read the text for Section 1.
Have a
great week!
