Week of January 5, 2015

Reminders:

These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork: 

A. 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).  

        

B. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

C. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

D. 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). 

E. Please cover the New York Progress book. A clear plastic cover is suggested.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn on Thursdays for gym.

H. 12:00 Dismissal on Friday, 1/9 due to a Faculty Meeting

I. January calendars will be sent home on Monday.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 5- Unit 3 Week 4

Grade 5 is reading Who was Dr. Seuss? by Janet Paschal for Unit 3. If you haven’t finished the book, please do so by Friday.

Lesson Plans

Homework:   In the New York Progress Book read pages 100-105 “Witnessing the Boston Massacre”.

Tuesday- Copy the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the Reading Notebook. The vocabulary is listed below and can be found in the glossary of the New York Progress Book or in the story of the Boston Massacre pgs. 100-105. 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 Friday, 1/9.

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, 1/9.

Grade 5 Reading Vocabulary:

interjected     preoccupied     taut     figurative language     similes     metaphors     assembled     formidable      massacre     intoned     magistrate      valiant        

Grade 5 Reading Questions

Answer questions 1-3 on page 103 and 105. Questions 1 and 2 on each page should be written as a question and answer. Question 3 can be restated. When it says to work with a partner, you are doing it alone (pg.103).

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Grade 6 is reading Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren for Unit 3. If you haven’t finished reading the book, please do so by Friday.

Lesson Plans

Homework: In the New York Progress Book read pages 116-123 “My Trip to China”.

Tuesday- The vocabulary is listed below and can be found in the glossary of the New York Progress Book or in the story of My Trip to China pgs. 116-123. 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 Friday, 1/9.

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, 1/9.

Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary

archaeologist     consequence     incline    outlander     civilization     precision     court     desperation     skeptically     stammered   equipment           

     

Grade 6 Reading Questions

Answer questions 1-5 on pages 121 and 123. Questions 1-4 on each page should be written as a question and answer. Question 5 can be restated.

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Grade 7 is reading Call of the Wild by Jack London for Unit 3. If you haven’t finished the book, please do so by Friday.

Lesson Plans

Homework:  In the New York Progress Book read pages 168-175 “Satellites and the Global Positioning System”.

Tuesday- The vocabulary is listed below and can be found in the glossary of the New York Progress Book or in the story of “Satellites and the Global Positioning System” pgs. 168-175. 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 Friday, 1/9.

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, 1/9.

Grade 7 Reading Vocabulary

constellation     encrypted     receiver     sophisticated     atomic  

electromagnetic     nanosecond     innovation    trilateration     aviation     environmental     pertinent      preservation

Grade 7 Reading Questions

Answer questions 1-5 on pages 173 and 175. Questions 1-4 on each page should be written as a question and answer. Question 5 on each page can be restated. If it says to work with a partner, do it alone.

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7^th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans

Homework:

Map of the Month will be distributed today. It will be due on Tuesday, January 20.

Chapter 3- The English Colonies (1605-1774)

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 Friday, 1/9.

Tuesday- Read pages 85-89. On page 86, complete questions 1a, 2a, 2b, and 3a.  Complete on looseleaf. Due Friday, 1/9.

Vocabulary for the week

authority     factors      indentured servants    slave codes  bicameral    Bacon’s Rebellion     dissenters   radical

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Grade 8 is reading The Boys’ War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy for Unit 3. If you did not finish reading the book, please do so by Friday.

Lesson Plans

Homework: In the New York Progress Book read pages 168-175 “Near-Earth Objects”.

Tuesday- The vocabulary is listed below and can be found in the glossary of the New York Progress Book or in the story of “Near-Earth Objects pgs. 168-175. 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 Friday, 1/9.

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, 1/9.  

Grade 8 Reading Vocabulary

biosphere     catastrophe     seismologist     designation     elongated     interchangeably     spherical     plausibly     radiates     verify    probability     chaos    accurate

Grade 8 Reading Questions

Answer questions 1-5 on pages 173 and 175. Questions 1-4 on each page should be written as a question and answer. Question 5 on each page can be restated.

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8^th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans

Homework:

Map of the Month will be distributed today. It will be due on Tuesday, January 20.

Chapter 19: The Industrial Age (1876-1900)

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 Friday, 1/9.

Vocabulary for the week

corporations    Andrew Carnegie   vertical integration    John D. Rockefeller     

horizontal integration      trust     Leland Stanford     social Darwinism   monopoly     Sherman Antitrust Act     implement   acquire

Tuesday- Chapter 19- read pages 619-623. On page 622, answer questions 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2c.  Complete on looseleaf. Due Friday, 1/9.

                                    Have a great week!