Week of March 27, 2017

Reminders:

1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information concerning Report Cards, the NY State Exams, and other announcements.

2. The fifth graders need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday.

3. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements.

4. NYS ELA exam will be administered starting next Tuesday, 3/28. Please make sure that your child gets a good night’s sleep, eats breakfast (not chips and soda), and brings sharpened pencils with erasers and pens.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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 Week of March 27,2017- Module 3 Week 9

               HOMEWORK GRADE 5
READING:
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the fifth grade is reading Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson.

Please finish Jackie Robinson if you have not already done so. If you have finished, please read any book of your choice (but I want to see something!).

Achieve 3000 and i-Ready – Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in i-Ready every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into i-Ready when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.


SOCIAL STUDIES:

No Homework in Social Studies this week due to NYS ELA Exam

Vocabulary for the Week:

New map will be handed out this week!

Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week.
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               HOMEWORK GRADE 6
READING
Lesson Plans

For Module 3, the sixth grade is be reading two books- World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky and Flush by Carl Hiaasen.
Make sure that you have finished a World Without Fish and Flush.

Achieve 3000 and i-Ready- Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in i-Ready every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into i-Ready when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.
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              HOMEWORK GRADE 7
READING
Lesson Plans

For Module 3, the seventh grade is reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
Make sure that you have finished reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Monday, March 20. If you have finished reading the book, please read a book of your choice (and I want to see it!)
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready-Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in i-Ready every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into i-Ready when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.
SOCIAL STUDIES-
Forming a Government 1777-1791

No Homework in Social Studies this week due to NYS ELA Exam

Vocabulary for the Week:

New map will be handed out this week!

Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week.
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             HOMEWORK GRADE 8
READING
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the eighth graders are reading two books- A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Liza Frazier Page and Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration by Shelley Tougas.
Please complete A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Thursday, March 30.
In How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration, please finish the book, if you haven’t already done so.

Achieve 3000 and i-Ready Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in i-Ready every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into i-Ready when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

SOCIAL STUDIES
World War I 1914-1920

No Homework in Social Studies this week due to NYS ELA Exam

Vocabulary for the Week:

New map will be handed out this week!

Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week.
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                     Have a great week!

Week of March 20, 2017

Reminders:

1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information concerning Report Cards, the NY State Exams, and other announcements.

2. The fifth graders need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday.

3. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements.

4. NYS ELA exam will be administered starting next Tuesday, 3/28. Please make sure that your child is working on iReady and Achieve 3000.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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 Week of March 20,2017- Module 3 Week 8

               HOMEWORK GRADE 5
READING:
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the fifth grade is reading Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson.

Please finish Jackie Robinson if you have not already done so. If you have finished, please read any book of your choice (but I want to see something!).

Achieve 3000 and iReady – Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in iReady every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into iReady when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

Make sure that you have copied the vocabulary from the link on last week’s blog into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York).

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below in your Social Studies notebook. Due Wednesday, March 22.

Vocabulary for the Week:
charter, dissent, expel, consent, sedition, frontier

Tuesday: Read pages 198-204.Answer questions 1, 2, 3, and 5 on page 204. Restate the question in the answer. Draw the map on the back of your loose-leaf or you can use a new piece of paper. Due Thursday, March 23.

Map of the Month (Flags) is due on this Wednesday, March 22.

Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week.
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               HOMEWORK GRADE 6
READING
Lesson Plans

For Module 3, the sixth grade is be reading two books- World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky and Flush by Carl Hiaasen.
Make sure that you have finished a World Without Fish. Please read Chapters 11, 12, 13 in Flush by Monday, 3/27.

Achieve 3000 and iReady- Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in iReady every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into iReady when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

Make sure that you have copied the vocabulary from the link on last week’s blog into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York Book).
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              HOMEWORK GRADE 7
READING
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the seventh grade is reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
Make sure that you have finished reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Monday, March 20. If you have finished reading the book, please read a book of your choice (and I want to see it!)
Achieve 3000 and iReady-Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in iReady every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into iReady when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

Make sure that you have copied the vocabulary from the link on last week’s blog into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York).

SOCIAL STUDIES-
Forming a Government 1777-1791

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below. Due Wednesday, March 15.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Magna Carta, constitution, Articles of Confederation, inflation, depression

Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB:
advocate- to plead in favor of

Tuesday: Please draw/copy the charts on pages 165 and 168 into your notebook (notes). Both charts need to be colored and filled in just like the text. Use a ruler! Due Thursday, March 23.

Map of the Month (South America) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week.
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             HOMEWORK GRADE 8
READING
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the eighth graders are reading two books- A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Liza Frazier Page and Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration by Shelley Tougas.
Please complete A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Thursday, March 30.
In How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration, please finish the book, if you have not already done so.

Achieve 3000 and iReady Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lessons assigned during the week.

Mr. Woods has assigned one lesson in iReady every night from 3/20 until 3/30 (11 lessons should be logged into iReady when Mr. Woods checks the folders).

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

Make sure that you have copied the vocabulary from the link on last week’s blog into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York).

SOCIAL STUDIES
World War I 1914-1920

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below. Due Wednesday, March 22.

Vocabulary for the Week:
militarism, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, mobilize, Central Powers, Allied Powers, trench warfare, stalemate, U-boats

Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB:
neutral- unbiased, not favoring either side in a conflict

Tuesday: Read pages 720-724 in the Social Studies textbook. Answer questions, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b on page 724. Due Thursday, March 23.

Map of the Month (South America) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week.


                     Have a great week!

Week of March 13, 2017

Reminders:

1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information concerning tuition, the NY State Exams, and other announcements.

2. The fifth graders need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday.

3. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements.

4. 12:00 Dismissal today(Monday) due to a Faculty Meeting.

5. Green Day on Thursday in honor of St. Patrick. We will also be attending the 10:00 AM to watch some students being baptized.

6. No school Friday- St. Patrick’s Day

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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 Week of March 13,2017- Module 3 Week 7

               HOMEWORK GRADE 5
READING:
LESSON PLANS

For Module 3, the fifth grade is reading Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson.

Please finish Jackie Robinson if you have not already done so.

Achieve 3000 and iReady – Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

******On Monday, copy the vocabulary from the link below into your Reading NB by Wednesday. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday. 

Grade 5 Vocabulary for Module 3

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York).


SOCIAL STUDIES:

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below in your Social Studies notebook. Due Wednesday, March 15.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Samuel de Champlain, Peter Minuit, Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet,
Sieur de la Salle

Tuesday: Answer questions 1-4 on page 182. Write the letter and answer. Page 183, answer questions 7,8,12 (restate the answers) and 13, 14, 15 (write the letter and answer) Due Thursday, March 16.

Map of the Month (Flags) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

Famous Catholic Women in History Project will be posted in Google Classroom this week.
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               HOMEWORK GRADE 6
READING
LESSON PLANS

For Module 3, the sixth grade is be reading two books-a World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky and Flush by Carl Hiaasen.
Read Chapters 10 and 11 in a World Without Fish by Monday, March 20. You should be reading Flush in your free time. There is plenty of time in school. You should have read at least Chapters 1-10 by now.

Achieve 3000 and iReady- Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

On Wednesday, copy the vocabulary from the link below into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Grade 6 Module 3 Vocabulary

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York Book).
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              HOMEWORK GRADE 7
READING
LESSON PLANS

For Module 3, the seventh grade is reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.

Make sure that you have finished reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Monday, March 20.


Achieve 3000 and iReady-Remember to complete any Activities, Thought Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

******On Wednesday, copy the vocabulary from the link below into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Grade 7 Vocabulary for Module 3

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York).

SOCIAL STUDIES-
Forming a Government 1777-1791

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below. Due Wednesday, March 15.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Constitutional Convention, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, popular sovereignty, federalism, executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, checks and balances, James Madison

Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB:
bicameral- made up of two houses
federalism-the sharing of power between a central government and its states
sovereignty-supreme power
unicameral- made up of one house

Tuesday: Read pages 163-169 in the Social Studies textbook. Answer questions, 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a on page 168. Due Thursday, March 16.

Map of the Month (South America) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

 Famous Catholic Women in History Project will be posted in Google Classroom this week.
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             HOMEWORK GRADE 8
READING
LESSON PLANS

For Module 3, the eighth graders are reading two books- A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Liza Frazier Page and Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration by Shelley Tougas.
Please read the Chapters 11,12 and 13 in A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Monday, March 20.
In How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration, please finish the book.

Achieve 3000 and iReady Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards.

****On Wednesday, copy the vocabulary from the link below into your Reading NB. Then copy them onto index cards by Monday, 3/20. Both will be checked on Monday.

Grade 8 Module 3 Vocabulary

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder or Ready New York).

SOCIAL STUDIES
America as a World Power 1867-1920

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below. Due Wednesday, March 15.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, dollar diplomacy, Mexican Revolution, John J. Pershing, Francisco “Pancho” Villa

Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB:
role- assigned behavior

Tuesday: Read pages 704-709 in the Social Studies textbook. Answer questions, 1a, 2a, 2b, 3b on page 711. Due Thursday, March 16.

Map of the Month (South America) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

 Famous Catholic Women in History Project will be posted in Google Classroom this week.


                     Have a great week!

Week of March 6, 2017

Reminders:

1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information concerning tuition, Progress Reports, and other announcements.

2. The fifth graders need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday.

3. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements.

4. All students need to wear full uniforms on Friday. No dress down due to a visit from Fr. McWeeney of the Regional Board.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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 Week of March 6, 2017- Module 3 Week 6

               HOMEWORK GRADE 5
READING:
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the fifth grade is reading Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson.

Please read pages 50-57 by Monday, March 13.

Achieve 3000 and iReady – Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag!  You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder).


SOCIAL STUDIES:

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below in your Social Studies notebook. Due Thursday, March 9.

Vocabulary for the Week:
demand, supply, ally, proprietary colony

Tuesday: reread pages 170-177 in the Social Studies textbook. Answer questions 1-4 on page 177.  Due Thursday, March 9.

Map of the Month (Flags) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

Women (Catholic) in History Project will be discussed this week.
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               HOMEWORK GRADE 6
READING
Lesson Plans

For Module 3, the sixth grade is be reading two books- World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky and Flush by Carl Hiaasen.
Read Chapters 8 and 9 by Monday, March 13. Please bring the Flush book to school because we will start reading it this week. If you have free time or finished the other book, please start reading this one.

Achieve 3000 and iReady- Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag!  You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder).
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              HOMEWORK GRADE 7
READING
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the seventh grade is reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.
Please finish reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Monday, March 13.
Achieve 3000 and iReady-Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag!  You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder).

SOCIAL STUDIES-
Forming a Government 1777-1791

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below. Due Thursday, March 9.

Vocabulary for the Week:
tariff, interstate commerce, inflation, depression, Daniel Shays, Shay’s Rebellion

Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB:
creditors-people who lend money
debtors-people who owe money
inflation- a rise in prices combined with the reduced value of money

Tuesday: Read pages 158-162 in the Social Studies textbook. Answer questions, 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a on page 162. Due Thursday, March 9.

A new map will be handed out this week.

Women (Catholic) in History Project will be discussed this week.
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             HOMEWORK GRADE 8
READING
Lesson Plans
For Module 3, the eighth graders are reading two books- A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High by Carlotta Walls LaNier and Liza Frazier Page and Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration by Shelley Tougas.
Please read the Chapters 9 and 10 by Monday, March 13.
In How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration read Chapters 3 and 4.

Achieve 3000 and iReady Remember to complete any Activities, Thought
Question, or Lesson assigned during the week.

Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag!  You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3.  Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.

Finish classwork if not finished during class (check reading folder).


SOCIAL STUDIES
America as a World Power 1867-1920

Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below. Due Thursday, March 9.

Vocabulary for the Week:
yellow journalism, Teller Amendment, Emilio Aguinaldo, Anti-Imperialist League, Platt Amendment

Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB:
resolution- something that is resolved; a solution
commodore- a navy captain of a squadron
precedent- an action or decision that later serves as an example

Tuesday: Read pages 697-703 in the Social Studies textbook. Answer questions, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b on page 702. Due Thursday, March 9.

Map of the Month (South America) is due on Wednesday, March 22.

Women (Catholic) in History Project will be discussed this week.


                    Have a great week!