Week of January 29, 2018

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:   
Grades 6, 7, 8  
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an 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 (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.

Grade 4

E. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.

F. Report Card Distribution and Honors Assembly 2:00-2:30 on Thursday, 2/1.

G. Friday, 2/2 12:00 dismissal. Parent Conferences 3:00-8:00. The Afterschool Program will be in session.
 

HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 29, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

For Unit 2, the 6th grade is reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Please finish the book. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/1.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class. We will be reading stories in Unit 2.

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Grade 7- Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

For Unit 2, the 7th grade is reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Please finish reading the book. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/1.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class. We will be reading stories in Unit 2.
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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

For Unit 2, the 8th grade is reading The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Please finish reading the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/1.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class. We will be reading stories in Unit 2.


Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 6 A Growing America- 1850-1914 – Chapter 20: Immigrants and Urban Life

Monday,1/29- Write the vocabulary words and definitions in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please remember your AIM and skip a line between each definition. Due Wednesday, 1/31.

Tuesday,1/30- Read pages 642-645 in your Social Studies textbook. Complete questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c. Due Thursday, 2/1.

Vocabulary for the Week:
factor (643), mass transit (644), suburbs (644), mass culture (644), Joseph Pulitzer (645), William Randolph Hearst (645), department stores (645), Frederick Law Olmsted (645)

                         Have a great week!
                               
                               



                                 

Week of January 22, 2018

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:   
Grades 6, 7, 8  
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an 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 (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.

Grade 4

E. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.

F. Midterm Exams:
1/22, Monday-Religion

G. Today- Monday, 1/22- 12:00 Dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting. The Afterschool Program is in regular session.
 

HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 22, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

For Unit 2, the 6th grade is reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Please finish the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 1/26.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class. You will be completing practice worksheets to review skills from Unit 1.

We will be starting Unit 2 this week.
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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

For Unit 2, the 7th grade is reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Please finish reading the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 1/26.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class. You will be completing practice worksheets to review skills from Unit 1.

We will be starting Unit 2 this week.
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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

For Unit 2, the 8th grade is reading The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Please finish reading the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 1/26.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class. You will be completing practice worksheets to review skills from Unit 1.

We will be starting Unit 2 this week.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 6 A Growing America- 1850-1914 – Chapter 20: Immigrants and Urban Life

Monday,1/22- Write the vocabulary words and definitions in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please remember your AIM and skip a line between each definition. Due Wednesday, 1/24.

Tuesday,1/23- Read pages 632-641 in your Social Studies textbook. Complete questions 1a, 1b, 2b, 3a, 3b. Due Thursday, 1/26.

Vocabulary for the Week:
advocate (641), old immigrants (636), new immigrants (636), steerage (637), benevolent societies (639), tenements (639), sweatshops (640), Chinese Exclusion Act (641)

                      Have a great week!
                               
                               



                                 

Week of January 15, 2018

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:   
Grades 6, 7, 8  
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an 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 (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.

Grade 4

E. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.

F. Midterm Exams:
1/16, Tuesday- ELA
1/17, Wednesday-Math
1/18, Thursday- Science
1/19, Friday- Social Studies
1/22, Monday-Religion

G. Next Monday, 1/22- 12:00 Dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting. The Afterschool Program is in regular session.

HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 15, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Lesson Plans for Grade 6

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

For Unit 2, the 6th grade is reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Please read up to page 151 by Monday,1/22. Highlighting important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please make sure that you have completed the 3 articles for Front Row. We will be completing one in class this week so you can study for exams after school.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class, including Selection Tests.

You should review your Reading Notebook and your My Perspectives textbook for the Midterm Exam on Tuesday. Specific items to review are listed on the Review Sheet which is on the blog.
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Lesson Plans for Grade 7

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

For Unit 2, the 7th grade is reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Please read Chapter 38 by Monday,1/22. Highlighting important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please make sure that you have completed the 3 articles for Front Row. We will be completing one in class this week so you can study for exams after school.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class, including Selection Tests.

You should review your Reading Notebook and your My Perspectives textbook for the Midterm Exam on Tuesday. Specific items to review are listed on the Review Sheet which is on the blog.
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Lesson Plans for Grade 8

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

For Unit 2, the 8th grade is reading The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Please read pages 161-170 by Monday,1/22. Highlighting important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: Please make sure that you have completed the 3 articles for Front Row. We will be completing one in class this week so you can study for exams after school.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class, including Selection Tests.

You should review your Reading Notebook and your My Perspectives textbook for the Midterm Exam on Tuesday. Specific items to review are listed on the Review Sheet which is on the blog.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Study for your Social Studies Midterm Exam- your review sheet, notebook, and textbook.

                      Have a great week!
                               
                               



                                 

Grade 6 Review Sheet for the Reading Mid-Year Exam



Unit 1:  Childhood

Essential Question: What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up?

Description: As you read through Unit 1, you will explore the pros and cons of growing up and what the word childhood means to you personally.

Vocabulary:
reflect, notable, contribute, recognize, memorize, squish, humming, twist, twirl, shushes, feathery, panel, encapsulation, speech balloon, entitled, enactment, compulsory, antagonism, refugee, distraught, respected, desperate, disgusted, clenched, stubborn, tenseness, autobiography, distraught, aggressive, gratitude, fathom, casserole, spry, limp, summit, agitate, airborne, raptor, reprimand, menace, mesa, description

Concepts/Skills:
summarize (8)
memoir (21)
prose (21)
stanzas (21)
point of view- first person and third person (21)
sensory language (22)
imagery (22)
onomatopoeia (22)
nonfiction narrative- elements (32,33)
sequence of events (34)
transitions- time-order, spatial-order (34,77)
voice- word choice, sentence structure, tone (35)
dialogue (36)
pacing (36)
precise language (36)
base words (42)
context clues (50,60,68)
synonym (similar) (56)
antonym (opposite) (56)
biographical writing- know the elements (57)
central idea (main idea) (66)
author’s purpose- persuade, inform, entertain, or author’s thoughts or feelings (66)
theme (74)
figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification (75)
compare-and-contrast essay (76)

Conventions:
Nouns: common, proper, possessive (23)
Pronoun Case: nominative (subjective), objective, possessive (48)
Reflexive and intensive pronouns (58)
Adverbs: (67)
Adjectives: (67)

Latin Root:  -puls- (46), -spec- (65)
Anglo-Saxon Suffix: -ness (73)





Grade 7 Review Sheet for the Reading Mid-Year Exam



Unit 1:  Generations

Essential Question: What can one generation learn from another?

Description: As you read through Unit 1, you will read many examples of how a person can influence someone from another generation.

Vocabulary:
dialogue, consequence, perspective, notable, contradict, lamented, indignity, reproach, discordant, squabbling, devastated, connects, influence, encouraged, bond, resilience, perseverance, generosity, struggling, impairments, frustrated, supervision, charitable, philanthropist, set, tone, composition, light and shadow, perspective, flung, catapulted, lurched, resistant, ballot, mediocre, prone, inspire, luggage, crate, confined, compartment, advocate, testament, fate, goad, plead, exhort, acquit, determination, perch, inference, quotation, narrator

Concepts/Skills:
summarize (8)
character- traits, motives, perspective (27)
point of view- first person and third person (27)
monologue (31)
author’s point of view- objective, subjective, weighted words (39)
memoir- a narrative point of view (47)
synonyms- similar meaning (48)
antonyms- opposite meaning (48)
transition words- similarities, differences, sequence, examples (51)
nonfiction narrative- elements (52)
sequence of events (54)
author’s style- voice (sentence structure, word choice, tone) (55)
rhythm, repetition (102)
precise language- (56)
dialogue- (56)
context clues (56, 94)
central idea (main idea) (67)
base words (70)
characterization- direct and indirect (78)
comparison-and-contrast essay (84, 85)
connotation and denotation (100)
symbol and symbolism (24, 101)
theme (101)
free verse (102)
narrative poem (103)
sensory language (103)

Conventions:
Nouns: common, proper, possessive (29)
Pronouns: personal, possessive (29)
Adverbs and the words they modify: (41)
Adjectives: coordinate adjectives, cumulative adjectives (49)
Conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating (49)
Independent and dependent clauses (79)

Latin Prefix:  in- (28), super- (77)

Latin Suffix: -ity (48)

Suffix: -ment (66)





Grade 8 Review for Reading Mid-Year Exam


Unit 1:  Rites of Passage

Essential Question: What are some milestones on the path to growing up?

Description: As you read through Unit 1, you will read many examples of the experiences that are part of growing up.

Vocabulary:
attribute, gratifying, persistent, notable, inspire, wearily, fatigue, frail, sheepishly, bullheaded, narration, audio, contrast, synchronization(sync), immense, majestic, numerous, horizon, awakenings, beaming, patronized, obligations, psychological, setting, prefix, suffix, baffle, aloft, belfry, phantom, mast, spar, muster, barrack, tread, grenadiers, liberalism, sector, gouge, incision, laceration, brutal, politburo

Concepts/Skills:
summarize (8)
nonfiction narrative (know the elements p. 34)
symbolism (23)
author’s point of view- first person and third person (omniscient, limited p. 26, 73)
monologue (27)
comparison-and-contrast essay (32,33)
transitions (33, 37)
sequence of events (36)
precise language (38, 39)
context clues (44, 54)
author’s word choice- tone, word choice, connotation, denotation (51, 64)
synonym (same p. 54)
tone (57)
theme (63)
forms of Poetry- lyric poetry and narrative poetry (know the elements of each p.63)
base words (66)
author’s choices of elements: patterns- such as repetition or parallelism; structure- such as cause/effect, problem/solution; techniques-such as description or dialogue; ideas- such as the author’s main idea or claim

Conventions:
Verbs in Active and Passive Voice (25)
Verb Moods- indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, subjunctive (52, 74)

Suffixes: -ous (50)

Greek Roots: -psych- (72)





Eighth Grade Review for Social Studies Mid-Year Exam


Quarter 1

Concepts to Know:
1. Causes and results of the Civil War

2. The many problems that the Nation faced rebuilding the South.

3. As the settlers moved west, the western landscape was transformed.

4. The conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. Government occurred over western land.

5. New communities and political groups were created by the settlers on the Great Plains.

Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.

Manifest Destiny, Sectionalism, Compromise of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fort Sumter, Dred Scott Decision, Jefferson Davis, abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, Border States, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Clara Barton, total war, Appomattox Courthouse

Reconstruction, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson, Black Codes, impeachment, Ku Klux Klan, segregation, Father Isaac Hecker, Sisters of Charity, New York Foundling Hospital, Comstock Lode, boomtown, cattle drive, Great Plains, Pony Express, Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory Point, Reservations, Battle of Little Big Horn, Buffalo Soldiers, Sitting Bull, Long Walk, Chief Joseph, Homestead Act 1862, National Grange, Interstate Commerce Act 1887, Populist Party _______________________________________________________
Quarter 2:

Concepts to Know:
1. The Second Industrial Revolution led to new sources of power and advances in transportation and communication.

2. The growth of big business in 1800 led to the creation of monopolies.

3. Changes in the workplace led to a rise in labor unions and workers’ strikes.

Vocabulary, Events, and Important People: All definitions can be found in the Social Studies Class Notebook. Study all notes in the class notebook and use your textbook for further explanation.

Second Industrial Revolution, Bessemer Process, Edwin L. Drake, Thomas Alva Edison, patent, Henry Ford, assembly line, acquire, Wilbur and Orville Wright, corporations, Andrew Carnegie, vertical integration, John D. Rockefeller, horizontal integration, trust, monopoly, Sherman Antitrust Act, conspiracy, strike, American Federation of Labor, collective bargaining, Haymarket Riot, Pullman Strike 1894

Possible Essay Questions:

1. Discuss the Battle of Gettysburg. Know where and why it started? What were the strategies? What were the results?

2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South during the Civil War.

3. Explain why settlers moved West- farmers, immigrants, and African Americans. What challenges did they face? What was the role of women and children?

4. Discuss the Bessemer Process- What was it and who was involved? What effect did it have on the steel industry in the United States?


5. Explain vertical and horizontal integration. What was the difference between them? Who used them?

Week of January 8, 2018

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:   
Grades 6, 7, 8  
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an 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 (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.

Grade 4

E. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.

F. Progress Reports were distributed on Friday, 1/5. Please sign and return if you haven’t already.

G. No school, Monday 1/15- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day


HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 8, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Lesson Plans for Grade 6

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

For Unit 2, the 6th grade is reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Please read up to page 131 by Tuesday,1/16. Highlighting important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: There were two assignments due- 1.) due on December 21, and 2.) due on January 3. Some of you still have not completed these articles, and remember they count as a grade. Also, many of you are doing these articles too quickly, and are doing very poorly. Remember I get a report each week telling me the activities that you worked on, how long you worked on each article, and your scores. THIS IS VERY GOOD PRACTICE FOR MAP TESTING!!!! There is another article due on Thursday, 1/11. Please check Front Row and complete it.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class, including Selection Tests.

You should continue to review your Reading Notebook and your My Perspectives textbook for the Midterm Exams which will be coming up in two weeks. Specific items to review will be listed on the blog this week.
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Lesson Plans for Grade 7

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

For Unit 2, the 7th grade is reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Please read Chapters 30-37 (up to page 121) by Tuesday,1/16. Highlighting important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: There were two assignments due- 1.) due on December 21, and 2.) due on January 3. Some of you still have not completed these articles, and remember they count as a grade. Also, many of you are doing these articles too quickly, and are doing very poorly. Remember I get a report each week telling me the activities that you worked on, how long you worked on each article, and your scores. THIS IS VERY GOOD PRACTICE FOR MAP TESTING!!!! There is another article due on Thursday, 1/11. Please check Front Row and complete it.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class, including Selection Tests.

You should continue to review your Reading Notebook and your My Perspectives textbook for the Midterm Exams which will be coming up in two weeks. Specific items to review will be listed on the blog this week.
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 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

For Unit 2, the 8th grade is reading The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Please read Chapters 16, 17, 18 by Tuesday,1/16. Highlighting important facts, characters, and vocabulary.

Front Row: There were two assignments due- 1.) due on December 21, and 2.) due on January 3. Some of you still have not completed these articles, and remember they count as a grade. Also, many of you are doing these articles too quickly, and are doing very poorly. Remember I get a report each week telling me the activities that you worked on, how long you worked on each article, and your scores. THIS IS VERY GOOD PRACTICE FOR MAP TESTING!!!! There is another article due on Thursday, 1/11. Please check Front Row and complete it.

Homework for this week in My Perspectives (Pearson Realize) will be assigned during class, including Selection Tests.

You should continue to review your Reading Notebook and your My Perspectives textbook for the Midterm Exams which will be coming up in two weeks. Specific items to review will be listed on the blog this week.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 6 A Growing America- 1850-1914 – Chapter 19: The Industrial Age

Monday,1/8- Write the vocabulary words and definitions in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please remember your AIM and skip a line between each definition. Due Thursday, 1/11.

Tuesday,1/9- Read pages 624-627 in your Social Studies textbook. Complete questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c. Due Friday, 1/12.

Vocabulary for the Week:
conspiracy (627), specialization (624), strike (626), Frederick W. Taylor (624), Knights of Labor (625), Terence V. Powderly (625), American Federation of Labor (625), Samuel Gompers (625), collective bargaining (626), Mary Harris Jones (626), Haymarket Riot (626), Homestead strike (627), Pullman strike (627)

**Please continue to review your Social Studies notebook/text. Midterm Exams are next week. A Midterm Review will be posted on the blog this week.

                 Welcome back and have a great week!