Week of February 26, 2018

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. 12:00 Dismissal today due to a Faculty Meeting. ASP will be in session.

C. March calendars will be handed out on Wednesday, 2/28. Please check your child's bag for a copy.

D. Friday, 3/2 Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss- students can dress up as Dr. Seuss characters if they wish to take part in the costume contest which will take place in the lunchroom at 2:00PM.

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.

HOMEWORK: For the Week of February 26, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 3/2.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 3/1.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

Selection Test this week. Study the story we have been reading in Pearson, and the lesson vocabulary.

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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 3/2.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 3/1.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

Selection Test this week. Study the story we have been reading in Pearson, and the lesson vocabulary.

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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 3/2.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 3/1.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

Selection Test this week. Study the story we have been reading in Pearson and the lesson vocabulary.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America- 1867-1920 – Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform

Monday,2/26- All African American Heritage projects are due tomorrow. Please make sure that it is done in Google Classroom. There is also an outline posted there.

Tuesday,2/27- Define the words below in your vocabulary notebook.

Due Friday, 3/2.

Wednesday,2/28- Read pages 680-683. Answer the following questions: pg. 683   #s 1a,1b, 2a, 2b, 2c  Due Friday, 3/2.

Vocabulary for the Week:

Theodore Roosevelt (680), Pure Food and Drug Act (681), conservation (681), William Howard Taft (682), Progressive Party (682), Woodrow Wilson (682), various (682), Sixteenth Amendment (683)

                         Have a wonderful week!                                                      

Week of February 19, 2018

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. 12:00 Dismissal next Monday due to a Faculty Meeting. ASP will be in session.

C. Wednesday, 2/21 at 9:30 AM, there will be performances by the students in Grades 4-8 in honor of African American Heritage Month. The children may wear nice clothes (no jeans or sneakers) for the performance. 

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.

HOMEWORK: For the Week of February 19, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 2/23.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/22.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 2/23.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/22.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Friday, 2/23.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/22.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America- 1867-1920 – Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform

Tuesday,2/20- Define the words below in your vocabulary notebook.

Due Thursday, 2/22.

Wednesday,2/21- Read pages 675-679. Answer the following questions: pg. 679   #s 1a,1b, 2a, 2b, 3a  Due Friday, 2/23.

Vocabulary for the Week: (no new vocabulary this week)

temperance (676), suffrage (676), National American Woman Suffrage Association (676), Eighteenth Amendment (676), Alice Paul (677), Booker T. Washington (677), Ida B. Wells (677), Nineteenth Amendment (677), W.E.B. Du Bois (678), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (678), Nineteenth Amendment (677)

Test Tuesday, 2/20 and African American Heritage Project due on Tuesday, 2/27.

                           Have a wonderful week!                                                      

                                 

Week of February 12, 2018

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. No school on Monday, 2/19 in honor of Presidents Day.

C. Wednesday, February 14- The children can wear red in honor of Valentine’s Day. The 8^th grade will also be having a cake sale if they want to bring money.

D. Thursday, February 15- The children can dress down. We will be having a party for Valentine’s Day/100^th Day of School. The children can bring something to drink and bring a snack to share with the class. Parents, please let your child know what they will be bringing in so everyone isn’t bringing in the same thing.  

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.

HOMEWORK: For the Week of February 12, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Wednesday, 2/14. Please check your email to join.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/15. Please check your email to join.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Wednesday, 2/14. Please check your email to join.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/15. Please check your email to join.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

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

Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Wednesday, 2/14. Please check your email to join.

Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/15. Please check your email to join.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America- 1867-1920 – Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform

Monday,2/12- Define the words below in your vocabulary notebook.

Due Tuesday, 2/20.

Tuesday,2/13- Read pages 658-674. Answer the following questions: pg. 667   #1a, 2a; pg. 674 # 1a, 1b, 2a  Due Tuesday, 2/20.

Vocabulary for the Week: (no new vocabulary this week)

Political machines (662), Progressives (664), muckrakers (664), Seventeenth Amendment (666), motive (666), recall (666), initiative (666), referendum (666), Robert M. La Follette (667), regulations (673), unconstitutional (674),

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (673), workers’ compensation laws (673), capitalism (674), socialism (674), William “Big Bill” Haywood (674), Industrial Workers of the World (674)

Test Friday, 2/16- Immigration (Chapter 20) and the Progressives (Chapter 21-Section 1)

African American History Project is listed in Google Classroom.

                     Have a wonderful week!                                                      

                                 

Week of February 5, 2018

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. No school on Monday, 2/5 due to a Faculty Conference.

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.

HOMEWORK: For the Week of February 5, 2018: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

For Unit 2, the 6^th 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 Thursday, 2/8.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

For Unit 2, the 7^th 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 Thursday, 2/8.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

For Unit 2, the 8^th 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, 2/8.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

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

Tuesday,2/6- Chapter 20 Review. Complete 1-7 on page 651. Write statement and answer. Also, complete 8b, 9b, 10a, 10b- restate the question in the answer. No crossing out!!!!!! Your paper will not be accepted. Due Thursday, 2/8.

Vocabulary for the Week: (no new vocabulary this week)

Review vocabulary and notes for the test next week.

Remember to start working on your African American History Project. This will be a Powerpoint done in Google Classroom.

Test Tuesday, 2/13.

                         Have a wonderful week!