Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.
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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.
E. The new book for the 4th Quarter is listed below. We will be starting it this week.
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
Book for Quarter 4- Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin, published March 9, 2010. Read Chapters 1-6.
MAP Skills, Common Lit, Khan Academy, Front Row or No Read Ink: Assignments will be given during the week. Make sure you check the blog every day for assignments.
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.
Common Lit will be due on Friday of this week.
No Red Ink will also be due on Friday.
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7
Book for Quarter 4- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, published April 20, 2006. Read Chapters 1 and 2
MAP Skills, Common Lit, Khan Academy, Front Row or No Read Ink: Assignments will be given during the week. Make sure you check the blog every day for assignments.
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.
Common Lit will be due on Friday of this week.
No Red Ink will also be due on Friday.
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:
New Book for Quarter 4- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Penguin Young Readers, 1/28/2002 (reprint) $8.50. Please bring in the money this week if I ordered the book for you.
Start reading as soon as you get it.
MAP Skills, Common Lit, Khan Academy, Front Row or No Read Ink: Assignments will be given during the week. Make sure you check the blog every day for assignments.
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.
Common Lit will be due on Friday of this week.
No Red Ink will also be due on Friday.
Social Studies Homework for Grade 8
Unit 8 Boom Times and Challenges- 1919-1945 – Chapter 24: The Roaring Twenties
Monday,5/7- Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies NB, Due Friday, 5/10
Make sure you read all of Chapters 23 and 24
Tuesday, 5/8- Study notes for Chapters 23 and 23 for Test on Monday,
Vocabulary for the Week:
talkie (766), Jazz Age (767), Harlem Renaissance (768), Langston Hughes (768), innovation (767), Lost Generation (768), expatriates (768), Georgia O’Keefe (769)
Have a wonderful week and Happy Mother’s Day to all!
