Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.
B. All parent signature pages must be returned by Thursday of this week. Please return them in the folder they came in.
C. MAP Testing begins next week and will continue for the next two weeks. Please check the yearly calendar on the blog for specific dates.
D. Please send in all the supplies listed on the blog. The children cannot do their work without the necessary materials. Also, please write your child’s name on the bag. I have about 6 bags and I have no idea who they belong to because there are no names on them.
E. Make sure to read Mr. Woods blog for other important information.
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GRADES 5, 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. All supplies should be in by now. Please make sure that your child has all of his/her supplies listed on my blog.
F. All homework and classwork will be graded and counted as part of the final grade.
F. All homework and classwork will be graded and counted as part of the final grade.
HOMEWORK: For the Week of September 10,2018: Grades 5, 6,7,8
Unit 1 The Land and Early People/ Chapter 1: Our Nation’s Geography
Monday,9/10: Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB, Due Thursday, 9/13. The definitions can be found in the glossary or on the page listed next to the word listed below. Read pages 14-21 in your textbook.
Wednesday,9/12- Copy the notes for Chapter 1 (click on the link below) into your Social Studies class notebook. You only have to complete #s 1-27. Please copy it exactly as I have written it, with page numbers and sections. The notes are due Monday, 9/17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
contiguous (p.15), region (p.15), relative location (p. 15), continent (p. 18), population (p.18), absolute location (p. 20), line of latitude (p. 20), parallels (p. 20), meridian (p. 20)
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
Lesson Plans for Grade 6 ELA and Grammar
My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online at Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we are working on in class. We will be taking a baseline assessment this week to find your Lexile level.
Lesson Plans for Grade 6 ELA and Grammar
My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online at Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we are working on in class. We will be taking a baseline assessment this week to find your Lexile level.
Voyages: Practice Book (soft-covered book): pg.5 #s 1-25 (odd numbers only).
Write questions and answers in your ELA notebook. Remember to put a date, Aim, the name of the book and page number. Due on Wednesday, 9/12.
example 9/10/18
Aim: to practice singular and plural nouns
Voyages Practice Book p. 5
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Write questions and answers in your ELA notebook. Remember to put a date, Aim, the name of the book and page number. Due on Wednesday, 9/12.
example 9/10/18
Aim: to practice singular and plural nouns
Voyages Practice Book p. 5
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ELA/Reading/Grammar Homework for Grade 7 and 8
My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online at Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we are working on in class. We will be taking a baseline assessment this week to find your Lexile level.
Voyages: Practice Book (soft-covered book): pg.3 #s 1-26 (odd numbers only).
Write questions and answers in your ELA notebook. Remember to put a date, Aim, the name of the book and page number. Due on Wednesday, 9/12.
example: 9/10/18
Aim: to practice singular and plural nouns
Voyages Practice Book p. 3
Write questions and answers in your ELA notebook. Remember to put a date, Aim, the name of the book and page number. Due on Wednesday, 9/12.
example: 9/10/18
Aim: to practice singular and plural nouns
Voyages Practice Book p. 3
Social Studies Homework for Grade 7
Unit 1 Our Colonial Heritage (Beginnings-1783)/ Chapter 1: The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic (Beginnings-1500)
Monday,9/10: Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB, Due Thursday, 9/13. The definitions can be found in the glossary or on the page listed next to the word listed below. Read pages 6-18 in your textbook.
Thursday,9/13- Remember to copy the notes for Chapter 1 (click on the link below) into your Social Studies class notebook. The notes are due Monday, 9/17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
develop (p.8), Bering Land Bridge (p.6), Paleo Indians (p.6), migration (p.6) hunter-gatherers (p.6), environments (p.7), culture (p.7), confederation (p.14), nomadic (p.14), raid (p.14), pueblos (p.11), kivas (p.11), totems (p.12), teepees (p.14), matrilineal (p.14), Iroquois League (p.14)
Social Studies Homework for Grade 8
Unit 1 The Nation Breaks Apart (1861-1877)/ Chapter 16: The Civil War
Monday,9/10: Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB, Due Thursday, 9/13. The definitions can be found in the glossary or on the page listed next to the word listed below. Read pages 506-521 in your textbook.
Thursday,9/12- Remember to copy the notes for Chapter 1 (click on the link below) into your Social Studies class notebook. The notes are due Monday, 9/17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
mint (p. 510), secede (p. 510), Fort Sumter (p. 511), border states (p. 512), Winfield Scott (p. 513), cotton diplomacy (p. 513), innovation (p. 520), casualties (p. 518), peninsula (p. 517), Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (p. 517), First Battle of Bull Run (p. 517), George B. McClellan (p. 517), Robert E. Lee (p. 518), Seven Days’ Battles (p.518), Second Battle of Bull Run (p. 518), Battle of Antietam (p. 519), ironclads (p. 520)
Social Studies Notes Chapter 1
Have a wonderful week!
