Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.
B. I am still missing a couple of the parent signature pages and school supplies (listed on the blog since July). Alba will be calling those parents this week.
C. MAP Testing begins on Tuesday, 9/18 and continues for the next two weeks. Please check the yearly calendar on the blog for specific dates.
D. Monday, September 17 is a 12:00 dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting. The ASP will be in session.
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. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
HOMEWORK: For the Week of September 17,2018: Grades 5, 6,7,8
Lesson Plans for Grade 5 Social Studies
Lesson Plans for Grade 5 Social Studies
Social Studies Homework for Grade 5
Unit 1 The Land and Early People/ Chapter 1: Our Nation’s Geography
Monday,9/17: Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB, Due Thursday, 9/20. The definitions can be found in the glossary or on the page listed next to the word listed below. Read pages 22-31 in your textbook.
Wednesday,9/19- Please copy the notes for Chapter 1 #27-#42 (click on the link below) into your Social Studies class notebook. The notes are due Monday, 9/24.
Vocabulary for the Week:
landform region (p.23), climate (p.23), mountain range (p.25), erosion (p.25), prairie (p.26), environment (p.26), inlet (p.31), gulf (p.31), sound (p.31), tributary (p.32)
The Hispanic Heritage Project is explained on Google Classroom. Some students have still not joined my Google Classroom. You must join to complete this project.
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Grade 6 Lesson Plans for ELA and Grammar
Grade 6 Lesson Plans for ELA and Grammar
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
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- page 6 #s 1-24 (even numbers only). Please complete in your notebook with the date, name of the book and page, and the Aim.
This is due on Thursday, 9/20.
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Lesson Plans for Grades 7 and 8 ELA and Social Studies
Lesson Plans for Grades 7 and 8 ELA and Social Studies
ELA/Reading 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- page 4 #s 1-26 (even numbers only). Please complete in your notebook with the date, name of the book and page, and the Aim.
This is due on Thursday, 9/20.
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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,9/17: Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB, Due Wednesday, 9/19. The definitions can be found in the glossary or on the page listed next to the word listed below. Read pages 16-23 in your textbook.
Thursday,9/20- Remember to copy the notes for Chapter 1 (click on the link below) into your Social Studies class notebook. The notes are due Monday, 9/24.
Vocabulary for the Week:
profit (p.16), succession (p.16), Berbers (p.16), Mansa Musa (p.18), hajj (p.18), mosques (p.19), Askia the Great (p.19), classical (p.23), Plato (p.22), Socrates (p.22), Aristotle (p.22), reason (p.22), democracy (p.23)
The Hispanic Heritage Project is explained on Google Classroom. Some students have still not joined my Google Classroom. You must join to complete this project.
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 8
Unit 1 The Nation Breaks Apart (1861-1877)/ Chapter 16: The Civil War
Monday,9/17: Write definitions for the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB, Due Thursday, 9/20. The definitions can be found in the glossary or on the page listed next to the word listed below. Read pages 522-535 in your textbook.
Thursday,9/20- Remember to copy the notes for Chapter 1 (click on the link below) into your Social Studies class notebook. The notes are due Monday, 9/24.
Vocabulary for the Week:
campaign (p. 522), maneuvers (p. 522), Ulysses S. Grant (p. 522), Battle of Shiloh (p. 523), David Farragut (p. 524), Siege of Vicksburg (p. 524), abolitionist (p. 529), emancipation (p. 529), Emancipation Proclamation (p. 529), contrabands (p. 531), 54th Massachusetts Infantry (p. 531), Copperheads (p. 532), habeas corpus (p. 532), Clara Barton (p.534)
The Hispanic Heritage Project is explained on Google Classroom. Some students have still not joined my Google Classroom. You must join to complete this project.
Have a wonderful week!
