Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.
B. Individual school pictures on November 6. Please return the envelope with the money to Mrs. Resto by today (Monday). If your child is taking a picture, they must wear dress up clothes. No jeans or sneakers. The may also wear their school uniform. If your child is not taking a picture, they are to wear their uniform.
C. We will be collecting canned food during November for the Outreach Program of the St. Patrick’s Nursing Home. Please be as generous as possible. The last day that cans will be collected will be Tuesday, November 20.
D. 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 and no pencil).
B. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of November 5,2018: Grades 5, 6,7,8
Social Studies Homework for Grade 5
Unit 2 Cultures Meet/ Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration
Monday,11/5: Study Chapter 2 notes for the Test Tomorrow. Please also know some information about the Mayans for the essay question. You will need to study your textbook for this.
Tuesday,11/6: Define each word below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please use the glossary in the back of the SS text and write the entire definition. If it isn’t in the book, you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we are discussing. Due Thursday, 11/8
Wednesday,11/7: Read pages 110-117 in the Social Studies textbook. On loose-leaf, answer the following questions. You may restate the question in the answer. All answers can be found on the pages you are reading this week in your textbook. Due Friday, 11/9
Questions:
1. What kept Europeans from sailing to Asia?
2. What were the aims of Prince Henry’s school of navigation?
3. How did Columbus persuade the king and queen of Spain to support his expedition?
4. What problems did Columbus and his crew face?
5. What did Columbus find on his 1492 voyage?
Vocabulary for the Week:
technology, navigation, expedition, empire, entrepreneur, cost, benefit, Reconquista
Remember to start working on your Native American Heritage Project.
Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
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The 6th grade will be reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.
Please read Chapters 3,4, and 5 by Tuesday, 11/13
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
This week we will be reading Declaration of the Rights of the Child created by the United Nations.
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.
Wednesday 11/7 Voyages Practice Book- page 15 #s 1-14 (all numbers). Please complete in your notebook with the date, name of the book and page, and the Aim. Due on Friday, 11/9.
Grade 6 Lesson Plans for Reading/ELA and Grammar
Grade 6 Lesson Plans for Reading/ELA and Grammar
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The 7th and 8th grades will be reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
Please read Chapters 1,2, and 3 by Tuesday, 11/13
ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8
This week we will be reading A Simple Act and discussing monologues. We will also continue to review nouns and pronouns.
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.
Wednesday 11/7 Voyages Practice Book- page 12 #s 1-15 (odd numbers only). Please complete in your notebook with the date, name of the book and page, and the Aim. Due on Friday, 11/9.
Grades 7 and 8 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies
Grades 7 and 8 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7
Unit 1 Our Colonial Heritage (Beginnings-1783)/ Chapter 3: The English Colonies (1605-1774)
Monday,11/5: Study Chapter 2 Notes for Social Studies Test tomorrow.
Tuesday,11/6: Define each word below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please use the glossary in the back of the SS text and write the entire definition. If it isn’t in the book, you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we are discussing. Due Thursday 11/8.
Wednesday,11/7: Read pages 72-77 in the Social Studies textbook. On loose-leaf, answer the questions on page 77. Due Friday, 11/9
Questions: 1a, 1b, 2a, 4a, 4b (Restate)
Vocabulary for the Week:
authority, factors, Jamestown, John Smith, Pocahontas, indentured servants, Bacon’s Rebellion, Toleration Act of 1649, Olaudah Equiano, slave codes
*** Remember to start working on your Native American Heritage Project. I still do not have some people’s topics.
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 8
Unit 6 A Growing America (1850-1914)/ Chapter 18: Americans Move West (1850-1890)
Monday,11/5: Define each word below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please use the glossary in the back of the SS text and write the entire definition. If it isn’t in the book, you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we are discussing. Due Thursday, 11/8
Tuesday,11/6: Read pages 593-599 in the textbook. Answer the questions below on loose-leaf. Due Friday, 11/9
Questions:
Page 598: Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a
Vocabulary for the Week:
ambush, negotiate, Treaty of Fort Laramie, reservations, Crazy Horse, Treaty of Medicine Lodge, buffalo soldiers, George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Massacre at Wounded Knee, Long Walk, Geronimo, Ghost Dance, Sarah Winnemucca, Dawes General Allotment Act
*** Remember to start working on your Native American Heritage Project. I still do not have some people’s topics.
Have a wonderful week!
