Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders
on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.
B.
MAP Makeup Tests this week.
C.
Religion Midterm tomorrow.
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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.
Please make sure that you have loose-leaf. Paper cannot be ripped out of a
notebook.
C. Remember homework counts as part of
the total grade!
D. Midterm Exams for Grades 7 and 8:
Wednesday, 1/23 Social Studies
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January
21, 2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8
Social Studies Homework for
Grade 5
Unit 2 Cultures Meet/ Chapter 4: Building
the First Colonies
Tuesday,1/22: Write the vocabulary
words and their definitions in your Social Studies notebook. Due
Thursday, 1/24.
Wednesday,1/23: Read pages 160-167 in your
textbook. Answer the questions below on loose-leaf (with a full heading) Due Friday, 1/25.
Vocabulary
Words:
pilgrim, compact,
self-government, majority rule, primary source, secondary source
Questions:
1. Why did the
Pilgrims want to go to North America?
2. Why was
the Mayflower Compact important?
3. How did Tisquantum
help the Pilgrims?
4. Why did
the Plymouth colonists want to buy furs from the Native Americans?
5. Why did
the relationship between the Native Americans and the colonists change?
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
This week we will be concluding Unit 1 in My
Perspectives and reviewing some skills that students got wrong on the Midterm
Exam.
Common Lit- complete the assignment.
This is due on Friday, 1/25.
Language Arts- we will continue to
review pronouns and complete a compare/contrast essay on the Sea of Monsters.
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7
and 8
This week we will be concluding Unit 1 in My
Perspectives and reviewing some skills that students got wrong on the Midterm
Exam.
Common Lit- complete the assignment.
This is due on Friday, 1/25.
Language Arts- we will continue to
review adjectives and complete a compare/contrast essay on The Lovely Bones.
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Social Studies Homework for
Grade 7
Unit 1 Our Colonial Heritage
(Beginnings-1783)/ Chapter 4: The American Revolution (1774-1783)
REVIEW FOR MIDTERM EXAM:
All
material that will be on the exam is starred in your notebook week, including
the essay. It is up to you to study and to prepare the essay. The whole exam
will be taken from your Social Studies notebook, but you may also want to use
your notebook for the essay or to read over things that you do not understand.
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Social Studies Homework for
Grade 8
Unit 6 A Growing America (1850-1914)/
Chapter 19: The Industrial Age (1876-1900)
REVIEW FOR MIDTERM EXAM:
All
material that will be on the exam is starred in your notebook week, including
the essay. It is up to you to study and to prepare the essay. The whole exam
will be taken from your Social Studies notebook, but you may also want to use
your notebook for the essay or to read over things that you do not understand.
Have a wonderful week!
