Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders
on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.
B.
Catholic Schools Week- see the school blog for information
C.
Thursday, 1/31-Report Cards will be distributed and there will be an Honors
Assembly at 1:30.
D.
Friday, 2/1- There will be a 12:00 dismissal due to Parent/Teacher Conferences,
which will take place in the lunchroom between 3:00-8:00.
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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. Social Projects for Black History
Month will be discussed this week.
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 28,
2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8
Social Studies Homework for
Grade 5
Unit 2 Cultures Meet/ Chapter 4: Building
the First Colonies
Monday,1/28: Write the vocabulary
words and their definitions in your Social Studies notebook. Due
Thursday, 1/31.
Tuesday,1/29: Read pages 170-177 in your
textbook. Answer the questions below on loose-leaf (with a full heading) Due Friday, 2/1.
Vocabulary
Words:
demand, supply,
ally, proprietary colony
Questions:
1. Why did New
France grow slowly?
2. How did
conflicts with the Dutch affect Native Americans in New Netherland?
3. How did French
explorers try to reach the king’s goals?
4. Why was
it hard for the French to control land in North America?
5. Using the
chart on page 177 of your textbook, how was English colonial government different
from that of Spain and France?
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
My
Perspectives:
1.Finish final compare /contrast essay and hand in
on Friday,21. It can be written or typed. If it is typed, it
must be printed out.
2. Define the following literary terms using your textbook
(page R43-R47). This must be completed in your notebook with the date and the
Aim: To define literary terms. You must write the
complete definition. Due Thursday, 1/31
Literary
Terms:
alliteration, author’s purpose, bibliography,
central idea, character
Voyages Practice Book- page 107 Conjunctions.
Follow the directions for each section! 1-16 even numbers only. Complete in
your notebook. Due Thursday, 1/31
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7
and 8
My
Perspectives:
Define the following literary terms using your textbook
(page R43-R47). This must be completed in your notebook with the date and the
Aim: To define literary terms. You must write the
complete definition. Due Friday, 2/1
Literary
Terms:
author’s point of view, author’s purpose, character,
character traits, dialogue
Voyages:
Voyages Practice Book- page 111(1-12 even numbers only)
Periods and Commas and page 112 (1-19 even
numbers only) Exclamation Points, Question
Marks, Semicolons, and Colons. Follow the directions for each section! Complete
in your notebook. Due Thursday, 1/31
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Social Studies Homework for
Grade 7
Unit 1 Our Colonial Heritage
(Beginnings-1783)/ Chapter 4: The American Revolution (1774-1783)
Monday,1/28: 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 is not in the book,
you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we
are discussing. Due Thursday,1/31.
Tuesday,1/29: Read pages 118-121
in the Social Studies textbook. On loose-leaf, answer the
questions listed below on page 121. Due Friday, 2/1.
Questions: 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b (Restate)
Vocabulary for the Week:
Common Sense, Thomas Paine, Declaration of Independence, Thomas
Jefferson, Loyalists
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Social Studies Homework for
Grade 8
Unit 6 A Growing America (1850-1914)/
Chapter 20: Immigrants and Urban Life (1872-1914)
Monday,1/28: 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 is not in the book,
you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we
are discussing. Due Thursday,1/31.
Tuesday,1/29: Read
pages 632-641 in the Social Studies textbook. On loose-leaf, answer
the questions below on page 641. Due Friday, 2/1.
Questions: 1a, 1b,
2a, 2b, 3a, 3b (Restate)
Vocabulary for the Week:
old immigrants, new immigrants, steerage, benevolent societies,
tenements, sweatshops, Chinese Exclusion Act, advocate
Have a wonderful week!
