Week of April 1, 2019

Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.

B. Remember all students are to come to the church in the morning for Prayers. Anyone that does not arrive before the Pledge of Allegiance will be marked late or absent.

C. April calendar will be distributed today, please check your child’s bookbag for it.

D. Remember that the students in grades 3-8 will be taking the NYS ELA exam on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please make sure that your child goes to sleep early and eats breakfast on these days.

E. Every child needs to bring a large plastic bag next week to pack up the books that they will be leaving at school during the Easter break. Some children left their bags here after Christmas, but some students did not bring one in, or it broke, or they took it home. I will let the children who need to bring in a bag know before the end of the week.

F. Make sure that your child has at least 3-4 sharpened #2 pencils with clean erasers for the NYS ELA test on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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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).  Please bring a highlighter and red pen to class this week if possible.

B. Please make sure that you have loose-leaf and a pen every day. Paper cannot be ripped out of a notebook.

C. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of April 1, 2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8

Social Studies Homework for Grade 5

Unit 3 The Thirteen Colonies/ Chapter 5: The New England Colonies

Vocabulary Words:
No new vocabulary this week

Questions:
No questions this week

Copy notes listed on the blog for Chapter 5. There will be a Chapter 5 Test (notes) on Wednesday, 4/10.

All sections are due Monday, April 8.

Chapter 5 Notes- Sections 1,2,3,4

Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
We will be reviewing for the NYS ELA exam. We will be reviewing questions from past exams together in class.

Homework:
Make sure that you have at least 3-4 sharpened #2 pencils with clean erasers for the NYS ELA test on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Continue to review for the NYS ELA exam on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8
We will be reviewing for the NYS ELA exam. We will be reviewing questions from past exams together in class.

Homework:
Make sure that you have at least 3-4 sharpened #2 pencils with clean erasers for the NYS ELA test on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Continue to review for the NYS ELA exam on Tuesday and Wednesday.




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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 2 A New Nation (1777-1800) Chapter 5: Forming a Government (1777-1791)

Vocabulary Words:
No new vocabulary this week

Questions:
No questions this week

Copy notes listed on the blog for Chapter 5. There will be a Chapter 5 Test (notes) on Wednesday, 4/10.

All sections are due Monday, April 8.

Chapter 5- Forming a New Government- Sections 1,2, 3, 4
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America (1867-1920)/ Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform (1868-1920)

Vocabulary Words:
No new vocabulary this week

Questions:
No questions this week

Copy notes listed on the blog for Chapter 21. There will be a Chapter 21 Test (notes) on Wednesday, 4/10.



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Week of March 25, 2019

Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.

B. Remember all students are to come to the church in the morning for Prayers. Anyone that does not arrive before the Pledge of Allegiance will be marked late or absent.

C. Today, Monday, March 25, there will be an 11:45 dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting.

D. Wednesday, March 28-Women’s History Month Presentations, Grades 2-8 8:30 AM in the lunchroom.
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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).  Please bring a highlighter and red pen to class this week if possible.

B. Please make sure that you have loose-leaf and a pen every day. Paper cannot be ripped out of a notebook.

C. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of March 25, 2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8

Social Studies Homework for Grade 5

Unit 3 The Thirteen Colonies/ Chapter 5: The New England Colonies

Monday, 3/25: Presentations

Vocabulary Words:
No new vocabulary this week

Wednesday, 3/26: Copy notes listed on the blog for Chapter 5.
Due Tuesday, April 2.

International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019 (today). The outline for slides is posted on google classroom. If you are doing a board, you can also follow that outline. You board should have all the same information.

 Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
We will be reviewing for the NYS ELA exam in the next couple of weeks. We will be reviewing questions from pass exams together in class.

Homework:
For the next few weeks, homework will be assigned each day during class. It will usually be completing questions from previous NYS ELA exams that you will receive in a packet on Monday (today) in class. Please make sure that you complete the homework assigned each day, and do not copy from someone else. It is a way for you to review for the exam, and to let me know what you need help with.

 Lesson Plans for Grade 6 ELA/Reading and Grammar
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8
We will be reviewing for the NYS ELA exam in the next couple of weeks. We will be reviewing questions from pass exams together in class.

Homework:
For the next few weeks, homework will be assigned each day during class. It will usually be completing questions from previous NYS ELA exams that you will receive in a packet on Monday (today) in class. Please make sure that you complete the homework assigned each day, and do not copy from someone else. It is a way for you to review for the exam, and to let me know what you need help with.

 Lesson Plans for Grade 7 for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies

 Lesson Plans for Grade 8 ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 2 A New Nation (1777-1800) Chapter 5: Forming a Government (1777-1791)

Monday,3/25: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Thursday, March 28.

Tuesday,3/26: Read pages 170-173 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Friday, March 29.

Vocabulary for the Week:
advocate, Antifederalists, George Mason, Federalists, Federalist Papers, amendments, Bill of Rights

Questions:
Page 173 Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a

International Women’s Month Project: International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019 (today). The outline for slides is posted on google classroom. _______________________________________________________

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America (1867-1920)/ Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform (1868-1920)

Monday,3/25: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

Tuesday,3/26: Read pages 680-683 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Friday, March 29.

Vocabulary for the Week:
various, Theodore Roosevelt, Pure Food and Drug Act, conservation, William Howard Taft, Progressive Party, Woodrow Wilson, Sixteenth Amendment

Questions:
Page 683   Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c

International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019 (today). The outline for slides is posted on google classroom.

       

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Week of March 18, 2019

Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.

B. Remember all students are to come to the church in the morning for Prayers. Anyone that does not arrive before the Pledge of Allegiance will be marked late or absent.

C. Monday, March 25, 2019 there will be a 12:00 dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting.
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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).  Please bring a highlighter and red pen to class this week if possible.

B. Please make sure that you have loose-leaf and a pen every day. Paper cannot be ripped out of a notebook.

C. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of March 17, 2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8

Social Studies Homework for Grade 5

Unit 3 The Thirteen Colonies/ Chapter 5: The New England Colonies

Monday, 3/18:  Write each vocabulary and its definition in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. Due Thursday, 3/21

Vocabulary Words:
common, town meeting, free-market, industry, naval stores, export, import, triangular trade route, Middle Passage

Tuesday, 3/19: Read pages 208-219. Answer the questions below on loose-leaf with a full heading. Due Friday, 3/22

Questions:
1. How did the religious beliefs of the Puritans affect their daily lives?
2. How did New England colonists participate in their government?
3. Why was education important to the Puritans?
4. What did farmers do with their surplus goods?
5. In what ways did the colonists use the forests in New England?
6. Why did fishing and whaling become important industries in colonial New England?
7. What were the triangular trade routes?

International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019. The outline for slides is posted on google classroom. If you are doing a board, you can also follow that outline. You board should have all the same information.

 Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
We will be reviewing for the NYS ELA exam in the next couple of weeks. We will be reviewing questions from pass exams together in class.

Homework:
For the next few weeks, homework will be assigned each day during class. It will usually be completing questions from previous NYS ELA exams that you will receive in a packet on Monday (today) in class. Please make sure that you complete the homework assigned each day, and do not copy from someone else. It is a way for you to review for the exam, and to let me know what you need help with.

 Grade 6 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading and Grammar
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8
We will be reviewing for the NYS ELA exam in the next couple of weeks. We will be reviewing questions from pass exams together in class.

Homework:
For the next few weeks, homework will be assigned each day during class. It will usually be completing questions from previous NYS ELA exams that you will receive in a packet on Monday (today) in class. Please make sure that you complete the homework assigned each day, and do not copy from someone else. It is a way for you to review for the exam, and to let me know what you need help with.

 Grade 7 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies

 Grade 8 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 2 A New Nation (1777-1800) Chapter 5: Forming a Government (1777-1791)

Monday,3/18: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Wednesday, March 20.

Tuesday,3/19: Read pages 163-169 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Friday, March 22.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Constitutional Convention, James Madison, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, popular sovereignty, federalism, legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch, checks and balances

Questions:
Page 169 Questions 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 4a

International Women’s Month Project: International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019. The outline for slides is posted on google classroom. _______________________________________________________

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America (1867-1920)/ Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform (1868-1920)

Monday,3/11: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Wednesday, March 20.

Tuesday,3/12: Read pages 675-679 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Friday, March 22.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Eighteenth Amendment, National American Woman Suffrage Association, Alice Paul, Nineteenth Amendment, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, temperance, suffrage

Questions:
Page 679   Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 3b

International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019. The outline for slides is posted on google classroom.

       

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Week of March 11, 2019

Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.

B. Remember all students are to come to the church in the morning for Prayers. Anyone that does not arrive before the Pledge of Allegiance will be marked late or absent.

C. Three students still have not returned their Progress Reports signed.

D. No school on Friday, 3/15 in Honor of St. Patrick’s Day.
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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 and a pen every day. Paper cannot be ripped out of a notebook.

C. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of March 11, 2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8

Social Studies Homework for Grade 5

Unit 3 The Thirteen Colonies/ Chapter 5: The New England Colonies

Monday, 3/11:  Write each vocabulary and its definition in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. Due Wednesday, 3/19

Vocabulary Words:
charter, dissent, expel, consent, sedition, frontier

Tuesday, 3/12: Read pages 198-205. Answer the questions below on loose-leaf with a full heading. Due Thursday, 3/14

Questions:
1. Why did the Puritans found the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
2. Why did Roger Williams wish to start a new settlement?
3. Why farmers settle in the Connecticut River Valley?
4. What were the two major effects of King Philip’s War?
5. In what ways did Anne Hutchinson struggle to be treated fairly?

International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on March 25, 2019. The outline for slides is posted on google classroom. If you are doing a board, you can also follow that outline. You board should have all the same information.

 Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
My Perspectives:
We will continue reading “from My Life with the Chimpanzees” this week by Jane Goodall. This selection is a first-person narrative.

1. 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 for the Week of…. You must write the complete definition. Due Monday, 3/18.

Literary Terms:
essay, flashback, imagery, memoir, myth

2. Common Lit- complete article. Due Monday, 3/18

3. Voyages: Practice Book- page 117 Capitalization. Follow the directions for each section! Complete the whole page. Complete in your notebook. Due Thursday, 3/14.

 Grade 6 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading and Grammar
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8

My Perspectives:
We will continue reading “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” this week by Ray Bradbury. This selection is a fictional short story.

1. Define the following literary terms using your textbook (page R44-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 Monday, 3/18.

Literary Terms:
description, editorial, essay, inferences, mood

2. Common Lit- complete article. Due Monday, 3/11

3. Voyages: Practice Book- page 171 (whole page)-Argumentative Writing. Complete in your notebook. Due Thursday, 3/14.

 Grade 7 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies

 Grade 8 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and Social Studies
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 2 A New Nation (1777-1800) Chapter 5: Forming a Government (1777-1791)
Monday,3/11: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Wednesday, March 13.

Tuesday,3/12: Read pages 156-162 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Thursday, March 14.

Vocabulary for the Week:
creditors, debtors, inflation, tariffs, interstate commerce, depression, Daniel Shays, Shay’s Rebellion

Questions:
Page 162 Questions 1a, 2a, 2b, 3a, 4a

International Women’s Month Project: International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on March 25, 2019. The outline for slides is posted on google classroom. _______________________________________________________

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America (1867-1920)/ Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform (1868-1920)

Monday,3/11: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Wednesday, March 13.

Tuesday,3/12: Read pages 670-674 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Thursday, March 14.

Vocabulary for the Week:
regulations, unconstitutional, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, workers' compensation laws, capitalism, socialism, William "Big Bill" Haywood, Industrial Workers of the World

Questions:
Page 674  Questions 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b,

International Women’s Month Project: Projects will be due on March 25, 2019. The outline for slides is posted on google classroom.

       

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Week of March 4, 2019

Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.

B. Ash Wednesday Mass, 3/6 @10:30. Parents are invited to attend.

C. Remember all students are to come to the church in the morning for Prayers. Anyone that does not arrive before the Pledge of Allegiance will be marked late or absent.

D. If you have not signed and returned your child’s Progress Report, please do so by tomorrow. I will return it when I check the signature.

E. March Calendars will be distributed on Tuesday. Please check your child’s bookbag.
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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 and a pen every day. Paper cannot be ripped out of a notebook.

C. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!
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 HOMEWORK: For the Week of March 4, 2019: Grades 5, 6,7,8

Social Studies Homework for Grade 5

Unit 3 The Thirteen Colonies/ Chapter 5: The New England Colonies


Tuesday, 3/5:  Study for Chapter 4 Test tomorrow (Weds. March 6).

Vocabulary Words: None

Wednesday, 3/6: Read pages 190 and 191. Answer the questions on page 191 under “summarize”. Complete on loose-leaf with a full heading.

National Women’s History Month Project: Choose a famous woman that you would like to research. Have your title by Thursday, March 7. Projects will be due on March 25, 2019.

 Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
My Perspectives:
We will continue reading “from My Life with the Chimpanzees” this week by Jane Goodall. This selection is a first-person narrative.

1. 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 for the Week of…. You must write the complete definition. Due Friday, 3/8.

Literary Terms:
figurative language, idioms, irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia

2. Common Lit- complete article. Due Monday, 3/11

3. Voyages Practice Book- page 152 Expository Writing. Follow the directions for each section! Complete the whole page. (1-9) Complete in your notebook. Due Thursday, 3/7.

 Grade 6 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading and Grammar
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8

My Perspectives:
We will continue reading “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” this week by Ray Bradbury. This selection is a fictional short story.

1. Define the following literary terms using your textbook (page R44-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, 3/8.

Literary Terms:
figurative language, hyperbole, idiom, irony, metaphor

2. Common Lit- complete article. Due Monday, 3/11

3. Voyages: Practice Book- page 170 (whole page 1-15)-Argumentative Writing. Complete in your notebook. Due Thursday, 
3/7.

 Grade 7 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and SS

 Grade 8 Lesson Plans for ELA/Reading, Grammar, and SS
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 2 A New Nation (1777-1800) Chapter 5: Forming a Government (1777-1791)

Tuesday,3/5: You must have your Social Studies test signed by your parent. You must do test corrections on loose-leaf (write the whole question and answer). This is due by Thursday, March 7. If it is not handed in on Thursday, you will complete each correction 5x each.

Wednesday,3/6: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Friday, March 8.

Thursday,3/7: Read pages 148-155 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Monday, March 11.

Vocabulary for the Week:
controversial, ordinance, Magna Carta, constitution, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, suffrage, Articles of Confederation, ratification, Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Northwest Territory

Questions:
Page 155 Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a

National Women’s History Month Project: Choose a famous woman that you would like to research. Have your title by Thursday, March 7. Projects will be due on March 25, 2019.
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Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America (1867-1920)/ Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform (1868-1920)

Tuesday,3/5: You must have your Social Studies test signed by your parent. You must do test corrections on loose-leaf (write the whole question and answer). This is due by Thursday, March 7. If it is not handed in on Thursday, you will complete each correction 5x each.

Wednesday,3/6: Write the definition for each vocabulary word below. Write in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. If you do it on loose-leaf, you will start with a “3” instead of a 4. Due on Friday, March 8.

Thursday,3/7: Read pages 658-667 in your textbook. Answer the questions listed below on loose-leaf (full heading, and page number). Due Monday, March 11.

Vocabulary for the Week:
motive, political machines, Progressives, muckrakers, Seventh Amendment, recall, initiative, referendum, Robert M. La Follette

Questions:
Page 667 Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a

International Women’s Month Project: Choose a famous woman that you would like to research. Have your title by Thursday, March 7. Projects will be due on March 25, 2019.



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