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.

       

                              Have a good week!
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