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
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
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
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.
Have a good week!
