Week of March 30, 2020

REMINDERS: 

Please refer to the schedule below to check the times that you must be online for your classes. You will be given assignments during class and must submit them before the end of the day. Please ask questions while we are online if you do not understand something. Parents may email me at mstoscano@olqmnyc.org if they would like to speak to me. I will be calling/texting parents of students that are not online for class, not submitting work, or work is poor quality! 

***Remember you are required to complete 2 sessions of Success Maker per week- Tuesdays and Thursdays. This will be checked and added to your grade.

SCHEDULE OF ONLINE CLASSES: 

8:30 am - 9:15 am (6th ELA) 

9:15 am - 10:00 am (6th Social Studies- Mondays and Wednesdays)  10:00 am – 10:45 am (7th ELA) 

10:45 am - 11:30 am (7th Social Studies- Mondays and Wednesdays) 

11:30 am – 12:15 pm (8th ELA) 

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm (8th Social Studies- Mondays and Wednesdays) 

Refer to Google Classroom for all assignments, plus those below! 

6th Grade –please make sure that you have read Chapters 1-6 of The Lightning Thief. 

Also Grade 6 you will need your SS workbook for Wednesday this week. 

Grades 7 and 8- please make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 of The Outsiders. 

                  

                   HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND STAY SAFE! 

Week of March 23, 2020

REMINDERS:

Starting today, we will begin online classes through Google Classroom. Please refer to the schedule below to check the times that you must be online. You will be given assignments during class and must submit them before the end of the day. Please ask questions while we are online if you do not understand something. Parents may email me at mstoscano@olqmnyc.org if they would like to speak to me. I will be calling parents of students that are not online for class, not submitting work, or work is poor quality!

SCHEDULE OF ONLINE CLASSES:

8:30 am - 9:15 am (6^th ELA)

9:15 am - 10:00 am (6th Social Studies- Mondays and Wednesdays)

10:00 am – 10:45 am (7th ELA)

10:45 am - 11:30 am (7th Social Studies- Mondays and Wednesdays)

11:30 am – 12:15 pm (8^th ELA)

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm (7th Social Studies- Mondays and Wednesdays)

Friday, March 20

SCHEDULE FOR ONLINE LEARNING:  MONDAY-FRIDAY

MS. TOSCANO

ELA (Reading, Writing, Grammar) and Social Studies for Grades 6, 7, and 8

Time	Activity	Resources
8:30-9:15	ELA- Grade 6	My Perspectives(etc.) Common Lit NYS ELA Exams Voyages No Red Ink Success Maker Newsela
9:15-10:00	Social Studies- Grade 6 (Mondays and Wednesdays only)	Textbook Discovery Ed(etc.)
10:00-10:45	ELA- Grade 7	My Perspectives(etc.) Common Lit NYS ELA Exams Voyages No Red Ink Success Maker Newsela
10:45-11:30	Social Studies- Grade 7 (Mondays and Wednesdays only)	Textbook Discovery Ed(etc.)
11:30-12:15	ELA-Grade 8	My Perspectives(etc.) Common Lit NYS ELA Exams Voyages No Red Ink Success Maker Newsela
12:15-1:00	Social Studies- Grade 8 (Mondays and Wednesdays only)	Textbook Discovery Ed(etc.)

Please check Google Classroom for Classwork and Homework for your child's class. If you have any questions, you can email me at mstoscano@olqmnyc.org.  During the times listed above, I will be working with the students through assignments listed on google classroom. Please make sure your child logs in each day at their scheduled time. They will have until 11:59PM each day to submit classwork assignments. HW assignments/Projects will have their own dates.

Thank you for your patience and help during this difficult situation.

Week of March 16, 2020

Weekly Announcements:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

Due to the growing concern of the coronavirus, the students will be given work to complete online until classes resume. Please continue to check this blog, Mr. Woods’ blog, and your child’s google classroom for updated information and assignments.

If you have any questions, please send them through google classroom!

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of March 16,2020: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

1. The 6^th grade is reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Please read chapter 5 by Monday, 3/23.

I will be posting questions on Google classroom later in the week on Chapters 1-4.

2.The students will also continue to review for the NYS ELA Exam.

In Test Booklet 2019 (Session 2) please complete questions 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41. Remember these are short response questions-RACE. Please type the answer to these questions on a google doc or a word document and attach it to google classroom. I will be checking this and giving you a grade. These questions should be submitted by Friday, March 20.

3.Success Maker- please complete an hour of Language Arts for the week (Monday-Friday).

4. A Common Lit story/poem will be assigned during the week.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 6

Unit 2: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush/ Chapter 5: Nubia and Kush

1.Monday,3/16: Read pages 172-183 in your textbook. Type the answer to the following questions on a google document or word document and attach it to your google drive- Remember to restate your question in the answer. Please also use a full heading and the page number of each question.

The questions must be submitted by Friday, 3/20.

Vocabulary for the Week:

None

Questions for the Week:

1. Reading Check page 173

2. Reading Check page 174

3. Reading Check page 175

4. Reading Check page 177

5. Review Questions page 177- Numbers 1,3,4

2. March is Women’s History Month. An outline will be posted on Google Classroom for you to follow when doing your PowerPoint presentation. 

Due on March 30 (no extensions). This grade will be counted for both ELA and Social Studies. We will be choosing women to research this week.

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Grade 7:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

1. The 7^th grade is reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Please read chapter 4 by Friday, 3/20.

I will be posting questions on Google classroom later in the week on Chapters 1-4.

2. The students will also continue to review for the NYS ELA Exam.

In Test Booklet 2019 (Session 2) please complete questions 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42. Remember these are short response questions-RACE. Please type the answer to these questions on a google doc or a word document and attach it to google classroom. I will be checking this and giving you a grade. These questions should be submitted by Friday, March 20.

3.Success Maker- please complete an hour of Language Arts for the week (Monday-Friday).

4. A Common Lit story/poem will be assigned during the week.

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

1. Monday, 3/16: Define the vocabulary words below in the SS Vocabulary Notebook-Due Monday, March 23.

2. Tuesday,3/17: Read pages 156-169 in your textbook. Type the answer to the following questions on a google document or word document and attach it to your google drive- Remember to restate your question in the answer. Please also use a full heading and the page number of each question.

The questions must be submitted by Friday, 3/20.

Vocabulary for the Week:

bicameral, federalism, sovereignty, unicameral, 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 for the Week:

1. Reading Check page 160

2. Reading Check page 161

3. Reading Check page 162

4. Section 2 Assessment-pg. 162 #s 1a and b, 2a and b, 3a and b, 4a and b

3. March is Women’s History Month. An outline will be posted on Google Classroom for you to follow when doing your PowerPoint presentation. 

Due on March 30 (no extensions). This grade will be counted for both ELA and Social Studies. We will be choosing women to research this week.

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Grade 8:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8

1. The 8^th grade is reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Please read chapter 4 by Friday, 3/20.

I will be posting questions on Google classroom later in the week on Chapters 1-4.

2. The students will also continue to review for the NYS ELA Exam.

In Test Booklet 2019 (Session 2) please complete questions 36, 37, 38, 41, and 42. Remember these are short response questions-RACE. Please type the answer to these questions on a google doc or a word document and attach it to google classroom. I will be checking this and giving you a grade. These questions should be submitted by Friday, March 20.

3.Success Maker- please complete an hour of Language Arts for the week (Monday-Friday).

4. A Common Lit story/poem will be assigned during the week.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 6: A Growing America (1850-1914) / Chapter 20: Immigrants and Urban Life (1872-1914)

1. Monday, 3/16: Define the vocabulary words below in the SS Vocabulary Notebook-Due Monday, March 23

2. Tuesday,3/10: Read pages 642-649 in your textbook. Type the answer to the following questions on a google document or word document and attach it to your google drive- Remember to restate your question in the answer. Please also use a full heading and the page number of each question.

The questions must be submitted by Friday, 3/20.

Vocabulary for the Week:

charity, sanitation, Jacob Riis, settlement houses, Jane Addams, Hull House, Florence Kelley

Questions for the Week:

1. Reading Check page 643

2. Reading Check page 645

3. Section 2 Assessment page 645 #s 1a,b,c  2a,b,c

4. Reading Check page 647

5. Reading Check page 649

4. March is Women’s History Month. An outline will be posted on Google Classroom for you to follow when doing your PowerPoint presentation. 

Due on March 30 (no extensions). This grade will be counted for both ELA and Social Studies. We will be choosing women to research this week.

                                   HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!