Reminders:
A. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted) and pencil is not allowed.
B. If the assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads is unacceptable).
C. The students will be given 20 vocabulary words per week. They will have to copy the words and definitions on Monday for Homework and it will be checked on Tuesday by the Homeroom Teacher. If your child does not have internet access at home, he/she will be able to stay in the Afterschool Program on Mondays from 3:00-3:30 in order to copy the words into the Vocabulary NBs.
D. 5th grade will have Gym on Friday, instead of Monday until further notice.
E. 12:00 Dismissal on Friday due to a Faculty Meeting.
F. History Day Fair- Thursday, 2/9 at 9:00. Parents are welcome to attend.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Word Wall Test Friday, 2/10. Review the twenty words given this week that are written in the vocabulary notebook.
Remember to copy the words and definitions from the blog on Monday.
This assignment will be checked Tuesday during Homeroom.
Words for this week are:
1. fabulous - imaginary; as if out of a fable.
2. aviation - Flying in balloons or airplanes.
3. devote - To give up time to an activity.
4. airborne -Off the ground; carried by the air.
5. aloft - Up in the air.
6. enables - To allow; give the ability
7. altitude - Height; the distance above the ground.
8. recommend - To speak in favor of.
9. feat - A great or unusual act.
10. expanded - To become larger.
11. captive - Kept in prison.
12. overtook -Caught up with.
13. sustained - Supported; held up.
14. draft - a drink that is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can.
15. imprisoned -Locked up; put in prison.
16. uplifted -Raised up and held in the air.
17. mortals - A human being
18. vaguely - In an unclear way; dimly.
19. reel -To whirl; feel dizzy.
20. veered - To change direction.
1. fabulous - imaginary; as if out of a fable.
2. aviation - Flying in balloons or airplanes.
3. devote - To give up time to an activity.
4. airborne -Off the ground; carried by the air.
5. aloft - Up in the air.
6. enables - To allow; give the ability
7. altitude - Height; the distance above the ground.
8. recommend - To speak in favor of.
9. feat - A great or unusual act.
10. expanded - To become larger.
11. captive - Kept in prison.
12. overtook -Caught up with.
13. sustained - Supported; held up.
14. draft - a drink that is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can.
15. imprisoned -Locked up; put in prison.
16. uplifted -Raised up and held in the air.
17. mortals - A human being
18. vaguely - In an unclear way; dimly.
19. reel -To whirl; feel dizzy.
20. veered - To change direction.
5th Grade Reading- 2/6/12
Homework: Unit 3 (Theme 3)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh- read pgs. 33-67 by Thursday, 2/9
Practice Book- pg.94 A and B (restate); p.95 (1-4) sentences and answers. Due Friday, 2/10 on looseleaf.
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6th Grade Reading- 2/6/12
Lesson Plans:
Homework: Unit 3 (Theme 3)
Stuart Little- Book Tests for Chapters 6-15 will be given this week. A new book will be distributed to read.
Aim Higher Level F- Read pgs. 81-85. Answer the questions on pg.86, 87 (Exercise A and Exercise B- only the letter and the answer); Read pgs. 88-95. Answer the questions on pg. 86-Exercise B (1-4, write letter and answer, and #5 restate the question. Due Friday, 2/10 on looseleaf.
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7th Grade Reading 2/6/12
Lesson Plans:
Homework: Unit 3
Read A Wrinkle in Time- read Chapters 7 and 8 by Weds, 2/8
Read Chapters 9 and 10 by Weds. 2/15
Skills Practice Book pg. 65 (1-12, answers only); p.71 (1-12, ans only); pg. 72 (1-14, ans. only). Due on looseleaf on Friday, 2/10.
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8th Grade Reading 2/6/12
Homework:
Read pgs. 73-103 of Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name for Thursday, 2/9
Read pgs. 104- 139 by Thursday, 2/16
Aim Higher, Level H- Read pages 82-85. Answer the questions on pg. 86, letter and answer only; read pgs. 89-93. Answer the questions on pg.94 (1-4, restate the question). Due Friday, 2/10 on looseleaf. ________________________________________________________________
7th Grade Social Studies 2/6/12
Lesson Plans:
Homework: Unit 3
Test on Chapter 6 on Thursday, 2/9. Study your notes.
Topics will be given out this week for Black History Month.
If you were chosen to be part of the History Day Fair on Thursday, remember to make the necessary corrections to your project by Wednesday.
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8th Grade Social Studies 2/6/12
Homework: Unit 3
Test on Chapter 6 on Thursday, 2/9. Study your notes.
Topics will be given out this week for Black History Month.
If you were chosen to be part of the History Day Fair on Thursday, remember to make the necessary corrections to your project by Wednesday.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
