Week of April 23, 2012

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 are unacceptable).

C. The students are 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 Monday this week, so remember to wear Gym clothes.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK AND CLASSWORK FOR THIS WEEK

Vocabulary for the Week: Check Ms. Serewko’s blog

5th Grade Reading- 4/23/12

You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.

Lesson Plans:

Classwork & Homework: Unit 4

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh- Make sure that you finished reading the whole book.

1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the following words using the glossary in the back of the book. This work can be started in class and finished for homework. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.

Vocabulary for Mary Patten’s Voyage:
mariner, peril, insolence, countermanded, insubordination, sabotage, mutiny, daft, moldering

**Remember to copy the vocabulary for the week into your Vocabulary NB tonight if there are any new words given.

2. Tuesday- Read the story Wolf Watch .
Complete page. 169 (Practice Book) on looseleaf. Restate the question in the answer. Remember to put a complete heading on the looseleaf.

3. Wednesday- On looseleaf, complete pg. 176 (Part A 1-5) and pg. 179 1, 2, 3 (restate)

4. Thursday- Word Study Book pg. 44 1-18. Do this in the middle section of your Reading NB (skills section). Write out everything.

5. Friday- Word Study Book pg. 46 1-16  on looseleaf. Write out all sentences.
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6th Grade Reading- 4/23/12- You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.

Good Luck on the Math exam.

Lesson Plans:

Classwork & Homework: Unit 4

1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the following words using the glossary in the back of the book. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.

Vocabulary for Call Me Proteus:
coalescing, stowaway, rations, labyrinth, aptitude, bearing, exile, perilous

2. Tuesday- Friday. Read Kinship in the text. In the Practice Book, complete pg. 173 1-10 on looseleaf, and pg. 175 (1-5). Make sure you give this assignment to Mr. Marcial by Friday.
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7th Grade Reading 4/23/12

You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.

Lesson Plans:

Classwork & Homework: Unit 4

1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the words below using the Skills Practice Book. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.

Vocabulary for West with the Night:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 148 & 149 (skills practice)

Vocabulary for One Bright Star:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 156 & 157

2. Tuesday- Read the story Wings to Fly in the textbook. In the Practice Book, complete pg.121 (1-11-write ans. only on looseleaf, and skip lines). Also complete pg. 122 1-12 (write everything out and skip lines).

3. Wednesday- Work on Social Studies during Reading.

4. Thursday- In the Word Study Book, complete pg. 44 (1-14). Do this in the middle section of your Reading NB (skills section) and label as Vowel Sounds. .Write the question and answer. Complete pg. 46 (1-12), write question and answer.

5. Friday- Word Study Book- complete pg. 51 (1-12 question and answer) and pg. 52 (1-12 question and answer). Do this in the middle section of your Reading NB (skills section) and label as Vowel Sounds.

7th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans:

This work can be started in class and finished for homework. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.

Classwork & Homework: Unit 4 (Chapter 10- The Frontier Travels West)

Monday, 4/23 – Friday, 4/27

On looseleaf, define the vocabulary words on pages: 334, 339, 343, and 351 (27 words total)

On looseleaf, (separate from the vocabulary words) answer the following questions:
pg. 338- 1, 2, 3, 4
pg. 342- 1, 2, 3
pg. 350- 1, 2, 3, 4

Make sure these assignments are handed to Mr. Marcial before Friday.
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8th Grade Reading 4/23/12

You are responsible for all of the following work, whether or not you have class. Make sure anything done on looseleaf is given to Mr. Marcial before Friday afternoon. Any missing assignments will be given a zero. Notebooks will be checked when I return.

Good Luck on the Math exam.

Lesson Plans:

Classwork & Homework: Unit 4

1. Monday- In the front of your Reading Notebook, define the words below using the Skills Practice Book. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.

Vocabulary for Invasion from Mars:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 149, 150

Vocabulary for Mystery of Loch Ness:
Write all words and definitions on pgs. 154, 155

2. Tuesday- Friday – In the textbook read Aerin’s Dragon. Complete pgs. 123, 124, and 126 ans. only. Make sure this is handed to Mr. Marcial by Friday!

8th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans:

This work can be started in class and finished for homework. It is up to you to get as much done as possible during class, so there is not too much to complete for homework.

Classwork & Homework: Unit 4 (Chapter 10- World War II)

Monday, 4/23- Friday, 4/27

On looseleaf, define the vocabulary words on pages 328, 335, 339, 349 (17 words in total)

On looseleaf, answer the questions on the following pages (restate and do on a separate sheet of looseleaf than the vocabulary words :
pg. 334- 1-4
pg. 338- 1-3
pg. 348- 1-4
pg. 353- 1-5

Hand in all work to Mr. Marcial by Friday.

Have a great week!