Reminders:
1. These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:
A. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).
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. Homework must be handed in on the day due, unless I receive a note
from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW.
This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home or you were sick.
D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.
2. Tuesday is Gym for the 5th Grade. Remember to wear Gym uniform.
3. Each student in grades 5-8 must purchase a new book for Unit 2 which began last week.
The name of the book and the price is below under the Homework for the week. You can purchase it yourself, or I can order it for you. All money was due by Thursday, 10/25, so the books could be ordered. Students who brought in the money have already received their books.
4. There will be no Halloween party due to the fact that Mayor Bloomberg closed the schools on Wednesday due to hazardous weather conditions.Money for pizza will be refunded on Thursday. There will be no party on Thursday!
5. Thursday, November 1 is All Saint’s Day. All students must be in full uniform for mass.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: Unit 2: Week 2
5th Grade Reading- 10/29/12
***New Book for Unit 2: Leonardo da Vinci: A Nonfiction Comparison to Monday with a Mad Genius- Magic Tree Research Guide Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Please purchase or bring $7.00 in an envelope with your name and grade on it. This was due on Thursday, 10/25. If you still need a book, please send the money in a.s.a.p.!
Homework:
Thursday- Read Chapter 1 in Leonardo da Vinci. Highlight any important ideas or difficult vocabulary. Continue to read the Phantom Tollbooth.
Thursday- Copy this week’s vocabulary into the Reading Vocabulary Notebook by Friday, 11/2.
Remember to add the date and Aim in your notebook.
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6th Grade Reading- 10/29/12
***New Book for Unit 2: Tikta’ likta: An Inuit-Eskimo Legend by James A. Houston
Please purchase or bring $10.00 in an envelope with your name and grade on it. This was due on Thursday, 10/25. If you still need a book, please send the money in a.s.a.p.!
Homework:
Thursday- Read pgs.9-19 in Tikta’Liktak. Highlight any important ideas or difficult vocabulary. Continue to read Peter Pan and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Thursday- Copy this week’s vocabulary into the Reading Vocabulary Notebook by Friday, 11/2.
Remember to add the date and Aim in your notebook.
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7th Grade Reading 10/29/12
***New Book for Unit 2: The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick
Please purchase or bring $9.00 in an envelope with your name and grade on it. This was due on Thursday, 10/25. If you still need a book, please send the money in a.s.a.p.!
Homework:
Thursday- Read Chapters 1-3 in The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. Highlight any important ideas or difficult vocabulary. Continue to read Crispin and Anna of Byzantium.
Thursday- Copy this week’s vocabulary into the Reading Vocabulary Notebook by Friday, 11/2.
Remember to add the date and Aim in your notebook.
7th Grade Social Studies 10/29/12
Homework:
Thursday-
Write and define the following words in the SS vocabulary notebook. All definitions can be found in the glossary or within Chapter 8. Remember to write the date and Aim in your notebook. Due
Thursday-
Read pgs. 49-58 in the text. Answer Checkup Questions 1 & 2 on pg. 53 and 1 &3 on page 58 on looseleaf. Due Tuesday, 11/6.
Vocabulary for Week 1 Social Studies (Unit 2) Chapter 3
Spice Islands, patroon, patroon system, tsar, Cibola, Seven Cities of Gold, petition, Estevanico, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, Phillipe Renault
Map of the Month will be distributed today and will be due on November 19.
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8th Grade Reading 10/29/12
***New Book for Unit 2: Roll of Thunder-Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Please purchase or bring $9.00 in an envelope with your name and grade on it. This was due on Thursday, 10/25. If you still need a book, please send the money in a.s.a.p.!
Homework:
Thursday- Read Chapters 1 &2 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Highlight any important ideas or difficult vocabulary.
Thursday- Copy this week’s vocabulary into the Reading Vocabulary Notebook by Friday, 11/2.
Remember to add the date and Aim in your notebook.
8th Grade Social Studies 10/29/12
Homework:
Thursday-
Write and define the following words in the SS vocabulary notebook. All definitions can be found in the glossary or within Chapter 8. Remember to write the date and Aim in your notebook. Due Friday, 11/2.
Thursday-
Read pgs. 288-295 in the text. Answer Checkup Questions 1, 3, and 4 p. 295 on looseleaf. Due Tuesday, 11/6.
Vocabulary for Week 1 Social Studies (Unit 2) Chapter 8
merger, Kellogg-Briand Pact, reparations, Warren Harding, Charles Evans Hughes, Harry Daugherty, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Morrow, Alfred Smith, Herbert Hoover
Map of the Month will be distributed today and will be due on November 19.
Have a great week!
