Week of October 8, 2012


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.

       E. Remember to cover the Reading Workbook.

2. Tuesday is Gym for the 5th Grade. Remember to wear Gym uniform.

3. Remember that ITBS testing begins on Wednesday, 9/10. There will also be testing on Friday, 10/12.
 See Mr. Woods’s blog for the schedule. Please make sure that your child has at least 4 sharpened #2 pencils with erasers for the test.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
     
There will be no weekly quiz on Friday or on Monday due to ITBS testing.
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HOMEWORK:  Unit 1: Week 5

5th Grade Reading- 10/8/12


Homework:

Tuesday- Write the Vocabulary words and definitions below in your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 10/11.

Read Chapters 5, 6, and 7 in The Phantom Tollbooth.


Remember to work on your Unit Project about the famous person that you chose to research. This due on Monday, 10/15.


No Quiz this week or next!
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6th Grade Reading- 10/8/12


Homework:
Tuesday- Write the Vocabulary words and definitions below in your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 10/11.


Read Chapters 6, and 7 in Peter Pan.
Read Chapters 1-10 in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Remember to work on your Unit Project. This due on Monday, 10/15.

No Quiz this week or next!
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7th Grade Reading 10/8/12


Homework:

Tuesday- Write the Vocabulary words and definitions below in your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 10/11.


Read Chapters 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 in Crispin.
Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in Anna of Byzantium

Remember to work on your Unit Project. This due on Monday, 10/15.

No Quiz this week or next!


7th Grade Social Studies 10/8/12


Homework:
Monday- We will be discussing the Tools Used to Study Social Studies-Chapter 1

Read pages 10-17 in the textbook.
Answer the Checkup Questions on page 12 (1-3) and page 17 (1-4)
Complete on looseleaf and write the question, skip a line and write the answer.
Make sure to have a heading on your looseleaf.

Due on Friday, 10/12
Map of the Month is due on Friday, 10/12

No Quiz on Monday due to ITBS Testing

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8th Grade Reading 10/8/12


Homework:
Tuesday- Write the Vocabulary words and definitions below in your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 10/11.


Read Chapters 6 and 7 in The Great Fire

Remember to work on your Unit Project. This due on Monday, 10/15.

No Quiz on Friday due to ITBS Testing


8th Grade Social Studies


Homework:
Monday- We will be starting World War 1-Chapter 7
Read pages 208-219

Complete on looseleaf, Checkup Questions on page 213 (2-3-4) and page 219 (2-3-4). Write the question, skip a line, and write the answer.

Make sure to have a heading on your looseleaf.
Due on Friday, 10/12

Map of the Month due on Friday, October 12

No Quiz on Monday due to ITBS Testing

Have a great week!