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. Friday, 11/30: 12:00
Dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: Unit 2:
5th Grade Reading- 11/26/12
Homework:
Monday- Read Chapters 3- 5 in Leonardo da Vinci. Highlight any important
ideas or difficult vocabulary. Continue to read the Phantom Tollbooth. Answer
the following questions on looseleaf. Due on
Wednesday, 11/28.
1. Why were most of Leonardo da Vinci’s designs never built?
2. Describe some of the weapons that da Vinci designed?
3. Discuss some of the things that Leonardo studied in science
(Chapter 4).
4. What were some of da Vinci’s paintings? Discuss at least
three of them.
Tuesday-Copy the vocabulary
below (click on link) into your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due on Thursday, 11/29.
Weekly Quiz on Friday
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6th Grade Reading- 11/26/12
Homework:
Monday-Read pgs. 30-63 in Tikta’Liktak. Highlight any important ideas or
difficult vocabulary. Continue to read Peter Pan and Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory. Answer the following questions on looseleaf. Due on Wednesday, 11/28.
1. How did Tiktaliktak use the whit fox that he caught in his
trap?
2. In your own words, describe Tikta’s encounter with the white
bear.
3. Discuss Tikta’s attempt to get back home on the float that he
built.
4. What happened when Tikta floated into the herd of walrus?
Tuesday-Copy the vocabulary
below (click on link) into your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due on Thursday, 11/29.
Weekly Quiz on Friday
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7th Grade Reading 11/26/12
Homework:
Monday- Read Chapters 5-9 in The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. Highlight
any important ideas or difficult vocabulary. Continue to read Crispin and Anna
of Byzantium. Answer the following questions on looseleaf. Due on Wednesday, 11/28.
1. Discuss what Patience would do each morning after breakfast?
2. Summarize what Patience said in her journal entry on October
20, 1835 (pgs. 57, 58).
3. Discuss how Patience was finally praised by her father. What
did he give her?
4. Discuss what happened
to Patience and Thaddeus when Binyon and Todd found them on the deck of the
Morning Star.
Tuesday-Copy the vocabulary
below (click on link) into your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due on Thursday, 11/29.
Weekly Quiz on Friday
7th Grade Social Studies 11/26/12
Homework:
Monday- Define
the vocabulary words below in the Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. Skip a
line between each definition. Due Wednesday, 11/28.
legend sea dog Invincible Armada Lost Colony joint stock company stock
charter oronoco plantation cash crop
Tuesday-Chapter 4- Read pgs.68-81
in the textbook. Complete Checkup questions on pgs.74 #s 1 and 2 and pg. 81 #s
1 and 2 .Due Friday, 11/30 on
looseleaf.
Weekly Quiz on Monday,
12/3.
Remember to work on your
map.
Remember you should be
working on your NHD project. If you are having a problem, please see me. Don’t
wait for the last minute.
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8th Grade Reading 11/26/12
Homework:
Monday- Read Chapters 4- 6 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Highlight any
important ideas or difficult vocabulary. Answer the following questions on
looseleaf. Due on Wednesday, 11/28.
1. Discuss the incident when Stacey was whipped by his mama for
having cheat notes during a test.
2. Why did the Logan children go to the Wallace’s store after
their parents warned them not to go near there? What happened to the children
while they were there?
3. Discuss how Big Ma got the land that the Logan family was
living on.
4. Why did Mr. Harlan Granger keep bothering Big Ma to buy the
land from her?
Tuesday-Copy the vocabulary
below (click on link) into your Reading Vocabulary NB. Due on Thursday, 11/29.
Weekly Quiz on Friday
8th Grade Social Studies 11/26/12
Homework:
Monday- Define
the vocabulary words below in the Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. Skip a
line between each definition. Due Wednesday, 11/28.
stock market
speculation inventory soup kitchen Bonus Army New Deal bank holiday fireside chat Social Security Act collective bargaining
Tuesday- Chapter 9, read pgs.304-310
in the textbook. Complete Checkup questions on pg. 310 #s 1-4. Due Friday, 11/30 on
looseleaf.
Weekly Quiz on Monday,
12/3.
Remember to work on your
map.
Remember you should be
working on your NHD project. If you are having a problem, please see me. Don’t
wait for the last minute.
Have a great week!
