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.
Remember that
homework and classwork count as a grade!
2.
All tests and work from the first semester will be sent home on Monday and
Tuesday. Please keep the work at home to look through it. Please sign the
letter sent home with your child saying that you received the papers from the
first semester.
3. Speech Contest is Tuesday at 10:00AM for Grades 5-8. All parents
are invited to attend.
4.
Weds, 1/30. - 12:00 Dismissal due to Parent Teacher Conferences (2:00-7:00).
All students should be in full uniform since Fr. Antonio will be distributing
Report Cards to some students in the morning.
5. If your child does not receive his/her Report Card in school on Weds,
then an adult should pick it up between 2:00- 7:00. If you need to speak with
Mrs. Ramsey or Ms. Serewko, please come after 3:30.
6.
All students should be in uniform on Thursday because we will be attending Mass
at 9:00AM.
7. Friday 2/1 History Fair between 9:00-11:00 AM for students in
Grades 5-8. All parents are invited to attend.
8.
No school on Monday, 2/4 due to a Faculty Conference Day at St. Borromeo
School.
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Unit 3: WEEK 3
5th Grade Reading- 1/28/13
Homework:
We are reading the book Walk Two Moons.
Read Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 1/31.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/1.
1.
Describe Mr. and Mrs. Winterbottom? Who do they remind Sal of?
2.
What did Phoebe think happened to Mr. Cadaver?
3.
Discuss Gram and Gramp’s marriage bed. Tell why it was so important to Gramps.
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
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6th Grade Reading- 1/28/13
Homework:
We are reading the book Life After.
Read Chapters 3 & 4. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 1/31.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/1.
1.
Discuss the “Crisis”. What effect did it have on the people of Argentina?
2.
Why were all many of the Argentinian Jews moving to Israel?
3.
Why couldn’t Dani tell Roberto that she spotted father coming out of the local
church?
4.
Where did Papa tell Dani that he got the extra food in the refrigerator?
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
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7th Grade Reading 1/28/13
Homework:
We are reading the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne
Frank.
Read pgs. 31-65. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 1/31.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/1.
1.
How do Anne’s parents feel about her grades?
2.
Why did Anne and her family have to go into hiding so suddenly?
3.
Who was Miep? What did she do for the Franks as they were preparing to go into
hiding>
4.
Describe where the Franks went into hiding. Was this a planned hiding place?
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
7th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
Write the following vocabulary words and
definitions in the Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date,
aim, and skip a line between each definition. Due Weds, 1/30.
Boston Massacre acquit propaganda Committee of Correspondence Tea Act
monopoly
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts Quebec
Act First Continental Congress
Answer
the Checkup Questions on pgs. 173 (1-4) by Friday, 2/1.
Remember to answer each question completely and restate the question in your
response.
******Daily Assessment on Tuesday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever notes we have completed in Unit 3 (Chapter 6)
******Daily Assessment on Tuesday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever notes we have completed in Unit 3 (Chapter 6)
Work on Map!
Work
on your Black History Month Project! Due Weds.2/20 (no extensions!!!!!)
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8th Grade Reading 1/28/13
Homework:
We are reading the book The Boys’ War- Confederate and Union Soldiers
Talk about the Civil War.
Read Chapters 3 & 4. Highlight words that are unfamiliar.
Write the Vocabulary words and definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date, aim, and skip a line
between each definition. Due Thursday, 1/31.
Answer the following response questions by
Friday, 2/1
1.
Write two paragraphs contrasting the north and south views concerning slavery.
2.
Discuss some of the recruitment rules that banned boys from joining and
fighting in the Civil War.
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
******Daily Assessment on Friday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever we have read in the book.
8th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
Write the following Vocabulary words and
definitions in the Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Remember to write the date,
aim, and skip a line between each definition. Due Weds, 1/30.
Charles Drew 442 Regimental
Combat Team workweek Inaugural Address First Lady of the Word “teach and preach schools” Mary McLeod Bethune meteorology charter
reform school
Answer
the Checkup Questions on pgs.348 (1-4) by Friday, 2/1.
Remember to answer each question completely and restate the question in your
response.
*****Daily Assessment on Tuesday (Words from Unit 3 plus whatever notes we have completed in Unit 3 (Chapter 10)
Work on Map!
Work on your Black History Month Project! Due Weds.2/20 (no extensions!!!!!)
Have a great week!
