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. No School on Friday, March 15 due
to a Teacher’s Conference Day at St. Elizabeth’s.
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Unit 4: WEEK 3
5th Grade
Reading- 3/11/13
Homework:
New Book for Unit 4 is If You Lived When There Was Slavery
in America (If You ….Series)
Anne Kamma and Pamela Johnson.
Read pages 6-17.
We will continue with the Culture
Projects this week.
Write the vocabulary words for the
week and their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 3/14.
Reading Practice Book - pg. 105 Write questions and answers for 1-6. Due Thursday, March 14 (on looseleaf).
Study for
weekly quiz on Thursday, March 14
Below is the website for the new state
exams. If you wish to have your children practice some of the questions (over
the Easter break would be a great time), please go to the link below.
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Homework:
New Book for Unit 4 is Lyddie Katherine Patterson.
Read Chapters 1, 2, 3
Write the vocabulary words for the
week and their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 3/14
Reading Vocabulary for Grade 6
Reading Vocabulary for Grade 6
Reading Practice Book - pg. 79 Write
everything out -question and answer 1-10. Underline the correct answer in each
sentence. Due Thursday, March 14 (on
looseleaf).
Study for
weekly quiz on Thursday
Below is the website for the new state
exams. If you wish to have your children practice some of the questions (over
the Easter break would be a great time), please go to the link below.
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7th Grade Reading 3/11/13
Homework:
New Book for Unit 4 is Call of the Wild Jack
London (May 1990 publication- 128 pages) Read pgs. (v-xii) and Chapters 1 and
2.
Write the vocabulary words for the
week and their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 3/14.
Skills Practice- pg. 56. Write questions
and answers (1-7). Due Thursday,
March 14 (on looseleaf).
Study for weekly quiz on Thursday
Below is the website for the new state
exams. If you wish to have your children practice some of the questions (over
the Easter break would be a great time), please go to the link below.
7th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
Chapter 8- A Government for the New Nation
Write the definitions of the following
words in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 3/14.
Great Compromise
legislative branch executive branch
judicial branch
state bell Three Fifth Compromise Committee on Style Preamble
Gouverneur Morris ratify
Read Chapter 8 pgs. 214-226
Checkup Questions pg. 221
Questions 1, 3 and pg. 226 Questions 2, 4
Complete on looseleaf. Due Thursday, 3/14
Study for
weekly quiz on Monday, March 18
We will continue presenting the
Black History Month Presentations this week.
Remember to work on Map of the Month-
Caribbean Islands. Due Weds. 3/13
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8th Grade Reading 3/4/13
Homework:
New Book for Unit 4 is Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an
Artist by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan. Read pages 1-27.
Write the vocabulary words for the
week and their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 3/14.
Skills Practice- pg. 112 Analogies – Write everything out and underline all answers. Due Thursday, March 14 (on looseleaf).
Study for weekly quiz on Thursday,
March 14
Below is the website for the new state exams. If
you wish to have your children practice some of the questions (over the Easter
break would be a great time), please go to the link below.
8th Grade Social Studies
Homework: Unit 4- The Cold War
Write the definitions of the
following words in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebooks- due on Thursday, 3/14.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) Warsaw
Pact stalemate Mao Ze-dong cease-fire summit conference coexistence
Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization “the spirit of Geneva”
Read Chapter 11 pgs. 428-435
Checkup Questions pg. 430
Questions 1, 2 and pg. 435 Questions 1, 2
Complete on looseleaf. Due Thursday, March 14
Study for weekly quiz on Monday, March 18.
Remember to work on Map of the
Month- Caribbean Islands.
Have a great week!
