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. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of
this week the 4th, 6th, and 8th grade students
will take the NYS ELA Exam. Please make sure to have pens and # 2 pencils with
erasers available.
3. Friday, 4/19- 12:00 Dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting.
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Unit 4: WEEK 5
5th Grade
Reading- 4/15/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is If You Lived When There Was Slavery
in America (If You ….Series)
Anne Kamma and Pamela Johnson.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and their definitions in the
Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 4/11.
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due on this
week.
Below is the website for the new state exams. If
you wish to have your children practice some of the questions, please go to the
link below.
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6th Grade Reading- 4/15/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Lyddie Katherine Patterson.
Remember to also go over the sample questions
for the state exam, especially the Reading Comprehension.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and their definitions in the
Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 4/11.
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due on this
week.
Below is the website for the new state exams. If
you wish to have your children practice some of the questions, please go to the
link below.
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7th Grade
Reading 4/15/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Call
of the Wild Jack London.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and
their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due
Thursday, 4/11.
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due this
week.
Below is the website for the new state exams. If
you wish to have your children practice some of the questions, please go to the
link below.
7th Grade
Social Studies
Homework:
Chapter 9- The Federalist Period
Write the definitions of the following words in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 4/11.
Whiskey Rebellion nominate caucus Neutrality Proclamation impressed
Jay’s Treaty Pinckney’s Treaty XYZ Affair White House mint
Chapter 9 Read pgs. 273-278. On page 279, complete the vocabulary review
1-10 and questions 2 and 4 in the Chapter Checkup. Due Friday, April 19 on
looseleaf.
Map of the Month is due
on April 30th.
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8th Grade Reading 4/15/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Vincent
Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan.
Remember to also check out the link below for the state exams, especially
the Reading Comprehension.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and
their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due
Thursday, 4/18.
Remember the Unit 4
Project for Reading is due this week.
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 (A Changing Nation- Chapter 12)
Write the definitions of the
following words in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebooks- due on Thursday, 4/18.
Red Scare Joseph R.
McCarthy space satellite New Frontier urban renewal assassination Oveta Culp Hobby NDEA
John F. Kennedy Justice Earl
Warren
Chapter 12 Read pgs.448-460. On page 461,
complete the vocabulary review 1-10 and questions 2 and 4 in the Chapter
Checkup. Due Friday, April 19 on looseleaf.
Map of the Month due April 30th.
Have a great week!
