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. Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday of
this week the 5th grade students will wear gym clothes.
3. Friday, 4/26- No school
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Unit 4: WEEK 7
5th Grade
Reading- 4/22/13
The new book for Unit 5 is The
Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (May 15, 2000). The book costs $
10. You can purchase the book your child or they can download it. I can also
order it for you. If you would like me to order it, the cost is $10 which is
due Thursday, 4/25.
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.
Same vocabulary words as last week!
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due on this
week.
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6th Grade Reading- 4/22/13
The new book for Unit 5 is Westing
Game by Ellen Raskin (Puffin Classic Series 4/2004). The book costs $ 8.
You can purchase the book your child or they can download it. I can also order
it for you. If you would like me to order it, the cost is $8 which is due
Thursday, 4/25.
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Lyddie Katherine Patterson.
Same vocabulary words as last week!
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due whenever we meet
this week and next. Be prepared to present!
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7th Grade
Reading 4/15/13
The new book for Unit 5 is A
Wrinkle of Time by Madeleine L’Engle (5/2007). The book costs $ 8. You can
purchase the book your child or they can download it. I can also order it for
you. If you would like me to order it, the cost is $8 which is due Thursday,
4/25.
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Call
of the Wild Jack London.
Same vocabulary words as last week!
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due this
week.
7th Grade
Social Studies
Homework:
Chapter 10- The Frontier Moves West
Write the definitions of the following words in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 4/25.
1. Tecumseh 2.
Wilderness Trail 3. township 4. Battle of Fallen Timbers
5. Treaty of Greenville 6. frontier 7. ceded 8. Napoleon Bonaparte
9. Louisiana Purchase 10. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Chapter 10 Read pgs. 334-342. On page 338, answer questions 1 and 3 and on
page 342, answer questions 1and 3. Due Thursday, April 25 on looseleaf.
Map of the Month is due
on April 30th.
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8th Grade Reading 4/15/13
The new book for Unit 5 is A
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (11/2004). The book costs $ 8. You
can purchase the book your child or they can download it. I can also order it
for you. If you would like me to order it, the cost is $8 which is due
Thursday, 4/25.
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Vincent
Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan.
Same vocabulary words as last week!
Remember the Unit 4
Project for Reading is due whenever we meet this week and next. Be prepared to
present!
8th Grade Social Studies
Homework: Chapter
13: Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society 1964- 1980
1. Civil Rights Act of 1964 2. Great Society 3. Job Corps 4. Head Start
5. VISTA 6. Medicare 7. Allan Shepard 8. John Glenn 9. Voting Act of 1965
10. Thurgood Marshall
Map of the Month due April 30th.
Have a great week!
