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.
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. May Calendars are being sent home today. Please check your child's bookbag for it.
3. Unit 4 Exams will be given on Mon.5/13, Tues. 5/14, & Weds. 5/15
Remember that homework and
classwork count as a grade!
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Unit 5: WEEK 1
5th Grade
Reading- 4/29/13
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 Tuesday,
4/30.
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, 5/2.
Read the
story Peach Blossom Spring in your Reading
Textbook.
Reading
Practice Book pgs. 136 (1-5 restate) and
140 (1-5). Due Friday, May 3 on looseleaf.
Remember the Unit 4 Projects will be presented this
week (for all that haven’t presented yet).
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6th Grade Reading- 4/29/13
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 Tuesday,
4/30.
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Lyddie Katherine Patterson.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and
their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due
Thursday, 5/2.
Read the
story The Rebellion of the Magical Rabbits
in your Reading Textbook.
Reading
Practice Book pgs. 109 (1-5 copy the chart and fill in and 6-10 restate the
question in the answer). Due Friday, May 3 on looseleaf.
Remember the Unit 4 Projects will be presented this
week (for all that haven’t presented yet).
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7th Grade
Reading 4/29/13
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 Tuesday, 4/30.
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, 5/2
Read the
story Housekeeper Wanted for Gentleman Cat
in your Reading Textbook.
Reading
Skills Practice Book pgs. 93 (1-12 write everything out) and 94 (7-14 write
everything out). Due Friday, May 3 on looseleaf.
Remember the Unit 4 Projects will be presented this
week (for all that haven’t presented yet).
Homework:
Chapter 10- The Frontier Moves West
Write the definitions of the following words in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 5/2.
1. Sacajawea 2. Zebulon
Pike 3. Barbary States 4. neutral rights
5. Embargo Act 6. War
Hawks 7. Oliver Perry 8. Francis Scott Key
9. Treaty of Ghent 10. Hartford Convention
Chapter 10 Read pgs. 343-350. On page 350, answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4.
Due Friday, May 3 on looseleaf.
Map of the Month is due
on April 30th (TOMORROW).
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8th Grade Reading 4/29/13
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
Tuesday, 4/30.
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Vincent
Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and
their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due
Thursday, 5/2.
Read the
story Pegasus and Bellerophon in your
Reading Textbook.
Reading
Skills Practice Book pgs. 117 (1-12 write everything out) and 118 (1-8 write
everything out). Due Friday, May 3 on looseleaf.
Remember the Unit 4 Projects will be presented this
week (for all that haven’t presented yet).
8th Grade Social Studies
Homework: Chapter 13: Lyndon Johnson and
the Great Society 1964- 1980
Write the definitions of the following words in your Social Studies
Vocabulary Notebooks- Due on Thursday, 5/2.
1. ghettos 2. Kerner Commission 3. domino theory 4. Ho Chi Mink
5. Nao Dink Diem 6. Ho Chi Mink Trail 7. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 8. Tet Offensive 9. Vietnamization 10. detente
Chapter 13 Read pgs. 462-466. On page 466, answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4. Due
Friday, May 3 on looseleaf.
Map of the Month is due
on April 30th (TOMORROW).
Have a great week!
