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. Map of the Month and Calendars
will be sent home on Monday. Please make sure that your child has received
them.
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Unit 4: WEEK 5
5th Grade
Reading- 4/8/13
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.
Over the Easter Vacation, you should have finished reading the
book. If you did not, you must finish by next Monday.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and
their definitions in the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due
Thursday, 4/11.
A story map will be
handed out to complete. This assignment will be due on Friday, 4/12. If extra
space is needed use looseleaf.
Story Map for Grade 5
Story Map for Grade 5
Weekly Quiz
on Friday on your book and vocabulary words!
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due on 4/15.
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- 4/8/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Lyddie Katherine Patterson.
Over the Easter Vacation, you should have
finished reading Lyddie. If you did not you must have it finished by next
Monday.
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.
A story map will be handed out to complete. This assignment will be
due on Friday, 4/12. If extra space is needed use looseleaf.
Story Map for Grade 6
Story Map for Grade 6
Weekly Quiz
on Friday on your book and vocabulary words!
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due on 4/15.
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 4/8/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Call
of the Wild Jack London
Over the Easter Vacation, you should have finished
reading the book. If you did not, you must have it completed by next Monday.
Write the vocabulary words for the week and their definitions in
the Reading Vocabulary NB. Due Thursday, 4/11.
A story map will be handed out to complete. This assignment will be
due on Friday, 4/12. If extra space is needed use looseleaf.
Weekly Quiz on Friday on
your book and vocabulary words!
Remember the Unit 4 Project for Reading is due on 4/15.
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.
inauguration tariff
Cabinet Judiciary Act of
1789 loose interpretation
strict interpretation Bank of the United States political party Federalist Party
Democratic- Republican Party
Chapter 9 Read pgs. 260-272. Answer questions 1 -4
Complete on looseleaf. Due Friday, April
12
Quiz on Monday on this
week’s words and notes
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8th Grade Reading 4/8/13
Homework:
The book being read for Unit 4 is Vincent
Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan.
Over the Easter Vacation, you should have finished reading the
book. If you did not, you must finish by next Monday.
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, 4/11.
A story map will be handed out to complete. This
assignment will be due on Friday, 4/12. If extra space is needed use looseleaf.
Story Map for Grade 8
Story Map for Grade 8
Weekly Quiz on Friday on your book and vocabulary words!
Remember the Unit 4
Project for Reading is due on 4/15.
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, 4/11.
GI Bill of Rights Green
Revolution Sunbelt Levittown consumer goods
inflation closed shop censure
Taft- Harley Act Thomas E.
Dewey
Chapter 12 Read pgs.438-447. Answer questions 1
&2 on pages 443 and 447.
Complete on looseleaf Due Friday, April 12.
Quiz on Monday on this week’s words and notes
Have a great week!
