Week of December 16, 2013

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 not from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted

2. Monday is extended day Math for 5th Grade.
        
3. Unit 2 Exams will be administered this week. The schedule is as follows:
Monday, 12/16  Writing Exam and Social Studies Exam
Tuesday, 12/17   Science and Religion Exams
Wednesday, 12/18  ELA and Reading Exams
Thursday, 12/19 Math Exam

4. Friday, 12/20 Science Fair in the lunchroom between 9:00-11:00. All parents are invited.

5. Monday, 12/23 Dismissal will be at 1:00. No lunch will be served. No ASP.

6. Please check the blog for any Christmas Reading and SS HW.

For 5th grade students only:

Please bring in a shopping bag to pack books that will be left in school during Christmas Vacation. This is so the insides of all desks may be cleaned.

Parents please let your child know what books you would like them to bring home over the Christmas break. We will be packing up all books on Friday.

Monday, 12/23 We will be attending Lessons and Carols. Each class will be singing a song. This will begin at 8:30 in the church. All parents are invited to attend.

The 5th grade will also be having a Christmas Party. Each child should bring in something to share with the class (donuts, cupcakes, cookies, soda or juice, napkins, plates, cups). Let your child know what he/she can contribute, so I can get this organize.

The children have asked to have a Secret Santa. Each child will choose a name (secretly) and buy a gift for that person (no more than $10). If your child will not be attending school on Monday, 12/23, please let me know as soon as possible, so I do not plan on he/she bringing anything for our party, and also so they do not choose someone for the Secret Santa because then someone will be left with no gift.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of December 16, 2013- Unit 3 Week 3

5th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Who was Dr. Seuss by Janet Paschal  


Homework:

As soon as you get Dr. Seuss, start reading it.

Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 3) due Friday, 12/20.

 Reading Vocabulary

Unit 2 Exams will be administered this week. Review Alice in Wonderland and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!
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6th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren . Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 4 by Friday.



Homework:

Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 3) due Friday, 12/20.

 Reading Vocabulary

Unit 2 Exams will be administered this week. Review Percy Jackson and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!
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7th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Call of the Wild by Jack London. Read the Life of Jack London, Foreword, and Chapters 1 and 2.

 


Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 3 due Friday, 12/20.

 Reading Vocabulary

Unit 2 Exams will be administered this week. Review Patience Goodspeed and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!

7th Grade Social Studies


Homework:  The Road to Independence

Monday- New Vocabulary due Friday, 12/20 (Unit 3 Week 3)

1. Tyranny     2. “taxation without representation”   3. Stamp Act Congress    4. Repeal

5. nonimportation agreements    6. Declaratory Act   7. Townshend Acts   8. veto

9. governor’s council     10. writs of assistance

Monday- Read pages 169- 173. Complete questions 1, 2, 3 on pg. 173 (on looseleaf). Due on Friday, 12/20.
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8th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War by Jim Murphy. Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 by Friday.


Lesson Plans

Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Week 3) due Friday, 12/20.
Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Roll of Thunder and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!


8th Grade Social Studies  

 Lesson Plans

Homework: World War II

Monday- copy vocabulary into SS vocabulary notebook. Due Friday 12/ 20 (Unit 3 Week 3)

1. total war       2. relocation center       3. ration     4. War Production Board (WPB)   
5. Office of Price Administration (OPA)    6. Dr. Charles Drew   

Monday- Read pages 349-353. Complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 on page 353 (on looseleaf). Due on Friday, 12/20.

                                                  Have a great week!
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Week of December 9, 2013

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 not from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted

2. Monday is extended day Math for 5th Grade.

3.  Individual Picture Day- Children that have paid to take a picture may wear dress up clothes for the picture.

4. Thursday, Mass at 9:00 for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Interim Assessment 2 in Math will start after Mass.

5. Friday- Interim Assessment 2 in ELA/Reading
        
6. Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of December 16th. He schedule is as follows:
Monday, 12/16  Writing Exam and Social Studies Exam
Tuesday, 12/17   Science and Religion Exams
Wednesday, 12/18  ELA and Reading Exams
Thursday, 12/19  Math Exam

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of December 9, 2013- Unit 3 Week 2

5th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Who was Dr. Seuss by Janet Paschal   (Grosset and Dunlap, 2011) $ 5.50.


Homework:

As soon as you get Dr. Seuss, start reading it.

Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Weeks 1 and 2) due Friday, 12/13.

Reading Vocabulary for Grade 5

Interim Assessments are this week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Alice in Wonderland and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!
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6th Grade Reading-  The new book for Unit 3 is Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren (Square Fish, 2008).



Homework:

Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Weeks 1 and 2) due Friday, 12/13.

As soon as you get Escape from Saigon, start reading it.

Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Percy Jackson and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!
Reading Vocabulary
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7th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Call of the Wild by Jack London (Townsend Library, 2003).


Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Weeks 1 and 2) due Friday, 12/13.

 Reading Vocabulary

As soon as you get Call of the Wild, start reading it.

Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Patience Goodspeed and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!

7th Grade Social Studies


Homework:  The Road to Independence

Monday- New Vocabulary due Thursday, 12/12 (Unit 3 Weeks 1 and 2)

1. militia     2. Albany Plan of Union    3. prime minister    4. Treaty of Paris (1763)

5. Proclamation of 1763    6. Enumerated articles   7. warrant    8. Sugar Act

9. Parliament     10. Quartering Act     11. Stamp Act  

Monday- Read pages 160- 168. Complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4 on pg. 168 (on looseleaf). Due on Thursday, 12/12

*Remember Unit 2 Exams begin the week of 12/16. Start studying the Social Studies notes in your SS classwork notebook for Unit 2 (Chapters 3, 4, 5 in the textbook)!

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8th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993).


Lesson Plans

Wednesday- copy Reading Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 3 Weeks 1 and 2) due Friday, 12/13

 Reading Vocabulary

As soon as you get The Boy’s War, start reading it.

Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Roll of Thunder and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!


8th Grade Social Studies  

 Lesson Plans

Homework: World War II

Monday- copy vocabulary into SS vocabulary notebook. Due Thurs. 12/ 12 (Unit 3 Week 2)

1. pacifist        2. D-day       3. genocide      4. concentration camp    5. Holocaust   
6. island-hopping   

Monday- Read pages 339-348. Complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4 on page 348 (on looseleaf). Due on Thursday, 12/12

*Remember Unit 2 Exams begin the week of 12/16. Start studying the Social Studies notes in your SS classwork notebook for Unit 2 (Chapters 8, 9 in the textbook)!


                               
                                                       Have a great week!

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Week of December 2, 2013

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 not from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted

2. Monday is extended day Math for 5th Grade.

3.  Friday, 12/6 11:00 Dismissal- Faculty Meeting

4. Picture Money is due to Mrs. Resto by Friday, 12/6.

5. December calendars will be distributed today.

6. If you would like me to order your book for Unit 3 (see below), the money is due by tomorrow (Tuesday).
        
7. Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of December 16th. Mr. Woods will post a schedule on his blog after the Interim Assessments next week.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of December 2, 2013- Unit 3 Week 1

5th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Who was Dr. Seuss by Janet Paschal   (Grosset and Dunlap, 2011) $ 5.50. You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $5.50 before Tuesday, 12/3.


Homework: Please make sure that you finished Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Monday- Review Reading Vocabulary from Unit 2- Week of October 28- November 18.

Monday- Reading Questions due on Tuesday, Dec. 3 (Check last week’s blog).

As soon as you get Dr. Seuss, start reading it.


Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Alice in Wonderland and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!
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6th Grade Reading-  The new book for Unit 3 is Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren (Square Fish, 2008).

You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $11.00 before Tuesday, 12/3.


Homework: Please make sure that you finished  Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Monday- Review Reading Vocabulary from Unit 2- Week of October 28- November 18.

Monday- Reading Questions due on Tuesday, Dec. 3 (Check last week’s blog).

As soon as you get Escape from Saigon, start reading it.


Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Percy Jackson and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!
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7th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is Call of the Wild by Jack London (Townsend Library, 2003).

You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $5.00 before Tuesday, 12/3.


Homework:  Please make sure that you finished   The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed.

Monday- Review Reading Vocabulary from Unit 2- Week of October 28- November 18.

Monday- Reading Questions due on Tuesday, Dec. 3 (check last week’s blog). 

As soon as you get Call of the Wild, start reading it.

Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Patience Goodspeed and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!

7th Grade Social Studies


Homework:

Monday- New Vocabulary due Thursday, 12/5 (Unit 2 Week 6 -continuation)

1. bread colonies     2. triangular trade route    3. commission    4. allies
5. promotional literature    6. Bacon’s Rebellion   7. population explosion    

Monday- Complete the Vocabulary Review 1-10 on page 91(write everything out on looseleaf).  Also, answer questions 1-5 (Chapter Checkup) Due on Tuesday, 12/3
Wednesday- Read pages 92-109. Complete the Vocabulary Review 1-10 on page 111(write everything out on looseleaf).  Also, answer questions 1-6 (Chapter Checkup) Due on Monday, 12/9

*Remember Unit 2 Exams begin the week of 12/16. Start studying the Social Studies notes in your SS classwork notebook for Unit 2 (Chapters 3, 4, 5 in the textbook)!

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8th Grade Reading- The new book for Unit 3 is The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993).

You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $9.00 before Tuesday, 12/3.


Homework: Please make sure that you finished   Roll of Thunder- Hear My Cry.

Monday- Review Reading Vocabulary from Unit 2- Week of October 28- November 18.

Monday- Reading Questions due on Tuesday, Dec. 3 (check last week’s blog).

As soon as you get The Boy’s War, start reading it.


Interim Assessments are next week, so we will be reviewing skills this week.

Unit 2 Exams will be administered the week of 12/16. Review Roll of Thunder and all Unit 2 Reading Vocabulary!


8th Grade Social Studies  

 Lesson Plans

Homework:

Monday- New Vocabulary due Thursday 12/ 5 (Unit 3 Week 1)

1. Neutrality Acts    2. dictator    3. totalitarian   4. demilitarize    5. Axis Powers   
6. Atlantic Charter    7. isolationist    8. lend-lease    9. blitzkrieg
Monday- Complete the Vocabulary Review 1-10 on page 327(write everything out on looseleaf).  Also, answer questions 1-5 (Chapter Checkup) Due on Tuesday, 12/3.
Wednesday- Read pages 328-338. Complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4 on page 334, and questions 1, 2, 3 on page 338. Due Monday, 12/9.

*Remember Unit 2 Exams begin the week of 12/16. Start studying the Social Studies notes in your SS classwork notebook for Unit 2 (Chapters 8, 9 in the textbook)!


                               
                                                       Have a great week!


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