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!
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!
