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
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
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
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
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!
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!
