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. Interim
Assessments #3- Math on Tuesday and ELA on Wednesday
3. Red
Day on Friday, February 14. Students may share cards, gifts, and snacks after
lunch.
Students
can bring in something to share with the class.
Remember
that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK:
For the Week of February 10, 2014- Unit 4 Week 3
5th Grade Reading-
Unit
4- We are reading Bud Not Buddy by
Christopher Paul Curtis.
Read
Chapters 6-8
Homework:
Wednesday- Write
the Reading Vocabulary and definitions in your Reading Vocabulary Notebook. You
can find the definitions by pressing the link below.
Due Thursday, 2/13.
Thursday- Answer the Reading Questions on looseleaf. You may
restate the question in your answer. Due Friday 2/14.
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6th Grade Reading-
Unit
4- We are reading The Freedom Train: The Story of
Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling. Please read Chapters 6-10 (finish up to
page 100).
Homework:
Wednesday- copy Reading
Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 4 Week 3). Due Thursday,
February 13, 2014
Thursday:
Answer questions for The Freedom Train on
looseleaf. You may restate the question in the answer (sentence form). Due Friday, 2/14.
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7th Grade Reading-
Unit
4- We are reading Stealing Freedom by Elisa
Carbone. Read Chapters 8-13
Homework:
Wednesday- copy Reading
Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 4 Week 3). Due Friday, 2/14).
Thursday:
Answer questions for Stealing Freedom on
looseleaf. You may restate the question in the answer (sentence form). Due Friday, 2/14.
7th Grade
Social Studies
Homework: The War of Independence
Map of the Month due on Thursday, 2/13
Monday- Vocabulary (Unit 4 Week 3) No new Vocabulary this week.
Make sure past vocabulary words are up to date.
Tuesday- Complete the
Checkup 7 Review pg. 213 – Vocabulary Review 1-10 (write everything out-
statement, letter, and answer. Also answer Checkup Questions 1, 2,3,4,5 on looseleaf) Due on Thursday,
2/13.
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8th Grade Reading
Unit
4- We are reading Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of
an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Read the Chapters 6- 8 (up to page 71)
Homework:
Wednesday- copy Reading
Vocabulary into Reading Vocabulary Notebook (Unit 4 Week 3). Due Friday, 2/14).
Wednesday:
Answer questions for Vincent Van Gogh on
looseleaf. You may restate the question in the answer (sentence form). Due Friday, 2/14.
Reading Vocabulary
Reading Vocabulary
8th Grade
Social Studies
Monday- Vocabulary due Wednesday,
2/12 (Unit 4 Week 3)
1. coexistence 2. summit conference 3. Eisenhower Doctrine 4.Peace
Corps
5. exile 6. hot
line 7. Alliance for Progress 8.
Bay of Pigs 9. Cuban Missile Crisis
10. Berlin Wall
Tuesday- Complete the Chapter
11 Review pg. 437 – Vocabulary Review 1-10 (write statement and answer). Also,
answer Chapter Checkup Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 on looseleaf. Due on Thursday,
2/13
Have
a great week!
