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. Grades 5 and 6 working with me for PBL. Please
bring your iPads or laptops (if you have one) on Friday. We will continue to put
the information on PowerPoint.
****3.
A reminder- Parents should not e-mail teachers. If you need to send a
teacher a message, you must send it to Mr. Woods first, and then he will
forward it to the teacher. It is
an Archdiocesan policy that teachers are not permitted correspond to e-mails
from parents.
4. Students
should be reviewing work from the previous week on the weekend. They should
not be starting homework for the coming week, since that work has not yet been
introduced in class. Homework is a review of all work students have learned during the week. All students have books to read for
Reading class and should take the opportunity to do that on the weekends.
5.
Calendars and Map of the Month will be distributed today.
6.
The children may dress up on Tuesday for Hippie Day. There will be a contest
for the best costume.
7.
Lip Sync Contest is Tuesday, 3/2/14. Buy your tickets ahead of time!!!
Remember
that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK:
For the Week of March 3- Unit 5 Week 1
5th Grade Reading- New Book for Unit 5 will be Bull Run
by Paul Fleischman. The children do
not need to purchase the book because I have enough copies for each of them.
The only thing is that they will not be able to write or highlight anything in
the book because it belongs to the school. If you want to purchase your own
copy, feel free or I can order for you. The cost is $6.25. If you want to order
a copy, the money is due by tomorrow.
Unit
4- We are reading Bud Not Buddy by
Christopher Paul Curtis.
Read
Chapters 15-end of the book.
Homework:
Monday- Review
all Vocabulary Words for Unit 4. Unit Exams are next Week.
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6th Grade Reading- New Book for Unit 5 will be The
Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. The cost of the book is $8.25. You can purchase the book
yourself, download it to a tablet, or I can order it for you. If you want to order a copy, the money is due by tomorrow.
Unit
4- We are reading The Freedom Train: The Story
of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling. Please read Chapters 19-the end of
the book.
Homework:
Monday- Review
all Vocabulary Words for Unit 4. Unit Exams are next Week.
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7th Grade Reading- New Book for Unit 5 will be A Wrinkle
in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
The
children do not need to purchase the book because I have enough copies for each
of them. The only thing is that they will not be able to write or highlight
anything in the book because it belongs to the school. If you want to purchase
your own copy, feel free or I can order for you. The cost is $7.25. If you
want to order a copy, the money is due by tomorrow.
Unit
4- We are reading Stealing Freedom by Elisa
Carbone. Read Chapters 28-the end of the book.
Homework:
Monday- Review
all Vocabulary Words for Unit 4. Unit Exams are next Week.
7th Grade
Social Studies
Homework: A Government for the New Nation (1771-1791)
Study all notes for Unit 4 for the Unit Exam next week!
Tuesday- Vocabulary due Thursday,
3/6.
Wednesday- Read pages 227-231
– Answer the Checkup Questions 1,2,3,4 on pg. 231 (on looseleaf- and you may
restate!) Due on Friday, 3/7.
1. Anti-Federalist 2. Federalist
papers 3. bill of rights 4.revolution
5. elector 6. federal republic
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8th Grade Reading- New Book for
Unit 5 will be A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.
The cost of the book is $6.00. You can
purchase the book yourself, download it to a tablet, or I can order it for you.
If you want to order a copy, the
money is due by tomorrow.
Unit
4- We are reading Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of
an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. Make sure that you have finished the book.
Homework:
Monday- Review
all Vocabulary Words for Unit 4. Unit Exams are next Week.
8th Grade
Social Studies –
Homework: A
Changing Nation (Chapter 12)
Study
all notes for Unit 4 for the Unit Exam next week!
Tuesday- Vocabulary due Thursday,
3/6.
1. Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka 2. nonviolent resistance 3. sit-in
Wednesday- Read pages 448-453.
Answer the Checkup Questions 1, 2, 3 on page 453 on looseleaf. Due on Friday, 3/7.
Have
a great week!
