Week of June 23, 2014

Reminders:

There is no After School Program this week.

A. Monday, June 23- students may wear shorts to school. We will be cleaning up the classroom and packing up books.

B. Tuesday, June 24- students should be in full uniform (no gym uniforms) for the End of the Year Mass and Graduation (11:00 in the church). Dismissal will be at 1:00

C. Wednesday, June 25, Class End of the Year Party (8:30-10:30), Award Ceremony 11:00 in the lunchroom. Dismissal is at 1:00.

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5^th Grade- Please talk to your parents and let me know what you would like to bring for the party on Wednesday. There will be only juice or water, because of the time.  NO CANDY OR CHIPS.

I wish everyone a safe, relaxing, and fun filled summer vacation. Please remember to read during your vacation. It is very important! I look forward to seeing everyone in September (or during Summer School). Congratulations to the Graduates. I will miss you all!

Sincerely,

Ms. Toscano Larios

Week of June 16, 2014

Reminders:

A. Exam Schedule:

  Tues. Social Studies and Math

  Weds. Reading and ELA

  Thurs. Science

B. Friday, June 13, 12:00 Dismissal- Faculty Meeting

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of June 16

Grade 5 is reading Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech for Unit 6.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

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Grade 6 is reading Dragonwings by Laurence Yep for Unit 6.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

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Grade 7 is reading The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper for Unit 6.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

7^th Grade Social Studies-

Review Studysheets (Answers can be found in the text, classwork, or vocabulary notebooks). Final Exam- Tuesday, 6/17.

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Grade 8 is reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton for Unit 6.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

8^th Grade Social Studies

Review Study sheets (Answers to essays and vocabulary definitions can be found in the text, classwork, or vocabulary notebooks). Final Exam- Tuesday, 6/17.

                           Have a great week!

Week of June 9, 2014

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.

E. Friday, June 13, 12:00 Dismissal- Faculty Meeting.

F.Students are reminded to donate $1 on Friday for the Haiti Orphanage and they can wear shorts to school (or whatever they would like, as long as it is appropriate).

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of June 2- Unit 6 Week 7

Grade 5 is reading Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans

Homework:

Monday- Read Chapters 38-44 in Walk Two Moons.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

You may also answer any of the essay questions on the Review Sheets for extra credit.

Unit 6 Project on an American Indian tribe, a famous Native American Indian, or a famous American Pioneer is due on June 9.

You will be presenting this as a lesson, just as the last project. You can do a Powerpoint or Prezi.

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Grade 6 is reading Dragonwings by Laurence Yep for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans-

Homework:

Monday- Review all books that were read this year.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

You may also answer any of the essay questions on the Review Sheets for extra credit.

Unit 6 Project on “Flying” is due on June 9.

You will be presenting this as a lesson that you are teaching the class, so a PowerPoint or Prezi is required.

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Grade 7 is reading The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

Monday- Read Part Three: The Joining of the Signs (pgs. 278-296) in The Dark is Rising.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

You may also answer any of the essay questions on the Review Sheets for extra credit.

7^th Grade Social Studies-

Lesson Plans

Homework: Chapter 10 The Civil War (1861-1865)

For Friday 6/13- Read pages 491-521. On looseleaf:

On page 505, answer questions 1 and 2

Page 508, answer questions 1 and 2

Page 512, answer question 1

Page 521, answer question 3

Vocabulary for the week

stereotype  border states  Anaconda Plan   Emancipation Proclamation        draft     greenback     Pickett’s charge     Gettysburg Address    

Radical Republican   War Democrat  Peace Democrat   Cooperhead    

Union Party  ironclad

Review Study Sheets (Answers can be found in the text, classwork, or vocabulary notebooks). Final Exam- Tuesday, 6/17.

Social Studies-Extra Credit - pg 523 Chapter 15 Checkup: Vocabulary Review 1-5 and Checkup Questions 1, 2, 4, 6

You may also answer any of the essay questions on the Review Sheets for extra credit.

Unit 6 Project for Reading/Social Studies due June 9. PowerPoint, Prezi, documentaries, and websites are acceptable as methods of presentation.

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Grade 8 is reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

Monday- Review all books that were read this year.

Review Study Sheet- make sure to study the vocabulary and the essay questions. Make sure you know a little about the main characters in each of the six books we read. Final Exam- Weds,6/18.

You may also answer any of the essay questions on the Review Sheets for extra credit.

8^th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

Review Study sheets (Answers to essays and  vocabulary definitions can be found in the text, classwork, or vocabulary notebooks). Final Exam- Tuesday, 6/17.

Unit 6 Project for Reading/Social Studies due June 9.

PowerPoint, Prezi, documentary, and websites are acceptable as methods of presentation.

You may also answer any of the essay questions on the Review Sheets for extra credit.

                                 Have a great week!

Week of June 2, 2014

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.

E. Friday, June 6 12:00 Dismissal- Faculty Meeting

F.June calendar will be sent home today.

G. Review Sheets for Final Exams will be distributed by Mr. Woods on Wednesday 6/4.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of June 2- Unit 6 Week 6

Grade 5 is reading Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans

Homework:

Monday- Read Chapters 32-37 in Walk Two Moons.

Tuesday- Reading Vocabulary and Questions for last week is due tomorrow (Tuesday).

Vocabulary and Questions for this week will be due next Tuesday, 6/10.

Reading Vocabulary

Reading Question

Unit 6 Project on an American Indian tribe, a famous Native American Indian, or a famous American Pioneer is due on June 9.

You will be presenting this as a lesson, just as the last project. You can do a Powerpoint or Prezi.

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Grade 6 is reading Dragonwings by Laurence Yep for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

Monday- Read Chapters 11 and 12 in Dragonwings.

Tuesday- Reading Vocabulary and Questions for last week is due tomorrow (Tuesday).

Vocabulary and Questions for this week will be due next Tuesday, 6/10.

Reading Vocabulary

Reading Questions

Unit 6 Project on “Flying” is due on June 9.

You will be presenting this as a lesson that you are teaching the class, so a PowerPoint or Prezi is required.

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Grade 7 is reading The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

Monday- Read Part Three: The King of Fire and Water and The Hunt Rides (pgs. 236-277) in The Dark is Rising.

Tuesday- Reading Vocabulary and Questions for last week is due tomorrow (Tuesday).

Vocabulary and Questions for this week will be due next Tuesday, 6/10.

Reading Vocabulary

Reading Questions

7^th Grade Social Studies-

Lesson Plans

Homework: Chapter 10 The Jacksonian Era (1824-1840)

For Tuesday 6/3- Read pgs. 358-369. On page 362, answer questions 2, 3 and on page 369 answer questions 1, 4.

For Friday 6/6- Read pages 476-490. On looseleaf:

On page 481, answer questions 1 and 2

Page 486, answer question 4

Page 490, answer question 4

Vocabulary for the week

Force Bill  depression  spoils system  political democracy  Trail of Tears  suffrage  women’s rights  49^th parallel  mountain men  manifest destiny  forty niner  Compromise of 1850  Fugitive Slave Law  Underground Railroad

Unit 6 Project for Reading/Social Studies due June 9. PowerPoint, Prezi, documentaries, and websites are acceptable as methods of presentation.

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Grade 8 is reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton for Unit 6.

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

Monday- Read Chapters 11 and the interview with S.E. Hinton in The Outsiders.

Tuesday- - Reading Vocabulary and Questions for last week is due tomorrow (Tuesday).

Vocabulary and Questions for this week will be due next Tuesday, 6/10.

Reading Vocabulary

Reading Questions

8^th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans:

Homework: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

Chapter 14 Review

Vocabulary Review 1-10. Write each statement. If it is true, write true. If it is false, write false and rewrite the statement correctly on looseleaf.

Chapter Checkup Questions 3 and 4

Due Friday, June 6.

Vocabulary for the week

pesticide   ecology    urban designer    keynote speaker  inflation     nonviolent resistance     exile      trade deficit     terrorism  

Unit 6 Project for Reading/Social Studies due June 9.

PowerPoint, Prezi, documentary, and websites are acceptable as methods of presentation.

                                 Have a great week!