Reminders:
These are a few reminders
concerning homework and classwork:
A. All school supplies
should have been in today.
B. Thank you to all Fifth
Grade parents for returning all of the Signature Sheets.
C. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors
will not be accepted).
D. 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).
E. 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).
F. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or
illegible will not be accepted.
G. Please cover the New York Progress book. A clear plastic
cover is suggested.
H. 12:00 Dismissal on Friday due to a Faculty Meeting.
I. Gym uniforms must be worn on Thursday for gym.
J. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments
or notifications.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of September 15- Unit 1 Week 2
Grade 5 is reading Thomas A. Edison by Sue
Guthridge for Unit 1.Please read up to page 46 by Friday, 9/19.
Homework:
Tuesday- Copy
the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the Reading Notebook.
The vocabulary will be posted on the blog. Please click on the link. Remember
to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You should skip a line between each
word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
9/18.
Wednesday- Answer
the questions about your reading in the Thomas Edison book. The questions will
be listed on the link marked Reading Questions. This should be done on
looseleaf. Please write neatly and skip a line between each question. Due Friday,
9/19.
There will be a quiz on Friday on the last two weeks vocabulary
words and readings in Thomas Edison.
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Grade 6 is reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by
Roald Dahl for Unit 1. Please read up to page 42 by Friday, 9/19.
Homework:
Tuesday- Copy
the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the Reading Notebook.
The vocabulary will be posted on the blog. Please click on the link. Remember
to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You should skip a line between each
word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
9/18.
Wednesday- Answer
the questions about your reading in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The
questions will be listed on the link marked Reading Questions. This should be
done on looseleaf. Please write neatly and skip a line between each question. Due Friday,
9/19.
There will be a quiz on Friday on the last two weeks vocabulary
words and readings in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Grade 7 is reading My Brother Sam is Dead by
James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier for Unit 1. Please read Chapters
1, 2, and 3 by Friday, 9/19.
Homework:
Tuesday- Copy
the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the Reading Notebook.
The vocabulary will be posted on the blog. Please click on the link. Remember
to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You should skip a line between each
word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
9/18.
Wednesday- Answer
the questions about your reading in My Brother Sam is Dead. The questions will
be listed on the link marked Reading Questions. This should be done on
looseleaf. Please write neatly and skip a line between each question. Due Friday,
9/19.
There will be a quiz on Friday on the last two weeks vocabulary
words and readings in My Brother Sam is Dead.
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7th Grade Social Studies-
Homework:
Unit 1- Our Colonial Heritage
Chapter 1- The World before the Opening of the Atlantic
Monday-Read pages 16-27. On
page 20, answer questions 1 and 2. On pg. 27, answer questions 1, 2, and 3.
Complete on looseleaf. Due Friday, 9/19.
Tuesday- Define
the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. Please skip a line
between each definition. Remember to write the
date, unit, week, and aim. Write in blue or black ink only. Due
Thursday, 9/18.
Vocabulary for the week
Berbers Mansa
Musa hajj mosques
Askia the Great Socrates Plato
Aristotle reason democracy knights
Black Death Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Johannes Gutenberg joint-stock
companies
There will be a quiz on Monday, 9/22 on the last two weeks
vocabulary words, the notes, and readings in the textbook.
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Grade 8 will be reading The Great Fire by Jim
Murphy for Unit 1. Please read Chapters 1 and 2 by Friday, 9/19.
Homework:
Tuesday- Copy
the weekly vocabulary words and their definitions into the Reading Notebook.
The vocabulary will be posted on the blog. Please click on the link. Remember
to write the date, unit, week, and aim. You should skip a line between each
word. Write in blue or black ink only. Due Thursday,
9/18.
Wednesday- Answer
the questions about your reading in The Great Fire. The questions will be
listed on the link marked Reading Questions. This should be done on looseleaf.
Please write neatly and skip a line between each question. Due Friday,
9/19.
There will be a quiz on Friday on the last two weeks vocabulary
words and readings in The Great Fire.
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8th Grade Social Studies
Homework:
Unit 5 1861-1877: The Nation Breaks Apart
Chapter 16: The Civil War
Monday-Read pages 506-515. On
page 515, answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Complete on looseleaf. Due
Friday, 9/19.
Tuesday- Define
the words below in your Social Studies Vocabulary Notebook. Please skip a line
between each definition. Remember to write the
date, unit, week, and aim. Write in blue or black ink only. Due
Thursday, 9/18.
Vocabulary for the week
Fort Sumter border
states Winfield Scott cotton diplomacy
There will be a quiz on Monday, 9/22 on the last two weeks
vocabulary words, the notes, and readings in the textbook.
Have a great week!
