Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and
classwork:
A. All school supplies should have been in today.
B. Please return parent signature papers by Thursday,
9/11.
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 that the children brought home on
Friday. A clear plastic cover is suggested.
H. The
Opening School Mass is today at 9:00AM. All parents are invited.
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 8- Unit 1 Week 1
Grade 5 will be reading Thomas A. Edison by Sue Guthridge for Unit 1.
Homework:
Monday- In the New York Progress book, read the story Like a Book pgs. 12-16. Answer questions 1,2,3
on pg.15 and on pg.17-looseleaf. Write the questions and answers. Due Wednesday, 9/10.
Wednesday- 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 Friday,9/12.
Begin
reading Thomas Edison as soon as you get it. Pages 11-30 should be read by next
week.
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Grade 6 will be reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald
Dahl for Unit 1.
Homework:
Monday- In the New York Progress book, read the story Jabberwocky and The
Walrus and the Carpenter pgs. 12-19. Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on pgs.17,
and 19 on looseleaf. Write the questions and answers. Due Wednesday, 9/10.
Wednesday- 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 Friday, 9/12.
Begin
reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as soon as you get it. Pages 1-29 should
be read by next week.
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Grade 7 will be reading My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln
Collier and Christopher Collier for Unit 1.
Homework:
Monday- In the New York Progress book, read the story Courage in the Water pgs. 12-19. Answer questions 1, 2,3,4,5
on pg.17 and on pg.19 - looseleaf. Write the questions and answers. Due Wednesday, 9/10.
Wednesday- 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 Friday, 9/12.
Begin
reading My Brother Sam is Dead as soon as you get it. Chapters 1 and 2 should
be read by next week.
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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 6-15. On page 9, answer questions 1, 2, and 3. On pg. 15, answer
questions 1, 2, and 3. Complete on looseleaf. Due Friday, 9/12.
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, 9/11.
Vocabulary for the week
Bering
Land Bridge Paleo Indians migration hunter-gatherers
environments
culture develop
pueblos kivas totems
teepees
matrilineal Iroquois League
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Grade 8 will be reading The Great Fire by Jim Murphy for Unit 1.
Homework:
Monday- In the New York Progress book, read the story The Judgment of Paris pgs. 12-19. Answer
questions 1, 2,3,4,5 on pg.17 and on pg.19- looseleaf. Write the questions and
answers. Due Wednesday, 9/10.
Wednesday- 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 Friday, 9/12.
Begin
reading The Great Fire as soon as you get it. Chapters 1 and 2 should be read
by next week.
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8th Grade
Social Studies
Homework:
Prologue: Beginnings of a Nation- A Review of US History to 1860
Monday-Read
pages P1-P15. Answer the following questions on looseleaf.
Due
Friday, 9/12.
1.
Identify the problems of the young nation and the steps taken to strengthen it.
2. What
was a positive outcome of the War of 1812? Explain your answer.
3. Identify
the differences between the Industrial North and Agricultural South.
4. List
the sequence of events leading to the Civil War.
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, 9/11.
Vocabulary for the week
New
England Colonies Southern Colonies Middle
Colonies
American
Revolution Articles of
Confederation Constitution of the US
The
Great Compromise Federalists Antifederalists federalism Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark War of 1812 Monroe Doctrine
Manifest
Destiny Indian Removal Act Gold Rush Dred Scott decision
Abolitionist
Movement Compromise of 1850 Confederate States of America
Have a great week!
