Week of November 24, 2014

Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork: 
A. 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).          
B. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

C. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

D. 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). 

E. Please cover the New York Progress book. A clear plastic cover is suggested.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn on Thursdays for gym.

G. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or
notifications.

H. November is Canned Food Month. We will be collecting food for the St. Patrick’s Home in the Bronx. Please send in as many cans as possible. The last day to send in cans is Tuesday!

I. All students should be in full uniform on Wednesday for Mass.

J. There will be an Honors Assembly following the 9:00 Thanksgiving Mass in the Church. Your child’s Report Card states if he/she will be receiving an Honor Award. Parents are invited to attend.

K. Please fill out the dental letters that your child brings home today, and return to me tomorrow (Tuesday).

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of November 24- Unit 2 Week 6

The new book for Unit 3 is Who was Dr. Seuss by Janet Paschal (Grosset and Dunlap, 2011) $ 5.00. You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $5.00 by Wednesday, 11/26.


Grade 5 is reading Alice and Wonderland by Lewis Carroll for Unit 2. The book should be finished by Monday, 12/1.


Homework:

TuesdayCopy 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 Monday, 12/1

Wednesday- Answer the Reading Questions below on looseleaf. Remember to put a heading on the looseleaf. You may restate the questions in your answers (sentence form). Due Monday, 12/1.


Grade 5 Reading Vocabulary

Grade 5 Reading Questions

Project for Unit 2: PowerPoint Presentation or Prezi on the author, poet, or illustrator of your choice. The presentation should be 7-10 slides. The slides should only have one line of text and a picture (map, graph, image). Your information should be on an index card and explained by you to the class. The presentation should include a bibliography all of the books or websites that you used to find your information. One video of 3 minutes or less can be included, but not required. If you have questions, please ask before it is due. There will be No Extensions! The presentation is due on Monday, December 15. You may work alone or with a partner.
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Grade 6 is reading Percy Jackson and The Olympians- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan for Unit 2. The book should be finished by Monday, 12/1.

The new book for Unit 3 is Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren (Square Fish, 2008).

You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $11.00 before Wednesday 11/26.

Homework:

The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking them this week.

TuesdayCopy 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 Monday, 12/1.

Wednesday- Answer the Reading Questions below on looseleaf. Remember to put a heading on the looseleaf. You may restate the questions in your answers (sentence form). Due Monday, 12/1.

Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary
     
Grade 6 Reading Questions

Project for Unit 2: PowerPoint Presentation or Prezi on a country’s myths, folklore, or legends. Or you can choose two legends, myths, or tall tales, discuss them, and then compare and contrast them. The presentation should be 8-10 slides. The slides should only have one line of text and a picture (map, graph, image). Your information should be on an index card and explained by you to the class. The presentation should include a bibliography all of the books or websites that you used to find your information. One video of 3 minutes or less can be included, but not required. If you have questions, please ask before it is due. There will be No Extensions! The presentation is due on Monday, December 15.You may work alone or with a partner.
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Grade 7 is reading The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick for Unit 2. The book should be finished by Monday, 12/1.

The new book for Unit 3 is Call of the Wild by Jack London (Create Space Independent Publishing Platform July 2014).

You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $6.50 before Wednesday, 11/26.


Homework:

The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking them this week.


TuesdayCopy 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 Monday, 12/01.

WednesdayAnswer the questions about your reading in The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. 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 Monday, December 01.

Grade 7 Reading Vocabulary

Grade 7 Reading Questions
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7th Grade Social Studies


Homework:

The map will be due on December 16.

Chapter 2- New Empires in the Americas (1400-1750)

Monday-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 Wednesday, 11/26.

Tuesday- Reread Chapter 2. On page 66, complete questions 10a, 10b, 11a, and 11b.  Complete on looseleaf. Due Monday, 12/1.

Vocabulary for the week
Jamestown    John Smith     Pocahontas    indentured servants    slave codes
Bacon’s Rebellion   authority   factors

Project for Unit 2: PowerPoint Presentation or Prezi on the explorer of your choice or someone who has shown perseverance during his life. The presentation should be 8-10 slides. The slides should only have one line of text and a picture (map, graph, image). Your information should be on an index card and explained by you to the class. The presentation should include a bibliography all of the books or websites that you used to find your information. One video of 3 minutes or less can be included, but not required.
If you have questions, please ask before it is due. There will be No Extensions! The presentation is due on Monday, December 15. You may work alone or with a partner.
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Grade 8 is reading Roll of Thunder-Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor for Unit 2. The book should be finished by Monday, 12/1.

The new book for Unit 3 is The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War by Jack London (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993).

You can purchase the book yourself, and if you need me to order it for you please send the $9.00 before Wednesday, 11/26.


Homework:

The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking them this week.

TuesdayCopy 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 Monday, 12/1.

WednesdayAnswer the questions about your reading in Roll of Thunder - 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 Monday, 12/1.

Grade 8 Reading Vocabulary

Grade 8 Reading Questions
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8th Grade Social Studies


Homework:

The map is due December 16, 2014

Chapter 18: Americans Move West (1850-1890)

Monday-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 Wednesday, 11/26.

Vocabulary for the week
Treaty of Fort Laramie     reservations     Crazy Horse     Treaty of Medicine Lodge     buffalo soldiers     George Armstrong Custer   Sitting Bull
Battle of Little Bighorn     Massacre at Wounded Knee     Long Walk     Geronimo   Ghost Dance   Sarah Winnemucca     Dawes General Allotment Act 

Tuesday- Read pages 593-599. On page 598, complete questions 1a, 1b, 2a, and 3a.  Complete on looseleafDue Monday, 12/1.

Project for Unit 2: Write a 3-page paper on the topic that you chose from Chapters 18, 19, or 20. The paper should include the following:

a. Must be typed- 12 font, New Times Roman, double spaced
b. Must include a Cover Page- with a Title (the name of whom you are writing about), a picture of the person, and at the bottom your name, date, and class.
c. A bibliography that includes all of the books or websites that you used to find your information.

The cover page and bibliography are two separate pages and are not included with the two pages of research. There should be 5 pages in total. If you have questions, please ask before the paper is due. There will be No Extensions! The paper is due on Monday, December 15. If it is not printed out, it is not done !!!!!!!!!



                      Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 17, 2014


Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork: 
A. 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).          
B. All work must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

C. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

D. 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). 

E. Please cover the New York Progress book. A clear plastic cover is suggested.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn on Thursdays for gym.

G. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or
notifications.

H. November is Canned Food Month. We will be collecting food for the St. Patrick’s Home in the Bronx. Please send in as many cans as possible. The last day to send in cans is November 25.

I. All students should be in full uniform on Wednesday, whether they paid for the picture or not.

J. Report Cards will be distributed on Friday, 11/21. If your child does not receive a Report Card in school, a parent must meet with the teachers between the hours of 1:00-7:00PM to discuss their child’s academic progress. Dismissal on Friday will be at 12:00. Afterschool Program will be in session.

K. All AIS forms must be returned tomorrow signed by a parent. You will receive a copy with your child’s Report Card on Friday.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of November 17- Unit 2 Week 5

Grade 5 is reading Alice and Wonderland by Lewis Carroll for Unit 2. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 should be read by Friday, 11/21.


Homework:

TuesdayCopy 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, 11/20

Wednesday- Answer the Reading Questions below on looseleaf. Remember to put a heading on the looseleaf. You may restate the questions in your answers (sentence form). Due Friday, 11/21.

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Grade 6 is reading Percy Jackson and The Olympians- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan for Unit 2. Chapters 13-17 should be read by Friday, 11, / 21.


Homework:

The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested. I will be checking them this week.

TuesdayCopy 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, 11/20.

Wednesday- Answer the Reading Questions below on looseleaf. Remember to put a heading on the looseleaf. You may restate the questions in your answers (sentence form). Due Friday, 11/21.

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Grade 7 is reading The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick for Unit 2. Chapters 7-11 should be read by Friday, November 14.


Homework:

The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested.


TuesdayCopy 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, 11/20.

WednesdayAnswer the questions about your reading in The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. 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, November 21.


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7th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

All Social Studies Textbooks must be covered.

A new map will be distributed today! It will be due December 16, 2014.

Chapter 2- New Empires in the Americas (1400-1750)

Monday-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, 11/20.

Tuesday- Read pages 58-67. On page 65, complete the Reviewing Vocabulary, Terms, and People section 1-6 (write questions and answers). Also, complete questions 7b, 8b, 9b pgs. 65 and 66.  Complete on looseleaf. Due Friday, 11/21.

Vocabulary for the week
immune     Middle Passage     African Diaspora    structure
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Grade 8 is reading Roll of Thunder-Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor for Unit 2. Chapters 7-9 should be read by Friday, November 21, 2014.


Homework:

The New York Progress book must be covered!!! A clear plastic cover is suggested.

TuesdayCopy 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, 11/20.

WednesdayAnswer the questions about your reading in Roll of Thunder - 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, 11/21.


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8th Grade Social Studies

Lesson Plans:

Homework:

All Social Studies Textbooks must be covered.

A new map will be distributed today!  It will be due December 16.

Chapter 18: Americans Move West (1850-1890)

Monday-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, 11/20.


Vocabulary for the week
Frontier     Comstock Lode   boomtowns     Cattle Kingdom     cattle drive     Chisholm Trail   Pony Express     transcontinental railroad     establish

Tuesday- Read pages 582-592. On page 592, complete questions 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2c.  Complete on looseleafDue Friday, 11/21.


                                             Have a great week!