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 note from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW.
E. Gym uniforms must be worn on Thursdays for gym.
F. For the trip to One World Observatory NYC Kids Day, Tuesday-5/26, your child must wear their gym shirts, jeans or sweat pants (no shorts), and sneakers. No backpacks, pens/pencils, or food/beverages are allowed in the Observatory. Children can bring a small bag (if they want) and can bring their cell phones if they have one. They should also bring money to buy lunch since we cannot carry any food in with us.
G. Remember to have Rosary Beads for the May Procession this Friday, May 29. They are available in the Supply Room if you need one. All parents are invited to attend.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of May 25- Unit 6
*****The book that the 5th Grade is reading for Unit 6 is Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. Chapters 1-14 should be read by Monday, 6/1.
Lesson Plans:
Homework:
Tuesday- Please write the new vocabulary for the week in your Reading Notebook. Due Thursday, May 28
Reading Vocabulary:
Unit 6- Clues to a Culture Grade 5
Week of May 25, 2015 (Week 2)
Aim: to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words found in Unit 6
1. lunatic (n) a mentally ill person
2. omnipotent (adj) having unlimited power; able to do anything; God; supreme
3. cadaver (n) a corpse; dead body; carcass
4. boa (n) a long thin stole of feathers or fur worn around a woman's neck, typically as part of evening dress.
5. astounding (adj) surprisingly impressive; amazing; astonishing; unbelievable
6. diabolic (adj) belonging to or so evil as to recall the devil; demonic; ungodly; wicked; unholy
7. divulged (v) make known (private or sensitive information); reveal; tell; broadcast
8. ambush (n) a surprise attack by people waiting in a hidden place; trap
9. pandemonium (n) wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar; chaos; commotion
10. gullible (adj) easily persuaded to believe something; naive; inexperienced
Wednesday: Please answer the questions below (click the link) on looseleaf. Due Friday, May 29. Please write the heading, Unit, and Aim.
Unit 5/6 Project: Choose a country and discuss its culture and celebrations. The presentation is a PowerPoint with a minimum of 10 slides- which includes the Title Page and Bibliography. If you are doing the project on the Mexican Civil War or a Native American, please see me first. Due Weds. 5/27.
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***The 6th Grade is reading Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles 1903) by Laurence Yep for Unit 6. Chapters 1-4 should be read by Monday, 6/1
Lesson Plans:
Homework:
Tuesday- Please write the new vocabulary for the week in your Reading Notebook. Due Thursday, May 28
Reading Vocabulary:
Unit 6- Vocabulary-Winging It
May 25, 2015
Grade 6
Aim: to review important vocabulary for Unit 6 Week 2
1. clans (n) a group of close-knit and interrelated families
2. heirlooms (n) a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations.
3. phoenix (n) (in classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.
4. tuberculosis (n) an infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.
5. flatiron (n) an iron that was heated externally and used for pressing clothes.
6. hideous (adj) ugly or disgusting to look at.: "his smile made him look more hideous than ever"; ugly; gruesome
7. queues (n) a braid of hair worn hanging down behind
8. cleaver (n) a tool with a heavy broad blade, used by butchers for chopping meat; hatchet
9. translucent (adj) (of a substance) allowing light, but not detailed images to pass through; semitransparent
10. insolent (adj) showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect; disrespectful
Wednesday: Please answer the questions below (click the link) on looseleaf. Due Friday, May 29. Please write the heading, Unit, and Aim.
Unit 5/6 Project- Mystery Project- write a mystery story/play or a biography of a writer known for writing mysteries- (can also be a PowerPoint-minimum of 10 slides including Title Page and Bibliography). If you are doing something else, please see me first. Due Weds. 5/27.
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***The 7th Grade is reading The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper for Unit 6. Read Part 1 pgs. 3-83 by Monday, 6/1.
Lesson Plans:
Homework:
Tuesday- Please write the new vocabulary for the week in your Reading Notebook. Due Thursday, May 28
Reading Vocabulary:
Unit 6- Vocabulary- Literature Reflects Life: Making Sense of Our World
Week of May 25, 2015
Grade 7
Aim: to review important vocabulary for Unit 6, Week 2
1. reverent (adj) showing a lot of respect: very respectful
2. ominous (adj) suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future; foreboding
3. resolute (ad) very determined: having or showing a lot of determination
4. auspicious (adj) showing or suggesting that future success is likely
5. vanquish (n) : to overcome in battle : subdue completely; to defeat in a conflict or contest; to gain mastery over (an emotion, passion, or temptation)
6. cacophony (n) unpleasant loud sounds
7. apprehensive (adj) afraid that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen: feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
8. imperious (adj) having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of someone who gives orders and expects other people to obey them
9. deferentially (adv.) in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion; meekly; politely
10. lugubrious (adj) full of sadness or sorrow : very sad especially in an exaggerated or insincere way
Wednesday: Please answer the questions below (click the link) on loose-leaf. Due Friday, May 29. Please write the heading, Unit, and Aim.
Unit 5/6 Project- Science Fiction Project- write a Science Fiction story/play or a biography of a writer known for writing Science Fiction stories (can also be a PowerPoint-minimum of 10 slides including Title Page and Bibliography). If you are doing something else, please see me first. Due Weds. 5/27.
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7th Grade Social Studies
Chapter 8- The Jefferson Era (1800-1815)
Homework:
Lesson Plans:
Homework:
Tuesday-Write the following vocabulary words and their definitions in your Social Studies Vocabulary notebooks. Due Friday, May 29.
Social Studies Vocabulary:
Unit 6:
The Jefferson Era
Aim: To write and review the vocabulary for the Week of May 25, 2015
1. functions- uses or purposes
2. John Adams- a Federalist who wanted a strong federal government and rule by the wealthy class
3. Thomas Jefferson- a Democratic- Republican who believed in strong state governments and rule by the people
4. John Marshall- a Federalist appointed by John Adams to be the chief justice of the US who disagreed with President Jefferson on many political issues
5. Marbury vs. Madison (1803) US Supreme Court Case that established the principle of judicial review
6. judicial review- The Supreme Court’s power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
7. strict constructionist- one who thinks that the federal government may do only what the US Constitution specifically says it may do
8. surveying- mapping out
9. Louisiana Purchase (1803) the purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the US
10. Meriwether Lewis- a former army captain that President Jefferson chose to lead an expedition to explore the West. Jefferson asked Congress to fund the expedition.
11. William Clark- Lewis’ friend, a lieutenant who he chose to be the co-leader of the expedition to explore the West.
12. Lewis and Clark expedition- an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and Lewis Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase
13. Sacagawea- a Shoshone Indian woman from the Rocky Mountains who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition. Her husband, a French fur trader who lived with the Mandan Indians, served as a guide and interpreter.
14. Zebulon Pike- a young army officer who was sent on a mission to the West in 1806. He was ordered to find the starting point of the Red River, because the US considered the Red River to be part of the Louisiana Territory’s western border with New Spain.
Tuesday- read pgs.266-277 in the Social Studies Textbook. Copy notes on the link below into you Social Studies Notebook. Due Monday, 6/1.
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Grade 8 will be reading The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton for Unit 6. Please read Chapters 4-6 by Monday, 6/1.
Homework:
Tuesday- Please write the new vocabulary for the week in your Reading Notebook. Due Thursday, May 28.
Reading Vocabulary:
Unit 6- Vocabulary-
The Road Not Taken
Week of May 25, 2015
Grade 8
Aim: to review important vocabulary for Unit 6, Week 2
1. savvy (n) shrewdness and practical knowledge, especially in politics or business; intelligence
2. incredulous (adj) unwilling or unable to believe something; disbelieving; distrusting
3. aloof (adj): not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant; detached; unsympathetic
4. elite (n) a select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities; best
5. apprehensive (adj) anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
6. premonition (n) a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant; foreboding
7. hue (n) a color or shade; tint; tone
8. subside (v) become less intense, violent, or severe; calm down; lessen
9. indignant (adj) feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment; resentful; irritated
10. plasma (n) the colorless fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk, in which corpuscles or fat globules are suspended
Wednesday: Please answer the questions below (click the link) on looseleaf. Due Friday, May 29. Please write the heading, Unit, and Aim.
Unit 5/6 Project- Dramatically Speaking- write a play or story about a social issue or problem. If you are doing something else, please see me first. Due Weds. 5/27.
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8th Grade Social Studies
Unit 8: Boom Times and Challenges (1919-1945)
Chapter 26 –World War II (1938-1945)
Lesson Plans:
Homework:
Monday-Write the following vocabulary words and their definitions in your Social Studies Vocabulary notebooks. Due Friday, 5/29.
Social Studies Vocabulary:
Unit 6:
World War II (Chapter 26)
Aim: To write and review the vocabulary for May 25, 2015
1. totalitarianism- a form of government where every aspect of citizens’ lives is controlled by the government
2. Benito Mussolini- a strong leader that became the dictator in 1922. His rule was based on fascism
3. fascism- a political system in which the state or government is seen as more important than the individual
4. Adolf Hitler- a politician and World War I veteran that promised the people to restore Germany to prosperity and a position of international power. He became chancellor in 1933, and head of the Nazis. He quickly seized all government power.
5. Nazis-The National Socialist Party of Germany, headed by Adolf Hitler
6. Joseph Stalin- the Communist ruler (dictator) of the Soviet Union. He terrorized anyone he saw a political enemy.
7. Axis Powers- the coalition of nations in World War II that included Germany, Italy, and Japan
8. appeasement- the policy of giving into the demands of a nation in order to avoid war. Churchill was right- Britain chose shame and got war anyway.
9. Winston Churchill – a British admiral who disagreed that the policy of appeasement would stop Hitler
10. Allied Powers- a group of nations the allied to fight the Central Powers in World War I, and those countries in opposition to the Axis Powers in World War II
11. Lend-Lease Act (1941) a law giving Franklin Roosevelt the power to sell, transfer, exchange, or lease military equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis Powers
12. Pearl Harbor- a harbor in Hawaii that serves as the base of the US Pacific fleet and was bombed in 1941 by Japan
Tuesday- read pgs. 810-819 in the Social Studies Textbook. Copy notes on the link below into you Social Studies Notebook. Due Monday, 6/1.
Have a great week!
