Reminders:
1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for new information about breakfast and lunch, and other announcements.
2. Fifth graders need to wear Gym uniforms every Wednesday.
3. Study notes for Midterm Exams are posted on last week’s blog.
4. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements. Make sure that you read Mr. Woods blog for other important announcements.
5. Exam Schedule:
Tuesday: Reading
Wednesday: ELA and Math
Thursday: Religion and Social Studies
Friday: Science
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Week of January 16, 2017- Module 2
HOMEWORK GRADE 5
For Module 3, the fifth grade will be reading Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson. (Scholastic, 2004) $13.50 You can purchase or order the book yourself. We will be starting Module 3 next week. If you would like me to order for you, the money will be due on Friday, 1/20.
Achieve 3000 is assigned each week to help improve the children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills. The children should complete any assignments (activities or thought questions) that are not completed during class. They can also get extra review by completing the stretch activities for the story that they have worked on in class. The Activity and Thought Question must be completed every week because they are counted as a grade!
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 and 2 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Final Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review. You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3.
Famous Inventor Projects due on Tuesday, January 24.
Outline for Project:
Slide 1: Introduction- Person's name and picture, your name, date, and grade
Slide 2: Infancy (where and when he/she was born), childhood, and teenage years, parents, siblings, and schooling (can be more than 1 slide)
Slide 3: Life as an adult (can be more than 1 slide)
Slide 4: What are some of the inventions that the person is famous for (can be more than 1 slide)
Slide 5: Anything else that you would like to add. If you add pictures, be able to explain them.
Slide 6: Bibliography- there must be two sources of information
There should be no more than two sentences of text on a slide plus a picture. Your information should be on index cards or looseleaf. Study your presentation, so you are not reading from the cards or paper- the cards/paper should be used as notes, so you don't forget anything. Please follow this outline carefully.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 6
For Module 3, the sixth grade will be reading two books- World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky, Frank Stockton (Illustrator), $11 and Flush by Carl Hiaasen, $7.50. You can purchase or order the book yourself. We will be starting Module 3 next week. If you would like me to order for you, the money will be due on Friday, 1/20.
Achieve 3000 is assigned each week to help improve the children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills. The children should complete any assignments (activities or thought questions) that are not completed during class. They can also get extra review by completing the stretch activities for the story that they have worked on in class. The Activity and Thought Question must be completed every week because they are counted as a grade!
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 and 2 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Final Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review. You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3.
Famous Children’s Author Projects due on Tuesday, January 24.
Outline for Project:
Slide 1: Introduction- Person's name and picture, your name, date, and grade
Slide 2: Infancy (where and when he/she was born), childhood, and teenage years, parents, siblings, and schooling (can be more than 1 slide)
Slide 3: Life as an adult (can be more than 1 slide)
Slide 4: What are some of the books that the person is famous for (can be more than 1 slide)
Slide 5: Anything else that you would like to add. If you add pictures, be able to explain them. You can bring in some books by the author if you have any.
Slide 6: Bibliography- there must be two sources of information
There should be no more than two sentences of text on a slide plus a picture. Your information should be on index cards or looseleaf. Study your presentation, so you are not reading from the cards or paper- the cards/paper should be used as notes, so you don't forget anything. Please follow this outline carefully.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 7
For Module 3, the seventh grade will be reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (Benediction Books, 2014) $6.50. You can purchase or order the book yourself. We will be starting Module 3 next week. If you would like me to order for you, the money will be due on Friday, 1/20.Achieve 3000 is assigned each week to help improve the children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills. The children should complete any assignments (activities or thought questions) that are not completed during class. They can also get extra review by completing the stretch activities for the story that they have worked on in class. The Activity and Thought Question must be completed every week because they are counted as a grade!
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 and 2 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Final Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review. You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Review your Social Studies notes and vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2. Social Studies Midterm is on Thursday.
Map of the Month (Canada) is due on Wednesday, January 18.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 8
Achieve 3000 is assigned each week to help improve the children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills. The children should complete any assignments (activities or thought questions) that are not completed during class. They can also get extra review by completing the stretch activities for the story that they have worked on in class. The Activity and Thought Question must be completed every week because they are counted as a grade!
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 and 2 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Final Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review. You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Review your Social Studies notes and vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2. Social Studies Midterm is on Thursday.
Map of the Month (Canada) is due on Wednesday, January 18.
Have a great week!
