Reminders:
1. Today Monday, there will be a 12:00 dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting.
2. Fifth grade need to wear Gym uniforms every Wednesday.
3. Study notes for Midterm Exams will be listed on the blog tomorrow.
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. If you haven’t signed and returned your child’s Progress Report that was sent home on Friday, please send it tomorrow signed.
6. There is no school on Monday, January 16 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Week of January 9, 2017- Module 2
HOMEWORK GRADE 5
The 5th Grade is reading the following books for Module 2:
a. Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
b. The Boy Who invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
Both above books should be finished. The children should also review Esperanza’s Rising and the UDHR (this document should be in the folder) from Module 1 for the Midterm Exam in Reading
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!
Please start studying all vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2- Midterms are coming up next week.
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Midterm Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review.
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
The 6th Grade is reading the following book for Module 2:
Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. This book should now be finished.
The children should start reviewing the Lightning Thief from Module 1 for the Midterm Exam in Reading.
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!
Please start studying all vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2- Midterms are coming up next week.
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Midterm Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review.
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 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 7
The 7th Grade is reading the following book for Module 2: Lyddie by Katherine Patterson
This book should now be finished. Please start reviewing it and A Long Walk to Water from Module 1 for the Midterm Exams which are coming up in two weeks.
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!
Please start studying all vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2- Midterms are coming up next week.
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Midterm Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Start reviewing your Social Studies notes and vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2. Midterms are coming up next week.
Map of the Month (Canada) is due on Wednesday, January 18.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 8
The 8th Grade is reading the following book for Module 2:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
This book should now be finished. Please start reviewing it and A Long Walk to Water from Module 1 for the Midterm Exams which are coming up next week.
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!
Please start studying all vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2 for Midterm Exams!
Write all new vocabulary on index cards. Words will not be accepted if they are not in a bag! Please keep Module 1 index cards in a safe place so you will have them for the Midterm Exam. You can keep them at home until we start to review.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Start reviewing your Social Studies notes and vocabulary for Modules 1 and 2 for Midterms.
Map of the Month (Canada) is due on Wednesday, January 18.
Have a great week!
