Reminders:
1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information about I Ready, MAP testing, and other announcements.
2. Fifth grade need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday.
3. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Week of February 6, 2017- Module 3 Week 2
HOMEWORK GRADE 5
For Module 3, the fifth grade is reading Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson.
Please read pages 6-16 by Monday, February 13.
Reading Quiz next week
Reading Quiz next week
Achieve 3000 – Remember to complete any Activity and Thought question assigned during the 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! You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Monday: Define the words below using the glossary in the back of the back or within the chapter. Write them in the Social Studies. Due Wednesday, 2/8.
Tuesday: Read pages 162-167 in textbook. On page 167, answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4 on loose-leaf. Remember to write a full heading on the loose-leaf and restate the question in the answer. Due Thursday,2/9.
New Vocabulary:
pilgrim, compact, self-government, majority rule
Social Studies Quiz next week
Social Studies Quiz next week
Map of Canada will be due on Wednesday, February 15.
Start working on your topic for African American Heritage Month. See Google Classroom for format. Due Tuesday, February 21.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 6
For Module 3, the sixth grade is be reading two books- World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky and Flush by Carl Hiaasen.
Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 by Monday, February 13.
Reading Quiz next week
Reading Quiz next week
Achieve 3000 Remember to complete any Activity and Thought question assigned during the 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! You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 7
For Module 3, the seventh grade is reading Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass. Read pages 1-21 in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Monday, February 13.
Reading Quiz next week
Achieve 3000 Remember to complete any Activity and Thought question assigned during the 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! You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.
American Revolution begins 1774-1783
Monday- Define the words below using the glossary in the back of the back or within the chapter. Write them in the vocabulary notebook. Due Thursday, 2/9.
Tuesday- Read pages 126-134 in the textbook. On page 134, answer questions 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a on loose-leaf. Remember to write a full heading on the loose-leaf and restate the question in the answer. Due Friday,2/10.
New Vocabulary:
mercenaries, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Saratoga, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Friedrich von Steuben, Bernardo de Galvez, John Paul Jones, George Rogers Clark
Copy into notebook:
1. strategy- a plan for fighting a battle or war
Social Studies Quiz next week
Social Studies Quiz next week
Map of the Great Lakes will be due on Wednesday, February 15.
Start working on your topic for African American Heritage Month. See Google Classroom for format. Presentations will be due on Tuesday, February 21.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 8
Please read the Prologue, Chapters 1 and 2 by Monday, February 13.
Reading Quiz next week
Reading Quiz next week
Achieve 3000 Remember to complete any Activity and Thought question assigned during the 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! You will need a new Ziploc bag and index cards for Module 3. Words will be collected each Monday. If they are no new vocabulary words for the week, then nothing needs to be written on index cards.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The Progressive Spirit of Reform 1868-1920
Monday- Define the words below using the glossary in the back of the back or within the chapter. Write them in the vocabulary notebook. Due Thursday, 2/9.
Tuesday- Read pages 668-679 in the textbook. On page 674, answer questions 1b, 2a and on page 679 answer questions 2a, 3a on loose-leaf. Remember to write a full heading on the loose-leaf and restate the question in the answer. Due Friday, 2/10.
New Vocabulary:
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, worker’s compensation laws, capitalism, socialism, Eighteenth Amendment, Alice Paul, Nineteenth Amendment, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Copy into notebook:
1. temperance- the avoidance of alcohol
2. suffrage- the right to vote
3. regulations- laws
4. unconstitutional- against the laws of the Constitution of the US
Social Studies Quiz next week
Social Studies Quiz next week
Map of the Great Lakes will be due on Wednesday, February 15.
Start working on your topic for African American Heritage Month. See Google Classroom for format. Presentations are due on Tuesday, February 21.
Have a great week!
