Reminders:
1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information and announcements. The times are listed for Women’s History Month Presentations on Thursday, 4/27.
2. The fifth graders need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday and Friday from now on.
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 April 24, 2017 Module 4 Week 1
HOMEWORK GRADE 5
READING:
Module 4: the fifth grade will be reading Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat. We are starting this book this week. If I ordered the book for you and you did not bring in the money yet, please bring it by tomorrow. The price of the book is $5.00.
Start reading your book as soon as you get it! Pages will be assigned as soon as everyone has the book!
See Google Classroom- You have a reading assignment due on Friday,4/28.
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready: Please continue to work on both programs. If you have an action plan, your work will be checked every Monday.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, April 26
Vocabulary for the Week:
refuge, proprietor, trial by jury, justice, William Penn, Tamanend, Peter Stuyvesant
Tuesday: Read pages 223-231. Answer the following questions on looseleaf. Due on Thursday, April 27.
1. What attracted settlers to the Middle Colonies?
2. Why didn’t many people from the Netherlands settle in New Netherland?
3. Why did England want control of New Netherland?
4. Why did many Quakers settle in New Jersey?
5. What rights and freedoms did colonists in Pennsylvania have?
The map (Antarctica) is due tomorrow, April 25 (no extensions).
Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week. All projects are due on Thursday, April 27 (no extensions).
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READING:
Module 4: the sixth grade will be reading Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George. We are starting this book this week. If I ordered the book for you and you did not bring in the money yet, please bring it by tomorrow. The price of the book is $6.00.
Start reading your book as soon as you get it! Pages will be assigned as soon as everyone has the book!
See Google Classroom- You have a reading assignment due on Friday,4/28.
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready: Please continue to work on both programs. If you have an action plan, your work will be checked every Monday.
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HOMEWORK GRADE 7
READING
Module 4: the seventh grade will be reading The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman. We are starting this book this week. If I ordered the book for you and you did not bring in the money yet, please bring it by tomorrow. The price of the book is $8.50.
Start reading your book as soon as you get it! Pages will be assigned as soon as everyone has the book!
See Google Classroom- You have a reading assignment due on Friday,4/28.
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready- Please continue to work on both programs. If you have an action plan, your work will be checked every Monday.
SOCIAL STUDIES-
Citizenship and the Constitution 1787-Present
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, April 26
Vocabulary for the Week:
federal system, impeach, veto, executive orders, pardons, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O’Connor
Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB
distinct-separate
apportionment-a system that keeps total House membership at 435 members
Tuesday: Read pages 182-187. On page 186, answer questions 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a (restate). Due Thursday, April 27.
The map (Asia) is due tomorrow, April 25 (no extensions).
Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week. All projects are due on Thursday, April 27 (no extensions).
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HOMEWORK GRADE 8
READING
For Module 4, the eighth grade will be reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition by Michael Pollan. We are starting this book this week. If I ordered the book for you and you did not bring in the money yet, please bring it by tomorrow. The price of the book is $5.00.
Start reading your book as soon as you get it! Pages will be assigned as soon as everyone has the book!
See Google Classroom- You have a reading assignment due on Friday,4/28.
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready- Please continue to work on both programs. If you have an action plan, your work will be checked every Monday.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World War I 1914-1920
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, April 26.
Vocabulary for the Week:
American Expeditionary Force, Communists, armistice
Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB
strategy- a plan for fighting a battle or a war
Tuesday: Read pages 730-739. On page 741, complete Reviewing Vocabulary, Terms, and People 1-7. Write the description and the correct term. Under Comprehension and Critical Thinking, answer questions 8a, 9a, 11a (restate). Due Thursday, April 27.
The map (Asia) is due tomorrow, April 25 (no extensions).
Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week. All projects are due this Thursday, April 27 (no extensions).
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Have a wonderful week
