Reminders:
1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information concerning Report Cards and other announcements.
2. The fifth graders need to wear gym uniforms every Wednesday.
3. Please check the blog and Google Classroom for updated homework assignments or announcements.
4. Everyone needs to bring in a strong shopping bag (no plastic bags or garbage bags) to pack the books that are staying in school over the Easter vacation.
5. Reports Cards will be distributed on Thursday before dismissal.
6. Friday, 4/7 Dismissal will be at 12:00. Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place between the hours of 3:00-8:00.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Week of April 3,2017 and Easter Vacation
HOMEWORK GRADE 5
READING:
Module 4: the fifth grade will be reading Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat. We will be starting this book after the break, so please purchase it or if you would like me to order it, the money must be in by Thursday, 4/6. The price of the book is $5.00.
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready: please work on during the Easter break.
Please read during the vacation. You can read anything that you like! It is important to keep reading everyday.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, April 5
Vocabulary for the Week:
common, town meeting, free market, industry, naval stores, export, import, triangular trade route, Middle Passage
Tuesday: Read pages 208-219. Answer questions on page 213 #s 1 and 3, and on page 219 #s 1 and 3. Due on Thursday, April 6.
There is no extension on homework this week. All work must be handed in before the Easter break.
The map (Antarctica) is due on April 25 (no extensions).
Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week. All projects are due on April 27 (no extensions).
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HOMEWORK GRADE 6
READING:
Module 4: the sixth grade will be reading Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George. We will be starting this book after the Easter break, so please purchase it or if you would like me to order it, the money must be in by Thursday, 4/6. The price of the book is $6.00.
The book that the fifth grade will be reading for Module 4 is
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready: please work on during the Easter break.
Please read during the vacation. You can read anything that you like! It is important to keep reading everyday.
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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 will be starting this book after the Easter break, so please purchase it or if you would like me to order it, the money must be in by Thursday, 4/6. The price of the book is $8.50.
Make sure that you have finished reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready- please work on during the Easter break.
Please read during the vacation. You can read anything that you like! It is important to keep reading everyday.
Forming a Government 1777-1791
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, April 5
Vocabulary for the Week:
Antifederalists, George Mason, Federalists, Federalist Papers, amendments, Bill of Rights
Tuesday: Read pages 170-173. On page 175, complete Reviewing Vocabulary, Terms, and People 1-10. Write the word and correct definition. On page 176, complete questions 11a, 13a, 14a (restate). Due Thursday, April 6.
There is no extension on homework this week. All work must be handed in before the Easter break.
The map (Asia) is due on April 25 (no extensions).
Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week. All projects are due on 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 will be starting this book after the Easter break, so please purchase it or if you would like me to order it, the money must be in by Thursday, 4/6. The price of the book is $5.00.
Please make sure that you complete A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High and How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration if you have not already done so.
Achieve 3000 and i-Ready- please work on during the Easter break.
Please read during the vacation. You can read anything that you like! It is important to keep reading everyday.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World War I 1914-1920
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, April 5
Vocabulary for the Week:
Lusitania, Zimmerman Note, Selective Service Act, Liberty bonds, National War Labor Board
Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB
war bond- an interest-bearing loan sold to support a war.
minimum wage- the lowest hourly pay allowed by law
Tuesday: Read pages 725-729. On page 729, answer questions 1a, 2a, 2c, 3a on page 729 (restate). Due Thursday, April 6.
There is no extension on homework this week. All work must be handed in before the Easter break.
The map (Asia) is due on April 25 (no extensions).
Famous Catholic Women in History Project has been posted in Google Classroom this week. All projects are due on April 27 (no extensions).
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Have a great week and a Happy Easter
