Reminders:
1. Please check Mr. Woods’ blog for information about MAP testing, Title I Summer Program and other announcements.
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.
4. Please make sure that you have Rosary Beads for the May Procession on Wednesday, May 31.
5. Monday, 5/22 and Friday, 5/26 are 12:00 dismissals. Afterschool Program will be in session on both days.
6. No school on Monday, 5/29 for Memorial Day.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Week of May 15,2017 Module 4 Week 5
READING:
Module 4: the fifth graders are reading Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat. Please make sure that you have completed reading your book.
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 (24 lessons are due Monday,5/22).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/26 (The Gift of the Magi). Please log on and complete the assignment carefully.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
The Southern Colonies
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, May 24.
Vocabulary for the Week:
constitution, debtor, backcountry, James Oglethorpe, George Calvert, Cecilius Calvert
Tuesday: Read pages 252-259. Answer the following questions on loose-leaf with a full heading. Due on Thursday, May 25.
Questions:
1. What were the reasons for the founding of the Maryland Colony?
2. What features did Maryland and Virginia share (things that were similar)?
3. Why was the Carolina Colony hard to govern?
4. Why did James Oglethorpe found the Georgia Colony?
5. What effect did settlers have on Native Americans in the Southern colonies?
The map of New Jersey is due on June 7.
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READING:
Module 4: the sixth graders are reading Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George.
You should have to read up to page 200 by Friday, 5/26.
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 (24 lessons are due Monday,5/22).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/26 (The Gift of the Magi).
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READING
Module 4: the seventh graders are reading The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman.
You have read up to page 200 by Friday, 5/26.
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 (24 lessons are due Monday,5/22).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/26 (The Most Infamous Hate Group: KKK). Please log on and complete the assignment carefully.
Launching the New Nation 1789-1800
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, May 17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
Alexander Hamilton, national debt, bonds, speculators, Thomas Jefferson, loose construction, strict construction, Bank of the United States
Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB
mint- a place to make coins
monopoly- sole or exclusive control
tariff- an extra charge on goods
Tuesday: Read 238-242. On page 242, answer questions 1a, 2a, 3a, 3b (restate). Due Thursday, May 25.
The map of New Jersey is due June 7.
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READING
For Module 4, the eighth graders are reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition by Michael Pollan.
You have read up to page 200 by Friday, 5/26.
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 (24 lessons are due Monday,5/22).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/26 (The Most Infamous Hate Group: KKK). Please log on and complete the assignment carefully.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World War II 1938-1945
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, May 17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
buying on margin, Black Tuesday, Great Depression, Bonus Army, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Deal, fireside chats, sit-down strike, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Dust Bowl, Mary McLeod Bethune
Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB
implement- put in place
authority- power; right to rule
mortgage- the deed by which property is pledged to a creditor for the payment of a debt
Tuesday: Read pages 800-814. On page 809, answer questions 2a and 3a. On page 814, answer questions 1a, 3a. Due Thursday, May 25.
The map of New Jersey is due on June 7.
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Have a wonderful week!
