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.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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Week of May 15,2017 Module 4 Week 4
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 (20 lessons are due Monday,5/15).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/19 (The Emperor’s New Clothes). Please log on and complete the assignment carefully.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
The Middle Colonies
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, May 17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
prosperity, apprentice, artisan
Tuesday: Read pages 240-245. On page 248, answer questions 1-6, matching the word from the word box with its correct definition (write both the definition and correct word) and on page 249, answer questions 9-13 (restate for questions 9, 10, 11, and write the question and whole answer…letter and answer for 12 and 13). Due on Friday, May 19.
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 165 by Friday, 5/19.
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 (20 lessons are due Monday,5/15).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/19 (The Emperor’s New Clothes).
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 170 by Friday, 5/19.
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 (20 lessons are due Monday,5/15).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/19 (A Matter of Prejudice). Please log on and complete the assignment carefully.
SOCIAL STUDIES-
Citizenship and the Constitution 1787-Present
Monday: Define and review the vocabulary words listed below- Due Wednesday, May 17.
Vocabulary for the Week:
naturalized citizens, deport, draft, George Washington, electoral college, precedent, Judiciary Act of 1789
Copy the following definitions into your SS Vocabulary NB
influence- change or have an effect on
agreement-a decision reached by two or more people or groups
Tuesday: Read pages 222-225 and 234-237. On page 227, answer questions 1-5 Vocabulary Review (write the question and whole answer, not just the letter) and on page 237, answer questions 1a,3a (restate). Due Friday, May 19.
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 175 by Friday, 5/19.
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 (20 lessons are due Monday,5/15).
There is a Common Lit assignment due Friday, 5/19 (A Matter of Prejudice). Please log on and complete the assignment carefully.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The Great Depression 1929-1939
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 778-794. On page 782, answer questions #1a, 3b. On page 789, answer questions 1a, 1b. Due Friday, May 19.
The map of New Jersey is due on June 7.
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Have a wonderful week!
