Week of October 30, 2017

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:      
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads is unacceptable).
   
C. Homework must be handed in on the day due unless I receive a note from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

E. Some students have still not returned their Progress Report and MAP Report. Please sign and return tomorrow.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.

G. The November calendar was distributed today. Please check your child’s folder for it.

H. Halloween is tomorrow. The children in Grade 4 may wear their costumes to school. They can also bring in $3.00 if they want to have pizza. If they haven’t brought in $3, please send them with some lunch. They also should bring in something to drink (only for themselves) and some type of treat to share with the class- ex. donuts, cupcakes, cookies, or chips. Most children have told me what they are bringing in, but if you have not, please let me know today. The children are also asked to bring in some candy to give out to the PreK (5 classes) and Kindergarten (2 classes) during their Halloween parade. There are a few students who cannot attend the party because of having so many days of detention, so they must wear their uniform to school. All students must bring their bookbags since we will be doing work in the morning.

I. Our class will be hosting the All Saints Day Mass on Wednesday, November 1 at 9:00 AM. Many children are reading. All parents are invited to attend. Please have your child practiced their reading if they are reading at mass.

J. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or notifications.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!

HOMEWORK: For the Week of October 30, 2017 Grades 6,7, and 8

Lesson Plans for Grade 6

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning.
Performance Task: We will be working on the performance task in school this week. Homework will be assigned in class because I am not sure what we will complete each day.
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Lesson Plans for Grade 7

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning.

Monday HW- On loose-leaf write 3 sentences in first-person point of view and then change each of them to third-person point of view Due Wednesday, 11/1.

Wednesday HW- complete worksheet on adverbs that will be handed out in class. Due Friday, 11/3.
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning.
Performance Task: We will be working on the performance task in school this week. Homework will be assigned in class because I am not sure what we will complete each day.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 5 The Nation Breaks Apart- 1865-1877 – Chapter 17: Reconstruction

Monday- please study your notes on Reconstruction for the Test on Thursday. No new vocabulary this week.

Monday-Chapter 17 Review page 573. Complete the Vocabulary Review 1-7. Write the missing vocabulary word and underline it. Skip a line between each sentence. On pages 573-574 answer questions 8a, 9a, 10a. Restate the question in the answer and make sure you have a full heading, including Social Studies and the page number on your looseleaf. Due Thursday,11/2.

Vocabulary for the Week: study notes for Reconstruction
                                

                                Have a great week!

Week of October 23, 2017

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:      
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads is unacceptable).
   
C. Homework must be handed in on the day due unless I receive a note from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

E. No school today, Monday, 10/23 due to a Teachers’ Conference in St. Charles Borromeo.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym, unless students are told differently.

G. Progress Reports were sent home Friday, 10/20. Please sign and return on Tuesday.

H. Halloween is next Tuesday, October 31st. The children in grade 4 may wear their costumes to school. They can also bring in $3.00 if they want to have pizza (by Monday). They also should bring in something to drink (only for themselves) and some type of treat to share with the class- ex. donuts, cupcakes, cookies, or chips. Please let your child know what you can send in so I can make sure everyone is not bringing in the same treat. The children are also asked to bring in some candy to give out to the PreK (5 classes) and Kindergarten (2 classes) during their Halloween parade.

I. The children of the 4th grade will be hosting the All Saints Day Mass on Wednesday, November 1 at 9:00 AM. All parents are invited to attend. Please make sure that if your child is reading at the mass, that you practice their reading with them. It will either be in their missalette or folder.

J. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or notifications.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!

HOMEWORK: For the Week of October 23, 2017, Grades 6,7, and 8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Tuesday HW- Write Media Vocabulary in your notebook- page 26 in the textbook. You do not have to write the sentences, only the definition. Please skip a line between each word. Due Wednesday, 10/25.

Wednesday HW- On page 29, reread the comic strips on pages 28 and 29 in the text (online or in textbook). Answer the Comprehension Check questions 1-4 on loose-leaf. Please restate the question in the answer. Remember to have a full heading on your loose-leaf and skip a line between each question.Due Friday, 10/27.

Study for Selection Test on Thursday, 10/26 (Calvin and Hobbes Comics)
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Tuesday HW- On page 38, answer questions 1-4 Analyze the Text. Please complete on loose-leaf with a full heading. Restate the question in the answer and make sure to cite text evidence to support your answer. Use R.A.C.E. method. Due Thursday, 10/26.

Wednesday HW- On page 41, copy the chart about adverbs into your notebook. Then on loose-leaf, under READ IT, write sentences 1 a, b, c, d. After each sentence, write the adverb or adverbs in each sentence. Next, to each adverb write the word the adverb modifies or describes. Remember to have a full heading on your loose-leaf. Due Friday, 10/27.

Study for Selection Test on Thursday,10/26- "A Simple Act"
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 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Tuesday HW- On page 30, answer questions 1-4 Comprehension Check. Please complete on loose-leaf with a full heading. Restate the question in the answer Due Thursday, 10/26.

Wednesday HW- Read pages 32 and 33, complete the assignment under Writing to Compare. This essay will follow the format on page 33. You will need an introduction (4 sentences) 2 body paragraphs (6 sentences each), and a conclusion. We will fill in the prewriting chart together during class. The essay can be written or typed. If you cannot print it out, then write it. This will not be accepted LATE. Remember to have a full heading on your paper. Due Monday, 10/30. This assignment will count as a project grade, so follow the steps of the writing process!

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 5 The Nation Breaks Apart- 1865-1877 – Chapter 17: Reconstruction

Tuesday- Write each vocabulary word and its definition in your SS notebook. Due Thursday, 10/26.

Wednesday-Chapter 17 Read pages 564-571. Complete questions 1b, 2b, 3a, 3b on page 571. Restate the question in the answer and make sure you have a full heading. Due Friday,10/27.

Vocabulary for the Week:
carpetbaggers (p.564), Hiram Revels (p.565), Ku Klux Klan (p.566), Compromise of 1877 (p.567), poll tax (p.568), segregation (p.568), Jim Crow laws (p.568), Plessy v. Ferguson (p.569), sharecropping (p. 569)
                                

                              Have a great week!

Week of October 16, 2017

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:      
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads is unacceptable).
   
C. Homework must be handed in on the day due unless I receive a note from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

E. 12:00 dismissal today, 10/16 due to a Faculty Meeting.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym, unless students are told differently.

G. No school next Monday, 10/23 due to a Teachers’ Conference in St. Charles Borromeo.

H. Remember to buy your tickets for the concert on Thursday. 10/19. All tickets can be purchased in the school office. See Mr. Woods’ blog for information.

I. Progress Reports will be sent home Friday, 10/20. Please sign it and return on Monday. When I check the signature, I will return the Progress Report to you.

J. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or notifications.
Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!

HOMEWORK: For the Week of October 16, 2017, Grades 6, 7, and 8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Monday. HW- Please reread the story “from Brown Girl Dreaming”. We will be having a selection test on Tuesday or Wednesday on the story and skills we discussed in class.

Tuesday. HW- Write a 3 paragraph Autobiography about your life so far. You should have at least 6 sentences in each paragraph. Use details to make your story interesting. Remember start on the day that you were born and end at the present. Due Friday,10/20. This must be completed on loose-leaf!
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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Monday. HW- Please reread the story “Two Kinds”. We will be having a selection test on Tuesday or Wednesday on the story and skills we discussed in class.

Tuesday. HW- On page 31, Complete the Assignment in the box under Speaking and Listening (about Monologues). Use #s 1 and 2 to prepare to present your monologue to the class. Due Friday, 10/20. This must be completed on loose-leaf!
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Monday. HW- Please reread the story “The Medicine Bag”. We will be having a selection test on Tuesday or Wednesday on the story and skills we discussed in class.

Tuesday. HW- On page 27, complete the Assignment in the box under Speaking and Listening (about Monologues). Use #s 1 and 2 to prepare to present your monologue to the class. Due Friday, 10/20. This must be completed on loose-leaf!

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 5 The Nation Breaks Apart- 1865-1877 – Chapter 17: Reconstruction

Monday- Write each vocabulary word and its definition in your SS notebook. Due Wednesday, 10/18.

Tuesday-Chapter 17 Read pages 558-563. Complete questions 1a, 2b, 3a, 4a on page 557. Restate the question in the answer and make sure you have a full heading. Due Thursday,10/20.

Vocabulary for the Week:
Black Codes (p.558), Radical Republicans (p.559), Civil Rights Act of 1866 (p.560), Fourteenth Amendment (p.561), Reconstruction Acts (p.561), impeachment (p.562), Fifteenth Amendment (p.563), principle (p.560), moderate (p. 559)

                                

                              Have a great week!

Week of October 9, 2017

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:      
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads is unacceptable).
   
C. Homework must be handed in on the day due unless I receive a note from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

E. 12:00 dismissal next Monday, 10/16 due to a Faculty Meeting.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.

G. 12:00 dismissal next Monday, 10/16 due to a Faculty Meeting.

H. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or notifications.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of October 9, 2017, Grades 6, 7, and 8


ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Tues. HW- Write a sentence using each vocabulary word. The words are listed in your notebook and on page 5 in your textbook (do not use any sentences from your book). Complete on loose-leaf and remember to include your full heading. Please underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Due Wednesday, 10/11

Thursday. HW- Write a sentence using each vocabulary word. The words are listed in your notebook and on page 12 in your textbook. Complete on loose-leaf and remember to include your full heading. Please underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Due Friday, 10/13
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ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Tues. HW- Write a sentence using each vocabulary word. The words are listed in your notebook and on page 5 in your textbook (do not use any sentences from your book). Complete on loose-leaf and remember to include your full heading. Please underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Due Wednesday, 10/11

Thursday. HW- Write a sentence using each vocabulary word. The words are listed in your notebook and on page 12 in your textbook. Complete on loose-leaf and remember to include your full heading. Please underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Due Friday, 10/13
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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Tues. HW- Write a sentence using each vocabulary word. The words are listed in your notebook and on page 5 in your textbook (do not use any sentences from your book). Complete on loose-leaf and remember to include your full heading. Please underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Due Wednesday, 10/11

Thursday. HW- Write a sentence using each vocabulary word. The words are listed in your notebook (the ones that were done in class today). Complete on loose-leaf and remember to include your full heading. Please underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Due Friday, 10/13

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 5 The Nation Breaks Apart- 1865-1877 – Chapter 17: Reconstruction

Monday- Write each vocabulary word and its definition in your SS notebook. Due Thursday, 10/12.

Tuesday-Chapter 17 Read pages 548-557. Complete questions 1b, 2a, 3a, 3b on page 557. Restate the question in the answer and make sure you have a full heading. Due Friday,10/13.

Vocabulary for the Week:
procedure (p.553), Reconstruction (p.552), Ten Percent Plan (p.553), Thirteenth Amendment (p.554), Freedmen’s Bureau (p.556), Andrew Johnson (p.557)

Spanish Heritage Projects will due Wednesday, October 11. The project must be done in Google Classroom. The assignment has already been posted.
                                

                                Have a great week!

Week of October 2, 2017

Weekly Reminders:
These are a few reminders concerning homework and classwork:      
A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  

B. If an assignment states that looseleaf is to be used, no other types of paper will be accepted (paper ripped out of notebooks or legal pads is unacceptable).
   
C. Homework must be handed in on the day due unless I receive a note from a parent explaining why you did not complete your HW. This will only be accepted if there is an emergency at home (not because you were too tired or that you had too much other HW). 

D. Homework and classwork must be neat. Work that is sloppy or illegible will not be accepted.

E. MAP testing will continue this week.

F. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym, unless students are told differently.

G. Weds, 10/4 is the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. We will be celebrating mass at 9:00 AM. The children may bring their pets to church for a special blessing. Any cats and dogs must be brought by a parent to the church and then taken back home after mass.

H. October calendars will be sent home this evening. Please check your child’s folder them.

I. No school on Monday, 10/9 due to Columbus Day.

J. Please check the blog daily for updated homework assignments or notifications.

Remember that homework and classwork count as a grade!
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HOMEWORK: For the Week of October 2, 2017, Grades 6, 7, and 8

Grade 6 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

 Binders to keep the Reading text in are due today.
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Grade 7 Lesson Plans

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Binders to keep the Reading text in are due today.
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Grade 8 Lesson Plans

 ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:

Unit 1- Whole Group Learning. Homework will be assigned during the week. Remember reading stories does count as assignments, so make sure you read them. There will be short quizzes given on stories read for homework. If anyone has a problem getting on the Pearson Realize website at home, please let me know. You will then have to take your textbook home.

Binders to keep the Reading text in are due today.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 5 The Nation Breaks Apart- 1861-1877 – Chapter 16: The Civil War

Monday- Review notes for Chapter 16 test on Thursday.

Tuesday-Chapter 16 Review page 545-complete vocabulary review 1-5 (write statement and answer) and questions 6 and 10 (page 546) a-b-c. Restate the question in the answer and make sure you have a full heading. Due Thursday,10/5.

Vocabulary for the Week- no new vocabulary this week

Spanish Heritage Projects will due Wednesday, October 11. The project must be done in Google Classroom. The assignment has already been posted.
                                

                                Have a great week!