Weekly Reminders:
GRADE 4-HOMEROOM
A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4th graders on Tuesdays and Fridays for gym unless students are told differently.
B. No school on Monday, 2/19 in honor of Presidents Day.
C. Wednesday, February 14- The children can wear red in honor of Valentine’s Day. The 8th grade will also be having a cake sale if they want to bring money.
D. Thursday, February 15- The children can dress down. We will be having a party for Valentine’s Day/100th Day of School. The children can bring something to drink and bring a snack to share with the class. Parents, please let your child know what they will be bringing in so everyone isn’t bringing in the same thing.
GRADES 6, 7, 8
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.
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6
For Unit 2, the 6th grade is reading The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Please finish the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.
Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Wednesday, 2/14. Please check your email to join.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/15. Please check your email to join.
My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7
For Unit 2, the 7th grade is reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Please finish reading the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.
Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Wednesday, 2/14. Please check your email to join.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/15. Please check your email to join.
My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.
ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8:
For Unit 2, the 8th grade is reading The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. Please finish reading the book this week. Highlight important facts, characters, and vocabulary.
Common Lit: Please complete the new assignment by Wednesday, 2/14. Please check your email to join.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/15. Please check your email to join.
My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online in Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we have worked on in class.
Social Studies Homework for Grade 8
Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America- 1867-1920 – Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform
Monday,2/12- Define the words below in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Tuesday, 2/20.
Tuesday,2/13- Read pages 658-674. Answer the following questions: pg. 667 #1a, 2a; pg. 674 # 1a, 1b, 2a Due Tuesday, 2/20.
Vocabulary for the Week: (no new vocabulary this week)
Political machines (662), Progressives (664), muckrakers (664), Seventeenth Amendment (666), motive (666), recall (666), initiative (666), referendum (666), Robert M. La Follette (667), regulations (673), unconstitutional (674),
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (673), workers’ compensation laws (673), capitalism (674), socialism (674), William “Big Bill” Haywood (674), Industrial Workers of the World (674)
Test Friday, 2/16- Immigration (Chapter 20) and the Progressives (Chapter 21-Section 1)
African American History Project is listed in Google Classroom.
African American History Project is listed in Google Classroom.
Have a wonderful week!
