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. 12:00 Dismissal next Monday due to a Faculty Meeting. ASP will be in session.
C. Wednesday, 2/21 at 9:30 AM, there will be performances by the students in Grades 4-8 in honor of African American Heritage Month. The children may wear nice clothes (no jeans or sneakers) for the performance.
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 Friday, 2/23.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/22.
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 Friday, 2/23.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/22.
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 Friday, 2/23.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 2/22.
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
Tuesday,2/20- Define the words below in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Thursday, 2/22.
Wednesday,2/21- Read pages 675-679. Answer the following questions: pg. 679 #s 1a,1b, 2a, 2b, 3a Due Friday, 2/23.
Vocabulary for the Week: (no new vocabulary this week)
temperance (676), suffrage (676), National American Woman Suffrage Association (676), Eighteenth Amendment (676), Alice Paul (677), Booker T. Washington (677), Ida B. Wells (677), Nineteenth Amendment (677), W.E.B. Du Bois (678), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (678), Nineteenth Amendment (677)
Test Tuesday, 2/20 and African American Heritage Project due on Tuesday, 2/27.
Have a wonderful week!
