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 today due to a Faculty Meeting. ASP will be in session.
C. March calendars will be handed out on Wednesday, 2/28. Please check your child's bag for a copy.
D. Friday, 3/2 Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss- students can dress up as Dr. Seuss characters if they wish to take part in the costume contest which will take place in the lunchroom at 2:00PM.
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, 3/2.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 3/1.
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.
Selection Test this week. Study the story we have been reading in Pearson, and the lesson vocabulary.
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, 3/2.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 3/1.
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.
Selection Test this week. Study the story we have been reading in Pearson, and the lesson vocabulary.
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, 3/2.
Khan Academy: Please complete the new assignment by Thursday, 3/1.
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.
Selection Test this week. Study the story we have been reading in Pearson and the lesson vocabulary.
Social Studies Homework for Grade 8
Unit 7 The Beginning of Modern America- 1867-1920 – Chapter 21: The Progressive Spirit of Reform
Monday,2/26- All African American Heritage projects are due tomorrow. Please make sure that it is done in Google Classroom. There is also an outline posted there.
Tuesday,2/27- Define the words below in your vocabulary notebook.
Due Friday, 3/2.
Wednesday,2/28- Read pages 680-683. Answer the following questions: pg. 683 #s 1a,1b, 2a, 2b, 2c Due Friday, 3/2.
Vocabulary for the Week:
Theodore Roosevelt (680), Pure Food and Drug Act (681), conservation (681), William Howard Taft (682), Progressive Party (682), Woodrow Wilson (682), various (682), Sixteenth Amendment (683)
Have a wonderful week!
