MS. TOSCANO BLOG: GRADES 2-5 READING/ELA, GRADES 2, 3 SCIENCE, AND GRADE 4 HOMEROOM : Week of November 26, 2018

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

A. Gym uniforms must be worn by 4^th graders on Wednesdays for gym unless students are told differently.

B. Remember tomorrow Monday, 11/26 is a 12:00 dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting. The ASP will still be in session.

C. December Calendars will be given out next Monday.

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GRADES 5, 6, 7, 8

A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted and no pencil).

B. Please make sure that you have loose-leaf. Paper cannot be ripped out of a notebook.

C. Remember homework counts as part of the total grade!

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of November 26,2018: Grades 5, 6,7,8

Social Studies Homework for Grade 5

Unit 2 Cultures Meet/ Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration

Native American Presentations are due this Wednesday, November 28. See google classroom for details. If you are doing a diorama or board, be able to explain it to the class (bring notes).

Monday,11/26: Define each word below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please use the glossary in the back of the SS text and write the entire definition. If it isn’t in the book, you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we are discussing. Due Thursday, 11/29

Tuesday,11/27: Read pages 126-135 in the Social Studies textbook. On loose-leaf, answer the following questions. You may restate the question in the answer. All answers can be found on the pages you are reading this week in your textbook. Due Friday,11/30

Questions:

1. What was Ponce de Leon the first Spanish explorer to do?

2. What was the aim of Coronado’s expedition?

3. What part of the present-day United States did de Soto explore and claim?

4. What was the main result of the Counter-Reformation in the Americas?

5. Who was Estevanico? What was his importance?

Vocabulary for the Week:

grant, conquistador, reform, Reformation, Counter-Reformation, missionary

Grade 5 Lesson Plans for Social Studies

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The 6^th grade will be reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.

Please read Chapters 10 and 11 by Monday, 12/3

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

This week we will be reading Michaela Prince: The War Orphan that Became a Ballerina.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online at Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we are working on in class.

There will be a test on Chapter 1 Nouns on Thursday, so take home your Voyages textbook and practice book and review Chapter 1. Remember you have the answers to the practice book pages that we completed in your notebook.

Grade 6 Lesson Plans fro ELA/Reading and Grammar

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The 7^thand 8^th grades will be reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

Please read Chapters 10 and 11 by Monday, 12/3

ELA/Reading Homework for Grades 7 and 8

This week we will be reading from An Invisible Thread. We will also review adjectives. We continue to discuss writing an explanatory essay.

My Perspectives (Pearson)- Please review (in your textbook or online at Pearson Realize) the story, vocabulary, and concepts (word study and conventions) that we are working on in class.

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Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1 Our Colonial Heritage (Beginnings-1783)/ Chapter 3: The English Colonies (1605-1774)

Native American Presentations are due this Wednesday, November 28. See google classroom for details. If you are doing a board, be able to explain it to the class (bring notes).

Monday,11/26: Define each word below in your Social Studies Vocabulary NB. Please use the glossary in the back of the SS text and write the entire definition. If it isn’t in the book, you can search for it online. Just make sure the definition goes with what we are discussing. Due Thursday,11/29.

Tuesday,11/27: Read pages 85-87 in the Social Studies textbook. On loose-leaf, answer the questions on page 87. Due Friday, 11/30

Questions: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, (Restate)

Vocabulary for the Week:

diverse, Huguenots, midwives, Peter Stuyvesant, Quakers, William Penn, staple crops

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Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

Unit 6 A Growing America (1850-1914)/ Chapter 19: The Industrial Age (1876-1900)

Native American Presentations are due this Wednesday, November 28. See google classroom for details. If you are doing a board, be able to explain it to the class (bring notes).