Week of January 27, 2020

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. For a list of activities for Catholic School Week, please see the school blog.

C. Thursday, 1/30 Report Cards and MAP Reports will be distributed.

D. Friday, 1/31 12:00 Dismissal due to Parent/Teacher Conferences (2:00-6:00). Please remember to bring a copy of your child’s Report Card to your meeting with the teachers.

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GRADES 6, 7, 8  

A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  NO PENCIL!

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). There will be points deducted for every day your assignment is late. After the 2^nd day, the assignment will not be accepted.

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

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

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 20,2020: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

We will be starting Unit 2 in My Perspectives. Homework will be assigned in class during the week.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour Language Arts each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam, which 6^th grade will again complete on the computer.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 6

Unit 2: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush/ Chapter 4: Egyptian Civilization

Monday, 1/27: Define the vocabulary words below in your SS NB. Due Thursday, 1/30.

Tuesday, 1/28: Answer the questions listed below on looseleaf- Due Friday, 1/31.

Vocabulary for the Week:

diplomacy p.143, nation-state p.143, dynasty p.143, vizier p.143, hieroglyph p.144   papyrus p.144, pyramid p.145, mummy p.146

Questions to Answer: Restate the answer in the question

1. pg. 135- Reading Check

2. pg. 136- Reading Check

3. pg., 137- Reading Check

4. pg. 139- Review Questions 1 and 3

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Grade 7:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

We will be starting Unit 2 in My Perspectives. Homework will be assigned in class during the week.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour Language Arts each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam.

Unit 1: Our Colonial Heritage- Chapter 4: The American Revolution (1774-1783)

Monday, 1/27: Define the vocabulary words below in your SS NB. Due Thursday, 1/30.

Tuesday, 1/28: Answer the questions listed below on looseleaf- Due Friday, 1/31.

Vocabulary for the Week:

anonymous, Enlightenment, ideal, social contract, tyranny, unalienable, Common Sense, Thomas Paine, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Loyalists

Questions to Answer: Restate the answer in the question

1. pg. 113- Reading Check

2. pg. 114- Reading Check

3. pg. 116- Reading Check

4. pg. 116- Assessment Question 1a, 1b, 1c and 2a,2b

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Grade 8:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8

We will be starting Unit 2 in My Perspectives. Homework will be assigned in class during the week.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour Language Arts each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

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

Monday, 1/27: Define the vocabulary words below in your SS NB. Due Thursday, 1/30.

Tuesday, 1/28: Complete notes for Chapter 4 which are posted on the blog from the Week of December 16- Due Friday, 1/31.

Vocabulary for the Week:

acquire, corporations, Andrew Carnegie, vertical integration, John D. Rockefeller, horizontal integration, trust, Leland Stanford, social Darwinism, monopoly, Sherman Antitrust Act

Questions to Answer: Restate the answer in the question

1. pg. 615- Reading Check

2. pg. 617- Reading Check

3. pg., 618- Reading Check

4. pg. 618- Assessment Questions 1a, 1b and 2a,2b and 3b

                          HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Week of January 20, 2020

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. Four students still have not returned their Progress Report signed. They will be staying in detention starting tomorrow.

C. Archdiocesan Religion Test tomorrow, Weds.

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GRADES 6, 7, 8  

A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  NO PENCIL!

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). There will be points deducted for every day your assignment is late. After the 2^nd day, the assignment will not be accepted.

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

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

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 20,2020: Grades 6,7,8

SCHEDULE OF MIDTERM EXAMS: Grades 6-8

Tues, 1/21- Math

Weds, 1/22- Religion (Grades 3-8)

Thurs, 1/23- Science and Social Studies

Friday, 1/24- ELA/Reading

Grade 6:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING AND MIDTERMS THIS WEEK.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour of Language Arts each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam, which 6^th grade will again complete on the computer.

ELA MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the ELA NB and review the topics listed labeled under Midterm Review.

This will be reviewed each day in class and should be reviewed at home.

The information is taken from Unit 1 in the My Perspectives Book.

***You will also receive a booklet on Tuesday on figurative language to review for the exam.

Grade 6 ELA Midterm Review Notes

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the Social Studies NB and review all checked notes from Chapters 1,2,3 and the choice of 2 essay questions that the students can review before the exam.

Grade 6 Lesson Plans for ELA and Social Studies

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Grade 7:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING AND MIDTERMS THIS WEEK.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour in Language Arts each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam.

ELA MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the ELA NB and review the topics listed labeled under Midterm Review.

This will be reviewed each day in class and should be reviewed at home.

The information is taken from Unit 1 in the My Perspectives Book.

***You will also receive a booklet on Tuesday on figurative language to review for the exam.

Grade 7 ELA Review Notes for the Midterm Exam

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the Social Studies NB and review all checked notes from Chapters 1,2,3 and the choice of 2 essay questions that the students can review before the exam.

Grade 7 Lesson Plans for ELA and Social Studies

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Grade 8:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING AND MIDTERMS THIS WEEK.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour in Language Arts each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam.

ELA MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the ELA NB and review the topics listed labeled under Midterm Review.

This will be reviewed each day in class and should be reviewed at home.

The information is taken from Unit 1 in the My Perspectives Book.

***You will also receive a booklet on Tuesday on figurative language to review for the exam.

Grade 8 ELA Midterm Review for the Midterm

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the Social Studies NB and review all checked notes from Chapters 16,17,18 and the choice of 2 essay questions that the students can review before the exam.

Grade 8 Lesson Plans for ELA and Social Studies





                   HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Week of January 13, 2020

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. If you did not return your child’s Progress Report signed, please do so by tomorrow.

C. MAP Testing: Tuesday- Math and Thursday-Reading

D. Weds, 1/15 National Hat Day- Contest for the most creative hat at 10:00AM. All parents are invited.

E. Monday, 1/20- No School in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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GRADES 6, 7, 8  

A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  NO PENCIL!

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). There will be points deducted for every day your assignment is late. After the 2^nd day, the assignment will not be accepted.

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

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

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 13,2020: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING AND MIDTERMS THIS WEEK.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam, which 6^th grade will again complete on the computer.

ELA MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the ELA NB and review the topics listed labeled under Midterm Review.

This will be reviewed each day in class and should be reviewed at home.

The information is taken from Unit 1 in the My Perspectives Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the Social Studies NB and review all checked notes from Chapters 1,2,3 and the choice of 2 essay questions that the students can review before the exam.

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Grade 7:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING AND MIDTERMS THIS WEEK.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam.

ELA MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the ELA NB and review the topics listed labeled under Midterm Review.

This will be reviewed each day in class and should be reviewed at home.

The information is taken from Unit 1 in the My Perspectives Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the Social Studies NB and review all checked notes from Chapters 1,2,3 and the choice of 2 essay questions that the students can review before the exam.

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Grade 8:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING AND MIDTERMS THIS WEEK.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned in class. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

**** Success Maker- please complete an hour each week. This includes what you complete in school.

******Edulastic. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam.

ELA MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the ELA NB and review the topics listed labeled under Midterm Review.

This will be reviewed each day in class and should be reviewed at home.

The information is taken from Unit 1 in the My Perspectives Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM REVIEW:

Please see the Social Studies NB and review all checked notes from Chapters 1,2,3 and the choice of 2 essay questions that the students can review before the exam.

                            
                             HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Week of January 6, 2020

Weekly Reminders:

GRADE 4-HOMEROOM

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

B. Wednesday, 1/8- All Success Maker Christmas work due. Grades will be given for each hour done.

C. Thursday, 1/9- MAP Testing ELA

D. Progress Reports will be sent home. Please sign and return on Monday, 1/13.

E. Monday, 1/13- 12:00 Dismissal due to a Faculty Meeting. ASP will be in session.

Thank you to all the parents and students for all the cards and Christmas gifts. I truly appreciate it.

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GRADES 6, 7, 8  

A. All classwork/homework must be completed in blue or black ink (other colors will not be accepted).  NO PENCIL!

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). There will be points deducted for every day your assignment is late. After the 2^nd day, the assignment will not be accepted.

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

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

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HOMEWORK: For the Week of January 6,2020: Grades 6,7,8

Grade 6:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 6

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING THIS WEEK AND NEXT.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned for this week. Please check your account for the assignment and make sure that you are up to date. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

****All Success Maker assignments are due by this Wednesday. You will be given a grade for each of the two hours.

******We will also start using a program called Edulastic. You are probably using it in Math class. I will try to get logins for everyone this week. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam, which 6^th grade will again complete on the computer.

****HW FOR ELA WILL BE ASSIGNED DURING CLASS THIS WEEK.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 6

Unit 2: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush/ Chapter 4: Egyptian Civilization

Monday, 1/6: Define the vocabulary words below in your SS NB. Due Thursday, 1/9.

Tuesday, 1/7: Complete notes for Chapter 4 which are posted on the blog from the Week of December 16- Due Thursday, 1/9.

Thursday, 1/9: Start reviewing starred notes in your Social Studies notebook for the Midterm Exam on Thursday, January 23.

Vocabulary for the Week:

delta p.135, cataract p.135, arid p.135, predict p.137, afterlife p.137

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Grade 7:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 7

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING THIS WEEK AND NEXT.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned for this week. Please check your account for the assignment and make sure that you are up to date. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

****All Success Maker assignments are due by this Wednesday. You will be given a grade for each of the two hours.

******We will also start using a program called Edulastic. You are probably using it in Math class. I will try to get logins for everyone this week. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam, which 6^th grade will again complete on the computer.

****HW FOR ELA WILL BE ASSIGNED DURING CLASS THIS WEEK.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 7

Unit 1: Our Colonial Heritage- Chapter 3: The American Revolution (1774-1783)

Monday, 1/6: Define the vocabulary words below in your SS NB. Due Thursday, 1/9.

Tuesday, 1/7: Complete notes for Chapter 4 which are posted on the blog from the Week of December 16- Due Thursday, 1/9.

Thursday, 1/9: Start reviewing starred notes in your Social Studies notebook for the Midterm Exam on Thursday, January 23.

Vocabulary for the Week:

reaction, First Continental Congress, Patriots, minutemen, Redcoats, Second Continental Congress, Continental Army, George Washington, Battle of Bunker Hill

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Grade 8:

ELA/Reading Homework for Grade 8

WE WILL REVIEWING FOR MAP TESTING THIS WEEK AND NEXT.

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

****Common Lit and No Red Ink will be assigned for this week. Please check your account for the assignment and make sure that you are up to date. You can also complete this during Computer Class.

****All Success Maker assignments are due by this Wednesday. You will be given a grade for each of the two hours.

******We will also start using a program called Edulastic. You are probably using it in Math class. I will try to get logins for everyone this week. This will help to review for the NYSELA Exam, which 6^th grade will again complete on the computer.

****HW FOR ELA WILL BE ASSIGNED DURING CLASS THIS WEEK.

Social Studies Homework for Grade 8

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

Monday, 1/6: Define the vocabulary words below in your SS NB. Due Thursday, 1/9.

Tuesday, 1/7: Complete notes for Chapter 4 which are posted on the blog from the Week of December 16- Due Thursday, 1/9.

Thursday, 1/9: Start reviewing starred notes in your Social Studies notebook for the Midterm Exam on Thursday, January 23.

Vocabulary for the Week:

implement, Second Industrial Revolution, Bessemer process, Thomas Edison, patents, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Wilbur and Orville Wright

                           HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!