Weekly Vocabulary

1. bracelet-(noun) Jewelry worn around the arm or wrist.

2. Fahrenheit- (adj) Relating to a temperature scale where water   freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. 

3. mantle- (noun) The layer of the earth that is just under the top layer or the crust.

4. jewelry- (noun) Decorations for the body; rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces.

5. unearth- (verb) To dig out of the ground.

6. sapphire- (noun) A gem that is blue in color.

7. gem- (noun) A stone that is worth a lot of money; a stone used in jewelry.

8. ruby- (noun) A gem that is deep red in color.

9. emerald- (noun) A gem that is deep green in color.

10. glimmer- (verb) To appear to give off a dim light.

11. discoverer- (noun) A person who finds something.

12. destination- (noun) The place to which someone is going.

13. navigate- (verb) To steer a boat or plane.

14. sunken- (adj) Resting under the water.

15. billow- (noun) A large wave.

16. evidence- (noun) A sign that something is there or has happened. A handshake is evidence of good will.

17. undersea- (adj) Beneath the surface of the sea.

18. buoy- (noun) A float used as a warning or marker.

19. hull- (noun) The frame of a ship.

20. scuba- (adj) Using equipment for breathing underwater.

8th grade

Weekly lessons
ELA

Homework


Weekly test
ELA test Friday

7th Grade

Weekly lessons
ELA


homework:
Finish essay started in class Due Wednesday. (in notebook)

Weekly test
ELA test Friday

6th Grade

Weekly lessons

ELA
Religion


Homework


Weekly
Religion test Wednesday
ELA test Friday

5th Grade

Weekly lessons

ELA
Religion


Homework
Due 1/31: Students must write 6 sentences each sentence must have a prepositional phrase within it.

Weekly test
Religion chapter 10 Wednesday 2/1
ELA: prepositional phrases Friday 2/3

Weekly vocabulary January 23

1. Archaeologists - A scientist who studies people who lived long ago

2. Chambers - A room

3. Investigate - To look into with great care

4. Artifacts - Something made by people long ago

5. Historic - Very important; likely to be remembered for a long time

6. Civilization - The society and culture of a people.

7. Evident - Easy to see or tell; plain.

8. Tombs - A grave; a place for a dead body.

9. Pyramids - A huge pointed building made of stone.

10. Expedition - A journey with a special purpose.

11. Driftwood - Wood that has washed ashore.

12. Galleon - A large sailing ship used in the 1400s and 1500s.

13. Handhold - Something to take hold of with the hands.

14. Mainmast - The pole on a ship that holds the largest sail.

15. Blacksmith - A person who makes things out of iron, using a furnace and hammer.

16. Descent - Downward movement

17. Crevice - Crack; narrow split.

18 Debris - Rubbish; scattered bits and pieces.

19. Barnacles - A small, shelled sea animal that clings to rocks and ships’ bottoms.

20. Spiny - Having pointed spines or thorns.

8th grade

Lessons

ELA



Weekly Homework
The speech contest starts on the 25, all students must be ready to present their speech.

Weekly Test

7th Grade

Lessons

ELA



Weekly Homework
The speech contest starts on the 25, all students must be ready to present their speech.

Weekly Test

6th Grade

Lessons

ELA
Religion


Weekly Homework
The speech contest starts on the 25, all students must be ready to present their speech.

Weekly Test

5th Grade

Lessons

ELA
Religion


Weekly Homework
The speech contest starts on the 25, all students must be ready to present their speech.

Weekly Test
Religion test chapter 10 Friday 1/ 27

8th grade

Weekly Lessons
 ELA


Homework
Due 19th Draft of the speech contest


Weekly test
Friday 1/20 is the Second quarter word wall test.

7th Grade

Weekly Lessons
 ELA



Homework
Due 19th Draft of the speech contest


Weekly test
Friday 1/20 is the Second quarter word wall test.

6th Grade

Weekly Lessons
 ELA
Religion


Homework
Due 19th Draft of the speech contest


Weekly test
Friday 1/20 is the Second quarter word wall test.
Religion test 1/19

5th Grade

Weekly Lessons
 ELA
Religion


Homework
Due 19th Draft of the speech contest


Weekly test
Friday 1/20 is the Second quarter word wall test.
Religion test 1/19

Speech Contest

All Grades (5-8) must be working on their speeches. On 1/19 students will have to have their first drafts handed in. They are expected to have a 3 1/2 -5 minute speech this will be no less than a 3 page paper. When students are finished writing their draft have them time it if it is less than 3 minutes they need to write more. On 1/25 all speeches are to be handed in and memorized. The class competition will start on the 25th.

CyberSense

CyberSense...  translating common sense for cyberspace


On 1/9 all classes (5-8) were apart of a bullying lecture given by Officer James Thorten. All students must write an essay explaining what they learned during this lecture. 

5th and 6th grade must write a 4 paragraph essay. 

7th and 8th must write a 5 paragraph essay. 

The following points must be addressed during the essay. 

All essays are DUE 1/13/12

Like all assignments if it is not handed in on Friday 1/13 students will receive a zero and a grade. 

1. Officer Thorten talked about the many dangers that come with putting too much information on the internet. How have you reconsidered your own personal internet usage, and how will you change the type of information you allow on the internet. 

2. Officer Thorten also informed you on many cases where people were not safe with the information they put on the internet and the people they were talking to.  Discus One case Officer Thorten brought to your attention, how you will change your personal internet usage to protect yourself from falling victim to internet predators.

3. Finally Officer Thorten talked about cyberbulling, and how it can really hurt someone so much they take their own life. What will you do online to insure that you will not take part of cyberbulling, and what will you do if you see it happening to someone. 

Weekly Lessons

From grades 5-8 students will be reviewing for midterms.

Midterm Review:

All Students can study directly out of their notebooks. 




5th Grade 
Religion Students must know all of the key terms from each chapter.

Chapter 1  Jesus shares God's life with us. 5key words 
mustard seeds
Chapter 2: Jesus shares his mission with the Church. 6 key words
the Churches mission also John15:5 Vine
Chapter 3: The church celebrates the 7 Sacraments:  5 key words
Introduced to all 7 sacraments, and the 3 categories they fall under.
chapter 4: New life in Christ. 6 key words
The beginning of understanding of Baptism.
Chapter 5: The celebration of Baptism: 2 key words
symbols of Baptism, and what they mean.
Chapter 8:The coming of the Holy Spirit. 1 key word
History of Confirmation: how it started, when we receive it, and why it is important to us.
Chapter 9: The celebration of Confirmation 1 key word
The gifts of the Holy Spirit (7 of them).

ELA
Noun: common, proper,singular, plural, and possessive nouns.
Verbs: action, being, linking, tenses (past, present, present participle ect.)
The 4 types of sentences: Declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
Simple and Compound sentences: Conjunctions (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S) for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Subject complements.
Subject and predicate.
Pronouns: personal. reflective, indefinite, demonstrative, interrogative, and possessive.
Capitalization.
Poetry: Figurative language (simile, metaphor, ect) the different types of poetry ( narrative poem, free verse ect).
Comma
Semicolon
period
interrogation (question mark)
exclamation
dash
parenthesis
quotation mark
What a phrase is and how to identify it.






6th Grade 
Religion
Review chapters 1,2,3,4,5,8,and 9
All the Key Terms and Key people from each chapter.

ELA 
Contractions 
Nouns: Common and proper, concrete and abstract, singular and plural.
Verbs: main, helping, tenses of the verbs, auxiliary,regular and irregular, transitive and intransitive.
Types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
Conjunctions: (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S): For,and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Subject Agreement
Adjectives
Poetry: The different types, figurative language.
Independent and Dependent clauses.
Adjective clauses 
Simple and compound sentences. 
Adverbs
Adverb clauses




7th Grade
Nouns: proper, common, concrete, abstract, singular, and plural.
Verbs: Irregular, regular, linking, and their tenses.
Adjectives: Demonstrative.
Prepositions and prepositional phrases.
Adverbs
Pronouns
Interjections
Poetry: figurative language, and different types of poetry.
Clauses: adjective clauses
Infinitive phrases.
Subject verb agreement.

8th Grade 

Nouns: proper, common,  singular, and plural.
Verbs: Irregular, regular, linking, and their tenses.
Adjectives:
Prepositions and prepositional phrases. object of the preposition
Pronouns
Phrases: appositive, and infinitive.
Poetry: figurative language, and different types of poetry.
Simple, compound, and complex sentences.
conjunctions
Clauses: adjective, adverb, and noun.