Reminder to Parents

If your child is apart of the speech bee, you are more then welcome to come to the contest on Friday 1/30 at 9 am in the school Library. Due to the construction we can not use the stage, the contest will only be the contestants, judges, and parents of the winners .
Thank-you
Julia Serewko

Parent Reminders

Speeches start Tuesday all students will have presented there speeches by Thursday. 

MID-YEAR Exams

Wednesday- Math and Science 

Thursday- Reading and Religion 

Friday- ELA and Social Studies 

8th Grade January 20

Weekly Lesson Plans
ELA


There will be no new vocabulary words this week Due to Mid-Year exams

ELA Mid-year is on Jan 23

7th grade January 20

Weekly Lesson Plans
ELA




There will be no new vocabulary words this week Due to Mid-Year exams

ELA Mid-year is on Jan 23

6th Grade Week of January 20

Weekly Lesson Plans
ELA
Religion


There will be no new vocabulary words this week Due to Mid-Year exams
 Religion is on Jan 22
ELA Mid-year is on Jan 23

5th grade Week of January 20

Weekly Lesson Plans
ELA
Religion


There will be no new vocabulary words this week Due to Mid-Year exams
 Religion is on Jan 22
ELA Mid-year is on Jan 23

All Students

All Grades: 

The Speech contest begins January 20th 2015

Due when you walk into my classroom on Tuesday is your completed speech. There will be no excused speeches if you do not have your  typed, size 12, New Time Roman  speech in you will receive a Zero (0). You have known the dates for this project since December 19 therefor I will not accept any excuses. 

Make sure you are ready to present you memorized speech. We will start presenting January 20. If you are not prepared you will find it difficult to past. 

Remember
3-5 minute speech if it is under 3 minutes you lose 20 points and if it is over 5 minutes  you lose 20 point. These are the rules from the speech contest. As the judge I am to grade strictly to the outlined rules. 

Judging criteria:

Contestants will be judged using the following 100-point system

    40 points for material organization
    This accounts for theme and subject adherence, structure, content, logic and color.

    40 points for delivery and presentation
    This includes voice, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures and poise.

    20 points for overall effectiveness
    This scores impression and effect.

Parents

Dear Parents,

Here are a few reminders for the week of January 12, 2015;

• Students must hand in all homework and projects the day they are due. If they are not in they will receive a zero (0). 
• It is not my responsibility to print out students work. when a project is due it must be ready to be handed in during my class. 
• If I do not have a hard copy of the project it is not handed in. 
•  January 20 final copy of speech is due. 
• Students will begin to present their speeches on January 20. 
• Many students did not hand in their speech drafts today, please check the SIS to see if your child was one of those who didn't complete the work.
• If a student did not hand in the speech draft today they were sent home with a letter addressing the situation at hand please read and sign the letter, if it is not handed in you child will receive detention. 

8th Grade week of January 12

Weekly lesson

Weekly vocabulary due Tuesday
Due Wednesday finish ready New York pages started during class. Pg 24-26
Due Thursday: Finish inference sheet started during class.
narrate
recount
explore
consider
synthesize
predict
persuade
verify
contextualize
investigate

7th Grade Week of January 12

Weekly lesson

Weekly vocabulary Due Tuesday

exemplify
interpret
recognize
broaden
elaborate
expand
critique
inform
express
articulate

Due Thursday Ready New York book pg 24-26 Make sure you write out the question and your answer. Only Question number 4 you can restate.

6th Grade week January 12

Weekly Lessons
ELA
Religion


ELA

discriminate
distinguish
link
achieve
compose
construct
develop
draft
produce
publish
stimulate


Weekly vocabulary words Due Tuesday

Due Wednesday Ready New York book pg 24-26 read the article and answer questions 1-5 write the question and the answer.

Due January 20 completed speech and be ready to present.



Religion
Weekly vocabulary due Wednesday

5th Grade Week of January 12

Weekly Lesson Plans

ELA
Religion

ELA

Combine
improve
introduce
contribute
interact
associate
categorize
compare
connect
conclusion
differentiate

Weekly Vocabulary words due Tuesday
Due Thursday Ready New York book pg 23-26 this is finishing what we started during class.
Final speech do January 20 be prepared to present speech.

Parents

Dear Parents,

Here are a few reminders for the week of January 5, 2015;

• Students were handed out the monthly calendar, make sure to ask them for it so you are aware of the dates in December.  
• Students must hand in all homework and projects the day they are due. If they are not in they will receive a zero (0).
• There will be an ELA exam on Friday for all classes
• 5 and 6 grade will have a Religion exam on Monday 
• Speech dates go as followed: January 12  speech draft is due, January 20 final copy of speech is due. 
• Students will begin to present their speeches on the 20. 

8th Grade week of January 5

Weekly Lesson plan ELA

Due Tuesday The Latin Word Roots mort and vit/viv worksheet due
Due Wednesday workbook  pg. 41 #'s 1- 10 questions and answers.
Due Thursday weekly vocabulary words
Due Friday pg 91 answers only.
Due January 12 Speech draft due.

character types

  cultural diversity

  historical fiction

  patterns of events

  point of view

  pre-conceived notion

  stereotype

  Text Analysis

   myths

   traditional stories

    passive voice 
    active voice 

   religious works

7th grade week of January 5

Weekly Lesson plan ELA

Due Tuesday Double Consonants worksheet due
Due Wednesday Text pg.373 ex1 #1-5 and ex2 #'s 1-5 Questions and answers.
Due Thursday weekly vocabulary words
Due Friday Worksheet
Due January 12 Speech draft due.

abridged versions

anthropomorphism

flashbacks

foreshadowing

point of view narration

support claims

with logical reasoning

evidence

accurate/credible sources

6th Grade week of January 5

Weekly lessons
ELA
Religion



ELA

Due Tuesday Homophone, homographs, and homonyms worksheet.
Due Wednesday workbook pg.96 #'s 1-5 and pg 97 #'s 9-15 Questions and Answers
Due Thursday the weekly Vocabulary words.
Due Friday Workbook pg.
Due January 12 draft of speech.

Counter claim

Warrant

Text evidence

Opposing

Perspectives

Prestige

Resourcefulness

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence


Religion

Due Tuesday pg 29 in Religion workbook on L.L.
Due Thursday weekly vocabulary words
Due Friday Pg31  in Religion workbook.

wisdom
psalm
temple
Solomon
Laments
sanctuary
Royal
Hymns of God and Zion

5th grade Week of January 5

Weekly lessons
ELA
Religion



ELA

Due Tuesday Homophone and homographs worksheet.
Due Thursday the weekly Vocabulary words.
Due Friday Workbook pg.
Due January 12 draft of speech.

objects of prepositions

prepositional phrases

verbs

intransitive verbs

transitive verbs

direct object

trickster tales

traits

graphic organizer


Religion

Due Tuesday pg 28 in Religion workbook on L.L.
Due Thursday weekly vocabulary words
Due Friday Pg 31 in Religion workbook.