Monday, December 13, 2010

Midterms Study guides

Students will be given the topics that they need to review for the midterms. IF your child has taken notes on what we have learned so far all they will need to study from is their notebook.
This is a website that will help your child with extra review

Directions: Have your child select the grade level and grammar skill that they will be working on. 6-12th grade is in the same category ,do not fear, do the same thing when you get to the worksheets. 6th graders do worksheet 1, 7th graders do worksheet 2, and 8th graders do worksheet 3. The website will give them review worksheet, compete the worksheets and then have your child look over the answer keys. Doing this will give your child the opportunity  to see were he/she is having trouble . When we come back from break your children should have questions on the work they have reviewed.
:
http://www.ezschool.com/

Weekly Lessons December 14-17

ELA

5th

6th

7th

8th

Religion

5th

6th

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Weekly Assigments

5th ELA/ Religion
Monday- Students must address a envelope correctly

6th ELA/ Religion
Religion Tuesday: Students must compare and contrast the movie The Prince of Egypt to the Bible story of
Moses


7th ELA
Students must learn Away in a Manger.

8th ELA

Weekly Test

Due to changes in last weeks schedule most classes were not able to take their ELA test. The tests were moved to this week. Students were informed of this last week and they were told the days that  the test were moved to.
5th ELA Tuesday
6th ELA Tuesday
7th ELA Tuesday
8th ELA Wednesday

5th Religion Wednesday

Extra Reminders

The school SPELLING BEE competition is Thursday 9, 2011. Each class has two representatives that will be apart of the competition. Remind  your children to look over the list of words.

Reminders

1.       If homework is not handed in the day it is due it cannot be made up and the students is given dentition.
2.       Tests are not to be taken in pencil. If a student wants to use pencil to do homework, and take class notes that is acceptable.
3.       When children are given a research paper, if they copy and paste their work from a web site they will receive a 0 for their paper. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
4.       If a student wants extra help, I am always willing to help. They must take it upon themselves to come to me and ask.
5.       It is the students’ job to copy down their homework and test. Students are never given TEST without ample time to study. If they do not write it down when they are told about it, it is their own fault.
6.       If a student is absent the day before a test that does not excuse them from the test. Students are well aware of the test they will be having everyweek, not only  do I tell them the test are  posted.
7.  If a student is absent it is their job to find out what they have missed and to make up the work.

Weekly Vocabulary


Personification is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
For example: The window winked at me. The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is a non-living object.

Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.

Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

Imagery involves one or more of your five senses (hearing, taste, touch, smell, sight).

Repetition is when you have a word and use it more than once.

December 6-10 Weekly Lessons

ELA

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6th Grade

Sunday, November 28, 2010

SPELLING BEE

This week starts 5th, 6th , 7th , and 8th's in class Spelling Bee. Students should review: http://www2.sharonherald.com/herald/nie/spellb/spelllist1.html . This is a list of spelling words that they will find helpful when reviewing for the Spelling Bee.

Reminders

1.       If homework is not handed in the day it is due it cannot be made up and the students is given dentition.
2.       Tests are not to be taken in pencil. If a student wants to use pencil to do homework, and take class notes that is acceptable.
3.       When children are given a research paper, if they copy and paste their work from a web site they will receive a 0 for their paper. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
4.       If a student wants extra help, I am always willing to help. They must take it upon themselves to come to me and ask.
5.       It is the students’ job to copy down their homework and test. Students are never given TEST without ample time to study. If they do not write it down when they are told about it, it is their own fault.
6.       If a student is absent the day before a test that does not excuse them from the test. Students are well aware of the test they will be having everyweek, not only  do I tell them the test are  posted.
7.  If a student is absent it is their job to find out what they have missed and to make up the work.

Weekly test

5th
ELA test on Thursday comparative and superlative adjectives.

Religion: Test on Confirmation

6th

ELA Thursday all type of pronouns.

7th
ELA  Thursday simple, compound, and complex sentences.

8th
ELA Thursday adverb and adjective clauses

Weekly Vocabulary

Exodus: the biblical word describing the Israelites' departure from slavery to freedom.

Passover: The event in which God passes over the whole of Egypt, taking the lives of every firstborn Egyptian and sparing the Israelites

Introductory Rites: The part of the Mass that unites Catholics  as a community; it prepares them  to hear God's word ans celebrate the Eucharist.

Liturgy of the Word: the part of the mass in which we listen and respond to God's word; we profess our faith and pray for all people in need.

Consecration: the part of the Eucharistic prayer when, the power of the Holy Spirit and through the words and actions of the priest, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.

Weekly Assignments

All classes will be having a in class Spelling Bee

5th Grade 
Monday: Text page 241 questions 11- 15 questions and answers. If classwork was not finished they must complete it for homework.

6th

7th Grade
Monday: Text Page 465 B questions and answers

8th Grade
Monday: text 487 11- 15 questions and answers. If classwork was not finished it should be completed for homework.

Weekly Lessons

ELA

5th Grade
6th  Grade
7th Grade
8th  Grade

Religion

5th Grade
6th  Grade

Monday, November 22, 2010

Reminders

1.       If homework is not handed in the day it is due it cannot be made up and the students is given dentition.
2.       Tests are not to be taken in pencil. If a student wants to use pencil to do homework, and take class notes that is acceptable.
3.       When children are given a research paper, if they copy and paste their work from a web site they will receive a 0 for their paper. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
4.       If a student wants extra help, I am always willing to help. They must take it upon themselves to come to me and ask.
5.       It is the students’ job to copy down their homework and test. Students are never given TEST without ample time to study. If they do not write it down when they are told about it, it is their own fault.
6.       If a student is absent the day before a test that does not excuse them from the test.
7.  If a students is absent it is their job to find out what they have missed and to make up the work.

Week Test

5th Grade will have their unit 4 spelling test Tuesday.

7th Grade will have their unit 4 spelling test Tuesday.

8th Grade will have their unit 4 spelling test Tuesday.

Weekly Assignments November 22-24

5th Grade
Monday: test book page 239 Practice B 15-19 question and answers.
 Tuesday: With the picture that was created in, students have to write 2 paragraphs explaining how it represents advent. This is due Monday 11/29 when we get back from vacation.
6th Grade
Monday:  Bake sale is tomorrow Tuesday 11/ 23 everything must be in for the sale
Tuesday:
7th Grade
Monday:  Text page 17 practice B question and answers.

8th Grade
Monday: 8th Practice A 6-10 questions and answers

Weekly Lessons November 22-24

ELA

5th

6th

7th

8th
Religion
5th

6th

Monday, November 15, 2010

Reminders

1.       If homework is not handed in the day it is due it cannot be made up and the students is given dentition.
2.       Tests are not to be taken in pencil. If a student wants to use pencil to do homework, and take class notes that is acceptable.
3.       When children are given a research paper, if they copy and paste their work from a web site they will receive a 0 for their paper. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
4.       If a student wants extra help, I am always willing to help. They must take it upon themselves to come to me and ask.
5.       It is the students’ job to copy down their homework and test. Students are never given TEST without ample time to study. If they do not write it down when they are told about it, it is their own fault.
6.       If a student is absent the day before a test that does not excuse them from the test.

Weekly Lessons

ELA
5th grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6th Grade

Weekly Test

5th will have a spelling test on Tuesday unit 4 words. They will also have a grammar test on Friday (Adjectives).

6th will have have a grammar test Friday (Transitive and intransitive verbs). They will also have a UNIT test on Friday all of unit 1 (students were given a outline to study)

7th Students will have a grammar test on Friday (adverbs).

8th will have a grammar test on Friday (pronouns).

Weekly Assignments

5th
Monday
Tuesday: Religion test page 103 we respond.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

6th
Monday
Tuesday Students have to write their drafts to their haiku in notebook due Friday 11/19. Religion Students have to summarize the story of the Israelites, and explain how it was a unjust.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

7th
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday


8th
Monday
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Students must finish 1-13 from spelling  in notebooks and than on L.L. they must answer 14-25 answers only.
Thursday
Friday

Weekly Vocabulary November 15-19

subconscious: The part of the mind below the level of conscious perception

forewarned:  give fair warning

postpone:  To delay until a future time; put off.

tactile: Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

obligate: To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Weekly Assignments

Monday 11/8/10
5th Grade
ELA: Students have five sentences they have to answer. With their sentences they must add a adjective or adjective clause to make the sentence more interesting.  Students must rewrite the sentences with their answers.
Religion: During class students created 6 questions about conformation. These questions were switched with their classmates; they must answer the set of questions they received for homework on a separate sheet of loose leaf.  

6th Grade
Religion: Students must come up with how they would make the story of Joseph into a play.
7th Grade
ELA: text page 352 question and answers; students must tell weather the  verb is : manner, time, or place.

Week Test

5th grade will be having their unit 4 spelling test Tuesday 11/9/10. they were introduced to their words 11/1/10
7th Grade will have their unit 4 spelling test on Friday 11/12/10
8th Grade will have their unit 4 spelling test on 11/12/10

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Weekly Lessons

ELA

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6th Grade

Weekly Vocabulary

PLAGIARIZE : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source.

Covenant: the agreement between God and the ancient Israelites, in which God promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him.

Procrastinate: to put off till another day or time; defer; delay

Endure: to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo.

Abrupt: sudden or unexpected

Reminders

1.       If homework is not handed in the day it is due it cannot be made up and the students is given dentition.
2.       Tests are not to be taken in pencil. If a student wants to use pencil to do homework, and take class notes that is acceptable.
3.       When children are given a research paper, if they copy and paste their work from a web site they will receive a 0 for their paper. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
4.       If a student wants extra help, I am always willing to help. They must take it upon themselves to come to me and ask.
5.       It is the students’ job to copy down their homework and test. Students are never given TEST without ample time to study. If they do not write it down when they are told about it, it is their own fault.
6.       If a student is absent the day before a test that does not excuse them from the test.

Students projects

5th grade saint projects due Thursday 11/10/10
                The 5th grade has to write a 1 page research paper, on a saint of their choice. This paper must include: year the saint was born, information on the saint’s childhood, reasons why that saint was canonized, year they died, and year they were canonized.  They also have to draw a picture of their saint and surround the saint with images that they were known for. For example: if they choose a saint that is known for watching over children, they may want to draw someone looking over a class.                       Due Wednesday 11/10/10

7th grade students are working in their groups on their advertisement project.
                The students are working in groups of 3 or 4 to create a product that has never been seen before.  They have to make an advertisement, write a paper, and create the product. The advertisement, and product, is what the students will be presenting to the class. The paper will have to explain what the product does, what age group it is appropriate for, what makes it different from other products, and  what made them choose this product.  As an extra the students will be able to make a commercial.  If the group decides to create one, it MUST be handed in to me 2 days before the complete project is due for approval.  Paper Due Friday 11/12/10 Complete project:  Due Monday 11/15/10

8th grade How-To
                The 8th grade students are working on a how-to essay. The students were able to choose anything they could teach the class how –to create.  Students will have to demonstrate step-by-step to the class their creation. If students are making food they must bring it in already cooked.  Along with the already prepared food students must bring in all the raw materials, so that they can show the class what they did to have their final product.  Due Friday 11/12/10
               

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

weekly assignments

Test for the week

5th grade: religion test Wednesday chapter 5

6th: there is a religion test on Wednesday chapter 5

7th grammar test on Wednesday

8th grammar test on Wednesday

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Weekly Vocabulary

This week students will be having  a vocabulary test on all the words they have learned so far. It is their job to look back at all the words they have learned and study them. The test will be on Thursday.

Weekly lessons

ELA

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6th Grade

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Homework

5th grade:
Monday: spelling page 25 1-18
Tuesday : Religion page 73 the We Respond L.L.
Wednesday: NO ELA TODAY
Thursday:
Friday: Students must memorize their poems

6th grade
Monday:No ELA today
Tuesday: page 25 6-18 questions and answers
Wednesday page 355 in ela text book 16-22 questions and answers.
Thursday
Friday: Students must memorize their poems.

7th Grade
Monday
Tuesday: Finish class work
Wednesday:
Thursday: Saint Report is due.
Friday: Students must memorize their poems

8th Grade
Monday
Tuesday:page 25 in spelling text 1-25 question and answer.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday: students must memorize poems.

POEMS

Students must memorize their poems, students received their number Assignment during class. Each Grade will start on Monday they have this whole week and weekend to memorize their poems.

5th and 6th poems
1. http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/in_the_bleak_mid_winter.htm
2. http://www.scrapbook.com/poems.php?mode=doc&id=6308
3. http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html

7th and 8th poems
1. http://www.bartleby.com/246/846.html
2. http://www.bartleby.com/142/193.html
3. http://www.bartleby.com/188/119.html

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Weekly Vocabulary

Incarnation: the truth that the Son of God became a man.

Salvation: the forgiveness of sins and the restoring of friendship with God.

Steward:  a person who is given both the authority over what he or she cares for and the responsibility for seeing that it lives and grows.

Patriarch: a father, or founder, of a clan, a group of related families.

Canaan: an area in western Palestine that included most of present-day Israel.

Weekly Lessons

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th

6th

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Religion homework

Due on loose leaf 6th Grade

What do you think is “off” weird about the way Mr. Derby interacts with the girls? If you were Jose and Susan told you her secret what would you do?

5th Due tomorrow in loose leaf

What do you think is weird about the relationship between Mr. Derby and the girls? Do you think that if Susan was to tell you her secret what would you do?

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Assignments

5th Grade has a grammar test on Thursday.

6th Grade has a grammar test on Wednesday and Friday their saint projects are due on Thursday.
homework due Tuesday PAGE Practice A questions 6-15 questions and answers.

7th Grade students will have a grammar test on Tuesday and Thursday they will also have to have research on a saint in by Wednesday.

8th Grade will have a grammar test on Tuesday and on Thursday

Weekly vocabulary

Plethora: A very large amount of something or number of things, especially an excessive amount
Uproar: a loud or noisy disturbance.

Formal:  done or carried out in accordance with established or prescribed rules
Expand: explain or describe something more fully, usually by giving more detail.
Fundamental: relating to or affecting the underlying principles or structure of something

Weekly Lesson October 18-22

5th grade

6th grade

7th grade

8th grade

Religion

5th grade

6th grade

Monday, October 11, 2010

Weekly Vocabulary

1. Canonize: To declare somebody as a saint.
2. Beseech: To ask earnestly or beg somebody to do something.
3. Memoir: a biography or an account of historical events, especially one written from personal knowledge.
4. Orthodox: a follower of traditional or established beliefs or rules, or a member of an Orthodox denomination.
5. Persist: to continue steadily or obstinately despite problems, difficulties, or obstacles.

Reminder to parents

1. If homework is not handed in the day it is due the students will receive a detention.
2. If students do not follow direction when writing their papers they cannot receive full credit. When the directions say to write 4 paragraphs and each paragraph has 6 sentences, I am expecting to see that in your child's work.

Weekly Assignments October

5th Grade
Students will be working on their Snap Shots this week.

6th Grade
Students will have to research a saint, they must have information for class on Wednesday.  If students have their information on their flash drives it will not be accepted, the information must be printed out for class.

7th Grade
Students will have a spelling test on Wednesday, they will  also have a grammar test on Thursday.

8th Grade
Students will have a grammar test on Thursday.

Weekly Lessons for October 12-15

ELA

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6th Grade

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Assignments 10/4-10/8

All classes will have their spelling test on Friday.

6th Grade Religion will have a chapter 3 and 4 test on Friday

5th Grade Religion test on Wednesday chapter 3

Weekly vocabulary

Collaborate: working with others
Rival: competing person or group
Sincerity:  honesty and genuine
Skepticism: doubting attitude
Remorse:  a strong feeling of guilt and regret

weekly lessons 10/4-10/8

5 Grade ELA

6 Grade ELA

7 Grade ELA

8 Grade ELA

Religion

5 Grade

6 Grade

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Weekly vocabulary

Acquire: to get or obtain possession of something
Endure: bear hardship
Irate: very angry
Ponder: to think about something carefully over a period of time
Subtle: slight and not obvious

Lessons September 27-October 1

ELA

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6th Grade

Monday, September 20, 2010

Weekly Lesson

ELA
5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Religion

5th Grade

6 Grade

Vocabulary September 20-25th

Distraught:  extremely upset and distressed (adjective)
Mortify:  to make someone feel deeply ashamed and humiliated (verb)
Homage: a show of reverence and respect towards somebody ( noun)
Negligent:  habitually carless or irresponsible (adjective)
Bewilder:  to confuse somebody (verb)

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!

ELA test for Grades 5-8
5th Grade study
Pages 60, 61, 64, 65, 124, and 125
Nouns, common and proper nouns, and tenses of verbs

6th Grade
Pages 62-65, and 116-119
Nouns, common and proper nouns, verbs, and Linking verbs
7th Grade
Pages 56-61, and 176-183
Nouns, common and proper nouns, making nouns plural, tenses of verbs, and Irregular verbs
8th Grade
Pages 58-63, and 182-189
Nouns, common and proper nouns, making nouns plural, tenses of verbs, and irregular verbs

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

September 14th homework

5th Grade
Page 125 part C
* For all who did NOT finish their writing, it MUST be finished tonight, along with tonight's homework. 
6th Grade
Pages 117 C and 119 B
7th Grade
Page 183 C
8th Grade
Page 184 C                                                                                                                                                                         *If you have not finished page 188 B make sure you finish it.


Monday, September 13, 2010

September 13 Homework

ELA
5th Grade
Finish the writing assignment on L.L.


6th Grade
No ELA today Gym class


7th Grade

World of Language text book page 119 C and page 179 C

8th Grade
 Finish the writing assignment on L.L.

6 th Grade Religion
answer in your note book,
1. what does divine inspiration have to do with the Bible?

2. why is tradition important as an element of our faith?

Vocabulary

1. Inquire (verb): To ask something



2. Revert(verb) : To go back to previous state


3. Concept (noun): Something thought or imagined.


4. Facilitate(verb): To make easier


5. Banter(noun): good-natured teasing

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Thursday night's ELA homework

ELA Review on Nouns


5 Grade ELA
pg. 61 section C
pg. 63 section C

6 Grade ELA
pg. 63 section C
pg. 65 section C
pg  69 section B


8 Grade ELA
pg 59 section C
pg 61 section C
pg 63 section D

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Welcome

Dear Parents/Guardians


I am your child’s ELA teacher, and I am delighted to have your child in my class this year. I am looking forward to a very successful year and I know you are too. I have high expectations for your child and I will do all that I can to help your child achieve those expectations.

Your support will have a positive influence on your child’s learning. During the year if there is a need to discuss your child’s progress or if a problem arise, please feel free to write a note or call the school for an appointment.

Regarding the grading policy in my class, your child is expected to complete his/her assignments daily. Each student will be supplied with an assignment book. It will be their responsibility to record their daily work in this book. This book will enable you to track on your child’s daily assignments.

I hope by working together we can create a great opportunity for your child’s development.



Sincerely,

Julia Serewko

Monday, September 6, 2010

Supply List

5,6 and 8 Grade                                5&6 Grade Religion
3 marble composition notebooks                                  1 marble composition note book
2 folders two pockets
2 pack of loose leaf paper
   #2 pencils
     Blue or Black pens
2 red pens

7 Grade
1 family-size (rectangular) boxes of tissues
1 roll of paper towel
1 containers of Clorox wipes (35ct.)
1 8oz. pump bottle of antibacterial liquid hand soap
3 marble composition notebooks
2 folders two pockets
2 pack of loose leaf paper
1 flash drive
  #2 Pencils
    Blue or Black Pens
2 red pens