Reminder to parents

1.  If homework is not handed in the day it is due it cannot be made up and the   students is given detention.

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 students are absent the day a project is due it is to be handed in the day they return to school.

8. All books must be covered. If  books are not covered the student will have detention.

Weekly Vocabulary

paraphrase: A restatement in one’s own words that stays true to the ideas, tone, and general length of the original passage.

point of view: Vantage point from which a writer presents information, which may include the writer’s biases and stereotypical beliefs.

figurative language: Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally and is used to state ideas in vivid and imaginative ways.  Examples:  metaphor, personification, simile.

tone:The writer’s attitude toward his/her subject or audience.  If the writer’s purpose is to inform, the tone is usually serious, calm, and reasonable.

transition: A connecting word or phrase that clarifies relationship between details, sentences, or paragraphs.

8th Grade

Lessons
ELA




Homework


Test
Tuesday Verb test
Friday spelling unit3

7th Grade

Lessons
ELA




Homework


Test
Tuesday Verb test
Friday spelling unit3

6th Grade

Lessons
ELA

Religion



Homework
Due 10/4 Proposal for Religion fair


Test
Tuesday Religion chapter 2 test
Wednesday Verb test
Friday spelling unit3

5th Grade

Lessons
ELA

Religion



Homework
Due 10/5 Proposal for Religion fair


Test
Tuesday Religion chapter 2 test
Wednesday Verb test
Friday spelling unit3

All Classes

All classes must bring in an article talking about a person/ group of people giving up their time to help others. They can find this article from the internet, newspaper, or magazine. This must be handed in Thursday 9/29.

Weekly Vocabulary 9/26/11

main idea The writer’s most important point, opinion, or message. 

conclusion A factual statement based on several related facts or ideas.

summary A brief statement of the main ideas and significant supporting details presented in a piece of writing. 

thesis statement A statement in one of two sentences that represents the controlling idea or focus of an essay; also called purpose or position.

concrete language Writing that is literal and descriptive.  Used to state ideas in vivid, imaginative ways.

5th Grade

Lessons
ELA
Religion



Homework
Religion Due 9/28 Pg. 35 activity



Test
Religion Vocabulary words Thursday 

6th Grade

Lessons
ELA
Religion



Homework
ELA workbook pa 56 answers only



Test
Religion Vocabulary words Thursday

7th Grade

ELA
Lessons




Homework
 text pg 178 6-15 questions and answers



Test

8th Grade

ELA
Lessons




Homework
workbook pg 36 #' 1-12 questions and answers

text pg 371 exercise 2 1-10 questions and answers

Test

Weekly vocabulary.

 verb:  Is a word (part of speech) that conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).

Linking verbs: Verbs that do not show action; instead, the linking verb renames or describes the subject.

Action verbs: express action by describing the behavior of a person, place or thing. They may

describe physical or mental actions.

Auxiliary verbs:  which are sometimes called helping verbs, act as helpers to other verbs. They

appear in front of action verbs and linking verbs.

A transitive verb always has a noun that receives the action of the verb.

8th Grade

Lessons
ELA

Weekly test

Nouns test Monday 9/20
Spelling unit 2 Friday 9/23

Homework

Workbook pg 35 questions and answers. 

7th Grade

Lesson

ELA

Weekly test

Noun test Tuesday 9/20
Spelling unit 2 Friday 9/23

Homework

6th Grade

Lessons
 ELA

Religion

Weekly test
Noun test Tuesday 9/20
Religion test Tuesday 9/20
Spelling Unit 2 Friday 9/23


Homework

Religion Workbook pg.7 

5th Grade

Lessons

ELA

Religion

Weekly test
Religion chapter 1 test Tuesday 9/20
Nouns test Monday 9/19
Singular & plural nouns
Common & proper

Homework
For Thursday students must have a news paper article.
pg. 389 ex 1 #'s1-8 Questions and answers. 

Weekly vocabulary

Proper nouns are words that name a specific person, place, thing or idea. Proper nouns are capitalized so the reader can tell them apart from common nouns.

Common nouns do not name a specific person, place, thing or idea. Common nouns are not capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title.

Possessive nouns show that something is owned or possessed. Possessive nouns most often are paired with nouns. The possessive form of a noun is formed by adding an apostrophe (') or an apostrophe and s ('s).

A concrete noun is something that can be perceived by one of the five senses. Fish, perfume, grapes, smoke, silk, velvet, finger, music, and coffee.

An abstract noun is something that cannot be perceived by any of the five senses.Jealousy, anger, friendship, habit, manners, sympathy, and promise.

5th Grade ELA

Weekly lessons
ELA

Religion

Homework
Workbook pg 1 question and answers due 3/14

Test:
Religion test Friday  Moved to Monday 9/19 to insure all topics are covered. 
spelling test Friday

6th Grade ELA

Weekly lesson
Religion

ELA

Homework
Workbook pg. 5 answers only due Wednesday 9/14
Due 9/21 : Response to: How can I give myself to others.
Students must research a person who has given up their time to help others, what did that person do, and how can they be more like that person. They must print out a picture of their person, and attach the their writing to the picture.

Test
Religion test Friday
Spelling unit 1 Friday

7th Grade ELA

Weekly lessons


Homework


Test:
Spelling unit 1 Friday
Noun and Verb quiz Thursday

8th Grade ELA

Weekly lessons:


Homework:


Test:  Spelling unit 1 test Friday
Noun and verb quiz on Thursday