Monday, January 30, 2017

Reminders for the week of January 30

Here are a few reminders for this week:


1. Photo Shoot Day - Tuesday 1/31/17 all students in full uniform - no gym clothes.

The regional office will be re-doing the school website in the next few months and they are sending in a professional photographer oto take pictures of the students in the classrooms etc.

2. Wednesday February 1st Annual Speech Contest 10:00 AM parents invited 

3. Thursday February 2nd Report Card Distribution

3. Friday February 3rd  Feats of St. Blase - Mass at 9:00 AM Blessing of Throats will take place at Mass. Parents invited.

8th Grade Week of January 30

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ELA 

Monday- No ELA homework

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday-


Religion 

Monday chapter 12 assessment #'1-4

Tuesday- Complete the to T- Chart started in class.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

7th week of Grade January 30

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ELA

Monday- No ELA

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday-


Religion

Monday- Chapter 13 Assessment #1-4

Tuesday

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Friday

6th Grade week of January 30

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ELA

Monday- Workbook pg 96. #'s 1-3, 9-11, and 18-19

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday-

5th Grade week of January 30

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ELA

Monday- No Homework today

Tuesday- The google classroom assignment must be competed and turned in.

Wednesday

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Friday-

Monday, January 23, 2017

Dear Parents January week of 23

Dear Parents,

As of Monday January 23, there have been many changes made to the schedule.

1. The school day goes to 3:15 pm, Please refer to Mr. Woods' blog for more information.

2, I am no longer the 5 and 6 grade Religion teacher, Mrs. Ramsey is now their Religion teacher.

3. I am however the 7th and 8th grade Religion teacher.

4. 2/3/17 is report card night 3-8 pm. Please read the report card carefully, indications of summer school, retention, and behavior are important to be aware of and to be followed up on.

5. February 1, 2017 is the school speech contest 10 children will be presenting their speeches parents are welcomed to join.


8th grade week of January 23

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 Lesson plans are under construction due to changes in the schedule please look back to them later in the week so that they can be adjusted to the change.
Thank you,
Ms. Serewko


ELA

Monday - Make sure your essay on Equal Rights in the classroom has been posted to google classroom.


Tuesday - Worksheet given in class on dangling and misplace modifiers.


Wednesday - WB pg. 25


Thursday-


Friday-


Religion 

Monday-  Religion textbook pg 128 Activity- The challenges of the church.

Tuesday- no homework

Wednesday- By Feb 3, all Vocabulary works must be on index cards.

Thursday-

Friday_

7th Grade week of January 23

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 Lesson plans are under construction due to changes in the schedule please look back to them later in the week so that they can be adjusted to the change.
Thank you,
Ms. Serewko


ELA

Monday - No Homework


Tuesday - wb pg 33


Wednesday -No Homework


Thursday-


Friday-


Religion 

Monday- no homework

Tuesday- If classwork has not been finished you must finish it.

Wednesday- All vocabulary from chapter 1 to 13 must be on index cards by Feb 3.

Thursday-

Friday_

6th Grade week of January 23

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 Lesson plans are under construction due to changes in the schedule please look back to them later in the week so that they can be adjusted to the change.
Thank you,
Ms. Serewko


ELA

Monday - Link on google classroom, it is focused on reviewing phrases and clauses. I have also shared a video with you, if you find you are still a little confused please feel free to watch it for some clarification.


Tuesday - WB pg 110 #'s 1-3 AND pg 112 #'s 1-3 AND pg 113 #'s 1-3


Wednesday - Finish the classwork started to day on punctuation.


Thursday-


Friday-

5th Grade Week of January 23

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 Lesson plans are under construction due to changes in the schedule please look back to them later in the week so that they can be adjusted to the change.
Thank you,
Ms. Serewko


ELA

Monday - homework is a link on google classroom, it is focused on transitive and intransitive verbs. I've attached a video if you are struggling with the homework, it might clear up some issues.


Tuesday - WB pg 33


Wednesday - wb pg 78 #'s 1-4 and pg 79 #'s 1-4


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Friday-

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

January 16 reminders

 

Dear Parents,

There are a few things going on in the school this week:

First: Mr. Woods would like parents to know that there will be no HOT breakfast or lunch served for a number of weeks.  This is due to a gas problem that is being worked on with Con Edison.           Cereals, yogurt etc. will be available for breakfast. Sandwiches, salad and fruits will be available for lunch. New menus will be available by the end of week as adjustments are made to food deliveries etc.  If you have any questions please see Mr. Woods.


Second: Students will be taking their Midterms this week... 

Tuesday- Reading 
Wednesday- Math and ELA 
Thursday- Religion and Social Studies 
Friday- Science 

8th Grade Week of January 16

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ELA

Monday- No school

Tuesday-

Wednesday - ELA midterm

Thursday

Friday




7th Grade Week of January 16

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ELA

Monday- No school

Tuesday-

Wednesday - ELA midterm

Thursday

Friday




6th Grade Week of January 16

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ELA

Monday- No school

Tuesday-

Wednesday - ELA midterm

Thursday

Friday



Religion

Monday- No School

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday- Religion Midterm

Friday-

5th Grade Week of January 16

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ELA

Monday- No school

Tuesday-

Wednesday - ELA midterm

Thursday

Friday



Religion

Monday- No School

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday- Religion Midterm

Friday-


Wednesday, January 11, 2017

8th Grade Midterm review

GRADE 8: MODULE 1: UNIT 1: Building Background Knowledge:  War Coming Close to Home

·         cite text-based evidence that provides the strongest support for my analysis of literary text. (RL.8.1)
·         analyze how specific dialogue or incidents in a plot propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. (RL.8.3)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases (L.8.4)
·         cite text-based evidence that provides the strongest support for my analysis of literary text. (RL.8.1)
·         analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone (analogies or allusions). (RL.8.4)
·         can determine the meaning of words and phrases in literary text (figurative, connotative, and technical meanings) (RL.8.4)
·         determine the theme or central ideas of an informational text. (RI.8.2)
Vocabulary



 free verse poetry, stanza, cite evidence, incidents, meaning, tone, gist; lunar, glutinous, foretells, historical fiction, central idea, key incidents, informational text, historical fiction, context, calling card, wary, misread, spurned, tends, ruin, pacify, tumult, time was ripe, swept, asserted, kindled, appealed, to no avail, committed, containing, backed


Phrases 
Clauses 
Types of Sentences 
Types of Phrase 

7th Grade Midterm review

GRADE 7: MODULE 1: UNIT 1: OVERVIEW: Building Background Knowledge: Perspectives in Southern Sudan

·         determine the central ideas of a literary text. (RL.7.2)
·         analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of characters in a literary text. (RL.7.6)
·         can cite several pieces of text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.7.1)
·         recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama, ethically and artistically to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations. (RL.7.11)
·         select evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (W.7.9)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words or phrases. (L.7.4)
·         produce clear and coherent writing that is appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (W.7.4)
·         select evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (W.7.9)
Vocabulary
 scenario, determine, representation, central ideas, literary text; plains, route, cradle, analyze, develop, contrast, points of view, characters, determine, central ideas, text features; droned, herding, aimless , bush, rebels, infer; flicking, droned , herding, grazing , aimless, halted , backfiring , bush,  rebels, scattered, scrambled, hesitated, scurried, protested, objected

GRADE 7: MODULE 2B: UNIT 1: Reading Closely and Citing Evidence: Stories of Personal Identity Formation
·         objectively summarize a piece of text. (RI7.2)
·         analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text. (RI7.3)
·         analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text. (RI.7.3)
·         analyze the development of a central idea throughout the text. (RI.7.2)
·         can analyze the organization of an informational text (including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas. (RI.7.5)
·         cite several pieces of text-based evidence to support an analysis of informational text. (RI,7.1)
·         self-select text based on personal preferences. (RL.7.11a)
Vocabulary
 analysis, central idea, interaction, stereotype; atypical, conception, socialized, exacerbated , structure, central claim, reason, section; “rush of steam,” innit, heinous, “hot under the collar,” fallacy, linguist, Anglo-Saxon, disassociated, quadrative, appropriation, deploy, acronyms

Grammar
·         Function of Nouns, adjectives, and adverbs with in a sentence
·         Sentence variety
·         Clauses
·         Phrases  All phrases
·         Run-on sentences



6th Grade Midterm Review

Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero’s Journey
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases. (L.6.4)
·         describe how the characters change throughout a literary text. (RL.6.3)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         characters change throughout a literary text. (RL.6.3)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
Vocabulary
 gist, annotate, reflect; prophecy, fate, imprisoned, stunning, dreaded, writhing, best lines, assessment, gist, inference, context clues; dyslexic,  resent, stalk, broad, hallucination , archetype, align; cloven, pursue , pavilion , centaur, caduceus, patron

GRADE 6: MODULE 2A: 
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of informational text. (RI.6.1)
·         analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits in and contributes to the development of ideas in a text. (RI.6.5)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational texts. (RI.6.4)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational text. (RI.6.4)
·         summarize an informational text suing only information from the text. (RI.6.2)
·         write informative/explanatory texts that convey ideas and concepts using relevant information that is carefully selected and organized.  (W.6.2)
·         interpret figures of speech in context. (L.6.5a)
·         monologue
·         I can distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions). (L.6.5c)
Vocabulary
manor, obey, lords, peasants, livestock, famines, plagues, honorable, warrior, May Day, infants, maturity, falconry, adversities, feast days, whims, crusade, faith, trade, pilgrims, martyred, perished, atone
Grammar to focus on:
The function of nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives within sentences
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

Prepositions and prepositional phrases as adjectives and adverbs. 

5th Grade Midterm Review

GRADE 5: MODULE 1: UNIT 1:    Building Background Knowledge on Human Rights
  • ·         summarize portions of a text when reading  SL.5.2
  • ·         determine the meaning of content words or phrases in an informational text. (RI.4)
  • ·         determine the main idea(s) of an informational text based on key details. (RI.5.2)
  • ·         explain important connections between people, events, or ideas in an informational text accurately. (RI.5.3)
  • ·         use a variety of strategies to read grade appropriate words and phrases I don’t know. (RL.5.4)
  • ·         determine the meaning of academic words or phrases in an informational text. (RI.5.4)
  • ·         Greek and Latin affixes (prefixes) and roots as clues to help me know what a word means. (L.5.4)
  • ·         make inferences using quotes form the text (RI.5.1)


Vocabulary Words:
follow, participate, criteria, skills, human rights, define, summarize ,primary source, United Nations, dignity, equal, endowed, reason, conscience, brotherhood visual, relate, timeline, chronological, excluded, conflict, constitution, throughout, fundamental, inalienable, charter, reaffirms, dignity, upholding, promoting, and protecting.

GRADE 5: MODULE 2B: UNIT 1: Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Inventions That Changed People’s Lives
·         recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations.  (RL.5.11)
·         established criteria to categorize, select texts, and assess to make informed judgments about the quality of the pieces.
·         quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences. (RL.5.1)
·         analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.  (RL.5.7)
·         determine the meaning of unknown and multiple –meaning words and phrases based on fifth-grade reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.  (L.5.4)
·         use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
·         context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
·         determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases. (RI.5.4)
·         explain the relationship between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a scientific text based on specific information in the text.  (RI.5.3)
·         quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly. (RI.5.1)
·         compare and contrast the structure of information in two or more texts. (RI.5.5)

Vocabulary
technologies, societal needs, structure, visual elements, engage, support, complex, norms, locate,  discuss, genre, graphic novel, analyze, splash page, predictions, established criteria, select, close-up image, scenes, sequentially, random, passage (of time), locations explain, societal needs, quotes, compare, contrast, determine, context, opinion, reasons, evidence, credible, rely, struggled, realized, set (out to), transport, led, value

Grammar areas that were focused on during the two modules
·         Nouns and the way they function throughout a sentence
·         Adverbs and adjectives that compare
·         Sentence structure
·         Prepositions
·         Prepositional phrases
·         Prepositional phrases that are adjectives and adverbs. 



Religion

·         God is the source of all life
·         Teach Gloria: Praise for God (New Translation) [2015 5.2]
·         Definition of Sacrament
·         Signs and Symbols
·         The 7 Sacraments: Rites Form (essential words) Matter (signs & symbols)
·         Teach Prayer: Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries
·         Review- Joyful & Luminous Mysteries
·         SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION
·         Common Vocation: Holiness
·         Common Mission: Evangelization
·         Baptism: Rite Form (essential words) Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister
·         Confirmation: Rite Form (essential words) Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister
·         Evangelist
·         Confirmation
·         The Eucharist: Rite Form (essential words)  Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister
·         Act of Love
·         Understanding the Christmas Season
·         SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

·         Penance: Rite Form (essential words)  Matter (signs & symbols) Scripture & Minister

Monday, January 9, 2017

Week of January 9 Reminders

Dear Parents,

Here are a few reminders for the week of January 9th....

1. Please make sure you are look at your child's google classroom. The bulk of their work is being posted on google classroom. We are using it almost everyday.

2. Speeches have started. If your child did not upload their work it was marked as not complete and they received a zero.

3. Midterms start next week on Tuesday, stay tune to the blog for the study guides.

8th Grade week of January 9

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ELA

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7th Grade week of January 9

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ELA

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6th Grade Week of January 9

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ELA

Monday- No ELA homework today

Tuesday

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Friday


Religion

Monday- Chapter 12 Vocabulary words on Index cards, You should be studying each day.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

5th Grade Week of January 9

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ELA

Monday- No Homework today in ELA

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday


Religion

Monday- Focus on Conformation. What is the background of conformation, the signs and symbols, and the importance of Conformation. This is due on L.L. by Wednesday.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Week of January 2 Reminders


All Students in 5-8 grade have their speech project due January 9, not top of the speeches being posted on google classroom, they must have the speeches memorized and ready to present. I have been posting and reminding, not only you, but your children as well. If this speech is not in your child will receive 3 zeros. THERE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE!

If your child has not already started their speech it would be in their best interest to begin it.

1. It is a 3-5 minute memorized speech.

2. This speech must be in their own words, this shouldn't be to hard being that its based on their understanding of a hero.

3. there is a cut off time on google classroom, LATE, is the same as NOT COMPLETE.

4. If your child for some reason is sick the day the project is due they are still expect to have it posted on google classroom, and will be expected to present their first day back to class, if winners are already chosen for the speech contest, they loose the chance to be apart of the contest held downstairs.

5. Goggle classroom can be worked on from any device there is no excuses.

8th Grade Week of January 2

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ELA

Monday - No School

Tuesday- no Homework
Wednesday- students must complete the argument worksheet attached to their Google classrooms.

Thursday

Friday



7th grade Week of January 2

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ELA

Monday - No School

Tuesday-  Please complete work attached on Goggle classroom, it will be labeled, dangling and misplaced modifiers homework.

Wednesday- Workbook pg 48 #'s 1-10 Question and answer

Thursday

Friday




6th Grade Week of January 2

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ELA

Monday - No School

Tuesday- Make sure Thought Question is complete from today's Achieve 3000 article.

Wednesday- eELA workbook pg 100 question and answer

Thursday

Friday



Religion

Monday - No School

Tuesday- Chapter 9 Review test pg 118 in textbook, Question and answer.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Students should be studying their Religion vocabulary flash cards at least 15 minutes a day. The have all the vocabulary from chapters 1-11 completed.

5th Grade week of January

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ELA

Monday- No School.

Tuesday- ELA workbook pg 76 #1-10 ( Question and Answer)

Wednesday- No Homework today

Thursday

Friday



Religion

Monday- No school

Tuesday- Chapter 9 Review test pg 118 in textbook ( question and answer)

Wednesday- read pages 120- 121 in the Religion text book. Take notes on the important information found within your reading. Do this in your RELIGION CLASSWORK  NOTEBOOK

Thursday

Friday



Students should be studying their Religion vocabulary flash cards at least 15 minutes a day. The have all the vocabulary from chapters 1-11 completed.