Reminders

Speech Contest

Students 5-8^th grades have started on the speech contest. Their topics have been handed in and accepted. It is now their job to research their invention, all of their research is due this Friday, the 21^st.  This is to make sure that the students are able to work on their speeches in class.

weekly vocabulary

Invention (noun): A new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship.

Participation (noun): The fact of taking part, as in some action or attempt: participation in a celebration.

Diversity: The state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness.

Idiom: (noun): An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket  or hang one's head 

Paraphrase(noun): A restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.

Lesson Plans

ELA
8th
7th
6th
5th
Religion
5th
6th

Religion midterms 6th and 5th grade

 Midterm topics  click midterm topic for link.

Weekly Assignments

5th
Monday : page 341 in ELA test practice A questions and answers

6th
Monday: page 405 practice a questions and answers

7th

8th
Monday: page 476 practice b questions and answers

Weekly Lessons

ELA
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Religion
5th Grade
6th Grade

topics for ELA midterms

 ELA

midterm review 5^th grade

1.      Nouns: common and proper, possessive nouns ( singular and plural)

2.      Parts of a friendly letter

3.      Contractions

4.      Verb: irregular, tenses(good, bad)

5.      Pronouns: singular, plural pronouns, and possessive pronouns

6.      Adjectives : articles A, an, and the, adjectives to compare. Comparative and superlative adjectives.

7.      Capitalization  (12/ 8)

8.      4 types of sentences.

Midterm review 6^th grade.

1.                  Nouns : common, proper, abstract and, concrete nouns

3.                  When to add es ies s

4.                  Verbs :   Subject verb Agreement, verbs with direct object, verb tenses, and  Transitive and intransitive verbs

5.                  Compound words

6.              Conjunctions

7.                  The parts of a letter (friendly)  

8.                Haiku  5,7,5 =17

9.              Pronouns:  Subject and object pronoun, and  Personal pronouns 

midterm review 7^th grade

Noun

Common and proper

Verbs

Tenses of verbs

Irregular verbs

Adjectives

Comparative forms

Superlative forms

Be do have

Four kinds of sentences

Adverbs

Time manner place

Prepositions

Phrase

Aim midterm review 8^th grade

1.      Nouns : common, and proper

2.      Verbs: tenses ( good, bad)direct objects

3.      Adverbs: manner, and time

4.      Prepositions phrases, adjective, adverbs.

5.      Pronouns: personal, possessive

6.      Adjective and adverb clauses

7.      Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.