Homework for the Week of May 20th

6th Grade:      Students are continuing their M.A.R.E  projects this week.  They will be planning and then typing their stories into MyAccess.

The following HW pages are available in the weekly Spelling words packets that are distributed on Mondays. 

           Monday -- p69

           Tuesday -- p70           

           Wednesday -p71
           Thursday --   Study for test

           Friday -- spelling test

7th Grade: Students will be continuing their M.A.R.E. projects while working with a partner. They will start organizing and planning their story.

8th Grade: Students will be continuing their Washington, D.C. research papers this week.  They will be researching a monument or museum that we will be visiting on the coming class trip.

 Home work for the week:               
                Thursday -- 12 Note cards (9 paraphrases and 3 quotes) and at least 3 source cards should be finished before class today

       

Homework for the week of May 13th!!!

6th Grade:      Students are starting their M.A.R.E  projects this week!  They will be researching an island of their choosing to use as the setting for a narrative story!

The following HW pages are available in the weekly Spelling words packets that are distributed on Mondays. 

           Monday -- p65

           Tuesday -- p66           

           Wednesday -p67
           Thursday --   Study for test

           Friday -- spelling test

7th Grade: Students will be starting their M.A.R.E. projects this week.  They will be researching a coral reef creature and then writing a creative and informative children's story about their creatures with a partner.

The following pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 7 Work Book.
            Monday --   Section 13D      
            Tuesday --Section 13E

            Wednesday --  Study words
           Thursday -- Study words
            Friday -- Vocab test

8th Grade: Students will be starting their Washington, D.C. research papers this week.  They will be researching a monument or museum that we will be visiting on the coming class trip.

 The following pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 7 Work Book.            Monday --   Section 13D      
            Tuesday --Section 13E

            Wednesday --  Study words
           Thursday -- Study words
            Friday -- Vocab test

Week of May 6th!

Good luck to the 5th and 6th graders taking the NJASK this week!  I will miss you little buggers! Good luck to the 6th Grade Archers as well!

7th Grade:  These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 7 Work Book.
            Monday --   Section 13A      
            Tuesday --Section 13B and 13C

            Wednesday -- 

            Thursday -- Good luck to the Archers!!!!

            Friday -- Vocab test NEXT Friday 

8th Grade: These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 8 Work Book.
            Monday --   Section 13A      
            Tuesday --Section 13B and 13C

            Wednesday -- 

            Thursday -- Good luck to the Archers!!!!

            Friday -- Vocab test NEXT Friday 

Week of April 22nd!!!

6th Grade:        Same packet of words as last week.    

           Monday -- 5 spelling word sentences

           Tuesday -- 5 spelling word sentences            

            Wednesday -5 spelling word sentences

            Thursday -- 5 spelling word sentences            

            Friday -- spelling test

7th Grade:   No HW this week. Vocab tests will be returned Tuesday.

8th Grade: No vocab HW this week, but I will have the students take home a writing packet for Thursday.  Vocab tests will be returned Wednesday.

                      Thursday -- Self-timed 30 Min. Expository prompt response

Week of April 15th!

6th Grade:            

           Monday -- Poetweet/Twaiku
           Tuesday -- p61
            Wednesday -p62

            Thursday --p63
            Friday -- spelling test

7th Grade:  These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 7 Work Book.
            Monday --   Section 12C       
            Tuesday --Section 12D
            Wednesday -- Section 12 E

            Thursday -- Study words
            Friday -- Vocab test

8th Grade: These pages are found in the Wordly Wise Book 8 Work Book.
       Monday --   Section 12C       
            Tuesday --Section 12D

            Wednesday -- Section 12E

            Thursday -- Study words
            Friday -- Vocab test

Welcome Back!!! Week of April 8th:

Well I hope everyone is well rested!  The rest of the year is going to go by like a flash, so don't blink!  It's April... which is also known as Poetry Month!  Everyone will get a little taste of poetry this month to help spice up our test prepping.

6th Grade:  We'll be working on paraphrasing this week.  For our mini-research paper students will be showing me their paraphrasing skills in writing a body paragraph.  Then, next week, we will start back up with our spelling test routine and get down with some NJASK test prep. 

7th Grade:  We'll be working on reviewing what's essential in expository writing. 
Homework:  Wednesday-- Week 12 Vocab Section A; Thursday -- Week 12 Vocab Section B
Friday the 19th will be the day of our Week 12 Vocab TEST.

8th Grade:  We'll be working on reviewing what's essential in responding to a quote response through creating a power point presentation
Homework:  Wednesday-- Week 12 Vocab Section A; Thursday -- Week 12 Vocab Section B
Friday the 19th will be the day of our Week 12 Vocab TEST.

Week of March 25th -- Spring Break is a'comin'!

6th Grade: No Homework this week.  Students will be learning about how to research information from different sources.  The Belvidere Library trip will be tomorrow, March 26th.  Students will be finding a book for their research paper to gather information from.


7th Grade:   No Homework this week.  Students will be reviewing how to write quote responses by responding to quotes from famous women in our history.

8th Grade:        No Homework this week.  Students will be reviewing how to write quote responses by responding to quotes from famous women in our history.