Homework & ASSIGNMENts
Rising 6th graders - Class of 2017! Welcome to middle school! I look forward to meeting you all in August!
You need to be prepared - so you must work on your summer packet. There will be plenty of rainy days to work on it - or days when you are just bored.
Required Reading
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Create a collage or poster board that illustrates the DIVERSITY OF CULTURE in our nation and the struggle for equality.
Collage should contain words and photos
Some pictures (not all) should contain images of the 1960's Civil Rights Movement, Immigration, Latino American leaders etc.
Please make sure that if you cut and paste or print pictures that you CITE THE SOURCE!
March 3-7
Vocabulary Lesson 12 - activites A-F and QUIZ on Friday
Grammar Practice book pp
THEME PROJECT: My Playlist is due March 14th
/uploads/2/4/4/7/24475462/theme_project___playlist.docx
February 24-28
Vocabulary Lesson 11 - activities A-F and Quiz due Thursday
Grammar Practice pp 45-48 due Thursday
Expository Essay and Outline - due 2/25 (handwritten not typed)
THEME of MY LIFE PLAYLIST Project is due MArch 14th
IN THE EVENT OF SNOW ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON THE NEXT DAY THAT WE RETURN TO SCHOOL!
February 10-14
Vocabulary Lesson 9 Activities A-F, C&F are to be collected on Friday!
Grammar Practice Book pp
February 3-7
Vocabulary Review Unit - complete all activities
Students will take the test for A Wrinkle in Time on Tuesday and turn in the Literature Folder/Notebook that they created!
100 pt EXTRA CREDIT ESSAY is due to Dr. Cassell before 2/18! See the February bulletin for details. The theme of the essay is the Civil Rights Movement. Students need to answer the question "What Civil Rights leader or event has had an impact on your life?"
January 27-31
Due to last weeks snow - lesson 8 vocabulary schedule will follow this week - vocab quiz on Friday
Grammar Practice Book pp 31 and 32 on Common Nouns
Reading as assigned nightly for the novel chapters
Monday 1/27 - QUIZ Time Worksheet for chapters 6-7
Students should be working on the project for The Wrinkle in Time - the due date will be pushed back to at least 2/7/14 - DON'T PROCRASTINATE!
January 21-25 Homework
Lesson 8 Vocabulary # 1-20
Tues 1/21 Activity A & D
Wed 1/22 Activity B & E - AWIT Quiz chapters 7-8
Thursday 1/23 Activity C& F STUDY for Quiz Friday
A Wrinkle in Time Nightly Reading as assigned - please start looking at the projects for this novel and start working on them.
January 13-17 Homework
Lesson 7 Vocabulary #1-20 will be quized on Friday 1/17
Monday Night 1/13 Activity A & D
TUesday Night 1/14 Activity B & E
A Wrinkle In Time - READ Chapter 6 and complete the worksheet about setting.
A Wrinkle In Time QUIZ Chapters 4-5 will be given on Thursday!
Wednesday Night 1/15 Activity C & F
Thursday Night STUDY!!
We are reading A Wrinkle In Time. Students should be considering their projects and keeping up with nightly reading assigned in class!
Welcome Back! When we come back to school - 6th graders will begin the novel study for "A Wrinkle In Time" this is a fantastic SciFi Classic! A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet. Students in grade 6 will have a project due February 3rd, all project information will be sent home during the first week back.
/uploads/2/4/4/7/24475462/a_wrinkle_in_time_projects.docx
Homework January 6-10, 2014: Lesson 6 #11-20 Activities D,E,F and Quiz on Friday
NOTE that beginning with lesson 7 we will be doing 20 words per week!
January 8, 2014 - Vocabulary Lesson 6 Activity, D,E,F Homework Check tomorrow! QUIZ Friday! STUDY
Read chapters 1 and 2 of A Wrinkle In Time and complete Interactive Reading Slip!
QUIZ FRIDAY 1/10 on Chapters 1-3
December 16-20
no new vocabulary - we did not do lesson 6 #11-20 due to snow and so we will begin there when we return in the new year
in class essay is due on Wednesday
December 9-13, 2013
Vocabulary Lesson 6 #11-20
Activity D.E.F
Quiz on Friday
December 2-6, 2013
Vocabulary Lesson 6 #1-10, Activities A, B, C - QUIZ ON FRIDAY
Christmas WebQuest due on FRIDAY
week of November 4
Vocabulary Lesson 5 #1-10
Activity A, B, C
Grammar Practice Book pp 19-22
week of November 11
Grammar Practice Book pp 23-26
You need to be prepared - so you must work on your summer packet. There will be plenty of rainy days to work on it - or days when you are just bored.
Required Reading
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Create a collage or poster board that illustrates the DIVERSITY OF CULTURE in our nation and the struggle for equality.
Collage should contain words and photos
Some pictures (not all) should contain images of the 1960's Civil Rights Movement, Immigration, Latino American leaders etc.
Please make sure that if you cut and paste or print pictures that you CITE THE SOURCE!
March 3-7
Vocabulary Lesson 12 - activites A-F and QUIZ on Friday
Grammar Practice book pp
THEME PROJECT: My Playlist is due March 14th
/uploads/2/4/4/7/24475462/theme_project___playlist.docx
February 24-28
Vocabulary Lesson 11 - activities A-F and Quiz due Thursday
Grammar Practice pp 45-48 due Thursday
Expository Essay and Outline - due 2/25 (handwritten not typed)
THEME of MY LIFE PLAYLIST Project is due MArch 14th
IN THE EVENT OF SNOW ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON THE NEXT DAY THAT WE RETURN TO SCHOOL!
February 10-14
Vocabulary Lesson 9 Activities A-F, C&F are to be collected on Friday!
Grammar Practice Book pp
February 3-7
Vocabulary Review Unit - complete all activities
Students will take the test for A Wrinkle in Time on Tuesday and turn in the Literature Folder/Notebook that they created!
100 pt EXTRA CREDIT ESSAY is due to Dr. Cassell before 2/18! See the February bulletin for details. The theme of the essay is the Civil Rights Movement. Students need to answer the question "What Civil Rights leader or event has had an impact on your life?"
January 27-31
Due to last weeks snow - lesson 8 vocabulary schedule will follow this week - vocab quiz on Friday
Grammar Practice Book pp 31 and 32 on Common Nouns
Reading as assigned nightly for the novel chapters
Monday 1/27 - QUIZ Time Worksheet for chapters 6-7
Students should be working on the project for The Wrinkle in Time - the due date will be pushed back to at least 2/7/14 - DON'T PROCRASTINATE!
January 21-25 Homework
Lesson 8 Vocabulary # 1-20
Tues 1/21 Activity A & D
Wed 1/22 Activity B & E - AWIT Quiz chapters 7-8
Thursday 1/23 Activity C& F STUDY for Quiz Friday
A Wrinkle in Time Nightly Reading as assigned - please start looking at the projects for this novel and start working on them.
January 13-17 Homework
Lesson 7 Vocabulary #1-20 will be quized on Friday 1/17
Monday Night 1/13 Activity A & D
TUesday Night 1/14 Activity B & E
A Wrinkle In Time - READ Chapter 6 and complete the worksheet about setting.
A Wrinkle In Time QUIZ Chapters 4-5 will be given on Thursday!
Wednesday Night 1/15 Activity C & F
Thursday Night STUDY!!
We are reading A Wrinkle In Time. Students should be considering their projects and keeping up with nightly reading assigned in class!
Welcome Back! When we come back to school - 6th graders will begin the novel study for "A Wrinkle In Time" this is a fantastic SciFi Classic! A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet. Students in grade 6 will have a project due February 3rd, all project information will be sent home during the first week back.
/uploads/2/4/4/7/24475462/a_wrinkle_in_time_projects.docx
Homework January 6-10, 2014: Lesson 6 #11-20 Activities D,E,F and Quiz on Friday
NOTE that beginning with lesson 7 we will be doing 20 words per week!
January 8, 2014 - Vocabulary Lesson 6 Activity, D,E,F Homework Check tomorrow! QUIZ Friday! STUDY
Read chapters 1 and 2 of A Wrinkle In Time and complete Interactive Reading Slip!
QUIZ FRIDAY 1/10 on Chapters 1-3
December 16-20
no new vocabulary - we did not do lesson 6 #11-20 due to snow and so we will begin there when we return in the new year
in class essay is due on Wednesday
December 9-13, 2013
Vocabulary Lesson 6 #11-20
Activity D.E.F
Quiz on Friday
December 2-6, 2013
Vocabulary Lesson 6 #1-10, Activities A, B, C - QUIZ ON FRIDAY
Christmas WebQuest due on FRIDAY
week of November 4
Vocabulary Lesson 5 #1-10
Activity A, B, C
Grammar Practice Book pp 19-22
week of November 11
Grammar Practice Book pp 23-26