5th Grade- You are amazing! The commercials we have viewed so far are wonderful. And the models and brochures look terrific. I love your effort and enthusiasm. Please finish your open book test and remember your pledge to me today. See you tomorrow.

7th Grade- Outsiders test tomorrow and then we should be able to finish up our movie. Writing will begin next week.

8th Grade- You are off to a great start with your topics. We may needs to broaden or narrow your topics as you begin to look for information. We are almost finished with our novel and you will have a test on that mid week. Sources and bibliographies will be due mid week as well, so start looking.

5th grade- Planet projects due tomorrow. Open book test tomorrow on lessons 3 & 4. With the project presentations and the fact that this chapter has 4 lessons, I'm afraid they will lose momentum. and it will become too much info to remember after a few weeks.

7th grade- The Outsiders- complete chapters 10-12 on your study guide, test on Friday. We will be watching the movie Thursday and Friday. Their next paper will be a comparison/contrast paper between the movie and the book.

8th Grade- Sorry but we are playing catch up from yesterday. Bless the Beast & the Children- Read chapters 15& 16. Complete the classwork from today: Chapter 10-12 vocabulary, questions ( page 12 ) & questions for discussion ( page 13) plus literary Devices I symbolism. Chapter 13-15 vocabulary and questions (page 14) & questions for discussion

Vocabulary- you will use the words from your reading packets. Chapters 1&2, 3-6, 10-12, 13-15. Copy your words out of your packet so you can study at home.

affluent

catharsis

deviant

obsessed

omen

omnipotent

traumatized

psychotic

phobia

culpable

exuberantly

tangible

barren

consternation

futile

formidable

vulnerable

eerie

retribution

indolent

stench

intrepid

tentative

Research topics are due Thursday.

5th Grade- Project is due Wednesday. Open book test on Wednesday. Thursday we will begin presentation of your projects. The brochures I have received so far, look great!

7th Grade- Complete any unfinished classwork tonight for homework

8th Grade- Not much since we didn't have class today, see you tomorrow.

5th Grade- no homework tonight

7th Grade- Finish up the conjunction/preposition test tomorrow. Non-fiction assignment due Friday. Spelling test Tuesday

8th Grade- Read through Chapter 14 in Bless the Beast, study for conjunction/preposition test on Friday

Spelling test Tuesday

Sorry for the late post, we were celebrating Gray's 5th birthday.

5th Grade- Beginning our new chapter. We are reading the lesson in class and will use the Lesson Outlines again to highlight the major points. Planet project is due next Wednesday. Please email me if you or your child has any questions regarding this.

7th Grade- Tomorrow- preposition and conjunction test. Non-fiction reading project due Friday. Homework tonight- spelling worksheet

8th Grade- Preposition and conjunction test- Friday. Homework tonight- Spelling words 5 times each, first page of prep/conj review. I will stay after school tomorrow to help anyone who needs some one on one review.

5th Grade- no homework. Tomorrow we will begin Astronomy, Weather and Climate

7th Grade- Spelling Quiz- Friday

Grammar- Exercise 4- Write the sentences using a coordinating conjunction and a correlating conjunction page 379 1-8

8th Grade- Spelling Quiz tomorrow.

Here's how our week is going to look

5th Grade- Test on Chapter 9 Thursday. Below is the study guide I gave out today. Please disregard the duplicate, I copied it from my handout. We will review and watch a movie on planets over the next two days. Please bring in your notecards so you can work in pairs quizzing each other on vocabulary. I am finalizing the Planet Project and will hand out to you tomorrow or Wednesday. It will be due on January 26. Although we will have completed our planet unit, the kids still have lots of questions and have an interest in the solar system. The project will also involve an oral presentation. More to come.

7th Grade- Spelling this week -ie and -ei. Easily confused, complete the handout and we will go over tomorrow. Read chapter 6 in Outsiders and we will work on questions tomorrow as well. Spelling test on Friday

8th Grade- spelling handout -ie -ei. Quiz on Friday. Read chapter 6 in Bless the Beast & Children. We will continue to look at prepositions and conjunctions this week.

Chapter 9 Study Guide

Happy New Year! Welcome back to the first week of school. No worries we have a three day weekend in two weeks!

Homework for tonight it minimal.

5th grade- two handouts

7th grade- vocabulary- Complete the sentence, synonyms and antonyms for Unit 6. Quiz on Monday. Spelling quiz on Friday

8th grade- vocabulary- complete the sentence, synonyms, and antonyms for Unit 6 Quiz on Monday. Spelling quiz on Friday.