Snow, Snow and More Snow

With more snow, I am really hoping spring is on its way!!!

Salvation Story is this weekend. Reminder on practices... Grades 7-12 6:30-8:30 p.m. tonight. Tomorrow, Grades 4-12 8:30 - until the performance tomorrow and grades K- 3 need to be here at 11:30 tomorrow. THE PERFORMANCE IS AT 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY.

Work for today:

6th grade:

Religion: questions from Thursday are due Monday.

Spelling: Lesson 19 Test was today. We will be on Lesson 20 next week.

English: We began Ch. 11 Pronouns. Pg 357 and Pronoun/Antecedent worksheet due Tuesday.

Science: No assignment. We played our board games today.

Social Studies: No assignment, test was today.

Math: 2 worksheets

7th/8th Grade:

English: Dates, Addresses and Labels assignment is due Wednesday.

Literature: Continue working on you Children's Author Study Projects.

Spelling: Lesson 20 next week.

Thursday, February 28th

TODAY'S WORK:

6TH GRADE:

Religion: We read about Joshua and the Battle of Jericho today. Questions on pg. 216 and 218 are due Monday.

Spelling: Ch 19 Test is tomorrow

English: Test for Ch 9 were handed back today. They were awesome. I am very happy with how well they did. We will begin Ch 9: Pronouns tomorrow.

Science: We finished up our Rock and Mineral board games. We will play them tomorrow during Science class.

Social Studies: Test tomorrow.

Math: WS

7TH AND 8TH GRADE

Spelling: 7th- Test tomorrow. 8th- Test was today.

English: Comma worksheets are due Friday.

Literature: Continue working on Children's Author Project.

Mid-week already!!!

Work for today, Wednesday, February 28 ...........

6TH GRADE
Religion: Mass
Spelling: No additional assignment today, just keep studying for Friday's test.
English: Ch 9 Test was today, we will begin Ch 11: Pronouns tomorrow.
Science: We continued working on our board games today. Tomorrow we will try out our own games and Friday we will play the other group's games.
Social Studies:Enrichment worksheet/review. Test is Friday
D.O.L: Week 3 is due tomorrow!

7TH/8TH GRADE
Spelling: Lesson 19 test on Friday(7th) and on Thursday(8th).
English: We began Ch 9 Mechanics. This chapter is alot of review so I am sure we will be able to breeze right through it. Assignment for tomorrow is 7th: pg 323 & 324 and 8th: pg. 333 & 334
Literature: Continue working on your Group Children's Book Author Studies. We will be setting up times to get with grade 2, 3, and 4 to do your activities.
D.O.L: Week 3 is due tomorrow!

MORE SNOW AGAIN!!!

It seems like we just start getting rid of some of this snow and more starts falling. I guess it is still winter, however, I am really getting anxious for spring.

6th Grade:
Religion: Joshua questions pg 210 and 212.
Spelling: pg 98 and 99
English: Test over Ch 9: Mechanics is tomorrow.
Science: We began making board games in gropus over Lesson 1 of Rocks and Minerals. We will be working on these in class for the next few days and we will play the games on Friday.

7th Grade/8th Grade:
Spelling: Continue working on Lesson 19
English: None today, we will begin Ch 9 tomorrow. I will also hand back Ch 7 test tomorrow.

Children's Book Author Study

Groups

Laura Neumeroff

Brittnie, Erica, Joanna, Jordyn and Tawni

Eric Carle

Amber, Janine and Stephanie

Chris Van Allsburg

Brooke, Jennifer, Kelly and Lindsey

Jan Brett

Aly, Danell, Kelsey K. and Megan

Dr. Suess

Andy, Kelsey W., Kortnie and Sarah

A full week this week......

Thanks for promptly signing and returning your child's progress reports. For those of you haven't, please get them in as soon as you can.

6th Grade

Religion: pgs. 206 and 208 questions are due tomorrow.

Spelling: Lesson 19 words this week. Pg 97 and words in cursive sentences are due tomorrow.

Science: Lesson 1 Review is due tomorrow.

DOL: #8-11 due tomorrow

English: Ch 9 Check-up due tomorrow

7th Grade/8th Grade

Spelling: Lesson 19 this week

Happy Friday!

We are officially 1/2 way through the 3rd Quarter so Progress Reports go home today! This school year is ticking by! Next week is our first full week which we haven't had in a long time! Work for today included.....

6th Grade:

Spelling--> We took Lesson 18 test today; Lesson 19 will be tomorrow.

English--> Chapter 9 Check-up pg 306-307 #1-71 odd

Science--> No assignment

D.O.L--> #8-11 Due Tuesday

Math--> pg 194 #1-29

Social Studies --> pg 234-236

7th/8th Grade:

Spelling--> Lesson 18 complete; Lesson 19 next week.

English--> Test over Ch 7 today

Wednesday and Thursday

This is an apdate for both Wednesday and Thursday. Sorry for the lack of one yesterday.
6th Grade:
Religion: We are wrapping up the Pentetauch, the first 5 books of the Bible. We really had a great discussion this morning about he importance of this part of the Old Testament and how much content is really in it. Bible Worksheet is due Monday.
Spelling: Lesson 18 work is due tomorrow as well as we will be taking a test over it.
English: Titles worksheet is due tomorrow
Literature: Esperanza Rising pg 179-199 1/2 pg reflection due tomorrow.
Writing: We began drafting "A Big Snowfall" story today. We wil be publishing soon.

7th and 8th Grade:
English: Test over Ch 7 tomorrow
Spelling: 8th took Lesson 8 test today/ 7th will take theirs tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 19

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the extended weekend. I know it went quite fast for me!
Work for today included....
6th Grade
Religion: pg 194 # 1-18 in complete sentences and in cursive!
Spelling: Lesson 18; pg 93 and words 3X in cursive

7th/8thGrade
Spelling: Lesson 18 work this week

All students attended a very informative presentation on Internet Safety at the public school. I was very impressed with it and it was presented by a person from our Attorney General Mike Cox's office!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

6th Grade
Religion: Took a test
Science: Took a test
Spelling: Took a test
7th Grade and 8th Grade
English: Ch 7 Review Due Tuesday

Tuesday....

Two days of school in a row, we haven't had that in awhile! I think we are back into the swing of things.


6 Spelling: Words in cursive sentences.

6 English: Interjections pg 295 #9-29 odd and pg 312 # 1-15

6 Science: Vocabulary Preview was asigned. We will correct and review everything tomorrow and we will have a test over Plate Tectonics on Thursday.

7/8 Spelling: Continue working on Lesson 17 work, the test will be on Thursday.

7th Grade Literature: We began reading A Long Way from Chicago.


The 8th Grade is finishing up the Valentine Edition of The East Street Journal. Hopefully it will be published and ready to sell by Valentine's Day.

Monday.............

Sorry for the late update. We are starting to get back in the swing of things. What a wild week last week was. This week we plan to just get done what we didn't get accomplished last week which turns out to be a lot of stuff!

6th , 7th and 8th are all working on Lesson 17 Spelling this week. It was originally started last week but postponed when we got hit with the snow!

6th Grade Religion: We are working on Lesson 11, Moses and the Israelites and will be taking a test on Thursday.
6th Grade Science: We are finally wrapping up Plate Tectonics and
will be testing over that also on Thursday.

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW!!!!!

Wow, it sure is coming down. Due to snow days and early release today. There will be no Spelling/Vocabulary Lesson this week. We will continue Lesson 17 next week and will take the test at the end of the week.

6th Grade English: Pg 310 #1-14 and pg 311 #1-15
DOL- 1-2

A New Month

Wow, 2 snow days in one week! The next few weeks are also 4 day weeks. It is already February and I am sure this month will also fly by.

SPELLING/VOCABULARY

Due to the fact that Friday was a snow day all grades took the Lesson 16 spelling test today. They are all moving on to Lesson 17 and will be taking the test over that on Thursday.

6TH GRADE RELIGION

Chapter 10 Tests were handed back today. We are moving on to Ch 11: The Israelites.