Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wednesday, April 30

Wednesday's Work...
6th Grade:
Spelling: No assignment; test Friday over Lesson 27
Literature: We continued watching the movie Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
Science: Ch 12 Test tomorrow
Social Studies: Continue working on your project that is due May 14.

7th Grade:
English: Gerund Phrase worksheets are due tomorrow.
Spelling: Lesson 27 test Friday.

8th Grade:
English: Gerund Phrase worksheets are due tomorrow.
Spelling: Lesson 27 test tomorrow.

Writing: Persuasive Writing; Prewriting worksheets

Monday, April 28, 2008

Monday again?

MONDAY'S WORK:
6th Grade....
Religion: The Wisdom Books; questions pgs 324 and 327 due tomorrow
Spelling: Words 3x in cursive and pg 133 due tomorrow
Non-Band: 30 minutes of reading and responding (in-class)

7th Grade....
Spelling: Lesson 27 this week

Friday, April 25, 2008

Friday

Another week finished, time goes by so fast.
6th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 26 test today; Lesson 27 next week
English: Poetry, adjective worksheet
Science: Severe Weather Safety Group Posters
Religion: Mass
7th and 8th Grade Work:
English: Gerund Worsksheets
Spelling: Lesson 26 Test today (7th)

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Thursday

Another beautiful day but it sounds like it may not stay that way.....
6th Grade Work
Religion: Bible Worksheet due Monday
Spelling: Lesson 26 Test tomorrow
English: Poetry- adjective worksheet
Literature: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry ch 12 questions are due Monday
Science: Continue working on your 20-point weather project
7th and 8th Grade Work
English: Participial Phrases Worksheet

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Wonderful Wednesday

6th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 26 test on Friday.
English: Poetry sheet due tomorrow.
Science: Lesson 3 Note packet and review due tomorrow.

7th/8th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 26 Test tomorow(8th) and Friday (7th)
English: Particple sheets due tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Another beautiful day!

We are having yet another day of great spring weather. Although, the natives are gettting a little restless...
TODAY'S WORK:
6th Grade:
Religion: The Prophets: pg 304, 306 and 308 questions due on Thursday.
Spelling: Lesson 26: pgs. 128-129 due tomorrow
English: Test today
Science: Lesson 3; we only got through half of it and we will finish the rest tomorrow. Work on Note packet and review as far as you can.

7th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 26

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 26
Writing: Point of View: Partner stories Goldilocks and the Three Bears written in First-Person, Second-Person and Third-Person. They should be pretty interesting to read. We are going to do more on Point of View tomorrow.

Monday, April 21, 2008

A New Week!


6th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 26 this weeek; do pg 127 and words in cursive sentences
Religion: We finished up the chapter by reading about Solomon; matching worksheet and questions on pg 299 due tomorrow.
English: Study for test Ch 13 tomorrow.


7th and 8th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 26 work this week

Friday, April 18, 2008

More Gorgeous Weather!

Another beautiful day! It sure is hard keeping everyone focused with this weather. Work for toady is as follows....
6th grade:
Spelling: Lesson 25 Test was today
English: We corrected ch 13 check-up, test is Tuesday
Literature: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Ch 10 questions due Monday.
Science: Chapter 12 Lesson 2 Note Packet and Review due on Tuesday.
NON-BAND: We started reading and responding to what we read during band time.
7th and 8th Grade:
English: Prepositional Phrases as modifiers; adjective and adverb phrase worksheets due Wednesday.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

A Beautiful Day!

I think spring is finally here. It sure is a gorgeous day!
Work for today includes:
6TH GRADE:
Religion: pg 288 questions
Spelling: Lesson 25 Test tomorrow
English: Ch 13 Chapter Check-up due tomorrow
Science: We corrected Lesson 1 notes dna review and watched a short video about weather and water. No additional assignment.
Writing: Mosaic pictuer and 20 descriptive words.
Lit: Roll of Thudner Ch 10

7Th and 8TH GRADE;
English: Prep/prep phrases worksheet due tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Field Trip Day


All students were very well behaved on our field trip to the Beauty and the Beast play and they represented St. Joseph School well. The performance was excellent and I was happy to have them experience it.


DOL Week 18 is due tomorrow for all grades.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

April 15

The Beauty and the Beast play is tomorrow. We will be leaving promptly after Mass. No jeans please! Don't forget lunch money!

6th Grade Work:
Religion: We read about David, Goliath and Saul. Partner questions on pg 282 are due Thursday.
Spelling: Lesson 25 work: pg 124-125
English: Using prepositions correctly worksheets due Thursday.
Science: We began Ch. 12: Weather and Climate/ Fill-in-the-blank Note packet for Lesson 1 is due on Thursday.

7th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 25 work

8th GradeWork:
Spelling: Lesson 25 work
Literature/Writing: Main Ideas and Supporting Details; packet due Thurs. (Ex. 1-3)

Monday, April 14, 2008

Back to School!


Where did the week off go? It was a great week for everyone to get re-energized and now we are on the downward slide of this school year. Before you know it, it will be June!!!!

6th Grade Work:
Religion: Lesson 16: Israel Becomes a Kingdom pg 278 questions due tomorrow
Spelling: Lesson 25 words this week; words 3x in cursive and pg 123 due tomorrow
Reading: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Ch 9 questions and Scence Setter sheet due tomorrow (Except for band students)


7th and 8th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 25 work this week

Friday, April 4, 2008

SPRING BREAK !!!!!


It is finally here and I know that everyone is ready for a much needed vacation.

All grades have Home Reading Logs for the next two weeks. Also, D.O.L. is due through Week 17.
Have fun and Be Safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, April 3, 2008

The sun is shining!!!!!

Finally! I think spring is here and I hope it is to stay! We are coming up on spring break rather quickly! Hopefully we will all return rejuvenated and ready for the last couple months of school. I know I have said it before, but this school year is flying!!! I am still working on a camp day for 6th graders. Again, if you have any recommendations, please don't hesitate to call me.


6th Grade work:
Spelling: Lesson 24 Test will be tomorrow.
Science: Ch 11 Test is also tomorrow.
English: Adding prepositions to sentences assignment due tomorrow Literature: Ch 7 Roll of Thundar, Hear My Cry questions due tomorrow.Writing: On Monday we wrote about a Holiday that we would invent if we could. today we made posters advertising these holidays.
7th and 8th Grade work:

English: Ch 11: Pronoun test tomorrow
Spelling: 7th grade Lesson 24 test tomorrow
D.O.L Weeks 14-17 due after braeak for all grades.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Grandparent's Day

We had a fabulous grandparents celebration with Mass and a delicious lunch. Work for today included....
6th Grade:
English: Adjective/adverb prepositional phrase review sheets and pg 431

Science: Vocab preview and entire Ch 11 packet ready for correcting and review tomorrow.

7th and 8th Grade:
Spelling: Test on Thursday (8th) and on Friday (7th)
English: Ch 11 Review due tomorrow, test Friday.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April Fool's Day!

6th Grade Work:
Religion: Women of Faith: Judith and Esther booklet and questions pages 261 and 267
Spelling: pgs 120 and 121
Science: Ch 11 Lesson 3 part 1 notes and Review and Checkpoint

7th Grade
Spelling: Lesson 24

8th Grade
Spelling: Lesson 24
Writing: Comparison/Contrast cut and paste sheet and written paragraph