October 31, 2008

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Half way through the week already?

Another week is flying by. Friday marks the end of the 1st marking period. All grades have until then to get their required writing pieces turned in.

TODAY:
6th Grade:
Spelling: Finish up Lesson 7 work for Friday.

7th Grade;
Religion: I handed back ch 5 test. We also did a "following directions" activity.
Spelling: Lesson 7 due Friday.
English: pg 186 #1-24

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 7 work due tomorrow; test tomorrow
Engish: pg 149 #9-24

TUESDAY

6TH GRADE WORK FOR TODAY:
RELIGION: STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
SPELLING: PAGE 46
ENGLISH: WE BEGAN CHAPTER 3: NOUNS DO PAGE 85 #21-35

7TH GRADE WORK FOR TODAY:
RELIGION: WE TOOK CHAPTER 5 TEST
SPELLING: LESSON 7 THIS WEEK
ENGLISH: VERB PHRASES; DO PAGE 144 #11-35

8TH GRADE WORK FOR TODAY:
SPELLING: LESSON 7 THIS WEEK
WRITING: WE WORKED ON FINISHING UP OUR 2 WRITING PIECES FOR THIS QUARTER. THESE ARE BOTH DUE ON FRIDAY.

Monday again?

Well it is nice to be back to the "normal" schedule! Work for today includes:
6th Grade:
Religion- Story of Cain and Abel; rewrite the story with a partner only with Cain reacting in a positive way
Spelling: Lesson 7; pg 45 and words 3x in cursive due tomorrow.

7th Grade:
English: We began Ch 5: Verbs today. Assignment; pg 144 #11-35
Spelling: Lesson 7 this week
Religion: Ch 5 test tomorrow

8th Grade:
English: We began Ch 5: Verbs today. Assignment; pg 186 #1-26

Yahoo! Testing Complete!

We worked hard all week and testing is finished! 7th grade just needs to finish up their Cognitive part and they will be finished also. Other than that, there are no additional assignments for all grades! Have a wonderful weekend! Go P-W!!!!

Testing once again!

Students continue to work hard. Testing for 6th and 8th grade should be wrapped up tomorrow. 7th grade early next week.

6th Grade Reading: Whitewater Ch 7 partner questions are due tomorrow.
7th Grade Religion: Ch 5 end of chapter assessment is due Monday. We will be testing over Ch. 5 on Tuesday.

Wednesday!

Testing continues for all grades. Students are doing a great job working hard.
6th Grade Literature: Whitewater Ch. 6 reading and questions due tomorrow.
7th Grade Religion: Description and illustration of the 4 Gospels is due tomorrow.

Testing Continues....

The students continue to work hard during ITBS testing. 6th graders had hearing testing today also so that put us a little behind. I hope to catch up tomorrow.
6th Grade: Social Studies: took ch 6 test.
7th Grade: Religion: We read about the 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and their points of view. In Notebooks: definitions for synoptic Gospels, parable, word of God and Gentile.

ITBS TESTING

Not much was assigned today for any grades. No Spelling/Vocabulary Lesson this week for all grades. Just a reminder that there is only 2 weeks left in the first quarter. Which means that there isn't much time to get your required published pieces in. Again, they are as follows:
6th Grade: 2 published pieces
7th Grade: 3 published pieces, Band: 2 published pieces
8th Grade: 3 published pieces.

6th Grade Religion: Notebooks: gospel and write about how the way you live shows that you share in God's love and friendship.
7th Grade Religion: Notebooks: incarnation and list of 5-10 that you would write about Jesus if you were a Gospel writer today.

Two more weeks left in the quarter

We wrapped up a lot of units this week. We also prepared to start ITBS testing next week. Please make sure your child gets adequate rest each night and a good breakfast each morning. WE will be testing in the morning each day in the middle school. Due to the testing we will not be doing a Spelling/Vocabulary lesson next week! Have a great weekend!

Thursday

6th Grade Work:
Religion: Mass
Spelling: Lesson 6 Test tomorrow
Literature: Whitewater CH 5 questions due tomorrow

7th Grade:
Religion: Ch 4 test tomorrow
Spelling: Lesson 6 Test tomorrow
Literature: A Long Way from Chicago Part 6 questions/activities due tomorrow

8th Grade:
Spelling: We took Lesson 6 test today.

WEDNESDAY

6th Grade Work
Spelling: pg 43
English: We took chapter 1 test today.

7th Grade Work
Spelling: Lesson 6 work
English: Ch 3 test tomorrow
Literature: Part 6 of A Long Way from Chicago due Friday

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 6 test tomorrow
English: We took ch 3 test today

Tuesday

6th Grade:
Religion: Ch 3 test was today; I will be handing them back tomorrow.
Spelling: pg 42
English: Ch 1 Check-up odd only; Test Thursday

7th Grade:
Religion: Write about and illustrate 4 ways that you can be a sign of God's love
Spelling: Lesson 6 this week
Literature: Part 6 of A Long Way from Chicago
English: Chapter 3 Check-up odd only due tomorrow

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 6 this week
Englsh: Ch 3 Test tomorrow

Monday's Work

6th Grade:
Religion: Chapter 3 test tomorrow
Spelling: Lesson 6 this week; write words in cursive sentences and do pg. 41

7th Grade:
Religion: Ch 4; Religion Notebooks: providence and mercy and write out the Ten Commandments; Quiz over them on Thursday.
Spelling: Lesson 6 work this week
English: Review worksheets for nouns due tomorrow
Literature: A Long Way from Chicago part 6 due Friday

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 6 this week
English: Noun Review sheets and Ch 3 check-up odds only due tomorrow.

Finally Friday!!!!

We have only 3 weeks left before the end of the first marking period. Hard to believe isn't it?
Work for today includes....

6th Grade:
Religion: Ch3 Assessment/Review; due Monday; Test Tuesday.
Spelling: We took the Lesson 5 test today.

7th Grade:
Religion: Ch4 we began yesterday; Faith word in notebook: covenant.
Spelling: We took the Lesson 5 test today.

8th Grade:
English: Appositives assignment pg 99 #23-38
Spelling: We took the Lesson 5 test yesterday.
Literature: We read in Stargirl today.

Have a great weekend!

Another beautiful fall day!

Thursday's work....

6th Grade:

Spelling: Lesson 5 work is due tomorrow; Lesson 5 test is tomorrow.

English: Ch 1 check up pg 38-39 #1-53 odd

7th Grade:

Spelling: Lesson 5 work is due tomorrow; Lesson 5 test is tomorrow.

English: We worked on outling today; no additional assignment.

Literature: A Long way from Chicago Ch 5 packet due tomorrow.

8th Grade:

Spelling: We took Lesson 5 test today.

Literature: Stargirl respond to the following ... Identify a charachter in the book who shows courage. Explain how the character is brave.

WEDNESDAY

It is quite a change in weather from yesterday. Hopefully nicer weather is on its way!
6th Grade Work:
Spelling: pg 36
English: run-on sentences and fragments; pg 34-35 #11-26
Relligion: Mass
7th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 5 work this week
English: appositives; pg 103 #1-15
Literature: A Long Way from Chicago part 5 is due Friday.
8th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 5 work

What a beauftiful day!!!!

Hopefully everyone enjoyed their day off yesterday. Thank you for getting your child's progress report promptly back to me. If you haven't sent it back in yet, please do so asap.



6th Grade Work:
Religion: We read and discussed sin and original sin and how we are all effected by it. Religion Notebooks: sin and original sin and we wrote a prayer with a partner about staying close to God.
Spelling: Lesson 5 this week; do pg 35 and write words 3x in cursive and write each word in a cursive sentence.


7th Grade Work:
Religion: We corrected Ch 3 assessment review; tomorrow we will take the test over ch 3.
Spelling: Lesson 5 this week; test is on Friday.
English: possessive nouns; do pg 102 #1-41 odd
Literature: Part 5 of A Long Way from Chicago is due on Friday




8th Grade Work:
Spelling: Lesson 5 this week; test is on Friday.
English: possessive nouns; do pg 110 #1-39 odd

Progress Report Time!

Today is homecoming for P-W, hopefully they win!!

6th Grade Work:

Religion: Illustration of doing something good for someone, due Tuesday.

Spelling: Lesson 4 test today

7th Grade Work:

Spelling: Lesson 4 test today

Religion: Ch 3 assessment; we will correct on Tuesday; test Wednesday.

8th Grade Work:

Spelling: Lesson 4 test will be Tuesday; due to Holy Hour we were unable to take it today.

Have a great weekend!

BBBRRRR!!!!

It sure is fall weather out there! There wasn't an update yesterday because I was on a field trip with my daugther.
Thursday's work....
6th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 4 test tommorrow; work is also due and words in cursive sentences
Religion: worksheet (stewards) and steward definition in Religion notebook.
English: Pg 50 #1-17
Literature: Read ch 3-4 of Whitewater and questions are both due tomorrow.

7th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 4 test tommorrow; work is also due.
Religion: shamrock for the Blessed Trinity
Literature: A Long Way from Chicago Part 4 due tomorrow

8th Grade:
Spelling: Lesson 4 test tommorrow; work is also due.