Homework October 26-30

Note: HW will be updated daily. Vocabulary words are the same words which were used in last week's spelling test. They are still posted on this blog.
6th grade:

Monday: vocabulary flashcards; finish reading Bud, Not Buddy;
Tuesday: study vocabulary flashhcards in the car on the way home!; read book for 20 minutes!
Wednesday: Thrilling three paragraph; read book; study vocabulary flashcards for 10 minutes!
Thursday: Tic-Tac-Toe spelling DUE Today! study vocabulary flashcards in the car on the way home from school; read for 20 minutes!
Friday: vocabulary test today! Heads Up: Bud, Not Buddy test next Tuesday!

7th grade:

Monday: vocabulary flashcards; finish reading Touching Spirit Bear
Tuesday: Finish vocabulary flashcards and study them for 10 minutes; read Touching Spirit Bear book we will have an activity on Friday regarding the book and the test next Tuesday! Bring empty toilet paper or paper towel roll!
Wednesday: Thrilling three paragraph; read book; study vocabulary flashcards for 10 minutes!
Thursday: Tic-Tac-Toe spelling DUE Today! study vocabulary flashcards in the car on the way home from school; read for 20 minutes!
Friday: vocabulary test today! Heads up! Touching Spirit Bear test next Tuesday!

8th grade:

Monday: vocabulary flashcards; finish reading your literature circle books
Tuesday: Read the next 30 pages of your literature circle book; study vocabulary flashcards for 10 minutes tonight!
Wednesday: Thrilling three paragraph; read book; study vocabulary flashcards for 10 minutes!
Thursday: Tic-Tac-Toe spelling DUE Today! study vocabulary flashcards in the car on the way home from school; read for 20 minutes!
Friday: vocabulary test today! Books finished by today for in-class activity/assessment (aka: test)

7th and 8th grade Spelling Words Test Friday, October 30th

7th and 8th grade
Test: Friday, October 23rd

abandon
absorb
accident
accompanied
accomplished
accurate
acquaint
acquire
acres
activities
acute
adapt
adequate
adjustment
administer

6th grade Spelling Words Test Friday, October 22nd

6th grade
Test will be Friday, October 22nd

abbreviation
ability
absence
accept
accidentally
account
achieve
action
actor
amaze
amount
amusement
angel
ankle
annoy

Homework Week of October 18-22

Note: HW is incomplete for the week and will be updated daily.
6th grade:
Goal for this week: Students will be able to write with adjectives and identify adjectives in sentences. Students will be able to draw connections between BNB and their lives.

Monday: adj flashcards; read for 20 minutes; bring in a picture of something "cool" and school appropriate
Tuesday: Read for 20 minutes; spelling Tic-Tac-Toe (due 10/29/09)
Wednesday: Read for 20 minutes; spelling Tic-Tac-Toe; 10 adjectives to describe your picture
Thursday: Read for 20 minutes!
Friday: Jazz music day!

7th grade:
Goals: Students will be able to write a paragraph applying the Thrilling Three topic sentence model. Students will be able to read and make predictions about the consequences which will happen as a result of the character's actions.

Monday: adj flashcards; read for 20 minutes; bring in a picture of something "cool" and school appropriate
Tuesday: Alabama writing thrilling three; read for 20 minutes; spelling Tic-Tac-Toe
Wednesday: 10 adjectives for your picture; read 20 minutes; character webbing
Thursday: Read for 20 minutes!
Friday: Bring in toilet paper or paper towel rolls for totem poles

8th grade:
Goals: Students will be able to apply the four-square model when writing Thrilling Three paragraphs. Students will be able to read for connections between their lives, the book, and the world around them.

Monday: adj flashcards; read for 20 minutes; writing thrilling three and 4-square on What is your favorite color? or What is your favorite sport?
Tuesday: read for 20 minutes; spelling Tic-Tac-Toe; character web
Wednesday: read for 20 minutes; finish paragraphs with 4-square
Thursday: Read for 20 minutes!
Friday: Naomi Leon soap carving

Spelling Words Oct 12-16

Sixth and Seventh Grade:
mischievous
mischief
grieve
believe
relieve
achieve
fierce
cashier
frontier
shriek
priest
hygiene
interview
receive
receipt
deceit
neighbor
reindeer
sleigh
eight

Homework: October 12-16th

6th grade:

Monday: Finish Esperanza Rising test; read for 20 minutes from Bud, Not Buddy
Tuesday: Four-square and thrilling three paragraph about What is your favorite snack food to eat?; read for 20 minutes
Wednesday: Read for 20 minutes; make your own word search with spelling words
Thursday: Read for 20 minutes and word search find

7th grade:

Monday: Finish The Watson's go to Birmingham test; read for 20 minutes from Touching Spirit Bear
Tuesday: Make your own word search with spelling words; correct / finish thrilling three paragraph from last week; Four-square and thrilling three paragraph about What is your favorite snack food to eat?; read for 20 minutes
Wednesday: word search; Read 20 minutes
Thursday: Read for 20 minutes; spelling test tomorrow

8th grade:

Monday: vocabulary test tomorrow; read for 20 minutes from literature circle book
Tuesday: Read for 20 minutes; make your own word search
Wednesday: Read next 30 pages
Thursday: Read; spelling test tomorrow; Write Thrilling Three/Four Square on what is your favorite snack to eat?

Example of Thrilling Three Paragraph

Saints Peter and Paul School is the best school in Tulsa because of the awesome teachers, hot lunches, and all-school Friday masses. The intelligent teachers make it the greatest school because they make learning engaging. The homemade lunches by the cheerful cafeteria workers make Sts. Peter and Paul the best school because they are more delicious than the stale government cooking. All-school Friday masses give us a unique opportunity to pray as an entire school and be thankful for the enormous gifts we have. There is not better school than Sts. Peter and Paul School, and I would never choose to go anywhere else.

Example Graphic Organizer of Thrilling Three

Topic Sentence Sts. Peter and Paul is the best because of the teachers, hot lunches, and all-school Friday masses.	Supporting Detail #1: The teachers Intelligent, caring, engaging, greatest
Supporting Detail #2: Homemade lunches Cheerful, delicious, stale	Supporting Detail #3: All-school Friday masses Enormous, unique, thankful

Homework October 5th-8th

Note: I am not sure how quickly students will pick up on the new concepts taught this week. Therefore, I am going to post the homework each day after monitoring student progress and assessing what they can accomplish individually as homework. Please anticipate a few things: one, we will not have spelling words this week; two, there will be at least three paragraphs written this week; four, this week there will be a test on the novel the students are reading. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns: ms.elizabeth.brands@gmail.com

6th grade:

Monday: Test on Esperanza Rising Thursday; Finish brainstorming of your favorite person, do not forget to include WOW words for each box.
Tuesday: Finish favorite person paragraph; begin thrilling three graphic organizer on why Sts. Peter and Paul is the best school ever
Wednesday: Four square graphic organizer; test on Esperanza Rising tomorrow

7th grade:

Monday: Test on The Watsons Go to Birmingham will be Thursday; Make corrections to your four drawings of scenes and four answers to each scene; remember to answer in complete sentences
Tuesday: Finish favorite candy graphic organizer; begin favorite person graphic organizer
Wednesday: Favorite person Thrilling Three paragraph; Favorite candy Thrilling Three paragraph; test on Watsons book tomorrow

8th grade:

Monday: Watsons traveling project due Wednesday; all of your vocabulary flashcards are due Wednesday; finish brainstorming for your favorite person, remember to include 3 WOW words for each box.
Tuesday: Vocabulary flashcards due tomorrow; Watsons projects due tomorrow; thrilling three graphic organizer on why Peter and Paul is your favorite school.
Wednesday: test on Charlotte Doyle tomorrow; vocabulary test next Tuesday; cross word puzzle