VIRTUE AWARD WINNERS JANUARY

These students did an excellent job displaying our Virtue for January of UNITY:

Amara

David

Katherine

Congratulations to these students for an outstanding job!

*Remember the awards assembly is Friday at 7:50AM

SS Ch. 8 Short Answer Questions

These are the first FOUR short answer questions for the test Wed:

1. Why did the Puritans build their homes in towns instead of near their farmland?

2. What kinds of things did Puritan boys and girls learn from their parents?

3. What changes in Puritan life helped lead to the Great Awakening?

4. Why did New England merchants decide to smuggle goods into New England?

Make sure to be familiar with these topics:

- all vocabulary
- Important people (Roger Williams, John Winthrop, Puritans, Algonquins)
-Why Puritans/Algonquins disagree
- New England main products for trade
- Basic Puritan beliefs and life styles

Best of Luck!!!

Week of January 26th

Assignments this week:

English: CUMULATIVE test Friday 30th
Social Studies: Ch 8 test Wednesday 28th
Reading: Selection test Thursday 29th
Spelling: No test

*** Students will begin reading a new novel that must be purchased by Thursday, January 29th!!! The novel can be found at Borders Book stores or online if you choose.

"The Westing Game" By: Ellen Raskin

Assignments Jan. 12th

This week:

Spelling: Test Friday over unit 13
Social Studies: President Song Due Friday
Math: Quiz over Ch 4 lesson 1-7 Friday
English: Pronoun Quiz Thursday
*Reading: Dear Mr. Henshaw Test Tues. 20th

Study Hard!!!

Computer Class Jan. 14th

Today in computer:

1. Open Microsoft Word
2. Head your paper for Social Studies; title President Chart
3. Create a new Table
4. The table should have 4 columns and 7 rows.
5. The Column headings will be : First (blank), second, third and fourth (names of three different Presidents)
6. Names of Row headings will be: first(blank), 2-7 will be Place of birth, Number President, Year of Presidency, Vice President, Political Party, and one interesting fact
7. You will use wikipedia to find the information to fill in the chart.
8. Headings should be bold and in size 12 Times New Roman Font
9. All other table information should be in regular font size 12 Times New Roman.
10. If you do not finish put your disk in and save as President table.
11. If you do finish, print and go to one of the links from the blog.

Assignments: January 6th

Many things are coming up this month, so please keep your students on task!

This Week:
NO Spelling test this week!
Thursday: Quiz over "Dear Mr. Henshaw"

Long term:
*Groups must create, learn, and memorize the Presidents' names in order and sing it to a tune of a common song they choose by FRIDAY, JANUARY 16th

* "Dear Mr. Henshaw" Test Tuesday, January 20th

WELCOME BACK!!!

Welcome Back and Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Break! I just got back from a wonderful trip home to Texas and then an amazing vacation in Fiji! I am ready to start back working hard, and I hope the students are too. Please remind your students to stay on top of homework and get ready for a very busy remainder of the year!

We will begin learning Presidents this week!!! It will be a fairly long unit going until President's Day in February. However, it will cover a great deal of information. Along with this, students will be going full force into working with fractions in math. They will continue in the textbooks with Social Studies, English, and Reading. New books will be chosen with in the trimester and projects will be assigned throughout the remainder of the year too.

Please continue to support your students and encourage a great end to the school year!

Thanks,

Miss Carter

Dear Mr. Henshaw Links

Click below for some helpful quizzes and resources about for the novel "Dear Mr. Henshaw"

Quizzes and vocabulary
Activities

* Remember quiz on Thursday, January 8th