Welcome to Back to School Night AVID IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to have an independent reading book with you EACH day of the school year. Come to school everyday prepared and ready to learn.

Homework week 18

December 15-December 19

Monday: Practice Poem/ Read 15 min. AR/SSR log

Tuesday: Practice Poem/ Read 15 min. AR/SSR log

Wednesday: Practice Poem/ Read 15 min. AR/SSR log

Thursday: Read 15 min. AR/SSR log

Friday: No School / Read 15 min. AR/SSR log

All three weeks of break: Read 15 min. AR/SSR log

Enjoy your Winter Break!  See you on January 12, 2009

Homework week 17

December 8-December 12

Monday: Review W/D, read AR (last day to take a test is Monday, December 15), practice poetry.

Tuesday: Review W/D, read AR (last day to take a test is Monday, December 15), practice poetry and start Reader's Companion, pages 227-230. 

Wednesday: Review W/D, read AR (last day to take a test is Monday, December 15), practice poetry. Reader's Companion, pages 227-230. 

Thursday: Review W/D, read AR (last day to take a test is Monday, December 15), practice poetry. Reader's Companion, pages 227-230. 

Friday: No Homework (Monday is last day to take an AR test, Tuesday is Benchmark testing, Wednesday is Poetry Day.)

Word of the Week 2.7

dissonant (adj.) lack of agreement; inharmonious

resonate (v.) in perfect agreement or union

sonic (adj.) relating to sound waves 

ultrasound (n.) sound frequencies above human hearing, used for medical diagnoses or therapy

unison (adj.) in perfect agreement or union

Homework week 16

December 1-December 5

Monday 12/1: Review/Study for Test on Tuesday--Read journal pages 28, 29, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53,, 54, 55, & 56 / finish questions started in class/ literature packet due on Tuesday

Tuesday 12/2: Reader's Companion pages 250-252--staple, answer/respond to all questions in margins--due Friday, 12/5.

Wednesday 12/3: Continue working on Reader's Companion and finish any pages left in Word of the Day packet--due on Friday.  Get progress report signed (wk. 16)

Thursday 12/4: Continue working on Reader's Companion and finish any pages left in Word of the Day packet--due on Friday. Review/study word of the day list--quiz Friday, 12/5.  

Friday 12/5: No Homework

Word of the Day 2/6

• paradox (n.) a statement that seems to contradict common sense but perhaps is true; a contradiction

• paralegal (n.) a trained aide who assists a lawyer

• parallel (adj.) everywhere equidistant and not meeting; corresponding

• parameter (n.) a defining limit to something

• paranoid (adj.) fearful or suspicious of others

 

Homework week 15

November 24- November 28

Monday 11/24: Read "Drum Song" C/N 1-5 page 871

Tuesday 11/25: Read "If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking"

                            C/N page 872 1-4

Wednesday 11/26: Continue reading your AR book 15 minutes a

                                  day/SSR Log # 5 due 12/1

Thursday 11/27: Continue reading your AR book 15 minutes a

                                  day/SSR Log # 5 due 12/1

Friday 11/28: Continue reading your AR book 15 minutes a

                                  day/SSR Log # 5 due 12/1

 

Homework week 14

November 17- November 21

 

Monday: Begin new Word of the Day practice packet 2/5

Tuesday:  Build Vocabulary W/S (Literature Packet)

                 Copy "Silver" into journal page 50/read AR book

Wednesday:  Build Spelling Skill W/S (Literature Packet)

                       Copy "Forgotten Language " into journal page 52

                       Get Progress Report Signed

Thursday: Build Grammar Skill W/S (Literature Packet)

                  Copy "Drum Song " into journal page 54

                  Read AR book

Friday:  No Homework

Word of the Day 2/5

command (n.) 1. an order given  2. authority or ability to           

                         control; mastery

commendation (n.) a formal awarding of praise or thanks; praise

mandate (n.) 1. a formal command or order 2. a law

mandatory (adj.) containing a command; required

recommended (v.) 1. to present that something or someone is

                   worthy of trail 2. to advise

Homework week 13

November 10-November 14

Monday: Reading Strategy: Response to Theme (literature packet) Study Word of the Day 2/4--Finish any classwork not finished in class today.

Tuesday: No H/W (holiday)

Wednesday: Literary Analysis: Theme--continue studying W/D 2/3 & 2/4 (quiz Monday, November 17)

Thursday: Study for "Those Winter Sundays" test tomorrow. Re-read all three poems, study notes in journal, review questions, read the literature packet and be ready to turn it in tomorrow.

Friday: Test Day--no homework

Word of the Day 2/4

fractious (adj.) apt to cause trouble; irritable

fracture (v.) to break, shatter or go beyond the limits of

fragile (adj.) lacking physical strength, or easily broken; delicate

fragmentary (adj) having only parts; incomplete

infraction (n.) the breaking of a law, or agreement; a violation

 

Homework week 12

November 3-November 7

Monday: Study for test "Charles" tomorrow.  Review notes in journal, read the short story again, finish questions on page 27 1-7 C/N.  Be ready to turn in literature packet and questions on Tuesday.

Tuesday: (Test Day) Review week 2/3 words (journal page 12) begin working on new practice packet for word of the day.

Wednesday: "Build Vocabulary" first page of new lit. packet for "Those Winter Sundays."  Get progress report signed.

Thursday: "Spelling Skills" second page of new lit. packet for "Those Winter Sundays." Review words.

Friday: No Homework (Day 15 of 15 for SSR log--due on Monday)

Homework Week 11

October 27-October 31

Monday: Identifying Word origins (Literature Packet "Charles") and study W/D list - quiz on Friday, October 31

Tuesday: Point of View (Literature Packet "Charles") and study W/D list - quiz on Friday, October 31

Wednesday: Reader's Companion pages 126-131 (Due: Friday October 31)

Thursday: Finish Reader's Companion pages and study for W/D quiz on Friday 2/1 & 2/2

Friday: NO HOMEWORK

Word of the Day week 2/2

capital (n.) 1. a source of money 2. a seat of government 3. an upper-case letter

capitalism (n.) economic system based on private ownership and open competition; free enterprise

capitulate (v.) to surrender of give up under agreed conditions

decapitate (v.) 1. to cut off the head; behead 2. to make useless; destroy

recapitulate (v.) to repeat or summarize the most important points

 

Homework Week 10

October 20-October 24

Monday: Review new words/work on 2/1 & 2/2 Word of the Day

               Packet (quiz and packet due on Friday, October 31)

               Literature Packet "Charles" (first page) Build            

               Vocabulary

Tuesday: Review new words/work on 2/1 & 2/2 Word of the

                Day Packet (quiz and packet due on Friday, October 

                31) Literature Packet "Charles" (second page) Build

                Spelling Skills

Wednesday: Review new words/work on 2/1 & 2/2 Word of the

               Day Packet

               Literature Packet "Charles" (third page) Build Grammar

               Skills--Share your progress report; get P/R signed

Thursday/Friday: (min. days) Review new words/work on 2/1 &

                2/2 Word of the Day Packet

Word of the Day 2/1

analyze (v.) to study or examine

critique (v.) to critically review

diagram (v.) to draw or make a graphic design

outline (v.) to make a rough draft

enumerate (v.) to number or list