Weekly Homework

2019 - 2020 School Year!!!

HW Week of Friday October 11

1) Great Idea: Good and Evil

2) Spelling Words -- /o/ sound pattern: faulty, awning, haughty, waltz, launch, yawned, almanac, fraud, applaud, vaulty, awkward, haunch, author, daughter, laundry, somersault, laundromat, sauna, auditorium, inaugurate

3) MD County Project -- was due as of Monday Oct. 7

4) MD Animal Report -- due Friday Oct. 11

I am sending home today an explanation of my homework program. It is a weekly cycle based on 103 Great Ideas. I was inspired to create this program by a class I took on teaching the Talented and Gifted.

Spelling List -- Long Vowel Pattern -- Test Monday Sept. 30

reply, snowflake, breathe, equator, reminder, theme, vacate, devote, maintain, realize, rodeo, traitor, receive, migrate, release, microphone, wheelbarrow, supervisor, peculiar, receipt

NOTE: WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT SPELLING TEST ON THE "-IVE" PATTERN ON TUESDAY JUNE 4. WE ALSO WILL HAVE OUR GREAT IDEA ARTICLE DISCUSSION THAT TUESDAY MORNING AS WE WILL BE HAVING A TOUR OF OUR TAG PROGRAM THAT MORNING. THE GREAT IDEA IS "WEALTH" OR "SIN."

Note: Please scroll down to find the current week:

Note: The spelling lists are at: https://www.SpellingCity.com/users/HHTeacher . Please go to the bottom of my list and work your way up. Some activities and games for spelling and vocabulary.

HW Week of Monday June 10

1) Great Idea: Change

2) Spelling Words that Concern Vacation and Travel -- transportation, leisure, arrangements, recreation, vacation, reservation, museum, baggage, journey, cancellation, restaurant, excursion, passenger, unusual, tourist, travelogue, attendant, escape, brochure, vagabond Test Friday June 14

HW Week of Monday June 3

1) Great Idea: Idea

2) Spelling Words that Describe Excellence -- wonderful, marvelous, astounding, supreme, fantastic, champion, brilliant, valuable, awesome, remarkable, incredible, dazzling, admirable, ideal, outstanding, miraculous, extraordinary, magnificent, spectacular, praiseworthy Test Monday June 10

HW Week of Monday (Memorial Day) May 27

1) Great Idea: Wealth or Sin

2) Spelling Words with com-, col-, or con- commission, conservation, communicate, collapse, concentrate, connect, collide, committee, company, college, complicate, conclusion, community, collection, compound, compromise, conference, convey, commencement, conspiracy Test Monday June 3

NOTE: Our homework has gotten out of sync, but for the week of May 20, we are studying this list. We will NOT have the test until Monday June 3. We are not doing the Great Idea this week. Thanks!

HW Week of Monday May 20

1) Great Idea: Language or Animal

2) Spelling Words with "sub" or "super" -- suburban, superhighway, subdue, superior, subsequent, superstition, submarine, supervise, substitute, superb, submerge, supermarket, substance, supersonic, subscribe, supersede, subconscious, superlative, subterranean, superintendent Test Tuesday May 28

HW Week of Monday May 13

1) Great Idea: Equality or Element

2) Spelling Words with the "ive" Suffix: exclusive, active, protective, destructive, creative, informative, captive, aggressive, detective, expressive, comparative, defensive, alternative, conclusive, defective, cooperative, abrasive, cumulative, descriptive, communicative Test Monday May 20

HW Week of Monday May 6

1) Great Idea: Universal and Particular

2) Spelling Words with Number Prefixes: universe, biceps, triplets, monotone, uniform, triangle, binoculars, monopoly, tricycle, unicorn, biannual, triplicate, unison, monorail, unicycle, triangular, bicentennial, unique, tripod, monopolize Test Monday May 13

HW Week of Monday April 29

1) Great Idea: Opinion

2) Spelling List is "Easily Misspelled Words";

terrific, colonel, weird, sergeant, desert, dessert, occasion, thorough, yacht, embarrass, sheriff, cough, scissors, occurrence, soldier, aquarium, moccasin, gauge, accidentally, broccoli Test Monday, May 6

HW Week of Monday April 22

1) Great Idea: Art -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with the Prefix 'pre-' or 'pro-'"; Test Monday, April 29

preview, propose, prearrange, prehistoric, proclamation, predict, progress, premature, preparation, provoke, precaution, projection, preface, prefix, procedure, precedent, procession, prescribe, preoccupied, premonition

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of March 15

1) Great Idea: Progress -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with Prefix 'pre' or 'pro'; test Monday, March 18

preview, propose, prearrange, prehistoric, proclamation, predict, progress, premature, preparation, provoke, precaution, projection, preface, prefix, procedure, precedent, procession, prescribe, preoccupied, premonition

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project --

HW Week of March 8

1) Great Idea: Tyranny and Despotism -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with Suffix '-ance' and 'ence'"; test Monday, March 11

patience, abundance, reluctance, experience, defiance, allowance, dependence, distance, annoyance, resistance, violence, disturbance, endurance, convenience, guidance, compliance, appearance, intelligence, consequence, acquaintance

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project --

HW Week of March 1

1) Great Idea: Soul -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with Suffix 'ion'"; test Monday, March 4

possession, decision, vegetation, depression, occupation, invention, reaction, satisfaction, admission, disposition, suspension, absorption, definition, digestion, permission, concession, recommendation, interruption, extension, cooperation

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project --

HW Week of Feb. 22

1) Great Idea: State -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling the Names of Country"; test Monday, Feb. 25

Switzerland, Argentina, Germany, Zambia, Israel, Canada, Botswana, Great Britain, Belgium, Vietnam, Ireland, Pakistan, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Egypt, Philippines, Uruguay, Ecuador

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project --

HW Week of Feb. 15

1) Great Idea: Mathematics -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Mathematics Words"; test Monday, Feb. 18

remainder, dividend, metric, addition, difference, subtraction, fraction, rectangle, geometry, division, perimeter, calculate, numerator, multiplication, quotient, trapezoid, denominator, rhombus, circumference, algebra

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project --

HW Week of Feb. 8

1) Great Idea: Logic -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2)

Spelling List is "Spelling Words with the Prefix 'in' or 'im'"; test Monday, Feb. 11

integrate, influence, immense, inflate, instinct, inhale, impose, inspire, include, instruct, import, intrude, increase, involve, ingredient, investigate, indebted, institution, invasion, inhibit

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project --

HW Week of Feb. 1

1) Great Idea: Experience -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with the Suffix 'ment' or 'ness'"; test Monday, Feb. 4

refreshment, kindness, development, cleanliness, amusement, judgment, loneliness, agreement, measurement, cleverness, enchantment, equipment, foolishness, management, settlement, astonishment, encouragement, accomplishment, cautiousness, achievement

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft was due Dec. 12 -- you still may turn in the final if you have not already, but remember that the end of the quarter is coming up!

HW Week of Jan. 25

1) Great Idea: Memory and Imagination -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with the Suffix 'ity' or 'y'"; test Monday, Jan. 28

unity, popularity, ability, security, fiery, hostility, eternity, maturity, nationality, injury, humanity, slippery, majority, humidity, equality, probability, economy, formality, opportunity, neutrality

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft was due Dec. 12 -- you still may turn in the final if you have not already, but remember that the end of the quarter is coming up!

HW Week of Jan. 18

1) Great Idea: Astronomy and Cosmology -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Astronomy Words"; test Monday, Jan. 21

reentry, Uranus, Earth, astronaut, Mars, Venus, eclipse, Mercury, satellite, Pluto, Saturn, asteroid, Neptune, Jupiter, astronomer, weightlessness, Voyager, constellation, propellant, atmosphere

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft was due Dec. 12 -- you still may turn in the final if you have not already, but remember that the end of the quarter is coming up!

HW Week of Jan. 11

1) Great Idea: Immortality -- homework done in cycle -- read directions explanation under this main Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Spelling Words with Negative Prefixes"; test Monday, Jan. 14

illegible, irrational, nonviolent, illegal, irregular, impossible, insecure, nonprofit, impartial, illiterate, independent, impatient, nonstandard, incorrect, illogical, irresponsible, inconclusive, inescapable, impersonal, incapable

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft was due Dec. 12 -- you still may turn in the final if you have not already, but remember that the end of the quarter is coming up!

5) (Also don't forget the deadlines for the Science Fair Project, managed by Ms. Jones)

HW Week of Dec. 14 (probably our last week of homework before Winter Break!)

1) Great Idea: Sign and Symbol -- cycle done as homework -- read directions explanation under this Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "spelling the 'K' sound"; test Monday, Dec. 17

scheme, chaos, bouquet, character, headache, schedule, technique, chemistry, mechanic, orchestra, chlorine, mosquito, chrome, monarchy, chorus, chromosome, zucchini, chrysanthemum, scholarship, chronological

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft is due Dec. 12

5) (Also don't forget the deadlines for the Science Fair Project -- some of the earliest deadlines are coming up! :-) .

HW Week of Dec. 7

1) Great Idea: History -- cycle done as homework -- read directions explanation under this Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Words that end with 'ous'"; test Monday, Dec. 10

tremendous, famous, ridiculous, dangerous, jealous, adventurous, mountainous, vigorous, courteous, previous, continuous, humorous, nervous, disastrous, vicious, treacherous, boisterous, venomous, ambitious, mischievous

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft is due Dec. 12

5) (Also don't forget the deadlines for the Science Fair Project -- some of the earliest deadlines are coming up! :-) .

HW Week of Nov. 30

1) Great Idea: Monarchy -- cycle done as homework -- read directions explanation under this Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "Easily Misspelled Words"; test Monday, Nov. 19

guest, knead, salmon, knelt, guardian, wholly, honesty, khaki, herb, solemn, knuckle, wholesome, hustle, gnash, whom, guarantee, rhinoceros, knowledge, spaghetti, rhinestone

Latin/Greek roots: Latin-based vocabulary: root: "tractus" -- to "pull" or "drag" -- extract -- to pull out; distract -- to pull away (attention); protract -- to pull forward; contract -- to pull together; abstract -- to pull from; subtract -- to pull under.

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book -- parent slip was due Nov. 8; genre and working title was due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book was due Nov. 28, final draft is due Dec. 12

5) (Also don't forget the deadlines for the Science Fair Project -- some of the earliest deadlines are coming up! :-) .

HW Week of Nov. 16

1) Great Idea: Sense -- cycle done as homework -- read directions explanation under this Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal.

2) Spelling List is "spelling language words"; test Monday, Nov. 19

vowel, contraction, pronoun, adjective, comma, predicate, adverb, English, conjunction, article, essay, consonant, syllable, preposition, hyphen, participle, infinitive, phrase, interjection, punctuation

Latin/Greek roots: Latin-based vocabulary: profound = deep, complete, wise; manifest = obvious, made apparent; prodigious = huge or marvelous; languor = weakness, either of body or mind; countenance = visage, expression, look, appearance, aspect.

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- Write-A-Book parent slip due Nov. 8; genre and working title due Nov. 14; rough draft of Write-A-Book is due Nov. 28, final is due Dec. 12

HW Week of Nov. 9 (beginning of 2nd quarter)

1) Great Idea: Trust -- cycle done as homework -- read directions explanation under this Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal. ("Trust" technically is not one of the 103 Great Ideas, but it is a theme of stories we are reading in Junior Great Books.) . Note: Due to some disruptions in our schedule the last few days, I have made the Great Idea on Trust homework this week discretionary and extra credit. On Friday, we will use the article and related paragraph on Courage that we did not get around to last Friday since we had to split the classes. That homework will be mandatory, but graded on one week later.

2) Spelling List is spelling the long /u/ sound; test Tuesday, Nov. 13 (Monday is Veteran's Day)

unruly, youth, lagoon, duplicate, numerous, solitude, caboose, group, nuisance, union, routine, suitable, jewelry, improve, consume, souvenir, crusader, neutral, illuminate, shrewd

Latin/Greek roots: Latin roots/stems: circum = around (circumnavigate, circumspect, circumvent); mal = bad (malevolent, malady, malicious); post = after (posthumous, postscript, posterity, post-test); equi = equal (equilateral, equivocate, equilibrium); ante = before (antebellum, antecedent, anterior)3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Projects -- "Number the Stars" Choice Board is due on Nov. 13!

-- Write-A-Book parent signature slip due Nov. 8; "type of book slip" and working title due Nov. 14; rough draft due Nov. 28; final product due Dec. 12.

HW Week of Nov. 2 (end of 1st quarter)

1) Great Idea: Courage -- cycle done as homework -- read directions explanation under this Tab, or on orange guide at back of students' homework journal

2) Spelling List is spelling the /er/ sound; test Monday Nov. 5

yogurt, calendar, desperate, surrender, accurate, surveying, capture, popular, barrier, familiar, emperor, alternate, pressure, admiral, memory, survivor, burglar, perpetual, calculator, monitor

Latin/Greek roots: None

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

4) Long-Term Project -- "Number the Stars" Choice Board is due on Nov. 13

HW Week of Oct. 26

1) Great Idea: Judgement -- cycle done as homework

2) Spelling List is spelling the /ar/ and /or/ sounds; test Monday 0ct 29

discard, origin, barge, formula, guitar, ornament, harness, fortress, departure, organize, carbon, fortunate, partially, ordinary, pardon, quarantine, torment, formation, assortment, cordial

Latin/Greek roots: Latin-based vocabulary: serene = calm; acute = sharp; grotesque = distorted; condescend = look down on; odious = hateful

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of Oct. 19

1) Great Idea: Life and Death -- cycle done as homework

2) Spelling List is spelling the special consonant sounds; test Monday 0ct 22

thicken, chocolate, whether, abolish, chimney, whirlwind, cheddar, astonish, overwhelm, chamber, thorn, rubbish, charcoal, theater, whittle, shrubbery, chieftain, wharf, thermometer, mythologyLatin/Greek roots:

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of Oct. 12

1) Great Idea: Good and Evil -- cycle done as homework

2) Spelling List is spelling the /s/ sound; test Monday 0ct 15

specific, census, niece, certificate, circuit, service, celebrate, sacrifice, circular, fierce, cylinder, crevice, presence, civil, century, citation, cemetery, scent, ceramic, circumstances

Latin/Greek roots:

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of Oct. 5

1) Great Idea: War and Peace -- the weekly cycle is done as homework

2) Spelling List is spelling words with double consonants; test Monday 0ct 8

hurricane, annual, vanilla, alligator, dissolve, pudding, antenna, commercial, hammock, innocent, bulletin, channel, gorilla, commuter, alley, parallel, immediate, corridor, exaggerate, immense

Latin/Greek roots:

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of Sept. 28:

1) Maryland Counties Project Due Oct. 1

2) Great Idea: Knowledge (we are doing this first weekly cycle in class)

2) Spelling List is spelling the /o/ sound; test Monday 0ct 1

faulty, awning, haughty, waltz, launch, yawned, almanac, fraud, applaud, vault, awkward, haunch, author, daughter, laundry, somersault, laundromat, sauna, auditorium, inaugurate

Latin/Greek roots:

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of Sept. 21:

1) Maryland Counties Project Due Oct. 1

2) Spelling List is Long a, e, i, o; test Monday Sept. 24

reply, snowflake, breathe, equator, reminder, theme, vacate, devote, maintain, realize, rodeo, traitor, receive, migrate, release, microphone, wheelbarrow, supervisor, peculiar, receipt

Greek roots: micro = small, phone = sound; Latin roots: vacuum = empty space, semi (hemi) = half, dis = away (a negative prefix)

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your homework journal.

HW Week of Sept. 14:

1) Maryland Counties Project Due Oct. 1

2) Spelling List is Short Vowel Sounds; test Monday Sept. 17

unselfish, possible, accent, messenger, publish, snapshot, withstand, athletic, rapid, significant, mathematics, dismiss, penniless, establish, suspense, velocity, optimum, discipline, recommend, necessity

Latin roots: bi = two, sub = under, de = down, pre = before, super = over

3) Read 20 minutes -- self-selected sustained reading. Please log your reading in your reading log.