Assignments

Thursday, April 25

Weekly Happenings:

• Only 4 days until camp!!!!  

• Mass tomorrow Friday, dress uniform

• Progress Reports go home tomorrow, Friday.  

• Don't forget to be AWESOME!  

Homework - Daily activities:    (Scroll down to see what cool things we did last week.)

Music:  The ukuleles will stay at school this week for our big performance during Friday's Mass.   

Science:  

• Go Mr. L's Google Classroom to see the latest and greatest from the science lab.

Religion:

• The Circle of Grace discussion continues.  Mass tomorrow.

Math:   

• Thursday:  Finished up the puzzle worksheet and other mathematical problems.   

• Wednesday:  They took the Spring Star Math test today, no homework

• Tuesday:  Complete this worksheet.  

State Report

• Presentations continue every day until all have presented.  Keep practicing.  Be sure to send, rather share your Google slide show with me.  

Social Studies / American Revolution Play:

• Homework - Chapter 10 metaphor worksheet due tomorrow.  

• Continue practicing and memorizing your lines.  

Literature/Reading:  

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Spelling test tomorrow, Friday.  3x's homework due tomorrow.  

• Tuesday:  Homework  - JRN page 174 Proofreading.  Practice spelling test today. 

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Week 32: Monday April 15 - Monday, April 19

Student Leadership Homework - For those that want to be apart of student leadership next school year, Student Leadership applications are due tomorrow.  (Applications were passed out today for all those who wanted and application.  

Science:  

• Thursday:  check Mr. L's Google Classroom in case something was assigned yesterday that I was not aware of.   

• Wednesday:  No science class today, but it never hurts to check Mr. L's Google Classroom in case something was assigned yesterday that I was not aware of.   

• Monday: My sources tells me that there is a homework assignment due tomorrow in science.  Go Mr. L's Google Classroom for more information.   

Religion:

• Thursday: Corrected and turned in the Forgiveness Scripture worksheet.  They also started the Circ;le of Grace program.  

• Wednesday: Talked about the new monthly virtue of forgiveness and worked on a scripture worksheet.  No homework.

• Tuesday:  Finished making their foil crosses.  No homework today.

• Monday: Homework - turn in the Circle of Grace forms (due today).  They also made foil crosses.

Math:   

• Thursday:  They took a quiz today.  No homework.

• Wednesday:  Homework - study for tomorrow's quiz. The quiz will be on 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3.

• Tuesday: Homework - Practice Book 11.3 page 205-206.  Quiz Thursday.  The quiz will be on 11.1-11.3

• Monday: Game day = no homework day.

State Report

• Thursday: The great state presentations start tomorrow.  Clearly many of you are ready to go as 16 of you volunteered to go tomorrow.  16...that's amazing and a school record.  For those that didn't volunteer you should expect to present at least by Tuesday of next week.  Keep practicing at school, practice at home, practice, practice, practice. 

• Wednesday Start preparing for your presentation.  We went over the basic guidelines and the expectations for the presentation Tuesday.  We also had plenty of time the past few days to get our note cards and minds ready.  Practice at school, practice at home, practice, practice, practice. Presentations will start this Friday.   Everyone should be prepared to give their fabulous presentation on Friday.   

• Continue to use the "official" Netstate state report website, your state library book, and our classroom atlases for your main resource materials. 

Social Studies / American Revolution Play:

• Thursday:  We worked and finished 2 more illustrative events of the American Revolution. We will finish the last one in class tomorrow or Monday.  If you have been absent, ask a friend for help to get their notes and see how to complete this task.  

• Wednesday: We worked and finished 2 more illustrative Acts or events of the American Revolution.  More tomorrow.  

• Monday: We started a "super fun" illustrative metaphor worksheet on the Acts of the American Revolution.  More super fun to come.  Continue practicing and memorizing your lines for our classroom play, The American Revolution.

• (From last week):  We read and took notes on the Stamp Act and the Boston Massacre.  We will learn more about the American Revolution unit through our classroom play, The American Revolution.  If you were given a part to perform, start reading and memorizing your lines.  It's going to be a blast!  

Literature/Reading:  

• Monday: Our final class novel will begin soon.  

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Wednesday:  Homework - JRN pages 176 and 176.  These were quick grammar reviews and should've been completed in class.  

• Tuesday:  Homework - JRN page 173

• Monday:  Homework - JRN page 175  and 172 - the write up.  The spelling test will be next week not this week.  

Music:  The ukuleles went home yesterday.  Keep practicing.  Everyone is playing really well together.   

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Week 31: Monday April 8 - Monday, April 12

Science:  Go Mr. L's Google Classroom to see the latest and greatest from the science lab.

Religion:

• Thursday:  Corrected Lesson 3.  Finished reading chapter 22 and completed Lesson 4.  Quiz tomorrow on chapter 22.

• Wednesday:  They completed and corrected Lesson 2 and continued reading in chapter 22.  Homework - finish Lesson 3 worksheet.  Some finished it in class.  Some still need to.   

• Tuesday:  Corrected Lesson 1 worksheet and continued reading chapter 22.  They will complete Lesson 2 worksheet in class tomorrow.

• Monday:  Started reading chapter 22.  Homework - finish Lesson 1 worksheet.  Some finished it in class.  Some still need to. 

Math:   

• Thursday: Homework - Practice Book page 203 ALL and 204 #1 & 2 only. 

• Wednesday: Homework -  Complete 11.2 Triangles 

• Tuesday:  Homework - Complete 11.1 Polygons worksheet.

• Monday: Total eclipse viewing cut our math time short.  No homework other than telling a parent what congruent means. 

State Report

• More work today on our slide shows for next week's presentations.

• Tuesday: Homework - The great state seal hand-drawing needs to be finished by tomorrow, Wednesday.  As we discussed in class, we will have about 20 minutes tomorrow to finish up the state seals.  If you need more time than the dedicated class time, than you'll need to take it home to work on it. 

• Continue to use the "official" Netstate state report website, your state library book, and our classroom atlases for your main resource materials. 

• The state hats are all in and my goodness they are amazing!!!!!!

Social Studies / American Revolution Play:

• Wednesday:  We read and took notes on the Stamp Act and the Boston Massacre.  We will learn more about the American Revolution unit through our classroom play, The American Revolution.  If you were given a part to perform, start reading and memorizing your lines.  It's going to be a blast!  

Literature/Reading:  

• Thursday:  We read Revolution & Rights page 344-348

• Wednesday: LW&W:  We took the A/R test and collected the book.  The next...and final class novel will begin soon.   

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Thursday:  JRN page 171.

• Tuesday:  We collected the JRN packet 11 today.  The next one will begin shortly.

• Monday: Homework - JRN pages 157 and 158.  Homework - the JRN packet will be collect tomorrow.  If any of your pages are not completed, complete them tonight.  

Music:  Keep practicing your ukuleles.  Everyone is playing really well.     

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Week 30: Monday March 25 - Thursday, March 28

Homework - Daily activities:    (Scroll down to see what cool things we did last week.)

Music:  Everyone did an excellent job performing in front of the 4th graders today.  

Science:  No science class on Monday.  

Religion

• Wednesday: They took the chapter 21 open book quiz today.  No homework.

• Tuesday: Finished correcting the chapter 21 packet and watched the Bible Project on Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.  Homework is to finish the chapter 21 packet at home.  

• Monday: They reviewed and corrected the chapter 21 packet. 

Math:   

• Wednesday:  If you didn't finish this worksheet on Metric Measures in class today...it is homework, If you did finish it in class...no homework.

• Tuesday - Homework: Practice Book page 193 #1-12

• Monday:  The only homework per se is to show and discuss your math notes from today with a parent.  

State Report

• Wednesday:  Most of the I-Spy drawings are in.  Many still need to be turned in.  The great state seal hand-drawing is underway.  Homework - State hats due tomorrow!  

Literature/Reading:  

• Wednesday:  We are trying to finish up the book this week and we only have 2 more chapters to go.  There's a more than slight connection with the Lion Witch & the Wardrobe and Easter.  

• Tuesday: Homework - Complete chapter 13 worksheet - Odd Maud questions only.  (Time was given in class to complete this).  Read the rest of chapter 14. 

• Monday:  Today we discussed and collected chapter 12 worksheet and then we read chapter 13 together.  

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Wednesday: Spelling test today.  No JRN pages today = no JRN homework today.  

• Tuesday - Homework:

  1. JRN page 167 (This should've been completed in class).  

  2. 3x's homework due tomorrow Wednesday.  

  3. Spelling test tomorrow

• Monday: Homework:

  1. JRN page 166 (This page really should've been completed in class).  

  2. 3x's homework due Wednesday.  

  3. Spelling test Wednesday, March 27.  Review the spelling words

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Week 29: Monday March 18 - Friday, March 22

Music:  Keep practicing your ukuleles.  They go back home today.  

Science:  Continue to check  Go Mr. L's Google Classroom to see if there's any assignment posted that I may have missed.   

Religion

• Today:   14th station and Lesson 3 of the weekly packet.

• Wednesday:  13th station of the cross and completed Lesson 2 of the weekly packet.

• Tuesday: They completed the 12th station of the cross and completed Lesson 1 in this week's packet.  No homework. 

• Reconciliation was our religion class today.  

Math:   

• Today  They took a quiz today.  No homework.

• Wednesday: Homework -  Measurement quiz tomorrow.   Study your notes. Prepare for an A!  

• Tuesday: Homework - Complete the separate worksheet #1-4.  Use binder paper to show your work. 

• Monday: Homework- Practice Book page 191,  Gentlemen #'s 2, 4, and 6.  Ladies # 3, 5, and 6

Social Studies:    

• Today:  We started reading and writing a brief 5W summary of some of the luminaries of the American Revolution.

• Monday: Today we finished and collected atlas worksheet #14.   Social studies will resume on Thursday.  

State Report

• Thursday:  

  1. Homework -  finish your physical maps.  All but 7 of the physical maps are in and look wonderful.

  2. Homework - State Hats due next week Thursday, March 28. This flyer went home three weeks ago.  The state hat project is completely a home project.  

  3. Continue to use the "official" state report website, your state library book, and our classroom atlases for your main resource materials. 

• Tuesday:

  1. Physical Maps should be finished by tomorrow, Wednesday. If you are behind, take it home to finish it up.  

  2. State Hats due Thursday, March 28. This flyer went home two weeks ago.  The state hat project is completely a home project.  

• Monday: Political maps due tomorrow, Tuesday.  We started the physical maps today.  The plan is to finish them tomorrow in class.

Literature/Reading:  

• Thursday: Homework - Read chapter 12 then complete the chapter 12 worksheet.  Skip the vocabulary section.  We will do that together in class tomorrow.  

• Wednesday: Homework - complete the chapter 11 worksheet.  

• Tuesday: We finally discussed, and collected chapter 10 worksheet in class.  

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Today:  Homework - JRN page 165 (This page should've been completed in class).  Spelling test will be next week, Tuesday.  

• Wednesday:  Homework - JRN page 163 and 164.  Time was given in class to complete most of this. 

• Tuesday:  Homework - JRN page 160, including the write-up.   Practice spelling test today.  

• Monday: Homework JRN page 162 - Proofreading.  Homework - study the spelling words.  Practice spelling test tomorrow, Tuesday.  

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Week 29: Monday - Thursday, March 14

Music:  Keep practicing your ukuleles.  Practice makes perfect!  

Science:  Go to Mr. L's Google Classroom to see if there's any assignment posted that I may have missed.   

Religion:   

• Thursday:  Practiced for Monday's reconciliation.   Review Preparing for Reconciliation- think about and write down sins (we all have them).  

• Wednesday:  They took the ACRE test today.

• Tuesday: Tomorrow is the ACRE test.  Review Preparing for Reconciliation- think about and write down sins (we all have them).

Math:   

• Thursday:  

• Wednesday: Homework practice book 10.2 

• Tuesday: Homework - Complete the King Gallon worksheet and drawing.  Tell your parents about the King Gallon story as you draw the picture.  Parents must draw picture.

• Monday: Homework - Practice Book 185-186 ALL

Social Studies:    

• Thursday:  We collected Atlas 12 & 13.  

• Wednesday: Homework - Atlas worksheet #13

• Monday: Homework - Atlas worksheet #12

State Report

• Thursday:  

  1. Many finished their political maps today.  Many still need to.

  2. State Hats due Thursday, March 28. This flyer went home last week.  The state hat project is a home project.  

• Wednesday: 

  1. Political maps are underway.   Tomorrow, Thursday will be our last day to work on it in class.  Take it home to finish it up if you need to. 

  2. Homework - State Report Persuasion Letter take 2 due tomorrow, Thursday.  (This assignment assigned last week. Tuesday) For those that would like to revise & correct...and get a better grade you have until next week Thursday to resubmit it through Google Classroom.  Make it look awesome!  You will need to work on this at home or if all classwork for the day is done.  We will not have dedicated time to work on this.  This assignment has already been posted through Google Classroom.  If you didn't receive this assignment congratulations...you earned an A so you don't need to revise anything,  Lucky you!

• Tuesday: Political Maps:  We talked about the ground rules for the political map and passed out their state library books.  Tomorrow the work begins.   

• Monday:  We will be done with Phase 2 (Facts & Figures and State flag) by Wednesday.  The Facts & Figures handout we are using has been posted on our Google Classroom.  

• Continue to use the "official" state report website and our classroom atlases to help you with these tasks.  

Literature/Reading:  

• We finally finished chapter 10 together and started a worksheet which we fill finish Monday.   

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Thursday: Homework -    JRN pages 159 and 161.  Practice spelling test next Tuesday, March 19.  

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Week 28: Monday, March 4 - Friday, March 8

Science:   Go to Mr. L's Google Classroom to see if there's any assignment posted that I may have missed.   

Religion:   

• Thursday: They completed their journal entry for the 10th Station of the Cross and yes...they studied a bit more for the upcoming ACRE test.  

• Wednesday:  9th station of the cross.

• Tuesday:  They wrote in their journals for the 8th station and more prepping for the ACRE test.

• Monday: They wrote in their journals for the 7th Station.  More studying for the ACRE test. 

Math:   

• Thursday:  Chapter 9 test today.  No homework

• Wednesday:  Homework -  Review the pretest to study for tomorrow's test.

• Tuesday:  Homework -  Big Book page 424 ALL.  Test Thursday. 

• Monday: Homework - Practice Book p. 179 ALL, p. 180 just #1&2, p. 181 ALL, p. 182 just #1&2  

Social Studies:    

• Thursday:  We finished, discussed and reviewed chapter 6 with a colonial billboard project.  Quiz tomorrow 

•  Monday: They finished the Middle and Southern sections of chapter 6.  Again, If you missed a few days of school borrow chapter 6 notes from a friend.  

State Report: 

• Facts & Figures page due today, Thursday.   Homework - State flags and 3 research topics due tomorrow, Friday.  (See research paper topics below.)

• Facts & Figures - State Flag:  As of today, Wednesday, we are mostly done with the Facts & Figures and the State Flag pages.  If yours is not done, finish it tonight at home.  Facts & Figures due Thursday.  State hats Friday

• Research paper topics.  We will write a research paper that will cover several topics.   Three of those topics will be an iconic (well-known) structure, a National Park, and a famous person.   Homework - Your first task is to simply pick what or who you will write about for each topic, due by this Friday.  (We will have some time in class tomorrow and Friday to research this, but start looking now)  Look through the linked websites to search by your state for ideas.  If you want to write about something or someone that is not from these links, let me know.  Enjoy looking through them.  

  2. 1. Iconic state buildings, bridges, or dams.  (Just pick one.)  The dams webpage list the big ones in the country.  Not all states have dams this enormous.  

     2. National Park, National Monument, or National Historical Park (Just pick one.)  Use this handy Find a Park site to search by state for all National park related stuff.  This website is an interactive map just for National Parks.  

     3. Famous person  (Just pick one.)  As we discussed this can be anyone living or not from your state that is well known:  Movie star celebrities, authors, sports figures, U.S. Presidents, civil rights leaders etc.  It even can be a famous family person who may have long ago immigrated to your state.  

• State Report Persuasion Letter take 2.  For those that would like to revise & correct...and get a better grade you have until next week Thursday to resubmit it through Google Classroom.  Make it look awesome!  You will need to work on this at home or if all classwork for the day is done.  We will not have dedicated time to work on this.  This assignment has already been posted through Google Classroom.  If you didn't receive this assignment congratulations...you earned an A so you don't need to revise anything,  Lucky you!

• Monday:  We will be done with Phase 2 (Facts & Figures and State flag) by Wednesday.  The Facts & Figures handout we are using has been posted on our Google Classroom.  

• Continue to use the "official" state report website and our classroom atlases to help you with these tasks.  

Literature/Reading:  

• Thursday:  Collected chapter 9 LW&W worksheet.  

• Wednesday:  We didn't have time to discuss and collect the chapter 9 worksheet.  So if you didn't do it last night, you have been pardoned, but only if you complete it tonight.  

• Tuesday:  Homework - Finish reading the remainder of chapter 9 then complete the chapter 9 worksheet.  For the vocabulary part you can look up the words in a dictionary, OR use context clues from the story and come up a synonym or two.  

• Monday:  We finished reading chapter 8 and most of 9 today.  No reading homework tonight.  

• New trimester, new reading goal.  Read at least five (5) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

Spelling/English:     

• Thursday:  JRN page119.  JRN Lesson 10 packet will be completed and collected tomorrow.  

• Wednesday:  JRN pages 109 and 110.  FYI:  JRN Lesson 10 packet will be collected Friday. 

• Tuesday: They took the Lesson 10 spelling test today.  

• Monday:  Homework - 3x's spelling correction work due tomorrow, Tuesday.  Homework - Spelling test tomorrow.  Homework - JRN page 118.  JRN Lesson 10 packet will be collected this Friday.  So far we've done pages 111-118.   

Music:  Keep practicing your ukuleles.  Practice makes perfect!  

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Week 27: Monday, Feb. 26 - Friday, March 1

Science:  

• Thursday:  Go to Mr. L's Google Classroom to see what's been going on in the science lab.  

• No science class on Wednesday.

• Tuesday: Homework - Know your state bird, river and other state related items due tonight.  See Mr. L's Google Classroom for more specifics of that assignment.   

Religion: 

• Thursday:  They wrote in their journals for the 5th station and reviewed answers for the ACRE test.  They also read about Pentecost chapter 23 in their Religion book.  

• Wednesday:  They just have enough time to prep for the upcoming ACRE test.  No homework.

• Tuesday: They wrote in their journal for Station 4 and studied for the upcoming ACRE test.  No homework.

Math:   

• Thursday: Homework - Practice Book page 177 ALL and just the top of page 178. 

• Wednesday: Homework - Spring Mystery graphing worksheet. 

• Tuesday: Homework - Big Book page 405-406 mid-chapter checkpoint

• Monday:  Homework -  Practice Book page 175 all and 176 just 1&2

Social Studies:    

• Thursday:  We worked on and completed the New England section and New York of the Middle Colonies section.

• No SS on Tuesday & Wednesday

• Monday: We started chapter 8 with some reading, some watching, and some notetaking,   If you were absent borrow notes from a friend.  

State Report 

• state report website    

• Phase 1 is now complete.  (Well 5 states have not completed theirs but the show must go on.)  Tomorrow we will begin Phase 2.  

Literature/Reading:  

• Wednesday: Tomorrow, Thursday February 29 is the end of the 2nd trimester.  This also means tomorrow is the last day to take an Accelerated Reader's Test for this trimester.  As a reminder:  Our goal it to have read at least four (4) books this trimester with a passing Accelerated Reader's score.  

• Monday:  Homework - Read chapter 8 and add at least 2-3 to each of the Depth Chart worksheet that we've been working on in class. 

Spelling/English:     

• Thursday:  JRN page 116.  Spelling test is scheduled for tomorrow, but alas I neglected to pass back the 3x's spelling correction work today.  (There was a lot going on today.)  Prepare for the spelling test nonetheless.

• Tuesday:  JRN page 115.  Took the practice spelling test today.

• Monday:  JRN page 112 - Proofreading. Lesson 10 practice spelling test tomorrow, Tuesday,  Homework - Study the words.  

Music:  Continue practicing your ukuleles 

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Week 26: Tuesday, Feb. 20 - Friday, Feb. 23

Science:   Check Mr. L's Google Classroom to see what exciting things are going on.

Religion:   

• Thursday:  They wrote in their 2nd station journal and worked on the Lent Facts worksheet.

• Wednesday: They put their Lenten Journals together today and completed the first page in their journal. 

• Tuesday: They finished their Lenten Crosses.  Some started reading chapter 15 and writing down the 3 words to know.  No homework. 

Math:    

• Thursday: Homework - Practice Book page 172 only.  

• Wednesday: Homework - Practice Book page 171 only. 

• Tuesday: Homework - Practice Book page 169-170

Social Studies:    

• Thursday:  We launched into the next fabulous chapter with a preview atlas worksheets.  Most finished it in class.  Homework to those that didn't complete it.

• Tuesday: Corrected quiz 6 quiz.  Next chapter begins Thursday.  

State Report - Persuasion Writing: The state report persuasion letters are fantastic!!  You had did an excellent job.  Now I have the difficult task of assigning states.  The state reveal will be on Friday...maybe sooner.  

Literature/Reading:  

• Thursday:  We read a tiny portion of chapter 7.  We did not discuss nor collect yesterday's homework, so if you didn't complete it you should tonight.  

• Wednesday:  Homework - Complete chapter 4-6 worksheet.  Plenty of time was given to complete this, or at least most of it, in class.    

• Tuesday: Homework - Complete the chapter 6 Edmund and Peter Venn Diagram passed out today.  As we discussed in class you should come up with at least 8-10 personality traits or characterizes from both Edmund and Peter.

Spelling/English:     

• Thursday:  Homework -  JRN page 113 - word sort.  Use the handy dandy handout passed out in class.  

• Wednesday: Homework -  JRN page 112 the write-up.  The first part #1-10 should've been completed in class today.  Use the challenge word definitions we worked on in class to write your amazing news story.  

• Tuesday: Homework - JRN page 111.  This should've been completed in class today.  

Music:  Keep practicing your ukuleles.  They went home today.