Mrs. Johnson's Classroom Connection

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to 2010! We are nearing the end of the second quarter, and the students have until Monday, January 11th, to hand in any late or missing assignments.

HOMEWORK

8TH GRADE READING

Monday: No homework
Tuesday: Begin writing bio-poem for character from Monster (due Friday)
Wednesday: Work on your bio-poems
Thursday: Bio-Poems are due tomorrow
Friday: No homework

7TH GRADE READING

Monday: Complete Any Questions? assignment
Tuesday: Complete Literary Review assignment
Wednesday: Complete Description Essay worksheet (5 Senses Chart)
Thursday: Start on Descriptive Essay rough draft (due Monday)
Friday: Descriptive Essay rough draft is due on Monday

6TH GRADE READING

Monday: Complete Any Questions? assignment
Tuesday: Complete textbook pg. 85, RR, TF, and CYC #1-#5
Wednesday: Complete textbook pg. 91, RR and CYC, #1-#5
Thursday: Complete textbook pg. 85, CT, #1-#5, and textbook pg. 91, CT, #1-#3 and #5
Friday: Begin studying for Tuesday's test on The Circuit and Hard As Nails, and complete wksht. (both sides)

7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday: Complete wkbk. pgs. 70 & 71, and study for Chapter 5, Section 2 quiz
Tuesday: Chapter 5, Section 2 quiz, and complete wkbk. pg. 72
Wednesday: Study for tomorrow's quiz on Chapter 5, Section 3, and complete wkbk. pg. 73
Thursday: Travel brochures are due tomorrow
Friday: Complete wkbk. pgs. 75, 76, & 77, and study for Tuesday's Chapter 5 Test

*Travel brochures are due on Friday, January 8th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The second quarter has come to a close, and report cards will be distributed next Friday, January 22nd. It is hard to believe that we are half way to June!

The St. Linus Geography Bee will be held this Wednesday, and congratulations to the representative from my homeroom, Donny McKenna!

HOMEWORK

8TH GRADE READING

Monday: Complete Flowers for Algernon wksht. (both sides)
Tuesday: No homework
Wednesday: Complete text pg. 225, RR, TF, and CYC
Thursday: Complete text pg. 225, CT, and Catholic Education essays are due on Friday, Jan. 22nd
Friday: Complete Flowers for Algernon wksht, and work on your Catholic Education essays (due Friday)

7TH GRADE READING

Monday: Complete textbook ques. pg. #131, RR, TF, and CYC #1-#4, and have your Descriptive Essay rough drafts ready for tomorrow's peer-editing
Tuesday: Complete textbook ques. pg. #127, CT #1-#8
Wednesday: Complete textbook ques. pg. 131, CT #1-#7 and wksht. (both sides)/Final copy of Descriptive Essay is due on Tuesday
Thursday: Study for tomorrow's test on 7th Grade and The Melting Pot
Friday: Descriptive Essay (5 Senses) is due next Tuesday, and Catholic Education essays are due on Friday, January 22nd

6TH GRADE READING

Monday: Study for tomorrow's test on The Circuit and Hard As Nails
Tuesday: Test today - No homework
Wednesday: Complete text pg. 403, CYC #1-#5
Thursday: Complete text pg. 403, CT, ALL
Friday: Complete your Postcard from the Titanic

7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday: Study for tomorrow's test on Chapter 5
Tuesday: Test today - No homework
Wednesday: Complete wkbk. pgs. 78, 79, & 80
Thursday: Complete two wkshts.
Friday: No homework

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Report cards will be sent home this Friday, January 22nd.

Catholic Schools' Week is from Sunday, January 31st, and continues through Friday, February 5th. Our committee is planning many activities.

HOMEWORK

8TH GRADE READING

Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Complete Characterization wksht., complete your classmate characterization chart, Flowers for Algernon test is on Thursday, and Catholic Schools' essays are due on Friday
Wednesday: Test on Flowers for Algernon has been changed to Friday, Catholic Schools' Essay is due on Friday, and Super Hero essay is due next Wednesday
Thursday: Study for tomorrow's test, and the Catholic Schools' Essays are due tomorrow
Friday: Super Hero essay is due on Wednesday

7TH GRADE READING

Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Complete Personal Pronoun side of wksht, text pg. 89, RR, TF, and CYC, and Catholic Schools' essays are due on Friday
Wednesday: Complete Humorous Anecdote wksht.
Thursday: Complete text pg. 97, CT, the Catholic Schools' Essays are due tomorrow, and the test on Tarzan Was a ... is next Monday
Friday: Study for Monday's test

6TH GRADE READING

Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Complete wksht (both sides), write four sentences about the Titanic, and study for Thursday's test on Exploring the Titanic
Wednesday: Study for tomorrow's test on Exploring the Titanic
Thursday: No homework
Friday: No homework

7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Complete wkbk. pgs. 81 and 82
Wednesday: Complete wkbk. pg. 83
Thursday: Study for quiz on Sections 1 & 2 (Chapter 6), and complete wkbk. pgs. 84 & 85
Friday: Complete wkbk. pg. 86

DISCOVERY

The 7th grade students will be working within their homerooms on the U.S. Constitution and the Illinois Constitution.

Monday: Holiday
Tuesday: Complete handbook pgs. 3 and 4
Wednesday: No homework
Thursday: Complete handbook pgs. 5 and 6
Friday: No homework

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next week is Catholic Schools' Week, and our week long celebration begins with Mass and Open House this Sunday, January 31st. Please join us.

HOMEWORK

8TH GRADE READING

Monday: Text pg. 245, CYC and CT
Tuesday: Superhero essay is due tomorrow
Wednesday: No homework
Thursday: Postition papers - Year-Round Schools - are due next Friday
Friday: Work on your Persuasive Essays, and did you put your personal narrative in the basket?

7TH GRADE READING

Monday: Test today - No homework
Tuesday: Complete wksht. on The Californian's Tale and Valediction
Wednesday: Complete all textbook questions on The Californian's Tale and Valediction
Thursday: No homework
Friday: Complete wksht. (both sides), and is your personal narrative in the basket?

6TH GRADE READING

Monday: Text pg. 441 (ALL), text pg. 445 (ALL), (Class time was given.), and know the animal that you plan on writing about
Tuesday: Know your animal and its unique physical quality
Wednesday: No homework
Thursday: Complete the rough draft of your fable
Friday: Your fable and the picture of your animal are due on Monday

7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

Monday: Study for Chapter 6, Section 3 quiz
Tuesday: Complete wkbk. pgs. 87, 88, & 89
Wednesday: Complete wkbk. pg. 90, and study for Chapter 6, Section 4 quiz
Thursday: Complete wkbk. pg. 91
Friday: Study for Tuesday's test on Chapter 6

DISCOVERY

Monday: Complete Constitution booklet pgs. 8 & 9
Tuesday: Complete Constitution booklet pgs. 10 & 11
Wednesday: Complete Constitution booklet pgs. 12 & 14
Thursday: Complete Constitution booklet pg. 16
Friday: No homework