News and Assignments

Week of April 7, 2008

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Literature

AR points for the 5^th six weeks are due on April 17.   Students should read 15 – 20 minutes every night.  Class work not finished during class becomes homework.  

Monday:

            Vocabulary Study Unit 5 Lesson 5

Tuesday:

            Literature Selection Unit 5 Lesson 5

Wednesday:

             Class discussion of literature selection and vocabulary review

Thursday:

            Test for Unit 5 Lesson 5

            Literature enhancement for Unit 5 Lesson 5

Friday:

            Religion

                                             History

 6^th Grade Language Arts, Literature, Latin April 7-11

We put off our Latin and Spelling tests due to the ERB standardized tests.  The Latin test will be Tuesday.  We’ll be looking at comparative and superlative adjectives in grammar and words with the suffixes -ism, -age, and -ure. The kids will begin the rough drafts or their research papers March 31

           These plans are subject to change according to students’ needs

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6thSpelling:  Suf- fixes -ism, -age, -ure Page 93   Latin: Oppugnô, portô, postulô, pugnô, rogô, spectô, stô, tardô, vexô, vocô, vulnerô	6th Spelling/ 12:45-1:00 Suffixes Workbook  p. 94   Latin Test       HOMEWORK Spelling p. 94	Spelling 12:55-1:10 Spelling:  Suffixes Workbook  p. 96  Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives handout   HOMEWORK Spelling p. 96	6th  Spelling/Grammar 12:45-1:00 Suffixes Workbook  p. 95   Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives handout     HOMEWORK Spelling p. 96	Spelling 1:45-1:00     Spelling Test:
Writing 1:00-1:30   Skill: editing, footnotes Check rough drafts; attach footnotes to research paper.   HOMEWORK Insert footnotes; Paper can be turned in no later than April 14	Writing 1:00-1:30   Skill: editing, footnotes Check rough drafts; attach footnotes to research paper.   HOMEWORK Insert footnotes; Paper can be turned in no later than April 14	8th English 1:10-1:35   Skill: editing, footnotes Check rough drafts; attach footnotes to research paper.   HOMEWORK Insert footnotes; Paper can be turned in no later than April 14	English 1:00-1:30   Skill: editing, footnotes Check rough drafts; attach footnotes to research paper.   HOMEWORK Insert footnotes; Paper can be turned in no later than April 14	English 1:00-1:30   RELIGION

St. Stephen’s Episcopal School

Spanish Teacher/ Director of Paid Programs

Kenn Peters:  Lesson Plans: April 7^th  - April 12^th  term 5

These plans are subject to change according to students’ needs

Conference time: 8:30 – 10:30; 2:35-5:00

School: kpeters@ststeveschool.org, home kenn_peters@yahoo.com Questions: (512) 292-7899

6th  Spanish grade home work 10 sentences page 113 take notes page 114 acabar de HOMEWORK do practice ex a,b,c together in class study for unit quiz Thursday

6th  Spanish do acabar de tener que together practice page 117 take notes “con” page 118 HOMEWORK worksheets on acabar y tener study for thursday quiz

6th  Spanish grade home work  worksheets read story page 120 answer questions HOMEWORK   study for thursday quiz .

6th  Spanish take quiz   read la cultura y tu page 121     HOMEWORK   take new notes124 -125

6th  h Spanish   practice pronounce  new vocabulary HOMEWORK

                                                     6th Grade Math

Subject	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6th Math Houghton Mifflin Series	Unit 6,  Chapter 16 Lesson 16.1 Equivalent ratios     H/W P. 423 (4-32) Even	Unit 6,  Chapter16 Lesson 16.2 Rates     H/W P. 425 (8-36) Even	Unit 6,  Chapter 16 Lesson 16.3 Distance=Time X Speed   H/W P. 427 (4-24) Even	Unit 6,  Chapter16 Lesson 16.4 Proportions     H/W P. 430 (10-32) Even	Unit 6,  Chapter 16 Lesson 16.5 Problem solving     H/W P. 433 (1-6) P. 434 (7-9) Sketch first!