Homework due the week of 11/23/09:
3rd Grade TAG - Irwin, and Memorial - create your own Wordle
by yourself or with the help of your family and bring it in to class. Check
out my Photos/Documents Page for suggestions. If your class is in the process
of solving a court case, try to solve it at home.
3rd Grade TAG - Frost and Central - create your own Wordle by yourself or
with the help of your family and bring it in to class. Check
out my Photos/Documents Page for suggestions. If you have not completed your
prewriting for the squiggle monster story, please complete it.
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4th Grade TAG -Irwin and Frost - Chose a career, bring in the research on
your career and create 5 open ended questions.
4th Grade TAG - Central and Memorial - If you have not created 5 open ended
questions on your career, please do so. In attition, answer one of the
career questions in a complete paragraph.
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5th Grade TAG - Irwin - Complete S10 and S11 in the Student Biz World Packet
5th Grade TAG - Memorial - Complete S11 in the Student Biz World Packet
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Since 5th Grade Verbal students will become storytellers in the Spring I
encourage them to check out the Storytelling Festival at the East Brunswick
Library, Sunday November 22 - http://www.ebpl.org/main/polNews.cfm?
Doc_Id=4727 The whole family will enjoy it.
5th Grade Verbal - Frost, Memorial - Finish reading the book and complete a
response journal. Bring in both reading journals and the novel. Both
journals and novel will be collected.
5th Grade Verbal - Central - Finish reading the book and complete a response
journal. Bring in both reading journals and the novel. Both journals and
novel will be collected. In addition, write the first draft of your dragon
story. Remember to have a central theme.
5th Grade Verbal - Irwin - Complete the prewriting for your dragon story.
Remember at least one of the characters must be a dragon and the story needs
to have a theme/moral.
Homework due the week of 11/16/09:
3rd Grade TAG - Frost, Irwin, Memorial and Central - create your own Wordle
by yourself or with the help of your family and bring it in to class. Check
out my Photos/Documents Page for suggestions. If your class is in the process
of solving a court case, try to solve it at home.
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4th Grade TAG - Central, Frost and Irwin - If you have not finished answering
your 3rd research question please do so. Remember, well written paragraphs
have an opening sentence that restates the question, at least 3 details and a
closing sentence that summarizes what you said. Bring in your research as
well. If you have any changes that need to made to your 2nd paragraph, please
make them as well.
4th Grade TAG - Memorial - Finalize your career topic, bring in your career
research and create 3 open ended questions that can be answered using the
research.
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5th Grade TAG - Memorial - Bring in information on a coral reef. Be
prepared to share with the class, what a coral reef is and what it's purpose
is.
5th Grade TAG - Irwin - Brainstorm suggestions for the name of your
bracelet company. We will decide on a name in class.
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Since 5th Grade Verbal students will become storytellers in the Spring I
encourage them to check out the Storytelling Festival at the East Brunswick
Library, Sunday November 22 - http://www.ebpl.org/main/polNews.cfm?
Doc_Id=4727 The whole family will enjoy it.
5th Grade Verbal - Central and Frost - Read the assigned pages from the novel
Greater than Angels. Write a response journal including a prediction,
observation, question and connection. Use evidence from the book to support
your theories.
5th Grade Verbal - Memorial - Read the assigned pages from the novel
Greater than Angels. Write a response journal including a prediction,
observation, question and connection. Use evidence from the book to support
your theories. In addition, finish researching your Holocaust hero and be
prepared to present your information to class.
5th Grade Verbal - Irwin - Research at least 2 of the websites about heroes
of the Holocaust. Be ready to tell us about your hero answering the
questions given out(who, what, where, when and why)
Homework due the week of 11/9/09:
3rd Grade TAG - Frost, Irwin, Memorial and Central - create your own Wordle
with the help of your family and bring it in to class. Check out my
Photos/Documents Page for suggestions.
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4th Grade TAG - Central and Irwin - If you have not finished
answering your 2nd research question please do so. Remember, well written
paragraphs have an opening sentence that restates the question, at least 3
details and a closing sentence that summarizes what you said. Bring in your
research as well.
4th Grade TAG - Frost and Memorial - If you have not finished
answering your 3rd research question please do so. Remember, well written
paragraphs have an opening sentence that restates the question, at least 3
details and a closing sentence that summarizes what you said. Bring in your
research as well. If you have any changes that need to made to your 2nd
paragraph, please make them as well.
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5th Grade TAG - Irwin - Read the Classified Ads and chose the job you are
interested in. Chose your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice jobs and be ready to
convince your team why you are the right person for the job.
5th Grade TAG - Memorial - Brainstorm suggestions for the name of your
bracelet company. We will decide on a name in class.
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5th Grade Verbal - Memorial and Irwin - finish reading the Holocaust handout.
5th Grade Verbal - Frost and Central - If you have not made the changes to
your descriptive writing we discussed in class, please do so. In addition,
finish reading the Holocaust handout. Research at least 2 of the websites
about heroes of the Holocaust. Be ready to tell us about your hero answering
the questions given out(who, what, where, when and why)
Homework due the week of 11/2/09:
3rd Grade TAG - Frost, Irwin, Memorial and Central - create your own Wordle
with the help of your family and bring it in to class. Check out my
Photos/Documents Page for suggestions.
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4th Grade TAG - Frost, Central and Memorial - If you have not finished
answering your 2nd research question please do so. Remember, well written
paragraphs have an opening sentence that restates the question, at least 3
details and a closing sentence that summarizes what you said. Bring in your
research as well.
4th Grade TAG - Irwin - If you have not finished answering your first
research question please do so. Remember, well written paragraphs have an
opening sentence that restates the question, at least 3 details and a closing
sentence that summarizes what you said. Bring in your research as well.
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5th Grade TAG - Irwin - Bring in the signed parent notice for BizWorld.
5th Grade TAG - Memorial - Read the Classified Ads and chose the job you are
interested in. Chose your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice jobs and be ready to
convince your team why you are the right person for the job.
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5th Grade Verbal - Memorial and Irwin - finish reading the Holocaust handout.
5th Grade Verbal - Frost and Central - Make the changes to your descriptive
writing we discussed in class. In addition, finish reading the Holocaust
handout.
Homework due the week of 10/26/09:
3rd Grade TAG - Irwin - Share with your family the Wordles you are learning
and see if they can solve the puzzles.
3rd Grade TAG - Frost, Memorial and Central - create your own Wordle with the
help of your family and bring it in to class. Check out my Photos/Documents
Page for suggestions.
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4th Grade TAG - Irwin - Bring in your research and 3 open ended questions
that can be answered using your research. We will be answering the questions
in class.
4th Grade TAG - Frost, Central and Memorial - If you have not finished
answering your first research question please do so. Remember, well written
paragraphs have an opening sentence that restates the question, at least 3
details and a closing sentence that summarizes what you said.
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5th Grade TAG- Irwin - Finish the interactive activity about Copan.
5th Grade TAG - Memorial - Bring in the signed parent notice for BizWorld.
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5th Grade Verbal -Memorial - Read 1941 and 1942 in the Holocaust handout. In
addition, finish the descriptive paragraph if you have not already done so.
Remember to focus on the goals we discussed in class.
5th Grade Verbal - Central and Irwin - Finish the descriptive paragraph and
remember to include everything from the checklist given out in class. A
paragraph or two is fine, just remember it is a decriptive writing piece
about an observation. Use your senses to help you. In addition, read 1939-
1942 in the Holocaust handout.
5th Grade Verbal - Frost - Finish the descriptive paragraph and remember to
include everything from the checklist given out in class. A paragraph or two
is fine, just remember it is a decriptive writing piece about an
observation. Use your senses to help you.
Homework due the week of 10/19/09:
3rd Grade TAG - Share with your family the Wordles you are learning and see
if they can solve the puzzles. Frost and Central - create your own Wordle
with the help of your family and bring it in to class. Check out my
Photos/Documents Page for suggestions.
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4th Grade TAG - Irwina nd Memorial - Any research you have printed, bring it
into class so we can start our projects.
4th Grade TAG - Frost - Bring in your research and 3 open ended questions
that can be answered using your research. We will be answering the questions
in class.
4th Grade TAG - Central - If you have not finished the summary of the TFK
article or if you need to make changes, please complete it and bring it into
class.
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5th Grade TAG - Bring in your maps of the Yucatan Pennisula and your research
on the MAYA.
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5th Grade Verbal Students-
Remember this is the last week to sign up for the December 1st trip to see
the Holocaust survivor at Kean University. All permission slips and checks
are due this week. We will be back at school by 1:00PM on December 1st.
5th Grade Verbal - Central, Irwin and Memorial - Read 1939 and 1940 in the
Holocaust handout. Remember to read above the line, the history, first for
each year and then read Gerda's story, below the line, next for each year.
5th Grade Verbal - Frost - Read 1941 and 1942 in the Holocaust handout.
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Homework due the week of 10/12/09:
3TAG - No additional homework
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4TAG - Any research you have printed, bring it into class so we can start our
projects.
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5TAG - No additional homework
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5Verbal - Read upto 1939 in the Holocaust document given out in class.
Homework due the week of 10/5/09:
3TAG Memorial and Frost - Read, sign and return the documents given out in
class. Add a parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly
updates.
3TAG Central - Bring your TAG folder and supplies to school on Friday. If
you have not returned the HW and Expectations Policy, please, read, sign and
return the documents given out in class.
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4TAG - Central - If you printed out your research in class, bring it into
class next week. If you have not returned the HW and Expectations Policy,
please, read, sign and return the documents given out in class.
4TAG - Memorial and Frost - Read, sign and return the documents given out in
class. Add a parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly
updates.
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5TAG - Memorial - Read, sign and return the documents given out in class.
Add a parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly updates.
Bring in a map of the Yucatan penisula including as many of the following
locations as possible, Coba, Tulum, Palenque and Cozumel.
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5Verbal - Irwin, Central, Memorial and Frost - Read, sign and return the
documents given out in class(if you have not already done so). Add a
parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly updates. In
addition, return the Field Trip persmission slip with check. Bring in notes
on an observation. Be specific because you will be writing about your
observation.
Homework due the week of 9/28/09:
3TAG Central - Read, sign and return the documents given out in class. Add a
parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly updates.
4TAG Central - Read, sign and return the documents given out in class. Add a
parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly updates.
5Verbal Irwin - Read, sign and return the documents given out in class. Add
a parent's email address to my NewsFlash page to receive weekly updates. In
addition, return the Field Trip persmission slip with check. Bring in notes
on an observation. Be specific because you will be writing about your
observation.
