• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - No Homework

• 7th Grade - p. 135, # 2-5
  

• 8th Grade - Study for Tuesday's Test
  

• Earth Science - Work on Earth Model Project, Due Thursday
  

Thank You!

A heart-felt "Thank You" to all the kind children who fed me cupcakes today! You made my school-day!

• 5th Grade - p. 135, # 2, 3, 5
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework

• 7th Grade - No Class Today
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework
  

• Earth Science - Project Worksheet # 2 Due Tomorrow
  

7th Grade Projects

Good job seventh grade! These are models of specific colonial towns, showing us what it was like to live in the land that would become the United States just a few years later.

• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - No Homework

• 7th Grade - No Homework
  

• 8th Grade - p. 323, # 2-3, 5 - Answer #5 in complete sentences
  

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

• 5th Grade - p. 125, # 1-5
  

• 6th Grade - p. 139, # 1-5
  

• 7th Grade - Work on Project, Due Wednesday!

• 8th Grade - p. 318, # 3-5
  

• Earth Science - p. 140, # 1-3, Work on Project
  

• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - No Homework

• 7th Grade - Work on Project, Due Wednesday!

• 8th Grade - p. 312, # 3-5

• Earth Science - p. 135, # 1-3

New Look and Features

You may be a little shocked by the different layout of the blog. I decided that with so much text it was beginning to get a little crowded.

I hope you will note two new features to your right as well. First, I have added a portion with upcoming project due dates and test dates. These will be kept up-to-date with important dates for each class. You can expect to have target test days scheduled after the completion of other tests. This are subject to change, but this should help you and your child plan ahead when studying.

I have also added links to the two other blogs kept by CCS upper school teachers. It is my hope you will be able to navigate through our blogs with a little more ease.

I hope your weekends are all going well and I will see you or your student soon!

• 5th Grade - No homework
  

• 6th Grade - p. 135, # 2-5 (Assigned Wednesday)
  

• 7th Grade - p. 119, # 2-4, 6 - Write in Complete Sentences, Read pages 120-125; Work on Project
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework
  

• Earth Science - p. 131, # 1-2; Work on Project

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

• 5th Grade - p. 111, # 2-5
  

• 6th Grade - p. 135, # 2-5
  

• 7th Grade - p. 119, # 2-4, 6 - Write in Complete Sentences, Read pages 120-125 BY MONDAY
  

• 8th Grade - Read p. 299-302
  

• Earth Science - Worksheet 1

• 5th Grade - p. 107, # 2-5

• 6th Grade - p. 129, # 2-5

• 7th Grade - p. 113, # 6 - Read pages 116-119

• 8th Grade - p. 295, # 1, 3-5

• Earth Science - Worksheet 1

Grandparents' Day

I certainly enjoyed meeting all of the parents and grandparents that visited today. It is easy to see where these students get their wit and charm.

• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - Find out 1 thing about Hinduism

• 7th Grade - No Homework

• 8th Grade - p. 291, # 3-6

• Earth Science - No Homework
  

• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - Read p. 108-113, p. 113 # 2-5

• 8th Grade - Definitions Due Monday
  

• Earth Science - No Homework

Charleston Catholic School students made the paper!

• 5th Grade - p. 101, # 2-5
  

• 6th Grade - No Homework
  

• 7th Grade - Read p. 107, Do ALL questions, plus writing.
  

• 8th Grade - Copy definitions: open range, long drive, maverick, homestead, dry farming, sod busters, annuities, assimilate
  

• Earth Science - p. 116, # 1 - Draw Chart - Test Tomorrow - Review in Social Studies class. Use page 118 for a study sheet.
  

• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - Read p. 112-115, p. 115, # 1-5
  

• 7th Grade - Read p. 107, Do ALL questions, plus writing. Due Friday
  

• 8th Grade - p. 277, # 2-5, 7
  

• Earth Science - Finish Worksheet
  

• 5th Grade - No Homework

• 6th Grade - Test Tomorrow

• 7th Grade - Get Test Signed
  

• 8th Grade - Read p. 272-277

• Earth Science - "Changing from One Reef to Another" / "Metamorphic Rocks" Worksheet
  

6th Grade Study Guide

Test Format

• True / False - 5 questions - Read these carefully!
  
• Matching - 8 questions
• Multiple Choice - 10 questions
• Map Skills - 3 questions - Study the maps in this chapter of your book.
• Short Answer - 4 questions - Write in complete sentences.
• Essay - 1 question - This will be a "big picture" question where you have to provide details.

People and Groups of People

• Ramses II
• Menes
• Hyksos
• Hatshepsut
• Joseph

Locations

• Memphis, capital of Egypt
• Meroe, capital of Kush
• Kerma, capital of Kush
• White Nile and Blue Nile Rivers
• Lower Egypt
• Upper Egypt
• Nile Delta
• Kush
• Nubia

Terms, Themes and Facts

• unification
• social pyramid
• expedition
• pharaoh
• cataracts
• delta
• The Rosetta Stone
• Egyptian Gods (Ra, Isis, Horus)
• Nubia and its resources
• Hyksos and their weapons
• The Sphinx excavation
• Search for King Tut
• Mummification
• Seasonal flooding of the Nile effect life in Egypt?
• Egyptian Slavery

Friday Homework

• 5th Grade - One Paragraph explaining what animal best represents you.

• 6th Grade - Test Next Wednesday

• 7th Grade - Colony Model Project - Population Worksheet
  

• 8th Grade - No Homework

• Earth Science - p. 109, # 1-2
  

Thursday Homework

• 5th Grade - Test Tomorrow

• 6th Grade - p. 107, # 2-5

• 7th Grade - "Colonial Slave Trade" WS

• 8th Grade - Newspaper Project due at the end of class tomorrow

• Earth Science - Complete Chart started in Class, p. 106, # 1-3
  

Wednesday Homework

• 5th Grade - p. 81, # 4-5

• 6th Grade - p. 101, # 1-5

• 7th Grade - "Colonial Slave Trade" Worksheet

• 8th Grade - Newspaper Project

• Earth Science - "The Formation of Coal" WS
  

5th Grade Study Sheet

Format:
Vocabulary - 11
Fill-In-The-Blanks - 4
Short Answer - 3
Essay - 1

Key Terms:

adobe

kachinas

coup stick

potlatch

Iroquois

jerky

pueblos

kivas

longhouse

wampum

clan

prairies

hogans

wigwams

travois

mesa

teepee

lodge

compromise

Key Themes:

Importance of buffalo and other resources in each region.

How the arrival of horses changed life for many Native Americans.

Relationship between the diversity of physical geography in North America and the cultural diversity of Native Americans.

Be familiar with this quote and its meaning:

“Deganawida described the Iroquois Confederacy as a great longhouse that stretched the length of the Hodenisaunee Trail.