Homework: Monday 11/30/15

Thanksgiving Break and Homework

Happy Thanksgiving

I would like to wish all my wonderful St. Anne School students and families a very happy Thanksgiving!  I am thankful to be part of this amazing school and community.

Homework for 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes:

-Reading Log (all illustrations must be colored and completed)

-No Red Ink Assignment

*Please remember, no late assignments will be accepted.

Thank you,

Mrs. Moussa

Homework: Monday 11/23/15

Reminders for all grades:

*No Red Ink- assignment due Monday  11/30/15 (Monday we come back to school after break)

*Reading log due 11/30/15.  All illustrations must be completed and colored.

Homework For Tuesday:

6th Grade:
-Typed outline for research essay
-Review unit 7 vocabulary words

7th Grade:
-Bring toiletries for school Drive
-No Red Ink Quiz tomorrow
-Review unit 7 vocabulary words

8th Grade:
-A Christmas Carol - Quiz and packet
-No Red Ink Assignment
-Start Unit 3 Assignment - decide on a te,t to compare & contrast to selections in unit 3

Homework: Friday 11/20/15

Homework: Thursday 11/19/15

All Grades: please make sure you are working on your No Red Ink assignment and have read the lesson and taken notes

7th Graders: please make sure paychecks are signed

My reading groups 6th, 7th, 8th graders : make sure you are working on your assigned chapters and novel packets.

Second Trimester Study and Success Tips

Dear parents and students,

Congratulations on completing the 1st trimester!  We are now in the 2nd trimester grading period, and I would like to share with you some tips to help students succeed in this term:

1. Complete homework assignments to the best of your ability - homework assignments are practice for tests/quizzes
2. Review vocabulary words for each subject matter
1. use flashcards to quiz yourself
2. have a family member quiz you
3. use www.quizlet.com to create a quiz
3. Ask questions during class time
4. Engage in class discussions - discussions help students make connections to texts
1. Text to world
2. Text to self
3. Text to text
5. Make an appointment with your teacher and get additional support if needed
6. Limit absences (if possible)
7. If absent, ask your teachers for any missed work - it is very important to make up missed assignments, quizzes, and tests
8. Manage your time wisely when studying for tests, quizzes, and homework assignments.  Long-term assignments should be broken up and done a little bit every night.
9. Keep track of how many missing assignments you have acquired in a trimester - 3 missing assignments lead to a detention
10. Check www.gradelink.com once a week to make sure all of your grades have been entered, and you have no missing assignments.  If you do not have your Gradelink password, please contact Ms. Francis and she will provide you with your username and password

Homework Tips:

1. Find a quiet and organized space to complete your assignments - it will help you focus

2. Turn off electronic devices that could distract you - avoid checking social media while studying

3. Make sure you review the homework boards in the classrooms and copy the homework into your planner

4. Start with the most challenging homework assignment, if you wait until the end of the night you will be too exhausted to focus on the assignment

5. Use homework as a review - while completing assignments review your notes from class and the textbook

6. Information is retained longer when you READ IT, WRITE IT, ILLUSTRATE IT.  SAY IT ALOUD.  The more you interact with information the more likely that it will be retained in your long-term memory.

7. Don't cram the night before a test, the information will not be retained for a long period of time

Homework: Wednesday 11/18/15

Homework: Tuesday 11/17/15

Homework: Friday 11/13/15

Homework: Tuesday 11/10/15

Homework: Monday 11/9/15

Homework: Friday 11/6/15

Homework: Thursday 11/5/15

No Red Ink Assignments and Quizzes

Dear parents and students,

I will be assigning assignments on www.noredink.com.  We will be using this site to supplement grammar instruction.  Students can access www.noredink.com from home, and I will be allowing students time to work on these assignments in class.  The students need to create a username and password, if they do not remember last year's information.  If a student has an existing account they can use that information to enter the site.  (The students do not have to enter e-mail information)

Once, the students have signed into the site, they need to:

1. Choose interests/preferences
2. Complete Diagnostic Assessment
3. Complete Assignments

To Complete an assignment:

-Click on the Assignment
-Choose "Lesson"
-Take notes on the "Lesson" in your notebook (grammar section)
-Complete the "Practice"

*We will review the grammar rules together in class
*Students will take a quiz on each grammar topic to assess their understanding after class review of a topic

Class Codes:

6th Grade: 8kf8wx9k

7th Grade: 9vkkde9k

8th Grade: f9d79fdv

The first www.noredink.com assignment will be due on Monday, 11/9/15.

Homework: Wednesday 11/4/15