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Calendar - March 2008      posted 03-01-2008


March 2008
                 
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  Red Cross Month

2
  Dr. Seuss

3
  Language Arts 7 - Freak the Mighty Vocabulary Packet/Comprehension Questions due Thursday

  World History - The Bubonic Plague and it's affect on the Middle Ages in Europe

4
  Tri-County interviews for Grade 8

5
  Language Arts 7 - Elements of a Short Story

  World History 8 - Assigned - Black Death Project

6
  World History Black Death Project - due today (class time alotted)

  Language Arts 7 - Vocabulary Packet #3 due . . .TEST Tomorrow

7
  No Homework - Have a nice Weekend

  Student/Teacher volleyball Tournament

  Current Events

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March 2008
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  Curriculum Day - 1/2 day students - Dismissal @11:10

  World History - The Crusades

11
  Language Arts - Short Story written assignment - due Friday

  Vocabulary Packet for Freak the Mighty #4 - Due Thursday

12
  Elements of Poetry - Language Arts

13
  Class time provided in computer lab to work on short story assignment

  Vocabulary test tomorrow

14
  History of Pi

  Vocabulary/Comprehension test for LA

  No Homework - Have a nice weekend

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  St. Patrick's Day

  MCAS Prep - Language Arts Review

  World History 8 - Kings and Popes

18
  Grammar Day - Review parts of speech

19
  Language Arts - Writing a 5 paragraph essay

  World History Chapter #5 Europe in the Middle Ages Review

20
  Writing with PLEASE - MCAS review for long composition - LA 7

  World History Test for Chapter #5

21
  No School - Good Friday

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March 2008
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  Easter

24
  MCAS Week - ELA Grade 7

25
  MCAS-Gr. 7 (ELA)

26
  MCAS-Gr. 7 (ELA)

27
  MCAS-Gr. 7 (ELA)

28
  No Homework - Have a nice weekend

  Seussical Jr. Play 7-9 Middle School Auditorium

29
  Seussical Jr. Play 7-9 Middle School Auditorium

30
  Seussical Jr. Play 3-5 Middle School Auditorium

31
  Elements of Drama - Introduction LA7

              


     posted 02-01-2008



February 2008 Calendar
              
1
  No Homework - Have a nice weekend!

  Time Lines Due - World History 8 (500 B.C. - 1900 A.D.)

  Monster Drawing Adjective Project

2
  Ground Hog Day

3
  Super Bowl - GO PATRIOTS!!!

4
  Language Arts - Vocabulary Packet #1 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  World History - Traveling to Asia - Chapter 4/Section 1 Golden Ages in China

5
  Mardi Gras Day

  Grammar Day - Adjective Quiz

6
  Language Arts - Literature Day - Begin Poetry Unit

  World History - Ancient China Quiz

7
  World History - Feudalism in Japan

  Vocabulary Packet #1 - Harry Potter due today

8
  No Homework - Have a nice weekend!

  Vocabulary Test Today - Language Arts

  World History - Current Event due

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February 2008 Calendar
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  Language Arts - Vocabulary Packet #2 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

12
  Lost Penny Day

  World History - The Great Mughal Empire in India

  Grammar Day - Adverb Fun!

13
  Poetry Terms - Literature Book

14
  Valentine's Day

  Vocabulary Packet #2 Harry Potter - Due today

15
  Jell-O Week

  Great Backyard Birdcount Week

  No Homework - Have a nice break

  World History - Student News CNN

  Vocabulary Test Today - Language Arts

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  Presidents' Day

  NO SCHOOL - FEBRUARY VACATION - ENJOY!

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February 2008 Calendar
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  Vocabulary #3 - Language Arts 7

  Assign Student Biographies

26
  World History - Chapter #4 test tomorrow

27
  Literature Day - Poetry Unit continued

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  Leap Year

  No Homework - Have a nice weekend!

  Happy Leap Year

  


January 2008      posted 01-01-2008



January 2008
     
1
  New Year's Day

  No School - Happy New Year!

2
  Vocabulary Packet #3

3
4
  No Homework - Have a nice weekend!

5
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7
  Vocabulary Packet #4 - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - LA 7

  World History 8 - The Incan Civilization

8
  LA 7 - Grammar Day - Verbs

9
  Literature Day - LA 7 Discoveries in Literature

10
  World History 8 - Chapter #3 Test

11
  LA 7 - Test (Vocab/Grammar/Literature)

  No Homework - Have a nice weekend - Go Pats!

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  Final Project Assigned for The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - Due Wednesday

15
  Civilization of Asia - WH 8

16
  Final Project - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - Due - LA 7

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18
  World History Chapter #4 Quiz

  No Homework

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20
  Inauguration Day

21
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

  No School - National Holiday

22
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  MCAS Practice - Language Arts 7

24
  World History 8 - Civilizations of Asia - Chapter #4 Test

25
  No Homework

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January 2008
27
  Lewis Carroll's Birthday

28
  Vocabulary Packet Assigned - LA 7

29
  Grammar Day - LA 7

30
  Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Birthday

  World History - Europe in the Middle Ages

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Calendar December 2007      posted 12-01-2007



Calendar - December 2007
                 
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3
  Begin Civilization of Africa - World History

  Language Arts 7 - Characterization in Literature

4
  Hanukkah Begins

  Grammar Test - Pronouns Language Arts 7

5
  Walt Disney's Birthday

  Outsiders Final Project for LA presentations

  Kingdoms of West Africa - World History

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7
  National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  Section Quiz - Africa for World History

  No Homework - Have a nice weekend

8



Calendar - December 2007
9
10
  Language Arts - Vocabulary Packet #1 for "The Cat Ate My Gymsuit"

  No afterschool late bus - department meetings

11
12
  Discoveries in Literature - Language Arts 7

13
  Chapter #2 Test for World History - Civilizations of Africa

14
  Vocabulary Test #1 The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - LA 7

  No Homework over the weekend

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17
  8th Grade trip to King Philip High School

18
  Grammar Day - Language Arts 7

  The Ancient Americas - World History 8

19
  "A Christmas Carol" published in 1843

20
  Vocabulary/Comprehension Test for Language Arts

21
  First day of winter

  No Homework over break - ENJOY!!

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Calendar - December 2007
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  WINTER BREAK NO SCHOOL

25
  Christmas

26
  Kwanzaa

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  HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

              


Calendar - November 2007      posted 11-01-2007



November 2007
           
1
  Language Arts 7 - Vocabulary Packet #6 Due today

  World History - Daily Life of the Ancient Romans

2
  Tri-County Field Trip for Grade 8

  LA 7 - Vocabulary Test #6 (The Outsiders - Chapters 8-10)

  No Homework . . .Have a nice weekend!

3
4
  Go Pats!

5
  LA 7 - Spelling Packet #2 - Words from last week's vocabulary lesson

  World History 8 - The Beginnings of Christianity

6
  Election Day

  World History 8 - Section Quiz on Christianity

  LA 7 - Grammar Day - Pronouns (Noun Review)

7
  WH 8 - The Fall of Rome

8
  Lanuage Arts 7 - Spelling Packet Due Today

  WH 8 - Chapter Test on Ancient Rome Tomorrow

9
  No Homework - Have a nice LONG weekend!

  WH 8 - Chapter Test on Ancient Rome

  LA 7 - Spelling Test

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November 2007
11
  Veteran's Day

12
  No School - Veteran's Day Observed

13
  LA 7 - Final project for The Outsiders Assigned

  WH 8 - The Fall of the Roman Empire - Essay Assigned

14
15
  The Great American Smoke Out

  LA 7 - View The Outsiders Film

  World History 8 - Computer Lab - work on final copy of Roman Empire essay

16
  No Homework . . .Have a nice weekend!

  LA 7 - View The Outsiders Film

  World History 8 - Computer Lab - work on final copy of Roman Empire essay

17
18
  Mickey Mouse's Birthday

19
  Gettysburg Address

  Language Arts 7 - Characters in Literature

  World History 8 - Civilizations of Africa

20
  LA 7 - Grammar Day - Verbs (Pronoun & Noun Review)

21
  1/2 day for students - Thanksgiving Holiday

22
  Thanksgiving

  Happy Thanksgiving!

23
  No Homework this Weekend!

24



November 2007
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26
  LA 7 -Vocabulary Lesson #7 - Packet Due Thursday

  WH 8 - Kingdoms of West Africa

27
  Grammar Day - Adjectives and Adverbs

  WH 8 - Section Quiz on Bantu Migrations and West Africa

28
  WH 8 - Newspaper Activities (Written Language Assignment Summarizing)

  LA 7 - Write about a character in literature (in class assignment)

29
  LA 7 - Vocabulary Packet due Today - Test Tomorrow!

30
  No Homework . . .Have a nice weekend!

  WH 8 Current Events

  LA 7 - Vocabulary Test today!

  


Calendar October 2007      posted 09-28-2007



  
1
  Language Arts 7 -Vocabulary Packet #4 - Words from The Outsiders

2
  World History 8 - The Religion of Islam

3
  Literature Day - Survive the Savage Sea

  Language Arts 7 - Introduce The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 1st novel

4
  World History - Quiz on Islamic Religion and the prophet Muhammad

  Language Arts 7 - Vocabulary/Spelling Test #4 tomorrow - STUDY

5
  No Homework - Enjoy your weekend!

  Vocabulary Test Today

  World History 8 - Chapter 1 test next Thursday 10/11

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8
  Columbus Day

  No School

9
  Professional Development Day - No Students

10
  The Outsiders - Chapters 1-4

11
  World History 8 - Test on Chapter #1 today

12
  World History - Explore Your Newspaper/Current Events

  No Vocabulary Test for LA7 - Short Week

  No Homework - Have a nice weekend!

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  Vocabulary Packet #5 - Outsiders Chapters 5-7

  World History 8 - Civilizations of Africa

16
  World History 8 - Quiz on the Bantu Migrations

  Language Arts 7 - Grammar Day - Nouns/Pronouns

17
  Literature Day - Characters in Writing

  Character Essay Graphic Organizer in class

18
  World History - Explore Your Newspaper/Current Events

19
  World History Chapter #2 TEST

  Language Arts Vocabulary/Spelling #5 Test

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  Vocabulary #6 - The Outsiders Chapters # 8-10

  World History - The Ancient Americas

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  World History Quiz - Cultures of Middle America

25
  Vocabulary #6 Due today - TEST Tomorrow

26
  LA 7 Test Vocabulary #6

  World History - Explore Your Newspaper/Current Events

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  The Outsiders - Introduce Final Project

30
  World History 8 - Quiz on Incan Achievements

31
  Halloween

  Happy Halloween - Not too much candy at once!

        


Calendar - September 2007      posted 09-10-2007



September - Back to School
                 
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3
  Labor Day

  National Holiday - No School

4
  1st Day Back - Teachers and Staff only

5
  1st Day of School for Students

6
  Review Classroom Policies and Procedures

7
  No homework!

  Have a nice weekend!

8



September - Back to School
9
  Grandparents Day

10
  Language Arts 7 - Vocabulary packet #1 due Thursday 9/13

  World History - What is Geography?

11
  Nine Eleven/Heroes Day

  Grammar Day - Language Arts 7

  World History 8 - Guiding Questions

12
  Rosh Hashanah

  World History 8 - Map quiz

13
  Little League Month

  Vocabulary Packet #1 Due Today

  Vocabulary Test Tomorrow

14
  Vocabulary/Spelling Test Today

  No homework. . .enjoy the weekend!

15
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17
  Citizenship Day

  Vocabulary Packet #2 - Due Thursday 9/20

  World History - The Fall of an Empire

18
  Grammar Day - Language Arts . . .Verb Phrases

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20
  World History Quiz Chapter #1.1 - The Byzantine Empire

21
  Yom Kippur

  Vocabulary Test #2 - Language Arts 7

  No Homework . . .have a nice weekend.

22
  First Day of Autumn




September - Back to School
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  Vocabulary Packet #3 Language Arts 7 - Due Thursday 9/27

25
  National Dog Week

  Journal Check for World History

26
  Novel #1 - Holes by Louis Sachar

27
  Vocabulary Packet #3 due today

  Vocabulary test tomorrow

28
  Vocabulary/Spelling Test Today

  No Homework - have fun!

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