Teachers Contact Information:

6th Grade Teacher- Mrs. Alycia Manzo
Email: amanzo@rcmbs.org

7th & 8th Grade Teacher- Ms. Natasha Diaz
Email: ndiaz@rcmbs.org

View and access assignments on Google Classroom.
All students in our classes will use their AMBS gmail accounts to login, view, and send assignments.

All students are responsible for their Reading and Writing notebooks. They should be using them daily. Students should be sure not to lose their notebooks, as they will need them every day for school. 

Students in all grades should be encouraged to read independently at home, taking jots into their reading notebooks every night. These jots will be checked periodically for participation grades.

Students will also be using the Vocabulary Workshop books to complete assignments each full week of school. If there are 5 full days of school, then they will be doing a vocabulary unit that week. There are some exceptions, such as weeks with lots of activities (Catholic Schools Week, for example). The students will occasionally be given class time to work on the Vocabulary unit, but that is uncommon. They should be completed at home, and the quiz is on the Friday of that week. 

 

ELA Grading

• 50% Tests
• 30% Quizzes
• 10% Homework
• 10% Class Participation

All Students are required to make up assignments and exams missed due to illness and/or extra vacation time.


Homework Policy

Any late assignments must be accompanied by a note from the parents explaining why it could not be completed on time.  Late assignments will receive a 5 point deduction every day that it is late.  Assignments will NOT be accepted after it is a full week late.


Participation Policy

All students are expected to actively participate in classroom discussions.  As a community of learners, it is essential for students to share their unique perspectives, ideas, and to be respectful of the contributions made by their peers.

Below, please find the summer assignment for English Language Arts for the 2022-2023 school year.  It is due on the first day back to school, and needs to be completed in its entirety.

Incoming 6th graders:
Read The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L Holm

• Take at least one post-it note for every chapter. The post-it note should be a one to two sentence summary of the chapter, a thought or prediction you have about that chapter, something you learned about a character in that chapter, or anything else that otherwise demonstrates critical thinking about the book. Again, you are required to have one post-it per chapter. These post-its will be collected, along with the writing assignment, on the first day of school.
• After finishing the book, write a 5 paragraph essay answering the following questions. Each question should be its own paragraph, and each paragraph should be a minimum of five sentences:

1. What was your favorite part of the book, and why?
2. What would you have changed about the book, and why?
3. Would you recommend this book to a friend, and why?
4. Who was your favorite character, and why?
5. Which character did you relate to the most, and why?

Incoming 7th graders:
Read The BFG by Roald Dahl
 

• Take at least one post-it note for every five chapters. The post-it note should be a one to two sentence summary of the chapter, a thought or prediction you have about that chapter, something you learned about a character in that chapter, or anything else that otherwise demonstrates critical thinking about the book. Again, you are required to have one post-it per every five chapters. These post-its will be collected, along with the writing assignment, on the first day of school.
• After finishing the book, write a 5 paragraph essay answering the following questions. Each question should be its own paragraph, and each paragraph should be a minimum of five sentences:

1. What was your favorite part of the book, and why?
2. What would you have changed about the book, and why?
3. Would you recommend this book to a friend, and why?
4. Who was your favorite character, and why?
5. Which character did you relate to the most, and why?

Incoming 8th graders:
Read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

• Take at least one post-it note for each chapter. The post-it note should be a one to two sentence summary of the chapter, a thought or prediction you have about that chapter, something you learned about a character in that chapter, or anything else that otherwise demonstrates critical thinking about the book. Again, you are required to have one post-it per chapter. These post-its will be collected, along with the writing assignment, on the first day of school.
• After finishing the book, write a 5 paragraph essay answering the following questions. Each question should be its own paragraph, and each paragraph should be a minimum of five sentences:

1. What was your favorite part of the book, and why?
2. What would you have changed about the book, and why?
3. Would you recommend this book to a friend, and why?
4. Who was your favorite character, and why?
5. Which character did you relate to the most, and why?