We have completed novel studies of Freak the Mighty and Frindle and are busy working on our new lessons. This week we will continue learning about Fairy Tales in 5th grade and complete our own traditional tale. Then we will mix it up a bit!
6th grade will begin the unit and continue vocabulary study.
The 5th grade Social Studies students are working on a Native American tribe project.
Picture Day; Oct 6
Faculty/Student Volleyball Game: Oct. 1 JCA gym
Vocabulary Words:
This week we will have 18 words, instead of 15. I feel students need to punch up their word skills, so we'll work more on this in class also.
Vocabulary Week of Sept. 27 pattern: VC/CV
5A
gather
servant
berserk
different
chatter
hermit
persist
garment
discard
parcel
distort
horrid
torment
burden
flirted
murmur
squirrel
urban
Vocabulary Week of Sept. 27 pattern: VC/CV
5B
berserk
chatter
persist
distort
horrid
torment
burden
murmur
perturb
squirrel
proclaimed
confined
neighborhood
represented
unrelenting
version
melancholy
descendents
Vocabulary Week of Sept. 27 pattern: VC/CV
6A
berserk
chatter
persist
distort
horrid
torment
burden
murmur
perturb
squirrel
proclaimed
confined
neighborhood
represented
unrelenting
version
melancholy
descendents
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
For the week of September 20:
5th (Berner’s homeroom)
Vocabulary/Spelling
Students must use words correctly in a sentence for full credit (2 points per sentence)
Focus: VC/CV and Frindle
endures
rebellion
procedure
impatient
remarkable
cascade
athlete
stampede
describe
inquire
incline
backbone
oppose
dispute
consume
5th grade (Dohner’s homeroom)
Vocabulary/Spelling
Students must use words correctly in a sentence for full credit (2 points per sentence)
Focus: VC/CV
endures
cascade
stagnate
octane
confiscate
stampede
confide
pastime
textile
implode
suppose
commune
consume
protrude
dispute
6th grade
Vocabulary/Spelling
Students must use words correctly in a sentence for full credit (2 points per sentence)
Focus: VC/CV
endures
cascade
stagnate
octane
confiscate
stampede
confide
pastime
textile
implode
suppose
commune
consume
protrude
dispute
5th (Berner’s homeroom)
Vocabulary/Spelling
Students must use words correctly in a sentence for full credit (2 points per sentence)
Focus: VC/CV and Frindle
endures
rebellion
procedure
impatient
remarkable
cascade
athlete
stampede
describe
inquire
incline
backbone
oppose
dispute
consume
5th grade (Dohner’s homeroom)
Vocabulary/Spelling
Students must use words correctly in a sentence for full credit (2 points per sentence)
Focus: VC/CV
endures
cascade
stagnate
octane
confiscate
stampede
confide
pastime
textile
implode
suppose
commune
consume
protrude
dispute
6th grade
Vocabulary/Spelling
Students must use words correctly in a sentence for full credit (2 points per sentence)
Focus: VC/CV
endures
cascade
stagnate
octane
confiscate
stampede
confide
pastime
textile
implode
suppose
commune
consume
protrude
dispute
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Hello! Hope all is well with everyone. These weekends go by too fast, don't they?
This week we will finish up Frindle and Freak the Mighty. Unit tests will be given on Friday, if all goes as planned. If we fall behind, and that is a definite possibility, they will be given on Monday of the following week. Vocab words for my classes this week are:
Spelling/Vocab Spelling pattern: VC/CV
Sept. 13-18
Words must be used properly in a sentence and spelled correctly.
5A
1. enchant 9. adverb
2. hectic 10. absurd
3. splendid 11. dictate
4. contact 12. contrive
5. progress 13. connive
6. establish 14. immune
7. abnormal 15. Raleigh
8. informal
Spelling/Vocab Spelling pattern: VC/CV
Sept. 13-18
Words must be used properly in a sentence and spelled correctly.
5B
1. infiltrate 9. adverb
2. indispose 10. absurd
3. jargon 11. contemplate
4. interrupted 12. contrive
5. infantile 13. connive
6. informal 14. immune
7. abnormal 15. Raleigh
8. compensate
Spelling/Vocab Words taken from Freak the Mighty
Words must be used properly in a sentence and spelled correctly.
6A
1. optimum 9. illiterate
2. devised 10. adverb
3. heave 11. dynamic
4. urgency 12. testify
5. tremble 13. prodigy
6. obligation 14. smidgeon
7. furrowed 15. vanquish
8. injustice
This week we will finish up Frindle and Freak the Mighty. Unit tests will be given on Friday, if all goes as planned. If we fall behind, and that is a definite possibility, they will be given on Monday of the following week. Vocab words for my classes this week are:
Spelling/Vocab Spelling pattern: VC/CV
Sept. 13-18
Words must be used properly in a sentence and spelled correctly.
5A
1. enchant 9. adverb
2. hectic 10. absurd
3. splendid 11. dictate
4. contact 12. contrive
5. progress 13. connive
6. establish 14. immune
7. abnormal 15. Raleigh
8. informal
Spelling/Vocab Spelling pattern: VC/CV
Sept. 13-18
Words must be used properly in a sentence and spelled correctly.
5B
1. infiltrate 9. adverb
2. indispose 10. absurd
3. jargon 11. contemplate
4. interrupted 12. contrive
5. infantile 13. connive
6. informal 14. immune
7. abnormal 15. Raleigh
8. compensate
Spelling/Vocab Words taken from Freak the Mighty
Words must be used properly in a sentence and spelled correctly.
6A
1. optimum 9. illiterate
2. devised 10. adverb
3. heave 11. dynamic
4. urgency 12. testify
5. tremble 13. prodigy
6. obligation 14. smidgeon
7. furrowed 15. vanquish
8. injustice
Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day week
I hope everyone had a great long weekend! My family and I spent a relaxing and wonderful time in Boone, NC, enjoying the fresh, cool mountain air.
The 4 day school week means we won't have a spelling/vocab test on Friday, although we will work on some new words. Several students didn't do as well as they probably wanted to on last week's test, so they will have a second chance this week. We also had quite a few absences, so make-up tests will occur on Friday. Any student may take the test again, but if your student earned less than 80%, it is required. Many did very well, so kudos to those who studied and did great!
5th grade:
We will try and finish up Frindle this week. Be prepared for a pop quiz or two! Literature Circles will continue. I was very impressed with some of the discussions I overheard in my homeroom class last week. Well done! We will write about our personal "Frindles" and try and get others to adopt our word.
6th grade:
We will continue to work on Freak the Mighty, you also, should be prepared for a pop quiz! Vocabulary will figure prominently in out lessons this week. Literature Circles will continue, as will group discussion of the novel.
The 4 day school week means we won't have a spelling/vocab test on Friday, although we will work on some new words. Several students didn't do as well as they probably wanted to on last week's test, so they will have a second chance this week. We also had quite a few absences, so make-up tests will occur on Friday. Any student may take the test again, but if your student earned less than 80%, it is required. Many did very well, so kudos to those who studied and did great!
5th grade:
We will try and finish up Frindle this week. Be prepared for a pop quiz or two! Literature Circles will continue. I was very impressed with some of the discussions I overheard in my homeroom class last week. Well done! We will write about our personal "Frindles" and try and get others to adopt our word.
6th grade:
We will continue to work on Freak the Mighty, you also, should be prepared for a pop quiz! Vocabulary will figure prominently in out lessons this week. Literature Circles will continue, as will group discussion of the novel.
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