1st Annual Neuse Charter Has Talent Show!
Music! Comedy! Dancing! Art! Poetry! Duck-Calling! Prizes! Surprises!

What: Talented students and staff at Neuse Charter will be putting on an entertainment extravaganza! Dinner will be available.
When: Friday April 1st @ 6:00 p.m.
Where: The Neuse Charter School Gym on Booker Dairy Road
Ticket Info: Available in advance in Mrs. Berner’s and Mrs. Brindle’s rooms, before or after school only please! 7:30-7:45 or 2:45-3:30 Tickets are $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. At the show, tickets will be $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Beat the rush and get a good deal, buy in advance!
This will be an event not to be missed!
This is a fund raising event for the Middle School Language Arts department.
Please come and join us at the talent show, it promises to be a lot of fun.

5th grade will resume reading Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt this week.
6th grade will begin reading Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.


Vocabulary/Spelling 6th
From the book “Stargirl” by Jerry Spinelli
Week of March 28
absurdity
nonconformity
isosceles
conceived
perpetual
elusive
linger
antic
baffle
dormant
converging
gaped
bizarre
blithely
hoax

Vocabulary/Spelling 5A
From the book “Search for Delicious” by Natalie Babbitt
Week of March 28
appreciate
battered
trudged
mournful
scurried
impatient
flimsy
marveled
insight
screeched
nudging
frayed
dense
tangled
anxious

Vocabulary/Spelling 5B
From the book “Search for Delicious” by Natalie Babbitt
Week of March 28
battered
undercurrent
vague
marveled
insight
screeched
occasional
precise
frayed
dense
anxiously
mournful
chagrin
scurried
impatiently

Week of March 14

Black History month was a terrific success and as we wrap it up, I am humbled by the great students at Neuse Charter School. For the most part, everyone took part of all the lessons with gusto and pride in their work. The quilts look beautiful, my room is overflowing with great art work and poetry and I think we all feel a lot more informed of all the wonderful contributions Black Americans have made to our country.
This week, 5th grade will begin the novel: Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt. I bought a class set back in November, but one of my classes has grown by so many students I am now short 3-4 books. If you can get a copy this week, I'd appreciate it. The library should have one or two.
6th grade is wrapping up BHM a persuasive essay on Malcolm X or Martin Luther King. Which approach do you think is the most effective and why? We'll finish up with a whirlwind tour of Motown. Students will create their own album cover, complete with liner notes.
Notes to remember:
*Talent Show members meet on Thursdays to rehearse and organize. All musical acts show bring their music on a CD by this Thursday.
* I will begin tutoring 6th grade this Wednesday: from 2:45-3:15. Students must come prepared to work and must be picked up on time. Violations of these policies will force me to ban student from further tutoring. Tutoring will consist of EOG review and test taking tips.
*Reminder: I am collecting $17.00 for an EOG reading test review booklet. I encourage ALL students to purchase one. I will count 30 minutes of nightly work in the booklet as homework beginning in April.
Dates to Remember:
*March 18 (changed from the 16th): 3rd Theme book essay and project are due (2 different things)
*March 31: 3rd quarter Report Cards go home
April 1st: Neuse Charter Has Talent Show at the new gym. Tickets go on sale this week!!!!!

Spelling/Vocabulary for this week:
6th grade EOG Vocabulary
Week of March 14
repetition
historical fiction
fables
almanac
nonfiction
recipe
fiction
advertisement
legends
realistic fiction
mood
atlas
biography
autobiography
stanza
fantasy
moral
Good resources for vocab practice:
http://quizlet.com/879761/eog-reading-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Good practice EOG links/pages:
http://mail.clevelandcountyschools.org/~ccselem/029E8B7A-00870B98?Plugin=Loft


5A Vocabulary from “Search for Delicious”
Week of March 14
prologue
enclosed
particular
remarkable
irritated
eventually
imagination
triumphantly
affectionate
swayed
muttering
gurgling
hovering
flawless
dissatisfied

5B Vocabulary from “Search for Delicious”
Week of March 14
upheavals
trodden
resume
unheeded
ungratified
calamitous
prologue
irritated
eventually
triumphantly
muttering
considerable
hovering
dissatisfied
hemlock





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