Week of Oct. 10

I spent the weekend in Boone and leaves are already changing into brilliant colors! We are graced with one beautiful state. If you can get out west in the next couple of weeks, go! You will not be disappointed.
This week will be a little different. We are winding down the quarter already (time flies when you're having fun!) and book projects are due this Friday. Also, a completed and edited fairytale is due Wednesday. I have worked frantically this weekend to edit them. Please do not be alarmed by the red marks. The whole reason I had students type them was for ease of editing. Most of them look worse than they really are:)
There will be no homework this week, except these two assignments and a spelling test on Friday (more on that in a minute. Of course, i encourage students to continue to read.
We will be listening to our books on audio with renewed urgency this week, as Mrs. Berner wants to move on to Poe and Poetry!
Vocab will be much different for the next couple weeks. With the exception of the DC group, students will not be writing sentences. I want students to become more aware of the patterns in spelling and so I will be reviewing phonics, on vocab tests and in class.
Remember: Book Fair starts this week!

Vocabulary Week of Oct. 10
Group: DC
Must use in sentences and know meanings of prefixes.
Prefixes: in: meaning: not
insincere
informal
infrequent
inhuman
prefix: un: meaning opposite of or not
uneasy
unknown
untidy
unaware
prefix: dis meaning not or opposite of
disbelief
disconnect
discourage
disorder
mis: meaning bad or badly
misspell
misfortune
mischief
misleading

Vocabulary Week of Oct. 10
Group: SJ
Must know spellings and rules only, no sentences
oy/oi ou/ow
voyage drowsy
poison southern
appoint thousand
employ coward
annoy allow

Long e
needle
season
compete
feature
fifteen
Exceptions:
pleasant
steady
healthy

Vocabulary Week of Oct. 10
Group: WW
Must know spellings and rules for sorting, no sentences
Long Vowels (say my name, say my name)
a/ai o u, ui e,ea, ee i
shake joke June disease knife
chain chose juice sweep strife
faint slope smooth beast
blame foam suit steam
taste whole beetle
these
Exceptions
great
been
build
guilty
dread
juice
thread

Vocabulary Week of Oct. 10
Group: LN
Must know spellings and rules only, no sentences
Beginning blends: wh, tw,qu
which
when
what
where
twelve
tweezers
twist
quick
quarter
question
Ending blends: nt, nk, sh, ft
stunt
frequent
thank
blank
drink
crush
smash
drift
swift