Week of Nov. 14.

Hope you all had an enjoyable Veteran's Day holiday. Thanks to vets for all they do and have done to help build and maintain our great country.

We finished our novel study with a big unit test on Friday. Some students in 5C were unable to finish the test in the allotted time. If your student needed more time, I will be available after school on Monday until 4:00 for them to complete the test. I will be grading them this week. Any makeup tests should be completed after school on Monday. If your student missed a spelling test, this will be the time to make it up.

Bookmobile comes on Tuesday!Remember, students must read an autobiography/biography this quarter and perform a 5 minute skit about their person in class on Jan. 2.

Poetry terms test on Monday!!!! Students should have a high-lighted list of the terms they are responsible for. Spelling won't count. I just want them to understand the meanings of the terms.

We will begin writing and reading poetry in class Monday. If you have a special poem you or your student would like to share, please send it in! We will begin with terms, Haiku and rhyming couplets. We will write mimic poems, concrete poems and a narrative poem, among others. Our next novel will be Out Of the Dust by Karen Hesse, if you would like for your child to have their own copy.

Last week for phonics! If your child still struggles with these concepts, please have them continue to work on the websites I have provided. We will continue word sorts and phonics games in class.

Spelling/Vocabulary Week of Nov. 14, 2011
Know meaning and spelling, be prepared to write a sentence for each word.
LN
-ough words
tough
cough
rough
enough
aught/ought words
taught
bought
ought
thought
tion/sion words
auction
decision
station
tension
caution
-wh words
whom
where
whose


Spelling/Vocabulary Week of Nov. 14, 2011
Know meaning and spelling, be prepared to write a sentence for each word.
WW
-ough words
enough
through
cough
tough
ought/aught words
thought
ought
brought
sought
tion/sion words
tension
vision
station
auction
caution
-wh words
whom
where
whose


Spelling/Vocabulary Week of Nov. 14, 2011
Know meaning and spelling, be prepared to write a sentence for each word.
SJ
ough words
through
enough
borough
trough
ought/aught words
fraught
sought
naughty
daughter
tion/sion words
collision
confusion
option
illusion
caution
conclusion
-wh words
whet
whine


Spelling/Vocabulary Week of Nov. 14, 2011
Know meaning and spelling, be prepared to write a sentence for each word.
DC
ough words
slough
trough
borough
ought/aught words
fraught
sought
distraught
wrought
haughty
tion/sion words
fusion
illusion
collision
option
confusion
caution
-wh words
whet
whine