Week 9 ELA

Volcanoes by Seymour Simon, Week 1.9

Spelling:

Monday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due Tuesday).

Tuesday: Make a spelling chain, “text” your spelling words, or color code them and provide a key (due Thursday).

*IF you made below an 85 on last week's test, you must write this week's words 5x each (3x print/2x cursive). Turn in on Friday.

Tuesday through Thursday, please study your words nightly for your test on Friday.

1. thrown 11. mood

2. scientists 12. explosion

3. clue 13. growth

4. dew 14. eruption

5. incredible 15. slope

6. volcanoes 16. bruise

7. boast 17. loose

8. cruise 18. rude

9. stroll 19. flow

10. route 20. gushes

This Week's IRA – due Friday:

Week 9: Cause/Effect Relationships – Use notebook paper with your correct heading.

Things happen in stories for a reason, and one thing leads to another. A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens. Find at least THREE different cause and effect relationships (or events) in your AR book. Describe each event in a complete sentence in your own words. Remember the following key words and phrases that you can use: because, caused, since, so, and as a result.

Vocabulary

Monday: Write the correct word from the word bank for the given definition.

Tuesday: Vocabulary draw, sentences, or crossword puzzle with clues (due Thursday).

Wednesday: IF you made below 85 on last week’s test, write each vocabulary word in a fabulous 5^th grade sentence (use at LEAST 10 words)– underline the vocabulary word (due Thursday).

Tuesday – Thursday: Study vocabulary words and definitions for the test on Friday!

pursuit active subdue constantly lava

goddess magma reproach presume molten

1. ___________________: to get control of (a violent or dangerous person or group)

by using force

2. _________________: an activity that one engages in as a vocation, profession

3. ­­­_________________: fused or liquefied by heat

4. _________________: an expression of disapproval or disappointment

5. ____________________: to think that something is true without knowledge that it is

true

6. ____________________: moving around; busy; having movement; fully or

completely involved

7. ____________________: without stopping; continually; repeatedly

8. _______________________: a female supernatural being who is worshipped and

who is thought to have control over existence, some

part of the world, or some aspect of life

9. ___________________: molten rock inside the Earth’s crust

10. __________________: molten rock flowing from a volcano’s opening or vent

9/30

Can you believe it's the last day of September?  This Friday marks the end of our first nine weeks, so all goals need to be met by then.  I am really proud of our class's overall behavior and how much most of them are reading.

Fall pictures came in and were sent home today.  Please return the package or $$ as soon as possible.

*There is a 5:00 parent meeting this evening in the "band room" downstairs to discuss Title I.

For HM tonight:
Finish math worksheet.  (Not everyone has the same one, based on individual needs, so there is no page # here.)
Finish AM corrections if you had them to make.

Finish vocabulary definition match.
Write spelling in ABC order.

*Science WB p. 10-15 will be due on Wednesday.  SPICE kids will probably not get to work on this in class tomorrow, but the "hot tamales" will have time in class to work on theirs tomorrow.

9/26

We enjoyed our field trip to YHC and the play "Honk, Jr.!"  The students were very well behaved and seemed to enjoy the musical.

Finish science WB p. 4-8 if not finished in class.
Finish IRA (7 types of sentences).
Study for spelling and vocabulary tests!

Have you read 6+ books?!?  Read, read, and read some more!

9/25

PLEASE SIGN & RETURN THE FIELD TRIP PERMISSION FORM!  NO SLIP = NO TRIP
I am so sorry that they did not go home as planned yesterday.  Please sign the form, because without it you child cannot go with us to see the play "Honk, Jr." at Theater Young Harris.  We cannot accept handwritten notes nor phone calls.

For HW tonight, finish spelling & vocabulary HW and the CPA outline.

Don't forget that the IRA (7 sentence types) is due Friday and that the non-fiction genre report is due by Monday.

9/24

Work on your ELA homework.  Spelling (singular/plural) and vocabulary choice are both due Thursday.  The CPA outline is also due Thursday.

The IRA (7 sentence types) is due Friday.

If you have not yet met your 6 book standard, READ!

9/23

Study for tomorrow's Civil War & Reconstruction test!  (Students have a study guide that they made for themselves during our review.)

Finish vocabulary definitions.
Write spelling in ABC (or CBA) order in agenda.

9/20

It has been a crazy busy week! I apologize for not keeping the blog updated this week.  The kids may have told you that I had to be out yesterday to attend a funeral.  Today, we watched the movie "Akeelah and the Bee" and watch the last 10 minutes or so on Monday.  (Bus riders got to see the ending, but everyone else missed the grande finale!)

Our social studies Civil War & Reconstruction test will be Tuesday.  We will review on class Monday, and students will have notes to study.

Many students are well on their to meeting their 6 book goal, but a few need to read more.  Please read this weekend! 

9/17

Communication folders did NOT go home today.  Please ask for them tomorrow.  Thanks for your patience and understanding.

WEDNESDAY IS PICTURE DAY!  BRING YOUR BEST SMILE!

Work on spelling & vocab. HW.  Both are due Thurs.  (See the sheet for complete info.)

9/16

Finish vocabulary definitions.
Write spelling in ABC order or "reverse" order ("CBA") in agenda.

9/12

Finish story elements IRA.  If you are reading nonfiction, then use a fiction story that you've read recently.  Thanks!

Study for your math unit 1 test and for your spelling & vocabulary tests!

4-H Class Officers

Competition was fierce, but in good spirit!  We had excellent candidates for each office.  Mr. Jennings and I were very impressed with the preparedness and initiative our students took!

Congratulations to...
President Trey, Vice President Hannah P., Secretary Hannah T., and Reporter Mollie!

9/11

Finish vocabulary choice (sentences or draw & label).

Study for Ch. 1 science test!

9/10

Please sign and return communication folder log and signed papers.  The Benchmark and SRI letters are yours to keep.

Finish they're/their/there sentences.
Finish spelling "texting."

*If you have access to the Internet and a printer, feel free to take the Brainpop scientific method quiz and print your results to turn in.  (You can squeeze in time to do this at school if you need to.)  Thanks!

9/9

Finish math WB p. 37-37 if you didn't finish in class.
Finish vocabulary definition match.  (If you were listening as I read aloud, you heard almost all of these words!)
Write your spelling words in ABC order in your agenda.

This Week's ELA

Sorry for the weird formatting!

Soldier’s Heart 1.6     September 9, 2013

Spelling words:

Monday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due Tuesday).

Tuesday: “Text” the words on your spelling list using the picture of the phone keypad found on back of this paper (Due Wednesday.)

Monday - Wednesday: IF you made below an 85 on last week's test, you must write this week's words 5x each (3x print/2x cursive). Turn in Thursday.

Monday through Thursday please study your words nightly for your test on Friday.

1. collide 11. truce
2. crouched 12. fret
3. fanfare 13. barrage
4. residue 14. corrosion
5. churning 15. soldier
6. withdraw 16. foliage
7. slogans 17. volley
8. cowlick 18. sympathizer
9. desert 19. rudimentary
10. demoralized 20. parried

Use the following image for the spelling word texting activity:

Example: 1. bone = 2663

(The image didn't appear, but it is a phone key pad.  Any phone pad should work to give you the "code.")

English: Their, They're, There

On your own paper, explain how to use each word correctly. Then, use each one correctly in an original sentence (due Wednesday).

Vocabulary:

Monday – Match the vocabulary words below with the correct definition on the right. Write the letter of the definition on the line next to the vocabulary word. Think about how the words have been used in the novel being read in class. You may use a dictionary. Due Tuesday.

Tuesday: Sentences OR Vocabulary Draw (due Thursday).

Wednesday - IF you made below 85% on last week's vocabulary test, you must use each of this week's words in a fabulous sentence with at least 10 words (due Friday).

Monday – Thursday: Study vocabulary words and definitions each night for the test on Friday.

1. appalling ______ A. noisy excitement or fuss

2. incomprehensible ______ B. a person not on active military duty or not part of the

military

3. unscathed ______ C. a civilian who provides items to an army and has a

shop in the camp

4. horrific ______ D. the process of cutting off or removing a limb from the

body

5. ravenous ______ E. not hurt, damaged, or harmed in any way

6. civilian ______ F. to make someone feel shock, horror, or disgust

7. dysentery ______ G. very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

8. sutler ______ H. impossible or very difficult to understand

9. hullaballoo ______ I. a disease characterized by severe diarrhea and passing

blood, caused by infection

10. amputation ______ J. frightening or disturbing enough to cause horror

IRA: Story Elements

You have learned about literary elements, or parts of stories, that authors include. Identify the following from your AR book: characters, setting, conflict, and point of view. Turn this in, with the correct heading and the book’s title correctly written, on Friday.

9/5

Finish math WB p. 31 (10-14) and p. 32.
Finish IRA (wonderful words).
Finish spelling "chain."
Study spelling & vocabulary.

9/4

Progress reports and communication folders go home today.  Please sign & return.

IF you were not satisfied with your math Module 2 Assessment grade, you can make corrections in colored pencil and turn in Thurs.

Finish vocabulary draw.
Finish your/you're definitions and sentences.

Work on spelling chain (due Fri.).

*This month's genre is informational non-fiction.  (We will read biography/autobiography later this year.)  Each student received a genre report for this month's "project."  The top part is to be completed before reading the book.  These can be turned in early.

Guess What Day It Is?

9/3

Today has been a "Monday" on Tuesday!  Please check the spelling and vocabulary assignments carefully because we have different due dates this week due to the holiday.  I hope everyone had a great long weekend!

Sp in ABC order in agenda; spelling "chain" due Friday.
Write the spelling word that matches the vocabulary word definition.  (Ten of our 20 spelling words are our vocabulary words.)  The Latin root ped means "foot" and the root man (or manu) means "hand."

This week's IRA is "interesting words" (5 nouns, 5 verbs, 5 adjectives, and 5 adverbs), due Friday.