This Week's ELA

LA 1.5: Latin Roots Ped and Man, Manu 

Spelling:

Tuesday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due 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 by Friday.

Wednesday: Create a spelling chain. Write one of your words, link another word to it, and so on and so forth until you've linked all 20 words together (due Friday.)

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

1. pedestrian 11. emancipate
2. millipede 12. manacles
3. peddler 13. manager
4. tripod 14. mandate
5. pedicure 15. maneuver
6. centipede 16. manicure
7. quadruped 17. manipulate
8. pedal 18. manual
9. impediment 19. manufacture
10. biped 20. manuscript

Vocabulary:

Tuesday: Use 10 of your spelling words to fill in the blank to match each vocabulary definition (due 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).

Wednesday: Vocabulary Draw: Draw and label a picture of each vocabulary word (due Thursday).

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

1. _________________________: a creature with two feet

2. _________________________: a creature with 1,000 feet

3. _________________________: something that stands in one's way; an obstacle

4. _________________________: to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone's hands

5. _________________________: to handily or skillfully go around something

6. _________________________: an order or command placed in one's hands

7. _________________________: handcuffs

8. _________________________: a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something

9. _________________________: a handbook; a book of directions

10. _________________________: to skillfully operate by hand

English: Since many students are not using the homophones your and you're correctly, this week you will need to practice using those words.

Due Thursday: Write each word and its explain the difference in them on a sheet of notebook paper. Use each word appropriately in a model sentence.

*On Friday, you will be tested on these words by using them correctly.

This Week's IRA: Wonderful Words

Fold paper into four quarters. Write your correct heading on your paper. Label your sections nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Find at least 5 interesting, wonderful words for each part of speech and write them in the appropriate quadrant. Also write in parentheses a simple synonym for the wonderful word.

8/30

Have a fabulous long weekend!  See you Tuesday!

Don't forget about Mrs. Maddaleni's writing assignment (20 action verb sentences).  It's due Tuesday.

8/29

*Open house @ 6:00!

Finish IRA (3 connections).
Finish realistic fiction genre report.  (This counts as a reading test grade!)

Don't forget about Mrs. Maddaleni's writing assignment (20 action verb sentences).  It's due when we come back on Tuesday.

Open House Tonight!

Open House is TONIGHT at 6:00.  Thank you for making the effort to attend.  If you are unable to come, feel free to shoot me an email (hdyer@ucschools.org) and I can send you some of our information.  It's not the same as being here, but it definitely helps.  Thank you!

Design an Airplane Investigation

We have had a lot of fun in science!  We are learning the steps of the scientific method and inquiry-based investigations.  Here are some photos from today's adventure:

8/28

Finish AM corrections (if you have them).

Finish vocabulary draw.

Don't forget about your IRA and genre report (green sheet) due Friday.

*Open House is tomorrow night from 6:00-7:00.  Please come to the classroom (room 213), not the gym as previously announced, at 6:00.  Thanks!

8/27

Finish TBGB analogies.
Finish color-coded spelling.

Begin Mrs. Maddaleni's writing assignment: Find and write down (copy) 20 sentences with vivid verbs (due next Tues.).

Study 0-8 times tables!

*Orange folders

8/26

Finish math WB p. 19 (7-10) and p. 20 if you didn't finish in class.
Study 0-8 times tables for speed test Wed.
Science p. 30-31: Read all the way through and make your two paper airplanes.  Bring them to school in your backpack.
Finish filling in the blanks of vocabulary definitions.  We will check these in class tomorrow and make corrections as needed.
Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.
This week's IRA is called "Snack Bar Similarities" and is about making connections as we read.  Make at least one connection for each of the three types of connections.

*Open House is this Thursday from 6:00-7:00.  Please meet in the gym and then you will be "dismissed" to class.

This Week's ELA

Soldier's Heart (1), Week 1.4

Spelling words:

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

Tuesday: Color-coded words: Write your words using a color-coded pattern. Include a key. (For example, consonants one color vowels another color; or you create a color code.) (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 by Friday.

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

1. appalling 11. collide
2. fatigue 12. survivor
3. slogan 13. withdraw
4. faint 14. comrade
5. doubtful 15. tempt
6. regiment 16. forage
7. assemble 17. savage
8. wound 18. morale
9. stream 19. trench
10. bargain 20. mutiny

Vocabulary words:

Monday: Using a dictionary, fill in the blank each vocabulary word listed below (due Tuesday).

Tuesday: Vocabulary Draw: Draw and label a picture of each vocabulary word (due Thursday).

Tuesday-Thursday: 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 for the test on Friday.

1. bayonet: (n) a long ____________________ or pointed blade that is attached to the end of a ____________________
2. cavalry: (n) a group of soldiers who fight on ____________________
3. flannel: (n) made of soft, brushed cotton or wool ____________________
4. heaving: (adj) moving in and out or up and down ____________________
5. trench: (n) a long, narrow ____________________, often used as protected position in warfare; a long, steep-sided valley on the floor of the ____________________
6. incomprehensible: (adj) difficult to ____________________
7. afflicted: (adj) mentally or physically ____________________
8. conscious: (adj) ____________________ or perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
9. stationary: (adj) not capable of being ____________________
10. residue: (n) ____________________ that remains after something has been removed

English: Since many students are not using to/too/two correctly, this week you will need to practice using those words correctly. Due Tuesday: Write each word and its definition on notebook paper.  Write an appropriate sentence for each word.

*On Friday, you will be tested on these words by using them correctly.

1. to 

2. too (*two definitions!)

3. two

This Week's IRA: Make at least one connection in each of three categories on the “Snack Bar Similarities” (due Friday).

Computer Lab 8/23

Please go to Brainpop.com and log in.  Our username is unioco and our password is panthers.

Please click on English, then Grammar, and scroll down until you find the Types of Sentences link.  Watch the movie as many times as you like, then take the GRADED quiz.  You may print your results.

You will then need to go to Social Studies, click on U.S. History, and find Civil War.  Again, watch the movie as many times as you like, then take the quiz.  This quiz is NOT easy.  Feel free to take the review quiz first.

After you've turned in your scores, you may go to Reflexmath.com.

8/22

Finish your Civil War project!
Finish IRA (point of view).
Study for your spelling & vocabulary tests.

*Open house will be 8/29 @ 6:00.  Meet in the gym, and then you will be dismissed to the classrooms.
*Your genre report is due next Friday, 8/30.

8/21

Finish math p. 36 if you didn't finish in class.
Finish vocabulary columns (synonyms and antonyms).

Don't forget about the Civil War independent project share (due by Friday).  We enjoyed Jaden, Macey, Edie, and Mollie's hospital skit today.  (I will add the picture when I can retrieve it.)

Read!

8/20

Study 0-7 times tables for tomorrow's speed test!
Finish spelling categories: Sort the words into at least four different, labeled groups.

Remember that vocabulary synonyms and antonyms are due Thursday.
Civil War projects are due BY this Friday.

8/19

Write spelling words in ABC order in agenda.

Study 0-7 times tables (test Wed.).
Start on IRA: point of view (due Fri.).
Start on spelling categories (due Wed.).
Start on vocabulary synonyms and antonyms (due Thurs.).
The social studies Civil War independent project is due by Friday.  Malachi did a great job presenting his powerpoint today!

*If students made below 85 on spelling or vocabulary, then they have an extra assignment that is due Friday.  Please see the spelling and vocabulary sheet for complete details.  They know who they are!

So the kids and I were being silly with Photo Booth and sunglasses (after part of the class was dismissed, of course!), and they think this should be my new profile picture:

This Week's ELA: 8/19

*Sorry that this formats so weirdly, but at least you have an online reference.

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar Spelling and Vocabulary Lists - #2 (1.3)

Spelling words:

Monday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due Tuesday). IF you made below an 85 on last week's test, you must write this week's words 5 times each (3x print/2x cursive) and turn in no later than Friday.

Tuesday: Categorize your spelling words. You must have at least four categories (due Wednesday).

Wednesday: IF you made below 85% on last week's test, finish your 5x each (due by Friday).

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

1. drizzling 11. bellowed
2. romping 12. sincerely
3. modestly 13. inquisitively
4. ferociously 14. unreasonable
5. frantically 15. terrorizing
6. automatically 16. defiantly
7. reluctantly 17. determination
8. abruptly 18. flailed
9. poisonous 19. baffled
10. shuddered 20. cautious

Vocabulary words:

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 (due Tuesday). 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 by Friday).

Tuesday: Create three columns on your notebook paper. In the first column you will write the vocabulary word and in the second column you will write a synonym for the vocabulary word. In the third column, you will write an antonym for the vocabulary word. Be sure you spell the words correctly and label your columns (due Thursday)!

Wednesday – Thursday: IF you made below 85% on last week's vocabulary test, finish your fabulous sentence with at least 10 words (due by Friday).

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

1. scoffed _____ A. ask questions; curious
2. depressing _____ B. a tough brownish paper
3. massive _____ C. to provide a guarantee
4. genuine _____ D. jeer; ridicule
5. inquisitively _____ E. saddened; discouraged
6. befuddled _____ F. to confuse or perplex
7. replica _____ G. a copy or reproduction
8. manila _____ H. weighty, heavy
9. sternly _____ I. hard and severe on nature
10. assured _____ J. real; not pretended OVER

This Week's IRA: Point of View

From which point of view is your AR book written? Is it first person or third person? List at least five clues from the text that led to your conclusion. Be sure to include your book title. Complete this task on your own paper. IRAs are always due on Friday.

8/15

Finish AMC (Accelerated Math corrections) IF you have them.

Finish IRA (3 predictions and responses).

Study spelling & vocabulary for your test tomorrow!

Read!

Library Fun & More

Today we were able to attend library orientation.  I am so thrilled to have a class of students who love to read!  Aren't they cute?

For tonight's homework:
Finish vocabulary draw.
Read!
*Please consider filling out at least 5 addresses in the magazine booklet.  That earns our students money, and you will only receive the one postcard in the mail.  You will not receive other offers from this company nor will they sell your info!  Thank you!

8/12

We're off to a great start for this 2nd week of school!  We are continue to learn our daily/weekly routines and expectations. 

Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.
Match vocabulary words to definitions.
Study for multiplication speed test (Wed.).
Finish math WB p. 5-6 if you didn't finish in class.  (Students circled the numbers to complete on p. 5.  Complete all of p. 6.)

Upcoming:
Sp. 3x each (due Wed.)
Vocabulary Draw (due Thurs.)
Multiplication speed test Wed.

Week 2 ELA

Spelling and Vocabulary Lists/Week 2 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (Chapters 1-4)

Spelling words:

Monday – Copy spelling words into your agenda in ABC order (due Tuesday).

Tuesday – Write your spelling words 3x ea (2x cursive, 1x print, following the example we did together last week; due Wednesday).

Study each night for your test on Friday!

1. unfortunately 11. Monday *Challenge Words:
2. unrecognizable 12. Tuesday sandwich
3. suspiciously 13. Wednesday which
4. ceramic 14. Thursday witch
5. nervously 15. Friday receive
6. counselor 16. Saturday
7. snickered 17. Sunday
8. innocently 18. Blairsville
9. glared 19. Georgia

10. asserted 20. Union County

Vocabulary words:

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.

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

DUE THURSDAY: Illustrate each vocabulary word with a simple drawing that will help you remember the definition. Do this on notebook paper, after your heading. Your work should be numbered, have the vocabulary word written, then followed by the illustration.

1. bulging ____ A. without hope; incapable of improvement
2. distorted ____ B. to find fault with someone; criticize
3. hack ____ C. feeling or showing lack of confidence; shy
4. barged ____ D. to swell or curve outward
5. tolerate ____ E. astonish; dumbfounded
6. hopelessly ____ F. to twist out of normal shape; mislead
7. timidly ____ G. severe; harsh
8. drastic ____ H. to cut or sever with repeated blows
9. flabbergasted ____ I. to allow or withstand something

10. scolded ____ J. to move or push oneself clumsily or rudely

Complete the IRA (instructions below) on notebook paper.

IRA (Independent Reading Activity) Weekly Task Week 2:

Reading Comprehension Strategy: Predicting & Monitoring

Write down the title of your AR book. Make three predictions about your new book. Use the title, jacket description, and first few pages to help you make your predictions. If you've already started reading your book, then make a few predictions about what you think will happen. (Skip several lines between each prediction.)

As you read, see if your predictions happen or not. Write a response to each prediction. (Explain what did happen.) Turn in this assignment by Friday.

This Week's ELA

Better late than never?

Unit 1, Week 1 Story: Miss Alaineous

Spelling words: Short vowels

Tuesday – Copy spelling words in ABC order in your agenda.

Wednesday – Write spelling words 3x each. Two times in cursive and one time in print. Follow the example we did in class together. Due Thursday.

Study each night for your test on Friday.

1. jut 11. notch
2. dove 12. gush
3. nick 13. scan
4. tenth 14. batch
5. shrug 15. rough
6. stuff 16. stump
7. sense 17. tough
8. damp 18. laugh
9. cot 19. guess

10.fling 20. lead

Vocabulary words:

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

*DUE FRIDAY: Use each word in an original sentence that is at least ten words long. Please underline the word in the sentence. Don't forget to capitalize the beginning of your sentence and to use ending punctuation!

1. capable – having skill or power
2. categories – groups or classes of things
3. luminous – bright; shining
4. strands – things similar to threads
5. credit – something owed a person for work
6. soggy – very wet or damp
7. slumped – fell or sunk heavily
8. gigantic – like a giant; huge

Vocabulary BONUS: Suppose that you have just signed up to take part in a talent contest. Instead of writing sentences, write a story about what happens before, during, and after the contest. Use as many of this week’s vocabulary words as possible in your story.

TESTED READING SKILL: character and plot

8/8

Finish vocab. sentences.
Study spelling & vocabulary for Friday tests!

Please sign and return movie permission and Champs letter.

8/7

We've had another great day!

If you haven't completed and sent back the "parent homework" packet of info, please finish them today to return by Thursday.  Thanks!

Don't forget that spelling 3x each is due tomorrow.  Vocabulary sentences are due Friday.

Study multiplication tables!

First Day of School

Today has been my best first day since I started teaching fifth grade here at UCES 15 years ago!  Your children are delightful!

Be sure to initial the agenda each school night.

Each child received a list of spelling and vocabulary for this week (test Friday).  The sheet explains everything that they need to do, but here it is in a nutshell:
The required homework (HW) for tonight is to write the 20 spelling words in ABC order in the agenda (NOT on a sheet of notebook paper to turn in, but actually in the agenda).  It's okay if they need another sheet to help them alphabetize, but I am only looking at the words in the agenda.

Spelling 3 times each is due Thursday.  We started it in class today so that they would understand my format.  We will NOT do this each week; I am teaching some of my expectations and procedures so that IF they need to write them to help study them, they will know how I want them to do it.

Vocabulary sentences are due on Friday.  We also started them today in class.  This week, the sentences need to be at least 10 words long.  They need to underline the vocabulary word in the sentence.

Thanks for a terrific start to a great year!