Book Character Day

We had some very special "guests" at school today!  Please join me in welcoming (seated) a cheerleader and Violet from A Series of Unfortunate Events.  Standing (left to right) we have Junie B. Jones, Ann of Green Gables, Samantha from The Haunted Museum: The Titanic Locket, "Grandma" Wolf from The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Frank & Joe Hardy with Commander Fox (from Star Wars) in between, Raina from Smile, Fancy Nancy, Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter, and (yours truly) Nancy Drew.

Have a safe and wickedly fun Halloween!  NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!

4-H CPA Winners!

Our boys and girls did a great job on their 4-H County Project Achievement presentations today.   I am so very proud of all of them and their efforts. Each of them earned a participation ribbon.  Our overall winners are...

3rd place: Shyla, Emily F., Evan, & Tyler



2nd place: Emma P. & Hunter



1st place: Hana, Emily H., & Lawson

CONGRATULATIONS!

SS Ch. 5 & 6 Review Quizlet

Click HERE for Ch. 5 & 6 Quizlet to review for your test.

This Week's Vocab Quizlet

You can find the Quizlet for this week's vocabulary HERE! (This is what we used in class today.)  Have fun!

Remember that you have to be able to use these words in a sentence, not just know their definition, to be successful on the Friday test.  Study hard and good luck!

10/27

Welcome back from Fall Break!  I hope that you all had a relaxing time with your family. 

HW:
Practice CPA. (Judges here Wed.)
Write spelling words in ABC order in agenda.  Careful!  They're tricky.
Work on AM if you didn't scan today or if you don't have at least 50 objectives.  (This week's goal is 55 objectives.)

This Week's ELA: Steal Away Home 2

Steal Away Home, Week 2

Spelling: DIFFICULT WORDS TO SPELL

Monday: Write your spelling words correctly in your agenda in alphabetical order.

Tuesday-Wednesday: Complete a spelling choice activity to turn in Thursday.

Thursday: Study!  These are challenging words!

1.     achieve

2.     excellent

3.     probably

4.     important

5.     because

6.     friend

7.     beginning

8.     believe

9.     restaurant

10. remember

11. against

12. separate

13. definitely

14. surprise

15. different

16. until

17. finally

18. enough

19. especially

20. sincerely

Vocabulary:

Monday-Wednesday: Complete a vocabulary choice activity.

Thursday: Study!  These are challenging words!

1.     feign (v): to fake, to pretend

2.     bawdy (adj): crude, dirty, naughty

3.     breadth (adj): width; extent; size in general

4.     dapple/dappled (n/adj): spotted horses; white spots on a horse/spotted

5.     ruffian (n): tough lawless person

6.     vermin (n): small, disgusting animals

7.     economical (adj): sparing; avoiding waste or extravagance

8.     avidly (adv): excitedly; enthusiastically

9.     irony (n): the opposite of what is expected; a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens; the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning

10. jaundiced (adj): yellow or yellowish as affected by an illness called jaundice

11. conjecture (n): assumption; opinion; speculation

Grammar: conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions

Your mystery genre skeleton is due no later than Friday!  No IRA is required this week.

Book Character Day Extra Credit: If you would like extra credit in reading, dress up as a book character, bring the book, and write a summary of your book!  (If it is a new “fifth grade” book that you want to count towards your 25-book goal, great.  If it isn’t, you can still get extra credit by following these directions.)

10/16

*Please bring in any soup labels and/or box tops tomorrow!

Finish math WB p. 79 (7-12) & p. 80 (all).
Finish homophones IRA.
Study spelling & vocabulary!

*Rotary walk is tomorrow!

10/15

Scroll down for our science lab recipe.

HW:
Finish spelling sentences and vocabulary choice.

Steal Away Home Student Resources

Quizlets for Steal Away Home

10/13

*CPA "dress rehearsals" are this Wednesday. Students are expected to present their project with their poster(s).  They do not have to bring any props or wear any special clothing at this time.

HW:
Work on CPA.
Write spelling in agenda in ABC order.  (It's comes before its.)
Work on AM if you didn't finish today and/or don't have at least 50 objectives.

This Week's ELA

Spelling: HOMOPHONES

Monday: Write your spelling words in ABC order in your agenda.

Tues.-Wed.: Use each spelling word correctly in a sentence (due Thurs.).  Underline the spelling word in the sentence.

BONUS (+7): Label at least seven of your sentences (correctly) as declarative,

imperative, interrogative, exclamatory, simple, compound, and complex.

Study nightly!

1.     there

2.     their

3.     they’re

4.     to

5.     two

6.     too

7.     your

8.     you’re

9.     its

10. it’s

11. allowed

12. aloud

13. know

14. no

15. write

16. right

17. whether

18. weather

19. wear

20.  where*

21.  were*

Vocabulary:

Complete a vocabulary choice activity (due Thursday).

Study each night, Monday – Thursday, for your test on Friday.

1.     devise (v.): to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from an existing principle or idea; to develop a method

2.     merit (n.): something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation; a commendable quality, act, etc.

3.     cavity (n.): any hollow place

4.     harbor (v.): to give shelter to; offer refuge to

5.     intrigue (v.): to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; to appeal strongly to; to captivate

6.     perpetual (adj.): continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless; lasting an indefinitely long time

7.     deft (adj.): nimble; skillful; clever

8.     horrid (adj.): extremely unpleasant or disagreeable

9.     impenetrable (adj.): not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand (e.g. an impenetrable mystery)

10. raucous (adj.): in a harsh, rowdy manner

IRA: Homophones Hunt!

            Choose ten pages in your book that you have already read.  Reread these pages carefully, recording any and all homophones you find (and the page number).  You must include your Book Title on your IRA. 

BONUS: Include any homophones not on our list and explain their meaning(s).

10/10

Today's reward day was great fun!  Readers earned water play time and everyone got to go out for a special conduct reward picnic and play time.

Don't forget that CPA "dress rehearsals" are Wednesday.  Please bring your posters and note cards (props optional).  You will be able to leave your posters at school IF you don't need to make any changes to them.  Speech note cards should go home for practice until 10/29, our CPA day for the judges.

Have a great weekend!  Have you finished a book yet for this nine weeks?  Read on!

10/8

Finish spelling & vocabulary choices!
Work on your IRA (due Fri.).

READ!

The Preposition Song

Click HERE for "The Preposition Song!"

Sample CPA Presentation

If you go to the UCES website, scroll down to find a link to a sample CPA presentation by Mr. Jennings. 

10/7

*CPA reports are due tomorrow!  Please time yourself reading your report aloud and record your time on your report.  Thanks!

Work on spelling & vocabulary choices (due Thurs.).

This Week's ELA: Up in the Air

2.1  Spelling & Vocabulary, Up in the Air

Spelling: Number Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri-, and cent-

Spelling in your agenda in ABC order.

*Spelling choice is due Thursday. Please choose a choice from the Spelling Choice sheet if you made less than 100% on last week’s spelling test.

Study for your test on Friday. Remember to review previous weeks’ words.

1.    tripod

2.    triplet

3.    unicorn

4.    uniform

5.    unison

6.    biweekly

7.    triple

8.    bicycle

9.    tricycle

10.unicycle

11.triangle

12.bisect

13.trio

14.unify

15.centipede

16.centimeter

17.century

18.binoculars

19.universe

20.university

*bilingual, trilogy

Vocabulary:

*Vocabulary choice is due Thursday. Choose any activity from the Vocabulary Choice sheet. Make sure you include your complete heading and write legibly.

1.    launched: (v) sent off or started in motion

2.    particles: (n) small bits and pieces of an element

3.    dense: (adj) packed closely together

4.    inflate: (v) to cause to swell by filling with air or gas

5.    anchored: (v) being held in place by a heavy metal device or object

6.    companion: (n) a person or animal who keeps someone company

7.    hydrogen: (n) a gas that has no odor, color, or taste, and burns easily

8.    scientific: (adj) having to do with or used in science

GRAMMAR: Review of linking/helping verbs; prepositions/prepositional phrases

 
IRA: Using your mystery genre book for October, describe the literary elements for that book. Due Friday.

10/1

Happy October!  We had such a great day today, playing games and enjoying snacks for our 50 star reward party!

 Our principal Mrs. Cook even joined in on the fun!

Thank you to everyone who was able to send in goodies and/or games to share today.  I couldn't do it all without YOU!

This month's genre is mystery (project details coming soon) so be prepared to be scared (not of the project, just having fun with October's mystery genre)!

We have received and sent home the boxes of candy for our field trip fundraiser.  Please sign and return the candy letter acknowledging your receipt and responsibility.  Thanks!

HW:
Study spelling & vocab for our review tests on Friday.
Have you read 6 books?
Do you have 45 AM objectives?
Are you reading nightly?  The 5Ws IRA (Who? What? When? Where? Why?) is due Friday.