Summer Reading Suggestion

This website matches up books with movies.  These might be some fun reads (and views) for the summer!

This Week's ELA: Port and Miss/Mit

Greek and Latin word parts #4: port and miss/mit  

port = __________________________________________     miss/mit = __________________________________________

Monday: Copy your spelling words into your agenda in ABC order.  Match the spelling word to its correct vocabulary meaning.

**If you made less than an 85 on either of last week’s tests, you are required to complete a spelling/vocabulary choice this week (due Thursday).

                                                            a collection of writing that carries information to be shared

1.       import                          _____          again with someone new

2.       export                          _____ to carry out of a country

3.       portable                      _____ an attendant who carries travelers’ luggage for them

4.       report                           _____ to carry or send away from a  country; to banish

5.       porter                           _____ to carry the weight of something

6.       support                        _____ capable of being easily carried

7.       portfolio                      _____ to carry something from one place to another

8.       deport                          _____ a case for carrying loose paper

9.       portage                                    _____ to carry into a country

10.   transport                    _____ the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland

                                                         from one lake or river to another

                                                    a break between acts of a play or performance

11.   dismiss                                    _____   during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks

12.   admit                            _____ to send someone in; to allow someone to enter

13.   mission                                    _____ to send someone out; to let someone leave

14.   submit                         _____ to send back (usually related to paying bills)

15.   intermission              _____ to send out or give off (such as an odor)

16.   missile                         _____ to leave out; to not send

17.   emit                              _____ to send something across places; to pass along

18.   transmit                      _____ a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target

19.      remit                            _____ a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do

20.   omit                              _____ to “send” yourself under someone else’s control; to give in to

                                    someone else’s power

Reading Fun Too!

We are going to try a new reading incentive online program that is based on the books that you choose to read.  I will have to give you your username and password before you can get started, but unfortunately I do not have an electronic version that I can send out.  I will be slowly emailing you to get you started, and you'll receive a paper copy of the information in signed papers on Tuesday.  Feel free to get started when you get my email!

As you log your reading here, you will be able to earn reading bonuses for meeting your weekly goal!

Here is the information to get started:
Welcome to Whooo's Reading. To get started, open your internet browser on a computer (use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari. No Internet Explorer).

Go to www.whooosreading.org and click 'Log In' in the top corner.

Type in your Username and Password.  (Mrs. Dyer has emailed these to you.) Then click 'Log In!'

To Log Your Reading
1. Click on the 'Log Reading' button at the top of your profile.
2. To log reading for a book you have not logged before, click 'Find a Book,' type in the title of the book, click 'Find Book,' and choose your book from the list.
OR
2. To log more minutes for a book you have logged before, click on 'Existing Books' and choose your book from the list.
3. Type in the number of minutes you read, choose the date you read those minutes, click the 'Completed this book!' box if you finished the book, and click 'Submit.'

Get Your Family Involved!
Click on the 'Invite Mentors' button. Type in your parent's email address and click 'Send!'

After your parent authorizes your account, they will receive weekly updates about your reading.

They will also be able to comment on what you write, recommend books for you to read, and invite other friends and family to be your mentors too!

Now you can earn Wisdom Coins to spend in the Owl Shop.  Have fun!

Six Flags Read to Succeed Program

Would you like to go to Six Flags this year for free?  You can earn a free ticket by simply reading for six hours before March 1!  I will share the reading log with any interested student when we get back to school, and yes, your snow day reading time will count toward your hours.  Your parents will have to sign your log.  Keep track of your reading time, and before you know it you could have a free ticket to Six Flags.

This Week's ELA: Ject & Sect

Greek and Latin word parts #2: ject and sect  

ject = __________________________________________      sect = __________________________________________

Monday: Copy your spelling words into your agenda in ABC order.  Match the spelling word to its correct vocabulary meaning.

**If you made less than an 85 on either of last week’s tests, you are required to complete a spelling/vocabulary choice this week (due Thursday).

1.       eject                  _____ the curved path of an object thrown into space

2.       dejected          _____ an object thrown in the air with great force

3.       interjection    _____ to throw something out because it is defective and can’t be used again

4.       projector         _____ to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or airplane

5.       reject                _____ a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

6.       subject                         _____ a shot; the “throwing” of medicine into the body

7.       projectile        _____ to throw out

8.       trajectory        _____ a machine that throws an image on the wall

9.        jettison           _____ to throw oneself under someone else’s rule

10.   injection          _____ to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

                                       

           a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate        

11.   insect                _____    sections to their bodies: head, thorax, and abdomen

12.   dissect              _____ to cut into two pieces

13.   intersection   _____ to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

14.   section             _____ the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

15.   bisect                _____ to cut into three pieces

16.   sectional          _____ a separate part of a society, group, or area

17.   trisect               _____ a separate part of something

18.   sector               _____ to cut across something

19.   vivisection      _____ a couch that is made up of separate pieces

20.   transect           _____ surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into

living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases

IRA: Wonderful Words

            Fold a sheet of notebook paper into four quarters.  (Please write your correct heading at the top.)  Label a section with noun, verb, adjective, and adverb.  Find at least 5 interesting, wonderful words and write in the appropriate quadrant.  Also write in parentheses a simple synonym for the wonderful word.

*Cell projects due Tuesday!

This Week's ELA: Spec and Dict

Greek and Latin word parts #2: spec and dict  

spec = __________________________________________     dict = __________________________________________

Monday: Copy your spelling words into your agenda in ABC order.  Match the spelling word to its vocabulary meaning.

**If you made less than an 85 on either of last week’s tests, you are required to complete a spelling/vocabulary choice this week (due Thursday). Try to choose an activity you have not done recently. 

1.       spectacles                   _______ to look at carefully in search of flaws

2.       inspect                         _______ the act of looking into one’s own thoughts/feelings

3.       respect                         _______ one way of looking at things

4.       spectator                     _______ to look up to someone; to show honor

5.       perspective                _______ looking back at past things

6.       introspection             _______ something displayed for the public to see

7.       speculate                    _______ glasses to help someone see better

8.       circumspect               _______ a person who watches something, like a sporting event

9.       retrospective             _______ to look at and think about from different points of view

10.   spectacle                     _______ careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious;

                                                          aware of consequences

11.   dictator                        _______ what is written down as someone says it

12.    predict                         _______ to speak against; to say the opposite

13.   verdict                         _______ a leader who speaks and rules with total power

14.   contradict                   _______ a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

15.   dictionary                   _______ a judge’s ruling or statement

16.   indictment                 _______ public words issued by an official that explain a law or command

17.   diction                          _______ to say what will happen before it occurs

18.   edict                              _______ the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

19.      dictum                         _______ the way in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken)

20.   dictation                      _______ formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person

with a crime

IRA: Reading Comprehension Strategy: Summarizing

Summarizing is how we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their bare essentials: the gist, the key ideas, or the main points that are worth noting and remembering.  (Webster's calls a summary the “general idea in brief form.”)

This week, you are going to summarize your nightly reading (Mon., Tues., Wed., and Thurs.).  It’s easier than it sounds.  Your heading will include Summary Sentences for Book Title.  Begin by writing down the chapter number and title.  Read the chapter.  At the end, write down a sentence or two that tells what happened in that chapter.  Think about the literary elements you know. 

Now write down the next chapter number and title.  Read the chapter.  Write your summary of what happened.  Continue in this manner all week.  You will basically be retelling the story in your own words.