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.