Monday, October 31, 2011

10/31

Happy Halloween!

Genre projects were due today, so please make sure you turn yours in if you were absent!

Math WS p. 43

Finish science Ch. 3 vocabulary definitions (1-12).

Finish narrative rough draft.
Study for this week's review spelling & vocabulary test!

Also, 13 students have been placed on a multiplication contract. Study those times tables nightly... or else!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

10/26

Sorry that there haven't been any posts lately! Mrs. Dyer has been under the weather with a cold, and the blog just hasn't been a priority.

Students should be working on their social studies presentation (due 11/2). It is like a mini CPA (speech & visual aid), but their visual aid does not have to be a poster. If you haven't already signed the project rubric, please do so tonight.

Finish AM Exercise (AME) if not completed in class today.

Finish sp/voc worksheet.

Are you working on your genre project? The candy corn book report is due BY MONDAY!

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary

Spelling and Vocabulary Lists from the story Black Cowboy, Wild Horses.

Spelling: Words with the VCCV pattern

Monday – Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order – due Tues.

Tuesday – Complete the spelling worksheet – due Thurs.

Study your spelling words Monday – Thursday for your test on Friday!

  1. dentist 11. culture
  2. jogger 12. goggles
  3. fifteen 13. summon
  4. flatter 14. champion
  5. mutter 15. kennel
  6. mustang 16. valley
  7. absent 17. fragment
  8. hollow 18. gallop
  9. empire 19. vulture
  10. blizzard 20. pigment

Vocabulary

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday.

Complete vocab worksheet – due Thurs.

  1. suspended – stopped for a while
  2. vastness – greatness; immenseness
  3. flickered – shone or burned with a wavering light
  4. swerved – turned aside
  5. enthusiasm – eager interest; zeal
  6. presence – when someone or something is present in a particular place
  7. horizon – line where the ground and the sky seem to meet
  8. ravine – long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running water

Thursday, October 20, 2011

10/20

Finish Divisibility WS.

Complete SS Ch. 5, L. 4 vocab (p. 164).

***Study for science ch. 2 test (Fri.)!

Finish DITB 9.

Study for sp. & voc. tests Fri.!

Our conduct reward luau is Friday! You may dress up, but remember to wear warm clothes for playing outside (sock/shoes, jacket, etc.)!

Monday, October 17, 2011

10/17

We hope everyone had a great fall break! Mrs. Cousin is doing a great job as a student teacher and has picked up the full load of responsibilities for the next few weeks. Mrs. Dyer is still around supervising as needed. Everyone is doing really well!

This Thursday is the end of the first nine weeks. All AR/AM goals must be met by Thursday to be considered for special privileges.

Finish math WS p. 38 (front only). Correct math test and get it signed if you made below 70%.

Ch. 2 science test this Friday! Be sure to study vocab. and the things you've covered in class, especially what Ms. Martin told you to study!

Drops in the Bucket #9 is due Friday.
Genre project sheets (candy corn book report) were passed out today and are due NO LATER THAN 10/31. Be sure to read a mystery!

Social studies vocabulary for Ch. 5, lessons 1, 2, & 3 are due Wed. (1 & 2 should already be finished, but if not, students get a "do over.")

Write spelling words in ABC order in agendas.

This Week's Spelling & Vocabulary

Unit 2, Week 3 Spelling and Vocabulary Lists Story: Maya Lin Architect of Memory

Spelling: Inflected Endings

Copy words in agenda in ABC order – due Tuesday

Complete three times each (2 cursive/1 print) – due Wednesday

Complete wkst. p. 52/58– due Thursday

Study nightly (M-Th) for the sp. test on Friday.

1. jogging 11. deserved

2. dripping 12. applied

3. skimmed 13. relied

4. raking 14. renewing

5. amusing 15. complicated

6. easing 16. qualified

7. regretted 17. threatening

8. forbidding 18. gnarled

9. referred 19. envied

10. injured 20. fascinated

Vocabulary:

Write the part of speech and definition from the glossary for each vocabulary word – finish for hw – due Tuesday.

Complete wkst. p. 52/58 – due Thursday

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

  1. dedicated ( ) –

  1. equality ( ) –

  1. artifacts ( ) –

  1. exhibits ( ) –

  1. site ( ) –

We will read the story Maya Lin Architect of Memory in class together on Tuesday. All students should re-read the story at home Tuesday night to prepare for comprehension work (on Wed.) and the story test on Friday.