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This Week's ELA

We will be taking review spelling and vocabulary tests on Friday over the first eight weeks!  The following lists are SUGGESTED words to study.  They may or may not all be on the test, and additional words could be added.

SPELLING 1^ST 9 WKS

1.             February        

2.             Blairsville

3.             Wednesday

4.             September

5.             Saturday

6.             unrecognizable

7.             usually

8.             suspiciously

9.             nervously

10.         Georgia/Union County

11.         automatically

12.         hysterically

13.         anticipation

14.         cautiously

15.         hesitated

16.         reluctantly

17.         appalling

18.         assemble

19.         doubtful

20.         morale

21.         rudimentary

22.         sympathizer

23.         collide

24.         foliage

25.         soldier

26.         correlation

27.         course/coarse

28.         historical

29.         squares

30.         fare

31.         nuclei/nucleus

32.         possibilities/possibility

33.         potatoes/potato

34.         batches/batch

35.         liberties/liberty

36.         gallop

37.         empire

38.         absent

39.         blizzard

40.         champion

*finally         *fatigue

VOCAB 1^ST 9 WKS

1.             categories

2.             luminous

3.             slumped

4.             tolerate

5.             flabbergasted

6.             bulging

7.             manila

8.             assured

9.             mimicked

10.         incomprehensible

11.         afflicted

12.         conscious

13.         commandeer

14.         unscathed

15.         plummet

16.         function

17.         environment

18.         mission

19.         vibrates

20.         surroundings

21.         species

22.         ravine

23.         vastness

24.         enthusiasm

9/25

We earned 50 stars today for great behavior!!!  (We earned our 50th star, not 50 actual stars today.)  Way to go, class!  I am so proud of you! We will have a reward party on Wednesday.

Finish problem/solution IRA and study for spelling & vocabulary tests.

Tomorrow is panther pride day, so show your school spirit!

Next week:
Mon.: parent conference day (no school for students)
Tues.: fantasy cereal box genre projects due
Wed.: class reward pj party & game day  (If you would like to help by sending in a treat or drinks, I would really appreciate it.  Thank you!)

9/24

Today was Mismatched Day for spirit week, and boy were we wacky tacky!

Or maybe our "true colors" is a better picture!

Tomorrow is hat day.  We will be going to Theater Young Harris for a play in the morning.

For homework:
Finish spelling & vocab choices.
Work on CPA research and/or fantasy cereal box.

9/23

Make math unit 1 corrections (required if you made below 80%; optional otherwise).

Finish CPA outline (three main points and at least 3 details for each point).

Reread Black Cowboy, Wild Horses in your Treasures book.

Work on spelling and/or vocabulary choices (due Thurs.).

9/22

AM if you didn't scan today, have old work, or need to make corrections.

Write spelling words in ABC order in your agenda.

Tomorrow is college sports day for spirit week!

Upcoming events:
The fantasy cereal box genre project is due next Tues. 9/30!
Monday 9/29 is parent conference day (no school for students).  If you haven't already scheduled a conference and would like one, let me know what day is convenient for you at 7:40, 2:00, or 3:00.  (I am booked solid on the 29th.)

Spirit Week:
Wed. Mismatched Day
Th. Hat Day
Fri. Panther Spirit Day

This Week's ELA: Black Cowboys, Wild Horses

Spelling: Words with the VCCV pattern

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

Wednesday – Complete a spelling choice (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

Complete a vocabulary activity of your choosing (due Thursday).

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

1. suspended – stopped for a while; appearing to float
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

IRA: Problem/Solution

     Describe at least one problem the character in your book faces.  How does the character solve the problem OR what steps does the character take to solve the problem (if it hasn’t been solved yet)?

GRAMMAR: More plural and possessive nouns; interjections

TESTED READING SKILL: make inferences

*CPA outlines are due Wednesday.