3/12

Study for your SS 1950s & '60s test!  (Ch. 12 in your hardback textbook covers the standards that we've been learning.)

Be sure to study spelling and vocabulary for your test tomorrow!

*Tonight is science night!  Drop in from 6-7.  Fifth grade will be in the lunchroom.

3/11

Civil Rights project is due Tuesday.

Finish spelling and/or vocabulary choice if you earned less than 100% on last week's test(s).

Thursday is Family Science Night from 6-7!  Please come, even if you didn't RSVP.

Friday is class and individual picture day.  Smile!

3/10

Finish WOWs.

Please sign & return signed papers.

Tomorrow (Wed.) is the end of the 3rd nine weeks.  Have you earned 140 AM objectives?  Have you read at least 6 books?

*Friday is class and individual spring picture day!

YHC Storytelling Festival 4/10-11

Young Harris College is hosting their first ever Storytelling Festival on 4/10-11.  This event will be fun for the whole family!  Here's a JPG of their poster.  If you'd like more information, I can forward some PDFs to you.  Just email me.

Science Presentation Today

We were fortunate to be able to attend a presentation today about the human body and our organs.  (Thank you, Mr. Hyde, for arranging this presentation and inviting us to attend!  Thank you, Ms. Brown, for sharing your expertise with us!)

The following photos are a bit graphic, so you may or may not want to look further!


A human brain:

An unhealthy heart and lung:

At left, a healthy appendix, and at right, one that had ruptured:

3/9

Scroll down for this week's ELA.  Don't forget about our award-winning books "genre."

Write spelling in ABC order in agenda.  CHALLENGE: Write them in alphabetical order starting with the LAST letter!  (Example: 1. antibiotic 2.viable 3. biosphere...)

Work on AM if you don't have at least 140 objectives earned (goal is 143 by Wednesday).

The end of the 3rd 9 weeks is Wednesday.

Thursday is family science night (6-7).  See you then!

This Week's ELA: 3/9

We are continuing our Greek/Latin roots study plus beginning a new novel study, The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963.

3^rd 9 Weeks, Week 9

Spelling: Greek/Latin Roots #8 bio and viv/vit

*Spelling choice activity due Thursday (if you made below 100% on Monday’s test).

*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as how to spell them for the tests on FRIDAY.  Use the definitions to help you study.

bio = ________________________________ viv/vit = ___________________________________

1.     antibiotic (n.) a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections

2.     biography (n.) a piece of writing about a person’s life written by someone else

3.     autobiography (n.) a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life

4.     biology (n.) the study of living things

5.     biologist (n.) a person who studies living things

6.     biopsy (n.) the removal of living tissue from the body for a diagnostic examination

7.     macrobiotic diet (n.) a diet thought to help people to live longer because it focuses on natural foods

8.     neurobiology (n.) the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react

9.     symbiosis (n.) how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other

10. biosphere (n.) the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere)

11. revive (v.) to bring back to life again

12. revitalize (v.) to bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity; to breath new life into something

13. survival (n.) the ability to continue living

14. survivor (n.) a person who lives through a difficult event or experience

15. vitamin (n.) a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life

16. vital (adj.) necessary or essential to live

17. vitality (n.) quality or state of being full of life; state of being full of energy

18. vivid (adj.) “as big as life”; brightly colored; daring

19. vivacious (adj.) full of life; fun; lively; animated

20. viable (adj.) capable of surviving or living

*Don’t forget about vivisection (surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases)

VOCABULARY: The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 (#1)

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through THURSDAY for your test on FRIDAY.

1.    demonstration - the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence

2.    emulate - to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass

3.    frostbite - injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene

4.    hostile - not friendly, warm, or generous; not hospitable, an enemy

5.    hypnotized - to frighten or startle so that movement is impossible

6.    incapable - not having the necessary ability, qualification, or strength to perform some specified act or function

7.    juvenile delinquent - a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence

8.    miraculous - performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency

9.    panning - to criticize severely

10.         pomade - a scented ointment, esp. one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair

11.         punctual - strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt

12.         skimpy - lacking in size, fullness, etc.; too thrifty; stingy