SUBJECT UPDATES:
READING: With the abbreviated week, we are going to focus on science and start back into reading next week. Students have set reading goals, so Independent Reading will replace the regular reading time.
LANGUAGE: Back to LWRs. J Beginning the public speaking unit. But before we do that, we'll do some Halloween writing. :-)
SOCIAL STUDIES: 5th graders: Begin Ch 4.
SCIENCE: Hitting the Acid/Acid hard this week.
MATH: Exponents, division, multiplying exponents.
SPELLING: U 10
KEYBOARDING: The students can practice at home. However, only the timings done in class will count. We’re starting out with a goal of 20 WPM with < 10 mistakes. That may change as time goes on.
Students can advance as quickly as their skills allow. http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/lessons.php?lang=EN&lesson=1
Some games for practicing the keyboard appear at the bottom. I liked Typershark, Typingmaster (a lot like Pac Man), and Typing Chef, if your kids already have pretty decent keyboarding skills. http://edtechideas.com/keyboarding-sites-for-kids/
LWR –will be added later.
PREFIX
ana- back, against
syn- with, together
syn- with, together
ROOT
chron/o time
geo earth
meter measure
therm heat
geo earth
meter measure
therm heat
SUFFIX
-al like, related to
-ic like, related to
-ism act state, condition
-ology study of, science
-ous having the quality of
-ic like, related to
-ism act state, condition
-ology study of, science
-ous having the quality of
SPELLING—
5th grade:
Unit 10 Compound words
BASIC: wildlife, uproar, headache, teammate, wheelchair, throughout, lifeguard, barefoot, warehouse, overboard, outspoken, awestruck, newscast, top-secret, well-known, part-time, up-to-date, home run, light bulb, post office
CHALLENGE: motorcycle, overseas, quick-witted, stomachache, bulletin board
REAL WORLD VOCABULARY
Life Skills: A Job Hunt
employment, want ads, experience, schedule, training interview, wages, benefits
Extra: trick-or-treat, skeleton, witch, ghost, coffin
6th grade
Unit 10 Words ending with –ed or -ing
BASIC: forgetting, fitting, permitting, scrapped, admitted, skidding, preferred, scarred, shuddered, happening, limited, equaled, reasoning, labored, tutoring, honored, pardoned, modeling, favored, glistening
CHALLENGE: omitted, merited, tapered, equipped recurring
REAL WORLD VOCABULARY
Language Arts: Debating
argument, controversial, persuasive, consideration, rebuttal, philosophy, orator, conviction
Extra: ghoul, Frankenstein, werewolf, zombie, jack-o'-lantern
Email
Blog
For students who have Mrs. Beatty for Social Studies:
www.beattyblogger.blogspot.com
iKeepBookmarks.com
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