Mrs. Porisch's 5th & 6th Grade Class

Walk and Bike to School Week!

MID TERMS WENT HOME WED, SEPTEMBER 28. I’m still missing a few.

Access to online math book. I entered the students so they could access either math book (5^th or 6^th). https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp# is the web address for the program.

Picture Day is THURSDAY, OCT 13^th.

Student Council: The first meeting will be Friday, Oct 14^th @ 12:45 in Mrs. Beatty’s room AFTER students eat lunch. All 6^th grade students are welcome. J

SUBJECT UPDATES:

READING: This week we are finishing the first of the required reading (novels) for both 5^th and 6^th graders.

LANGUAGE: Adverb diagramming quiz on Tuesday; writing expository and creative

SOCIAL STUDIES: 5^th graders: Maps images below. Beginning Ch 3: 7 Native American Cultural Groups

SCIENCE: Independent vs Dependent variables

MATH: Geometry test this week

SPELLING: U 8

LWR

PREFIX
hyper- over, above
hypo- under, below

ROOT

chrom/o color
gen birth, produce, race
mono* one
poly* many
scop look, view

*combining form

SUFFIX

-ia condition
-ic like, related to
-ium chemical element (I hope you don't miss this one!)

SPELLING

5th grade

Unit 8 More Vowel + /r/ sounds

BASIC: earth, twirl, burnt, further, worthwhile, nerve, squirm, alert, murmur, sturdy, reverse, worship, research, peer, smear, appear, pier, weary, career, volunteer

CHALLENGE: yearn, engineer, interpret, dreary, external

REAL WORD VOCABULARY

Science: The Human Body

esophagus, muscle, abdomen, intestines, skeleton, organs, cartilage, ligaments

Unit 9 Homophones

BASIC: steel, steal, pore, pour, who's, whose, aloud, allowed, lesson, lessen, manor, manner, pedal, peddle, berry, bury, hanger, hangar, overdo, overdue

CHALLENGE: canvass, canvas, site, sight, cite

REAL WORLD VOCABULARY

Social Studies: The Law

courtroom, ordinance, attorney, innocent, citation, illegal, jury, guilty

6th grade

Unit 8 Final /er/ sound

BASIC: fiber, barrier, character, consider, surrender, laser, superior, rumor, director, junior, senior razor, similar regular, grammar, solar, scholar, particular, familiar, acre

CHALLENGE: escalator, cursor, geyser, perpendicular, maneuver

REAL WORD VOCABULARY
Math: Measuring

measurement, metric, customary, unit, fathom, furlong, conversion, factor

Unit 9 Final /en/, /el/, and /er/ sounds

BASIC: pollen, gallon, abandon, salmon, citizen, oxygen, triangle, mental, panel, cancel, rival, recycle, counsel, rural, vehicle, physical, error, litter, soldier, monitor

CHALLENGE: punctual, endeavor, abdomen, kliometer, dandelion

REAL WORLD VOCABULARY

Science: Earth's Layer of Gases

atmosphere, nitrogen, troposphere, stratosphere, ozone, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

5th grade map project

Click on the maps to see them enlarged.