SUBJECT UPDATES:
READING: 6th grade is reading In the Year of the Hangman or Indian Captive. 5th graders are reading Incident at Hawks Hill or Island of the Blue Dolphins
LANGUAGE: LWRs. Public speaking unit. 1st graded speech due next week. Topic is of their choice. Time frame: must be at least 1 minute long but not longer than 3 minutes. Students will sign up for a day to present their speeches. We don’t want 22 of them all on one day.
SOCIAL STUDIES: 5th graders: Begin Ch 5.
SCIENCE: Systems. Acid/acid ongoing.
MATH: 5th graders: Division and multiplication. 6th graders: dividing with decimals.
SPELLING: U 12 (week of Nov 14th)—Dictation sentences begin for both grades. 5th graders copied them down in their assignment notebooks. They are also written with the spelling words below.
KEYBOARDING: Continue
LWR hydr (and a lot of repeats)
PREFIX
de- away, down, not
ROOT
hydr/o water
gen birth, produce, race
geo earth, ground
graph write, written
onym name, word
path feeling, disease
phon sound
therm heat
SUFFIX
-al like, related to
-ant one who, that which
-ate to make, to act
-ic like, related to
-ology study of, science
-y state, quality, act
SPELLING—
5th grade:
Unit 11 Final r
Dictation Sentences:
1. A molar is one of your back teeth.
2. A moon map show lunar valleys.
3. Mark the date on your calendar.
BASIC: cellar, flavor, chapter, anger, passenger, thunder, messenger, quarter, proper, bitter, mayor, senator, major, tractor, elevator, cellar, popular, pillar, calendar, lunar
CHALLENGE: stellar, clamor, tremor, circular, adviser
REAL WORLD VOCABULARY
Art: Architecture and Design
architect, real estate, exterior, interior, dimensions, pantry, design, fixtures
Unit 13 VCCV pattern
Dictation Sentences:
1. Use scissors to cut the paper in half.
2. The bus should arrive soon.
3. Two apples for a nickel is a bargain.
BASIC: pattern, arrive, suppose, sorrow, tunnel, suggest, common, scissors, bargain, journey, object, shoulder, permit, subject, custom, perhaps, lawyer, timber, publish, burden
CHALLENGE: narrate, mentor, attempts, collide, ignore
REAL WORLD VOCABULARY
Social Studies: The Sioux Nation
culture, ancestors, oral, belief, myth, ceremony, rituals, legends
6th grade
Unit 11 Endings and suffixes
Dictation Sentences: Students must underline the spelling word in the sentence as well as spell all the other words correctly.
1. Do small cars get good mileage?
2. Last fall he advanced one grade.
3. Success is unlikely if you don’t try.
BASIC: reserved, unlikely, forceful, adorable, amazement, gentleness, sparkling, priceless, excitement, mileage, graceful, sincerely, advanced, usable, amusement, entirely, wireless, excluding, scarcely, changeable
CHALLENGE: inspiring, idleness, achievement, precisely, disciplined
REAL WORLD VOCABULARY
Performing arts: Dance
choreographer, musicals, waltz, tempo, ballerina, tango, expressive
Unit 13 Suffix: -ion or -ation
Dictation Sentences:
1. The team made a substitution.
2. The alteration made the skirt fit.
3. My paper needed one correction.
BASIC: explore, exploration, admire, admiration, examine, examination, separate, separation, observe, observation, substitute, substitution
CHALLENGE: irritate, irritation, coordinate, coordination
REAL WORLD VOCABULARY
Social Studies: Exploration
nautical, galleon, trade winds, celestial, commander, conquistadors, economic, empire
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