Monday, December 19, 2011

Last BLOG of the Year!  J

A BELATED Congratulations to COLLIN WRIGHT!! Collin won the Poly Dr Geography Bee last week. He now will take a test in January for the state level competition. WTG, Collin!!!




2:15 on Tuesday: Orchestra Concert in the gym


Secret Santas

Students are participating in Secret Santas within our classroom only. Some opted to not participate. We will reveal our Secret Santa on Thursday. Those who are leaving early will “reveal” the day before they leave. This should NOT be a big expense. I stressed just giving clues throughout the week and on the reveal day to just give a candy cane or some such item.

Which leads us to the …..

White Elephant Christmas Gift

On Thursday, we will have a little gift exchange, of the White Elephant nature. I gave an example of someone wrapping up a toothbrush. Keep it simple, and if possible, cheap!  J The sillier the gift, the more fun it is.



***A reminder to parents of 6th graders from Sherry Ross ***

I need to get a digital copy of the following pictures of your child:
·       a baby picture
·       a kindergarten picture
·       a 6th grade picture 
If you have any misc pictures from last year or this year in Mrs. Porisch’s class, please send those, too. 

The yearbook that Poly does for the graduating 6th graders is really neat!  Please call me if you have any questions.  Keep taking pictures...  I will need LOTS!

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.; 5 paragraph paper on the Big Sky All Stars
SOCIAL STUDIES: 5th graders: Chapter 6
SCIENCE:
MATH: 5th graders: Christmas Math; Logic Puzzle (trade paper)—due Monday, January 2, 2012
SPELLING: Unit 17
KEYBOARDING: Continue


LWR miso

PREFIX

ROOT

mis/o                        to hate
log                          word, reason
neo                        new, recent
anthrop                        mankind, man
gam                        united, joined
gyn                        female, woman

SUFFIX
-ism                        act, state, condition
-ist                         one who
-y            state, quality, act


SPELLING
5th grade: U 17 Final schwa + /l/ sound

Basic

1.     What is a normal temperature for spring?
2.     City Hall is in the central part of town.
3.     The boat sailed out into the channel.

label, angel, level, quarrel, legal, normal, local, global, whistle, puzzle, angle, needle, struggle, bicycle, stumble, article, pupil, fossil

Challenge:

identical, vehicle, mineral, colonel, artificial

Real World Vocabulary  Math: Geometry

polygons, rhombus, obtuse angle, acute angle, rectangle, right angle, triangle, hypotenuse


6th grade:  

U 17 Final iz/, iv/, and ij/ sounds

1.     After high school, I will attend.
2.     In her costume, I didn’t recognize her.
3.     If you criticize someone, do it kindly.

revise, memorize, organize, advertise, exercise, summarize, recognize, active, attractive, primitive, positive, sensitive, advantage, shortage, encourage, wreckage, percentage, heritage


CHALLENGE
utilize, mortgage, merchandise, aggressive, compromise


Real World Vocabulary  Life Skills: College
 freshman, registrar, sophomores, campus, semester, seminar, professor, collegiate



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