Tuesday, April 17, 2012


Important Dates:
Wednesday, April 25th     NWEA Math Test (AM)

READING—Beginning new novels
6th The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  by Boyne
5th American Tall Tales  collection by Stoutenburg

MATH           Graphs and Data--

LANG
Writing Personal Narratives


LWR—anti


SOCIAL STUDIES

5th grade: Finishing Chapter 16—Manifest Destiny
Test on Thursday?

SCIENCE

Continuing w/ Force and Motion


LWR – anti
  
Prefix

Sym-              with, together
ant-/anti      against, opposite

Root

bio                  life
heli                 sun
nom               law, order
onym             name, word
path               feeling, disease
phon              feeling disease
log                  word, reason
meter                        measure


Suffix
-ion                 state, condition, action
-y                    state, quality, act
-sis                  action, process

SPELLING—U 32

5th grade—

U 33
Greek Word Parts

Dictation Sentences:
1.    Is calligraphy beautiful writing?
2.   We televise our school ball games.
3.   The symphony played lovely music.

Basic: autograph, photograph, paragraph, telegraph, biography, homograph, telephone, megaphone, saxophone, xylophone, homophone, microscope, microphone, microwave, biology, photocopy, telescope

Challenge: telecommute, bibliography, phonetic, microbe, autobiography

Real Word Vocabulary:  Technology: Communication
dispatch, envelope, telegrams, inventor, cellular, hands-free, voice mail, electronic




6th grade-

U 33
Latin Word Roots

Dictation Sentences:
1.    How my nails need a manicure!
2.   The audience loved the play.
3.   Did Congress pass a new law?

Basic: prescribe, manuscript, contract, extract, manufacture, manual, management, progression, vocal, vocabulary, audition, eject, inject, objection, impose, expose, proposal

Challenge: manipulate, protractor, inscription, auditory, advocate

Real Word Vocabulary:  Social Studies: Manufacturing
Raw materials, factory, mechanized, laborers, assembly line, foreman, machinery, specialization


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