Upcoming dates:

Middle School Math students: DO NOT report to middle school on Friday, Dec. 7th for 1^st period.

Thurs, Dec 6^th ….Evening workshop for the Master Facility Plan…….6:30-8:00 PM @ Lincoln Center Board Room….All public is invited.

Thurs, Dec 6 th  ..................................................Midterms

Most of  my lesson plans are not yet done. I’ll update those later this weekend.

Reading

5^th graders:

We will be having several end of the unit tests this week. I’m breaking them up into sections because the reading portions are so long.

6^th graders: The Westing Game

Language

Skills: metaphors

Writing—

Spelling—U 15

Math

5^th graders: Fractions: Quizzes this week

6^th graders: Proportions and Ratios: Quizzes this week

5^th grade Social Studies

Ch 5—many have corrections to do on their test. These are due by Tuesday.

Science—Robots & Rube Goldberg

Robot Club: Back on the WED schedule for the next 4 weeks.

LWR

Focus:  phil

Prefix:     none       

Root:

anthrop           mankind, man

biblio                book

gyn                    woman, female

log                     word, reason

phil/o               love, loving

phono              sound

xeno                 foreign, strange    

Suffix:

-y                       state, quality, act

5^th grade spelling words

Unit 15  VCCCV Pattern

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    The leaves tremble in the breeze.

2.    The Civil War was a terrible conflict.

3.    A lion cub without parents is an orphan.

instant, complex, simply, burglar, laundry, employ, anchor, merchant, improve, mischief, purchase, dolphin, complain, tremble, laughter, arctic, freckles, partner

CHALLENGE WORDS

anthem, illustrate, function, conscience, apostrophe

6^th grade spelling words

Unit 15  Prexix in-, im-, il-, ir-

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    Driving through a red light is illegal.

2.    Remember to indent each paragraph.

3.    Once she decides, she is immovable.

incurable, inquire, individual, insert, infection, innocent, instrument, imperfect, immediate, impatient, impolite, improper, illegible, illustrate, irregular, irresistible, irrational

CHALLENGE WORDS

immerse, impartial, illustrious, infer, irrelevant

Real World Challenge    Careers: Publishing

publisher , textbook, copyright, editor, typeface, prototype, illustrators, publicity

Quick update.....before I leave for Thanksgiving!

Upcoming dates:

Bring $3-$5 for Operation Westward Bound (colored note went home on Tuesday)

Tues, Nov 27^th ….Evening workshop for the Master Facility Plan…….6:30-8:00 PM @ Will James Library….All public is invited.

Fri, Nov 30^th ……………………..Spirit Day

Thurs, Dec 6^th ….Evening workshop for the Master Facility Plan…….6:30-8:00 PM @ Lincoln Center Board Room….All public is invited.

Reading

5^th graders:

Skills: Main idea, summaries, tone & mood, predictions.

6^th graders: Students are finished with The Year of the Hangman and Bound.  They will be working on a final presentation.

Language

Skills: Idioms and metaphors

Writing—

Spelling—U 14

Math

5^th graders: Fractions

6^th graders: Proportions and Ratios

5^th grade Social Studies

Continue Ch 5

Science—Robots & Rube Goldberg

Robot Club: Back on the WED schedule for the next 4 weeks.

LWR

Focus:  mono

Prefix:     none       

Root:

mono               one

arch                  first, chief, ruler

centr                 center

chrom              color

gen                    birth, produce, race

phob                 fear

phon                 sound

the                     god

Suffix:

-ia                      condition

-ic                      like, related to

-ism                  act, state, condition

-y                       state, quality, act

5^th grade spelling words

Unit 14  VCV Pattern

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    Food and shelter are human needs.

2.    Order lunch from the menu.

3.    What tasks can that robot do?

exact,  credit, vivid, modern, panic, cousin, novel, award, behave, basic, evil, nation, select, item, police, prefer, deserve

CHALLENGE WORDS

Autumn, nuisance, logic, column, laser

6^th grade spelling words

Unit 14  More words with -ion

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    What a generous donation he made!

2.    All sang, with the exception of Max.

3.    Can our team match the opposition?

instruct, instruction, possess, possession, except, discuss, discussion, donate, fascinate, fascination, conclude, conclusion, introduce, introduction, collide, collision, oppose

CHALLENGE WORDS

Real World Challenge   Social Studies  Trade

silkworm, mulberry, iridescent, loom, textiles, sheen barter, coveted

Upcoming dates:

Sun, Nov 18^th ……………..……….Barnes & Noble

Mon, Nov 19^th……………………….…Nov. auction

Tues, Nov. 20……………………..NOON dismissal

Happy THANKSGIVING!

I had a wonderful report from Mrs. Wood about the students and their behavior. She loves coming to this class because the kids are so engaged, excited to learn, and helpful. Kudos to you, parents, for raising respectful kids!

Reading

5^th graders:

Skills: Main idea, summaries, tone & mood, predictions. We’ll be doing these for about 2 weeks.

6^th graders: Students are finished with The Year of the Hangman and Bound.  They will be working on a final presentation.

Language

Skills: Idioms and metaphors

Writing—

Spelling—No spelling this week

Math

5^th graders: Fractions

6^th graders: Proportions and Ratios

5^th grade Social Studies

Continue Ch 5

Science—Robots & Rube Goldberg

Robot Club: Back on the WED schedule for the next 4 weeks.

LWR  None

Focus:  

Prefix:             

Root:

Suffix:

5^th grade spelling words None

Unit

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

CHALLENGE WORDS

6^th grade spelling words None   

Unit

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

CHALLENGE WORDS

Real World Challenge

 Comic from http://www.offthemark.com/cartoons/thanksgiving/