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