Upcoming dates:

Tues, Dec 18…Coffee w/ the principal 8:30 AM

Tues, Dec 18……Select Choir Concert 1:30 PM

Wed, Dec 19^th..Giving Tree items due by 3 PM

Wed, Dec 19^th…..6^th graders on a field trip downtown. Permission slips were attached the midterms. They are green.

Missing midterms from : JB, TB, BH, FS, LS, MWa, SaR, JS, EW. You can send an email or a note if you have seen them. THANKS!  J

Reading

5^th graders:

Beginning Unit 4: Forces of Nature

6^th graders: The Westing Game

Language

Skills: Connotation & Denotation; Main & helping verbs; action and linking verbs

Writing—Christmas writing

Spelling—U 17

Math

5^th graders: Fractions—working with non-congruent fractions of a whole.

6^th graders: WHEW! That was quite a first unit. We are taking a break and doing some work with radicals.

5^th grade Social Studies

Ch 7: Comparing the Colonies (we will not finish until after the break)

Science—DNA

Robot Club: LAST Robot Club is on Dec 19^th.  

LWR

Focus: bi, dermat

Prefix:             

bi-                               two

Root:

centr                          center

chrom                       color

cycl                            circle

dermat/o                  skin

graph                        write, written

pod/o                        foot

Suffix:

-itis                            inflammation

-0sis                          condition

-ic                               like, related to

-ology                        study of, science

5^th grade spelling words

Unit 17  Final Schwa + /l/ sounds

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

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, local, global, whistle, puzzle, angle, needle, struggle, bicycle, stumble, article, pupil, fossil

CHALLENGE WORDS

identical, vehicle, mineral, colonel, artificial

6^th grade spelling words

Unit 17 Final /ize/ ,  /ive/, /ij/ sounds

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    After high school, I will attend college.

2.    In her costume, I didn’t recognize her.

3.    If you criticize someone, do it kindly.

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

CHALLENGE WORDS

utilize, mortgage, merchandise, aggressive, compromise

Real World Challenge    Life Skills: College

freshman, registrar, sophomores, campus, semester, seminar, professor, collegiate

Calvin and Hobbes comic from http://thedaddydialogues.blogspot.com/2011/12/calvin-hobbes-christmas.html

Coming Up:

When I spoke to you last spring about the class, I mentioned that your children would be doing a science fair project. So this is your heads up. Prior to the break, I will be sending home some information about due dates. I have also included the option of the students creating an invention in lieu of a science fair project. However, don’t jump in until you see my guidelines and what is required. There will be more information soon!

Midterms need to be signed and returned.

Upcoming dates:

Tues, Dec 11………………....Band Concert  2:15

Tues, Dec 11………..Student Council Bake Sale

Tues, Dec 18…Coffee w/ the principal 8:30 AM

Tues, Dec 18……Select Choir Concert 1:30 PM

Wed, Dec 19^th..Giving Tree items due by 3 PM

Wed, Dec 19^th…..6^th graders on a field trip downtown. Permission slips were attached the midterms. They are green.

Reading

5^th graders:

Assessments for the unit we finished are done.

We will begin another unit with the theme of Forces in Nature.

6^th graders: The Westing Game

Language

Skills: metaphors & similes

Writing—Christmas writing

Spelling—U 16

Math

5^th graders: Fractions

6^th graders: Proportions and Ratios

5^th grade Social Studies

Ch 6—Early Settlements of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth. A test either on Tu or Th this next week.

Science—Robots & Rube Goldberg

Robot Club: Two more Weds of robot club. Then we will be done.  

LWR A couple of former students spent Friday afternoon with us. I found it interesting that they told the 5^th and 6^th graders that the Latin word roots have really helped them in middle school.  J

Focus: neo     NOTE: Students should begin studying this list.

Prefix:     none       

Root:

anthrop           mankind, man

cosm                universe, harmony

crac                  government, rule

gen                   birth, produce, race

log                    word, reason

neo                   new, recent

phob                fear

        

Suffix:

-esis                           action, process

-ia                               condition

-ic                               like, related to

-ism                           act, state, condition

-y                                state, quality, act

5^th grade spelling words

Unit 16  VV Pattern

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    It is cruel to tease an animal.

2.    Did you see the artwork at the museum?

3.    A patriot is loyal to his or her country.

diet , ruin, trial, create, riot, dial, actual, casual, pioneer, visual, realize, genuine, area, annual, audio, theater, violet

CHALLENGE WORDS

diagnose media, appreciate, society, prior

6^th grade spelling words

Unit 16 Preifxes com- and con-

BASIC WORDS

3 Dictation Sentences

1.    Black and white contrast well.

2.    Does he commute to work by bus?

3.    Asia is the largest continent.

compound, combine, comment, compete, community, composition, communicate, compliment, contact, conquer, conference, concert, conversation, constitution, conduct, consumer, continent, condition

CHALLENGE WORDS

confidential, commission compatible, combustion, comprehensive

Real World Challenge    Health: Nutrition

nutritional, guidelines, portion, recommended, saturated fat, sodium, protein, vitamins

Calvin and Hobbes comic from http://thedaddydialogues.blogspot.com/2011/12/calvin-hobbes-christmas.html