Upcoming dates:

Tuesday………….5^th grade field trip (they need

                                 to bring a lunch!)

Tuesday………….Staff vs 6^th graders—volleyball

                             after school  J

Wednesday……..Spelling Bee @ 1:30 in gym

Thursday…………Talent Show @ Lewis & Clark (dinner @ 5 PM; 6^th grade rehearse on stage @ 6 PM)

Reading

5^th graders:

Unit 4: Forces of Nature

6^th graders:  Work on comic for novels

Language

Skills: analogies; 5^th: contractions  6^th: Infinitive phrases & reflexive pronouns & expressions

Writing—Compare/Contrast formats--finish

Spelling—U 26

Math

5^th graders: Chapter 6: Ratios and Proportions

6^th graders: Percents

5^th grade Social Studies

Ch 9: Finish notes on Colonial Williamsburg; Begin Chapter 10: Tensions between the Colonies and Britain

Science Fair………………Results and conclusions due this week

Inventions……………..Survey and advertisement due this week

Science— Color and light—Students who want to bring their own item for their hologram should have it here by Thursday (should be shorter than a standard envelope). I have items to use if they do not have one. They should be shiny or smooth (plastic, metal). Do not bring any items that are made of fabric.

Science Fair/Invention Project: All projects are due the week of March 4^th. We will draw names/sticks on Monday to determine which day students will present that week. If a particular day is needed due to transportation issues, just email or call me. We can arrange that. Students working with a partner need to be prepared to present on their own in case their partner is ill.

Science fair notebooks (sloppy copy) and invention logs need to be compiled and turned in on the day of the presentation.

Call me to set up a time to come in. I can be flexible. SAT, Feb 23rd or SUN, Feb 24^th

LWR  

Focus:   flam, pyro

Meaning: fire

The quizzes will be a combination of the words AND their definitions, rather than prefix, root, and suffix definitions.

Words	Definition
1.   flammable (adj)	easily set on fire
2.  pyre (n)	pile of wood for burning a dead body
3.  flamboyant (adj)	showy, with flame-like curves
4.  pyrotechnics (n)	fireworks
5.  inflammatory (adj)	tending to fire up emotions
6.  inflammation (n)	infection marked by redness and heat
7.  pyrite (n)	fool’s gold; mineral that can strike fire
8. pyrophobia (n)	fear of fire
9.  pyrography (n)	art of word-burning, usually done on wood or leather
10.               pyromania (n)	persistent impulse to set fires

5^th grade spelling words

U 26 Final /ij/, /iv/, /is/ sounds

Dictation Sentences:

1.    We keep our skis in storage during May.

2.   Each tasty olive has a pit inside.

3.   The hotel staff provides good service.

garbage, courage, passage, voyage, knowledge, image, average, postage, luggage, language, relative, native, creative, detective, adjective, justice, cowardice

Challenge Words: prejudice, cooperative, beverage, heritage, apprentice

6^th grade spelling words

U 26 Prefix: ad- (and variations of ad-)

Dictation Sentences:

1. The weather can affect your mood.

2. Doctors advise eating a healthy diet.

3. How can we accomplish our goal?

advice, addition, adjust, accident, acquire, account, according, accept, accompany, affair, approve, appetite, applaud, assign, assist, assemble, assure

Challenge Words:

assess, adolescent, accumulate, affinity, appropriate

Real-World Vocabulary   Life Skills: Product information

implements, procedure, sequence, warranty, guarantees, defects, refundable, satisfaction

Calvin and Hobbies cartoon from http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/