Mrs. Porisch's 5th & 6th Grade Class

Upcoming dates:

Mon. March 11^th……………..last day for Outdoorsman items to be turned in for the basket raffle (Yellow notice was sent home in the Wed Watch about 2 weeks ago. It is for the basket raffle during the carnival in March. Funds will go to PTAs efforts to purchase a new mobile lab for our wing!)

Mont-CAS testing (No Child Left Behind assessment)

Mon. March 11th - Reading 3 in the a.m.

Tues. March 12th - Math 1 in the p.m. No SocStds today

Wed. March 13th - Math 2 in the a.m.

No Testing Thursday the 14th - 6th Field Trip

Fri. March 15th - Math 3 in the a.m.

Mr. Croff will do make up testing the following week, so please do not send your child to school if he/she is ill.

We have been asked to tell parents that all electronics should be left at home during this testing days. This is due to the fact that they have calculators and Internet capabilities. IF your child needs to have their cell phone at school next week, please let me know, and I will put it in my closet during the testing. Any irregularities during the test setting (phones ringing, kids getting out their Kindles) must be reported by me to Mr. Croff. It could end up in our tests being invalidated.

For parents whose children take orchestra:

The Central Area Elementary Orchestra Gala will take place on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The concert will begin at 7:30 PM in the Lincoln Education Center Auditorium. 5th and 6th grade orchestra students who attend Broadwater, Highland, McKinley, Miles Avenue, Poly Drive, Rose Park and Washington Elementary schools and the 6th graders attending Lewis & Clark Middle School will be performing on this concert. The three orchestra instructors who teach these students are Rebecca Jackman, Vikki Payne and Richele Sitton.

We are asking students to report to Lincoln Auditorium at 6:45 PM for tuning of instruments, etc.

Reading

6^th graders: Begin new novels

5^th graders:

Unit 4: continue with Forces of Nature

Language

Skills: None due to MontCAS testing

Writing—We will be starting an “epic”. J

Spelling— U 28

Math

5^th graders: Chapter 6: Ratios and Proportions (Pi Day on Thursday: 3.14)

6^th graders: Percents

5^th grade Social Studies

Open book test on Monday

Science Fair/ Invention Presentation schedule:

Mon: CB, SaR

Some pictures are posted at the end of the blog.

Science— None. Finishing presentations. Evaluations will come home on Wednesday. I like to wait until everyone has theirs completed before I hand them out.

LWR

Focus: carn & corp

Meaning: “flesh or meat” and “whole body”

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


Words	Definition
1. carnival (n)	a festival held before Lent
2. carnivore (n)	a flesh-eating creature
3. reincarnation (n)	the belief that the dead come back to life in new bodies
4. esprit de corps (n)	enthusiasm of a body or group
5. corpse (n)	a dead body
6. carnation (n)	a flower worn on one’s body
7. corpuscle (n)	a particle of blood in the body
8. corpulence (adj)	having a big body; fat
9. corporation (n)	a body of workers formed for business

5^th grade spelling words

U 28 Prefixes: in-, un-, dis-, mis-

Dictation Sentences:

1. I don’t like to misspell words.

2. It is a disgrace to be caught lying.

3. Her hasty apology seemed insincere.

Basic: mislead, mistreat, mislaid, informal, incomplete, insecure, indirect, discover, disagree, dishonest, disaster, dismiss, unwise, unstable, unequal, unknown, unable

Challenge invisible, mishap, unfortunate, discourage, unnecessary

6^th grade spelling words

U 28 Word parts

Dictation Sentences:

1. Air is crucial for existence.

2. Is this unbelievable story true?

3. Noise wrecks my concentration.

Basic: refreshment, convention, intermission, uneventful, perfectly, completion, improvement, information, attendance, reversible, invention, development, respectful, unhappiness, preparation, irrigate, disagreement

Challenge acquaintance, prosecution, precision, immeasurable, reputation

Real World Vocabulary Drama: The Theater

usher, box seats, mezzanine, curtain call, backstage, emcee, box office, foyer

Calvin and Hobbies cartoon from http://bestofcalvinandhobbes.com/2011/10/calvins-epic-life-will-change-the-course-of-history/