I still am teaching, right up until the last day. Please continue to check assignment notebooks and the blog. :-)
We had a wonderful presentation by four foreign students from
MSU-Billings in our class this afternoon. Thank you Abdul, Hassan, Kern, and
Karena.
Enjoy the images at the end of the blog!
Upcoming dates:
Monday, April 29th
7:15-8:15…..Volunteer Breakfast
Friday, May 3rd
…………….………No school
Every
Friday Morning:…………. Fun Runs!
Monday,
May 13th Bike to School Week
starts
Wednesday,
May 15… 6th grade to tour Lewis
Wednesday, May
15th…last intermediate conditioning club
Thursday,
May…………… Band Concert 2:10
Friday,
May 1…………. library books are due
Tuesday,
May 21……………………… Poly BBQ
Thursday, May 23r………
Orchestra Concert
May 23rd………..5th
graders only Hooked on
Fishing Field trip
May 24th …………………………....…..Field Day
Reading
6th graders: Begin Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
5th graders:
Beginning Literature Circles (students will be reading a novel and
discussing it) The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Language
Skills:
Writing—Epic printed out; work on cover, illustrations.
Spelling : U 35
Math
5th graders: Algebra and Integers
6th graders: Math Counts ws AND Translations, Rotations,
Reflections, and Dilations
5th
grade Social Studies
Chapter 14 The Constitution—corrections
due on Monday
Begin Chapter 15 The Bill of Rights
Science Planets & Math
LWR
Focus: spec, spic
Meaning: look (see)
The quizzes will be a combination of the words AND their definitions,
rather than prefix, root, and suffix definitions.
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Words
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Definition
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1.
suspicious (adj)
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distrustful-looking
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2. speculate (v)
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to see a mental picture
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3. spectacle (n)
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a noteworthy sight to see
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4. specter (n)
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a ghostly vision
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5. specimen (n)
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a sample that looks like all those of the same group
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6. speculum (n)
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a mirror used to look in body cavities
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7. conspicuous (adj)
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very easy to see; noticeable
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8. spectator (n)
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an onlooker
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9. retrospective ()
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a look back at the past
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10.
spectrum (n)
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colors one sees when light is broken into waves, as with a prism
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5th grade
U 35-- The week of April 29th
More Words from Other Languages
Dictation
Sentences:
1.
My khaki
pants are a light brown color.
2.
A person
with brown hair is a brunette.
3.
That is a
beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Basic: ballet, cassette, coupon, portrait,
barrette, depot, courtesy, petite, denim, buffet, gazette, crochet, essay,
echo, safari, chorus, alphabet
Challenge:
encore, collage, matinee,
premiere, embarrass
6th grade
U 35--The week of April 30th
Words often confused
Dictation
Sentences:
1. I will emigrate from my
country.
2. My conscience will keep me
honest.
3. Al’s Diner was formerly Ed’s
Diner.
Basic: desert, dessert, hardy, hearty, moral,
morale, laying, lying, personal, personnel, formally, bizarre, bazaar, precede,
proceed, conscious, immigrate
Challenge:
sympathy, empathy, imminent,
eminent
Real Word
Vocabulary: Careers: Office Jobs
maintenance,
mailroom, corporate, bookkeeper, administrative, vice president, deliveries,
extension
Abdul & Hassan
Abdul
Friends!
Kern & Karina
Chinese Writing
Always the shy one!
The boys....
and more boys...
Boys in sheeps' clothing
One-on-one with Kern
Another shy one
Tai chi
More tai chi
