If anyone would like to bring a healthy snack for NWEA testing, email me, and I’ll schedule you in (orange slices, ½ banana, granola bars, etc). The students get them when they are done.

Upcoming dates:

Wed, Apr 15^th ……………….NWEA test (1-3:00)

Th, Apr 16…………………… NWEA test (9:30-12)

Fri, Apr 17………………… NWEA test (10:30-12)

Reading

6^th graders: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry!—will finish this week

5^th graders:

Unit 4: Poster for Forces of Nature due Wednesday

Language

Skills:

Writing—Epic printed out; work on cover, illustrations.

Spelling : U 32

Math

5^th graders: Chapter 6: Ratios and Proportions

6^th graders: Graphing inequalities

5^th grade Social Studies

Chapter 14  The Constitution (Test the week of the 15^th?)

Science Planets & Math

LWR  

Focus:   cor

Meaning: heart

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

Words	Definition
1.   trident (n)	a three-pronged spear
2.   decapod (n	a ten-footed creature, such as a crab or shrimp
3.  quadruped (n)	a four-footed creature
4.  centipede (n)	an insect with many legs
5.  quintuplet (n)	one of five babies born at one birth
6.  trilogy (n)	a series of three books or plays
7.  pentagon (n)	a polygon having five sides
8. quadragenarian (n)	a forty-year old
9.  centruy (n)	a period of 100 years
10.               Decalogue (n)	the Ten  Commandments

5th grade—

U 33 (next week, incase I don’t get them up due to travel)

Greek Word Parts

Dictation Sentences:

1.    Is calligraphy beautiful writing?

2.   We televise our school ball games.

3.   The symphony played lovely music.

Basic: autograph, photograph, paragraph, telegraph, biography, homograph, telephone, megaphone, saxophone, xylophone, homophone, microscope, microphone, microwave, biology, photocopy, telescope

Challenge: telecommute, bibliography, phonetic, microbe, autobiography

6th grade-

U 32 

Greek Word Parts

U 33   Latin Word Roots

Dictation Sentences:

1.    How my nails need a manicure!

2.   The audience loved the play.

3.   Did Congress pass a new law?

Basic: prescribe, manuscript, contract, extract, manufacture, manual, management, progression, vocal, vocabulary, audition, eject, inject, objection, impose, expose, proposal

Challenge: manipulate, protractor, inscription, auditory, advocate

Real Word Vocabulary:  Social Studies: Manufacturing

raw materials, factory, mechanized, laborers, assembly line, foreman, machinery, specialization