Upcoming dates:

Monday, April 29^th 7:15-8:15…..Volunteer Breakfast

Friday, May 3^rd …………….………No school

(more thorough information coming up)

Reading

6^th graders:

5^th 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 34

Math

5^th graders: Chapter 6: Finishing Ratios and Proportions

6^th graders:

5^th grade Social Studies

Chapter 14  The Constitution (Test this week on Thursday)

Science Planets & Math

LWR  

Focus:   cycl, orb

Meaning: “roundness”

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

Words	Definition
1.   tricycle (n)	a three-wheeled vehicle
2.   cyclone (n)	a circular windstorm
3.  cycle (n)	a complete circle of events that occurs repeatedly
4.  cyclops (n)	a giant with one round eye in the middle of his forehead
5.  encyclopedia (n)	a summary of the entire circle of knowledge
6.  cyclostome (n)	an eel-like fish with a round sucking mouth
7.  orb (n)	a round body; the sun, the eye
8. exorbitant (adj)	going beyond the normal circle; excessive
9.  orbit (n)	a circular path
10.               periorbital (adj)	area around the eye

5^th grade

U 34-- The week of April 22^nd

Latin Word Parts

Dictation Sentences:

1.   Did the jury reach a verdict of guilty?

2.   Did that vacant store go bankrupt?

3.   A country’s dictator is all-powerful.

Basic: inspect, respect, spectacle, spectator, export, porter, report, deport, import, portable, transport, predict, dictate, dictionary, erupt, interrupt, disrupt

Challenge: spectacular, contradict, corrupt, retrospect, rupture

6th grade- The week of April 22^nd

U 34--The week of April 30^th

Absorbed Prefixes (In some words that contain a form of the prefix ad-, com-, or in-, the last letter of the prefix changes to match the consonant that follows it.)

Dictation Sentences:

1.   You can’t fix irreparable damage.

2.   Spencer and he correspond by mail.

3.   A corrupt mayor took bribes.

Basic: arrival, attach, accent, appearance, accurate, attempt, application attitude, arrangement, access, approximate, corrode, immature, irreparable, illogical, irritate, illiterate, immobile

Challenge: accessory, immaterial, correlation, appalling, accommodate

Real Word Vocabulary:  Life Cycles

larvae, hibernate, metamorphosis, caterpillar, cocoon, pupa, maturity reproduce