Week of May 21-
**State Report is due on Tuesday, May 22nd!
Spelling test on Friday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- Spelling- write words 2 times each, work on state report, practice
speeches
Tuesday- Practice your We the People speeches, dress nicely tomorrow, bring a
sack lunch!
Wednesday- Finish up anything for Open House. Wear your 5th grade shirt
tomorrow!
Thursday- Take a practice spelling test. Open House is tonight!
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Vocabulary words:
Spelling words: State Capitals List #2- Helena, Lincoln, Carson City,
Concord, Trenton, Santa Fe, Albany, Raleigh, Bismarck, Columbus, Oklahoma
City, Salem, Harrisburg, Providence, Columbia, Pierre, Nashville, Austin,
Salt Lake City, Montpelier, Richmond, Olympia, Charleston, Madison, Cheyenne
Language Arts: Core Literature: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler- finish folder
Writing: Working on Author's Faire and continuing with State Report final
draft
Math: Unit 12- Probability
Social Studies: We the People speeches!!!
Science-
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Week of May 14-
**Continue working on State Report- it is only homework if you fall behind in
class. Final draft is due on Tuesday, May 22nd
Science test on Wednesday! Math Test on Thursday! Mixed-up Files, State
capitals and Spelling tests on Friday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 11.6, Spelling- write words 2 times each, work on Math SG
Tuesday- SL 11.7, Study for Science test tomorrow, finish Math SG, finish
your We the People speeches!
Wednesday- Study for math test tomorrow, study for capitals test on Friday
Thursday- Take a practice spelling test, study for state capitals, Mixed-up
Files, and spelling tests tomorrow!
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Vocabulary words:
Spelling words: State Capitals List #1- Montgomery, Juneau, Phoenix, Little
Rock, Sacramento, Denver, Hartford, Dover, Tallahassee, Atlanta, Honolulu,
Boise, Springfield, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Topeka, Frankfort, Baton Rouge,
Augusta, Annapolis, Boston, Lansing, St. Paul, Jackson, Jefferson City
Language Arts: Core Literature: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler- test on Friday
Writing: Working on Author's Faire and continuing with State Report final
draft
Math: Unit 11- Volume of Cylinders, Pyramids, and Cones; Surface Area- test
on Thursday!
Social Studies: We the People speeches!!!
Science- Test on Wednesday
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Week of April 30-
***5th grade Fundraiser- Spaghetti Dinner- on Wednesday night!!!
**Continue working on State Report- it is only homework if you fall behind in
class.
Math Test on Thursday! State locations and Spelling tests on Friday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- Math homework page (instead of SL 10.8), Spelling- write words 2
times each, work on Math SG
Tuesday- Math homework page (instead of SL 10.9), State report notecards due
tomorrow, finish Math SG
Wednesday- Study for math test tomorrow, Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser tonight!
Thursday- Take a practice spelling test, study for state locations and
spelling tests tomorrow!
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Vocabulary words: extravagant, suburbs, ambitious, temptations,
inconspicuous, ventured, monotony, mediocre, expenditures, intrigued
Spelling words: State List #1- Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri
Language Arts: Core Literature: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankweiler
Writing: Working on Author's Faire and continuing with State Report notecards-
due Wednesday, then starting rough draft
Math: Unit 10- Using Data; Algebra Concepts and Skills- SG due Wednesday,
Test on Thursday
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 5, SG for unit test- due Monday, May 7
Science: Solar System
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Week of April 23-
No homework this week due to STAR testing!
Vocabulary words: none this week
Spelling words: none this week
Language Arts: Literature groups
Writing: Author's Faire and State Report- must stay on schedule!!!
Math- Unit 10- Using Data; Algebra Concepts and Skills
Social Studies- We the People- Unit 4
Science- Review, Water Unit, Solar System Unit
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Week of April 16-
***Collect Research for State Report and bring on Friday!
Theme Test all week and Spelling test on Friday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 10.4, Spelling Packet pgs. 399-401- due Thursday
Tuesday- Math page (instead of SL 10.5), spell. packet
Wednesday- SL 10.6, spell. packet- due
Thursday- SL 10.7, take a practice spelling test
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Vocabulary words: none this week
Spelling words: Review list: excite, concern, imagine, continue, enforce,
propose, condition, resident, possible, fashionable, consist, prefix,
sensitive, suitable, vacant, preserve, dangerous, vacation, terrible,
accident, complete, regular, potato, laughable, remarkable, proverb, natural,
emotion, merchant, enclose
Language Arts: Theme 6: Animal Encounters- Theme Test, finish Lit books
Writing: Beginning Personal Narrative this week (Author's Faire) and begin
State Report research
Math: Unit 10- Using Data; Algebra Concepts and Skills
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 4
Science: Solar System
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Week of April 9-
We the People, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Spelling tests on Friday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- Contract #1, Spelling Packet pgs. 387-390- due Thursday, work
on your WTP SG, brainstorm ideas for hike essay
Tuesday- SL 10.1, Contract- #2, spell. packet, WTP SG
Wednesday- SL 10.2, Contract- choice, spell. packet- due, WTP SG- review
tomorrow
Thursday- SL 10.3, Contract- due, take a practice spelling test, study for
WTP, comp, vocab, and spelling tests tomorrow!
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Vocabulary words: storehouse, harsh, survival, cache, harvesting, fashion,
migration
Spelling words: fashionable, comfortable, different, suitable, merchant,
profitable, student, possible, resident, terrible, absent, vacant, servant,
valuable, accident, horrible, honorable, reasonable, remarkable, laughable,
excellent, prominent, extravagant, durable, reversible
Language Arts: Theme 6: Animal Encounters- "My Side of the Mountain"
Writing: Beginning Personal Narrative this week, Hike essay
Math: Unit 10- Using Data; Algebra Concepts and Skills
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 3- Study Guide was given out last week,
review on Thursday, Test on Friday
Science: Solar System
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Week of April 2-
Math, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Spelling tests on Thursday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 9.9, Contract #1, Spelling Packet pgs. 373-376- due Thursday, work
on your math SG
Tuesday- SL 9.10, Contract- #2, spell. packet, math SG- review tomorrow!
Wednesday- Contract- choice, spell. packet- due, math SG- due, take a
practice spelling test, study for math, comp, vocab, and spelling tests
tomorrow!
Thursday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Friday- No School!
Vocabulary words: dilemma, extinction, predator, observation, canopy,
reintroduction, habitat, captive, humid, genes
Spelling words: dangerous, history, vacation, popular, favorite, memory,
personal, educate, regular, continue, potato, natural, sensitive, energy,
emotion, period, property, condition, imagine, attention, juvenile, astonish,
ovation, amateur, abvious
Language Arts: Theme 6: Animal Encounters- "The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes
Home"
Writing: Beginning Personal Narrative this week
Math: Unit 9- Coordinates, Area, Volume, and Capacity- SG due Wednesday, Test
on Thursday
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 3
Science: Solar System
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Week of March 26-
13 Colonies play on Tuesday.
Science Test on Thursday.
Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Spelling tests on Friday.
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 9.4, Contract #1, Spelling Packet pgs. 353-356- due Thursday, work
on your Science SG, come to school in your costume tomorrow for the dress
rehearsal and bring all of your props!
Tuesday- SL 9.5, Contract- choice, spell. packet, Science SG, come back to
school at 6:45 for our play.
Wednesday- SL 9.6, Contract #2, spell. packet- due, study for Science test
tomorrow!
Thursday- SL 9.8, Contract- due, take a practice spelling test, study for
comp, vocab, and spelling tests tomorrow!
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good weekend!
Vocabulary words: abundant, aggressive, carcass, caribou, dominance,
subservience, territory, tundra, wariness, wilderness
Spelling words: propose, convince, concern, enforce, compare, excuse,
conduct, preserve, contain, excite, extend, prefix, engage, pronoun, consist,
enclose, consent, proverb, complete, exchange, enactment, procedure,
confront, preamble, concise
Language Arts: Theme 6: Animal Encounters- "The Grizzly Bear Family Book"
Writing: Beginning Personal Narrative this week
Math: Unit 9- Coordinates, Area, Volume, and Capacity
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 3
Science: Solar System
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Week of March 12-
We the People Unit 2 Test on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- Write a 1 page description about your field trip today
Tuesday- SL 9.1
Wednesday- SL 9.2, bring your We the People study guide for review tomorrow
Thursday- SL 9.3, study for your We the People test
Friday- Get your reading log signed! Have a good Spring Break!
Vocabulary words: None this week
Spelling words: None this week
Language Arts: No new story
Writing: Beginning Personal Narrative this week
Math: Unit 9- Coordinates, Area, Volume, and Capacity
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 2- Study Guide Review on Thursday, Test
on Friday
Science: Solar System
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Week of March 5
Theme Test all week.
Spelling test on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 8.12, Spelling Packet- pgs. 340-342, work on math SG, memorize
lines for the play
Tuesday- Study for math test tomorrow, spelling packet, memorize lines for
the play
Wednesday- Spelling packet- due, memorize lines
Thursday- SL 9.1, prac. spell. test, study for spell test
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: None this week
Spelling words: adventure, treasure, solid, promotion, vulture, busier,
voyage, unable, spinach, tension, curtain, pitied, furniture, notice,
discover, react, mountain, countries, pleasure, spied, happiness, inspect,
distance, correction, destroy, dirtier, language, native, respond, scariest
Language Arts: Theme 5 Theme Test
Writing: Response to Literature Trimester 2 Assessment
Math: Unit 8- Fractions and Ratios- Test on Wednesday, Unit 9- Coordinates,
Area, Volume, and Capacity
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 2
Science: Water Unit
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Week of Feb. 27
We the People test- Unit 1 on Wednesday
Comp, Vocab, and Spelling tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 8.7, Spelling Packet- pgs. 329-332, Contract #1, Study for We the
People test
Tuesday- SL 8.8, spelling packet, Contract #2, Study for We the People test
Wednesday- SL 8.9, spelling packet, Contract- choice
Thursday- SL 8.10, spelling packet- due, Contract- due tomorrow, prac. spell.
test, study for comp, vocab, and spell tests
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: condolences, dictator, notorious, rugged, sombreros,
transformed, urgently, wounds
Spelling words: liberties, victories, countries, spied, enemies, armies,
scariest, dirtier, happiness, abilities, pitied, ladies, busier, duties,
lilies, worthiness, tiniest, emptiness, replies, dizziness, unified, levied,
colonies, loveliest, strategies
Language Arts: Theme 6, One Land, Many Trails, "Elena"
Writing: Response to Literature "Copper the Cat" and Trimester 2 Assessment
Math: Unit 8- Fractions and Ratios
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 1- Test Wednesday, SG went home last
Wednesday. Review Monday, 2/27
Science:
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Week of Feb. 20
Science test on Thursday
Comp, Vocab, and Spelling tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- No School
Tuesday- SL 8.4, spelling packet- pgs. 313-316, Contract #1, work on
Science SG
Wednesday- SL 8.5, spelling packet, Contract- #2, study for Science test
tomorrow
Thursday- SL 8.6, spelling packet- due, Contract- choice- contract due
tomorrow, prac. spell. test, study for comp, vocab, and spell tests
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: bluff, herd, mares, milled, mustangs, ravine, remorse,
skittered, stallion
Spelling words: mountain, treasure, culture, fountain, creature, captain,
future, adventure, moisture, surgeon, lecture, curtain, pasture, measure,
vulture, feature, furniture, pleasure, mixture, luncheon, departure, leisure,
architecture, texture, villain
Language Arts: Theme 5, One Land, Many Trails, "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses"
Writing: Response to Literature "A Boy Called Slow" and "Copper the Cat"
Math: Unit 8- Fractions and Ratios
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 1
Science: Water Unit- test Thursday
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Week of Feb. 13
Comp, Vocab, and Spelling tests on Thursday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 8.1, spelling packet PB pgs. 299-302- due Thursday, Contract
#1Tuesday- No SL today, spelling packet, Contract #2
Wednesday- SL 8.2, spelling packet- due, Contract- choice- contract due
tomorrow, take a practice spelling, study for comp, vocab, and spelling tests
tomorrow
Thursday- Get your reading log signed!
Friday- No School
Vocabulary words: claim, convinced, discouraged, fertile, heifer, homestead,
immigrants, prairie, sod
Spelling words: dozen, voyage, forbid, native, language, destroy, notice,
distance, carrot, knowledge, captive, spinach, solid, justice, ashamed,
program, message, respond, service, relative, adapt, discourage, cooperative,
apprentice, somber
Language Arts: Theme 5, One Land, Many Trails, "Pioneer Girl
Writing: Response to Literature "A Boy Called Slow"
Math: Unit 8- Fractions and Ratios
Social Studies: We the People- Unit 1
Science: Water Unit
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Week of Feb. 6
Math, Comp, Vocab, and Spelling tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 7.9, spelling packet PB pgs. 279-282 - due Thursday, Contract #1,
Math study guide
Tuesday- SL 7.10, spelling packet, Contract #2
Wednesday- SL 7.11, spelling packet- due, Contract- choice
Thursday- Contract- due, take a practice spelling test, study for math, comp,
vocab, and spelling tests tomorrow
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: custom, determination, extended, inherited, raid,
reputation, respect
Spelling words: unable, discover, report, disaster, unaware, remind,
televise, television, inspect, inspection, react, reaction, tense, tension,
correct, correction, promote, promotion, express, expression,, inquiry,
unnecessary, responsible, except, exception
Language Arts: Theme 5, One Land, Many Trails, "A Boy Called Slow"
Writing: Response to Literature "Dear Mr. Henshaw"
Math: Unit 7, Exponents and Negative Numbers- SG went home last week, test
Friday
Social Studies: Unit 6, The Revolutionary War- finish and move onto We the
People- memorize the preamble for extra credit by Friday!
Science: Water Unit
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Week of Jan. 30
Science test on Wednesday
Comp, Vocab, and Spelling tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 7.5, spelling packet PB pgs. 265-267- due Thursday, Contract #1,
Science study guide
Tuesday- SL 7.6, spelling packet, Contract #2, study for Science test
Wednesday- SL 7.7, spelling packet- due, Contract- #2
Thursday- SL 7.8, Contract- choice, entire contract due, take a practice
spelling test, study for comp, vocab, and spelling tests tomorrow
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: negotiator, escort, client, captured, beret, chaperone,
balmy, incident, coaxingly
Spelling words: complain, mischief, planned, countless, laughter, rodeo,
decided, offered, delightful, farther, sandwich, actively, riot, amusing,
radio, lately, government, actual, improve, goodness, hitting, diary, fuel,
address, visiting, cruel, covered, watchful, usual, ordered
Language Arts: Theme 4, Person to Person Theme Test, Focus on Poetry- "A Case
of the Runaway Appetite"
Writing: Response to Literature "Dear Mr. Henshaw" and writing a play
Math: Unit 7, Exponents and Negative Numbers
Social Studies: Unit 6, The Revolutionary War
Science: Water Unit- review Monday, test Wednesday
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Week of Jan. 23
Social Studies test on Wednesday
Comp, Vocab, and Spelling tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- SL 7.1, spelling packet PB pgs. 253-256- due Thursday, Contract #1,
Social Studies study guide
Tuesday- SL 7.2, spelling packet, Contract #2, study for Social Studies test
Wednesday- SL 7.3, spelling packet- due, Contract- choice
Thursday- SL 7.4, Contract- due, take a practice spelling test, study for
comp, vocab, and spelling tests tomorrow
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: diary,disappointed, experience, prose, rejected, snoop,
splendid, submitted, understanding
Spelling words: dreadful, enjoyment, safely, watchful, speechless, paleness,
breathless, government, cheerful, actively, closeness, lately, goodness,
retirement, forgetful, basement, softness, delightful, settlement, countless,
suspenseful, suspiciously, defenseless, seriousness, contentment
Language Arts: Theme 4, Person to Person: "Dear Mr. Henshaw"
Writing: Response to Literature "Mariah Keeps Cool"
Math: Unit 7, Exponents and Negative Numbers
Social Studies: Unit 5, Causes of the Revolution- study guide passed out last
week, test Wednesday 1/25/12
Science: Water Unit
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Week of Jan. 16
Math, Comprehension, Spelling, and Vocabulary tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday- No School
Tuesday- SL 6.9, Contract #1, Spelling Packet PB pgs. 237-240- Due Friday,
work on math study guide
Wednesday- SL 6.10, Contract #2, Packet- Due Friday, math study guide
Thursday- take a practice spelling test, work on Social Studies study guide,
study for math, comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling tests tomorrow!
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary words: accompaniment, demonstration, heritage, impressed, noble,
opera, rhythmic, tradition
Spelling words: covered, directing, bragging, amusing, offered, planned,
rising, deserved, visiting, mixed, swimming, sheltered, resulting, spotted,,
suffering, arrested, squeezing, ordered, decided, hitting, rehearsing,
shredded, anticipated, scalloped, entertaining
Language Arts: Theme 4, Person to Person: "Yang the Second and her Secret
Admirers"
Writing: Response to Literature, Sign of the Beaver, Mariah Keeps Cool
Math: Unit 6, Using data, Addition and Subtraction of Fractions- test Friday-
1/20/12
Social Studies: Unit 5, Causes of the Revolution- study guide passed out this
week, test Wednesday 1/25/12
Science: Water Unit
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Week of Jan. 9
Comprehension, Spelling, and Vocabulary tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday: SL 6.4, Contract #1, Spelling packet PB pgs. 223-226- due Thursday
Tuesday: SL 6.5, Contract #2, packet- due Thursday
Wednesday: SL 6.6, Contract choice, packet- due, dress nicely for field trip
tomorrow
Thursday: SL 6.7, Contract- due, take a practice spelling test, study for
comp, vocab, and spelling tests tomorrow.
Friday- Get your reading log signed!
Vocabulary: attachment, braille, dog guide, instinct, layout, mastered,
mature, memorizing, obedience, obstacles
Spelling words: poem, idea, create, diary, area, giant, usual, radio, cruel,
quiet, diet, liar, fuel, riot, actual, lion, ruin, trial, rodeo, science
Language Arts: Theme 4, Person to Person: "Mom's Best Friend"
Writing: Response to Literature, Sign of the Beaver, Mariah Keeps Cool, I
Have a Dream poem
Math: Unit 6, Using data, Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Social Studies: Unit 5, Causes of the Revolution
Science: Water Unit
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Week of Jan 3
Comprehension, Spelling, and Vocabulary tests on Friday
Reading Log- 20 minutes each day, parents sign on Friday
Monday: No School
Tuesday: SL 6.1, spelling packet PB pgs. 203-206 (due Friday), Contract #1
Wednesday: SL 6.2, spelling packet, Contract #2
Thursday: SL 6.3, spelling packet- due, Contract- choice (due tomorrow)
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Vocabulary words: celebration, suspects, amazingly, detain, festive,
reluctant, spectators, decorate, volunteered, honor
Spelling words: district, address, complain, explain, improve, farther,
simply, hundred, although, laughter, mischief, complex, partner, orphan,
constant, dolphin, employ, sandwich, monster, orchard, control, abstain,
conscience, function, extreme
Language Arts: Theme 4, Person to Person: "Mariah Keeps Cool"
Writing: Response to Literature, Sign of the Beaver
Math: Unit 6, Using data, Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Social Studies: Unit 5, Causes of the Revolution
Science: Water unit
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Week of Dec. 12
We will finish up Sign of the Beaver Core Literature Story this week.
Vocabulary words: ventured,beseeching, Manitou, shucked, stern
Science Test and Sign of the Beaver Test on Wednesday
Math Test on Thursday
Holiday party on Friday 11:15 to 12:15
Monday: SL 5.10, Study for Science and Vocabulary Test on Wednesday
Tuesday: SL 5.11, Study for Science, Voc., Math tests, Comp questions
Chapter 22-25 (4 questions in cursive)
Wednesday: Study for Math Test
Thursday: Read for Reading log
Friday: Get your reading log signed :)
Vocabulary words: ventured, beseeching, Manitou, shucked, stern
Have a Wonderful Winter Break!! School resumes January 3rd!
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Week of Dec. 5
Dress up Sports Day on Friday.
Poetry Presentations will be on Thursday and Friday of this week.
We are collecting for Toys for Tots! :)
Math Group 7:40am Wednesday
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 5.5 and 5.6, Vocabulary sentences and illustrations for the words
Tuesday: SL 5.7, Social Study guide due tomorrow, Test on Friday
Wednesday: SL 5.8, Comprehension questions, Poetry Presentations tomorrow,
Study for Social Studies Test Friday
Thursday- SL 5.9 , Study for Vocabulary test, Poetry Presentations tomorrow,
study for Social Studies test Friday
Friday: Reading Log signed and Library books for Monday!
We will continue reading "The Sign of the Beaver" chapters 12 - 21.
The new vocabulary words include: nonchalantly, resentment, indifference,
indignant, shrewdly, nimbly, boisterous, solemnness, ferociously, pungent
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Week of November 28
Math Group 7:40am Wednesday
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 5.2, Spelling Packet PB pgs 191-193, Social Studies Quiz Thursday
Tuesday: SL 5.3, Work on spelling packet, Choose 6 questions from Chapter 3-5
of Comprehension section in Sign of the Beaver Folder, Social Studies quiz
Thursday
Wednesday: SL 5.4, Spelling Packet due tomorrow, finish comprehension
questions from this morning, Social Studies Quiz Thursday
Thursday- SL 5.5, Practice Spelling Test- Signed, Study for Vocabulary Test
tomorrow.
Friday: Reading Log signed and Library books for Monday!
Vocabulary: ruefully, grudgingly, incomprehensible, deprived, chink, blazed,
vaguely, scornful, salvage, defiance
Spelling words: jewel, polar, needle, humor, legal, mayor, gentle, lunar,
sorrow, tractor, quarter, behave, parlor, wedding, powder, actor, rapid,
equal, mortal, aware, matter, sparkle, shoulder, bushel, value, publish,
single, whistle, burglar, pedal
Language Arts: Sign of the Beaver
Writing: Response to Lit
Math: Unit 5
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Week of November 14
Math test on Thursday
Math Group 7:40am Wednesday
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 4.8, Spelling packet pages 179-182 due Thursday, Math Study Guide
due Tuesday, Contract #1- Vocab sentences,
Tuesday: Math Test Thursday, Work on spelling packet,
Contract #2- Thinking about the Selection
Wednesday: Study for Math Test tomorrow, Spelling Packet due tomorrow,
Grammar page, Contract- Choice Due Friday
Thursday- Practice Spelling Test- Signed, Study for Comprehension, Spelling,
and Vocabulary Tests, Contract due tomorrow
Friday: Reading Log signed and Library books for Monday!
Vocabulary: captives, dread, abolitionists, influential, privateer, tacking,
apprentice, conflict, enslavement, encouraged, assisted
Spelling words: jewel, sparkle, angle, shovel, single, normal, angle, legal,
whistle, fossil, puzzle, bushel, mortal, gentle, level, label, pedal, ankle,
needle, devil
Language Arts: Voices of the Revolution - "James Foten"
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Math: Unit 4
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Week of November 7
Science test on Thursday
Math Group 7:40am Wednesday
No School Friday 11/11
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 4.5, Spelling packet pages 165-168 due Thursday, Contract #1-
Vocab sentences
Tuesday: SL 4.6, work on spelling packet, Contract #2- Thinking about the
Selection
Wednesday: SL 4.3, Spelling Packet due tomorrow, Social Studies Test
tomorrow, grammar page,
Practice Spelling Test- Signed!, Study for Comprehension, Spelling, and
Vocabulary Tests
Thursday- No School Friday. Reading Logs Signed!
Friday: Happy Veterans Day!
Spelling words: equal, parlor, collect, closet, perhaps, wedding, rapid,
value, arrive, behave, shoulder, novel, tulip, sorrow, vanish, essay,
publish, aware, subject, prefer, device, skittish, logic, sincere, nuisance
Vocabulary: arming, drilling, fierce, just, kin, peered, rebels,
skirmish, skittish
Language Arts: Voices of the Revolution - "Katie's Trunk"
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Math: Unit 4
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Week of October 31
*Tests this week: Spelling, Vocab and Comp Test Friday. Social Studies Test
Friday
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 4.1, Spelling packet- PB pgs. 145-148 due Thursday,
Contract #1 : finish vocabulary sentences. Social Studies SG due Wed, Test
Friday (Time was given in class to finish homework due tomorrow!) Happy
Halloween!!
Tuesday: SL 4.2, work on spelling packet, Social Studies SG due Wed, Test
Friday, Contract #2- Thinking about the Selection
Wednesday: SL 4.3, Spelling Packet due tomorrow, Social Studies Test Friday
Thursday- Spelling,Vocab Comp and Social Studies Test tomorrow
Practice Spelling test- SIGNED!,
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Spelling words: theater, actor, mirror, powder, humor, anger, banner, pillar,
major, thunder, flavor, finger, mayor, polar, clover,, burglar, tractor,
matter, lunar, quarter, oyster, clamor, tremor, scholar, chamber
Vocabulary: oppose, revoluntionary, Patriot, colonies, cargo, taxes, liberty,
sentries, express
Language Arts: Voices of the Revolution - " And Then What Happened, Paul
Revere?"
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Math: Unit 4
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Week of October 24
* Original Artwork due Wednesday!
*Tests this week: Math Test, Spelling and Vocab test Friday
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 3.9, Spelling packet- PB pgs. 131-133 due Thursday,
Contract #1 : finish vocabulary sentences. Math SG due Wed, Test Friday
Tuesday: SL 3.10, work on spelling packet, Math SG due Wed, Test Friday
Wednesday: Study for Math test Friday, Spelling Packet due tomorrow, Grammar
worksheet
Thursday- Spelling,Vocab and Math Test tomorrow
Practice Spelling test
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Spelling words: halt, weekend,, steer, gorge, first aid,smear, thousand,
wildlife, hurl, brother-in-law,, perch, test tube, wheelchair, early, noisy,
launch, hawk, royal, worth, soar, pearl, up-to-date, tore, stir, snare,
flair, carve, barge, coward, return
Vocabulary: amiss, boying, drab, tortious, luscious, larkspur, okra,
generation, homecoming, flint, mesa, cilization.
Language Arts: Poems
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Math: Unit 3; Geometry Explorations and the American Tour
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Week of October 17
* Red Ribbon Week (Monday- Assembly, Tuesday- Tie Ribbons, Wednesday- Walk to
School day, Thursday- Crazy Red Day, Friday- Ticket Giveaway)
*Tests this week: Spelling, Vocabulary,and Comprehension test Friday.
Science Test Wednesday!
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 3.5, Spelling packet- PB pgs. 119-122 due Thursday,
Contract #1 : finish vocabulary sentences. Science- test 10/19
Tuesday: SL 3.6, work on spelling packet,
Contact #2: Think About the Selection - Choose 4 to answer. Science Test
tomorrow!
Wednesday: SL 3.7, Spelling Packet due tomorrow!, Grammar worksheet
Contract- Choice
Thursday- Study Spelling, Vocab and Comprehension Test Tomorrow.
Contract due tomorrow, Practice Spelling test
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Spelling words: smear, germ, return, peer, stir, squirm, nerve, early, worth,
pier, thirst, burnt, rear, term, steer, pearl, squirt, perch, hurl, worse,
interpret, yearn, emergency, dreary, career
Vocabulary: weightless, orbit, satellite, space shuttle, mission, specialist,
reusable, launches, astronaut
Language Arts: New Theme: Give it All You've Got
3rd Selection : "Mae Jemison: Space Scientist"
Writing: Persuasive Writing
Math: Unit 3; Geometry Explorations and the American Tour
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Week of October 10
* Minimum days all week! Parent Teacher Conferences this week!
*Tests this week: Spelling, Vocabulary
and "Fear Place" Comprehension test Friday.
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 3.1, SG, Spelling packet- PB pgs. 103-106 due Thursday,
Contract #1 : finish vocabulary sentences. Science- SG due 10/17, test 10/19
Tuesday: SL 3.2, work on spelling packet,
Contact #2: Think About the Selection - Choose 4 to answer
Wednesday: SL 3.3, Spelling Packet due tomorrow!, Grammar worksheet
Contract- Choice
Thursday- Study Spelling, Vocab and Comprehension for "Fear Place". Contract
due tomorrow, Practice Spelling test
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Spelling words: hare,scar, torch, soar, harsh, sore, lord, ,flair, warn,
floor, tore, lair, snoare, carve, bore, fare, gorge, barge, flare, rare,
folklore, unicorn, ordinary, marvelous, hoard
Vocabulary: terried, cautious, excitement, stamina, immobile, dismayed,
concentrate, discomfort, unsure,
Language Arts: New Theme: Give it All You've Got
3rd Selection : "Fear Place"
Writing: Summary
Math: Unit 3
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Week of October 3
*Tests this week: Social Studies Unit 2 Test Thursday, Spelling, Vocabulary
and La Bamba Comprehension test Friday. Math Test Unit 2 Friday
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 2.9, Math SG, Social Studies SG, Spelling packet- PB pgs. 89-92
due Thursday,
Contract #1 : finish vocabulary
Tuesday: SL 2.10, Math SG, Social Studies SG, work on spelling packet,
Contact #2: Think About the Selection - Choose 4 to answer
Wednesday: Study for Social Studies Test tomorrow, Study for Math test Friday,
Contract- Choice, Spelling Packet due
tomorrow!
Thursday- Study Spelling, Vocab and Comprehension for La Bamba. Contract due
tomorrow, Practice Spelling test
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Spelling words: hawk, claw, bald, tower, halt, prowl, loyal, pause, moist,
ounce, launch, royal, scowl, haunt, noisy, coward, fawn, thousand, drawn,
fault, Challenge: announce, poise, loiter, somersault, awkward
Vocabulary: applause, rehearsal, forty-five record, duo, talent, limelight,
debut, embarrassed, pantomine
Language Arts: New Theme: Give it All You've Got
2nd Selection : "La Bamba"
Writing: Summary
Math: Unit 2- Estimation and Computation
Social Studies: Unit 2- Estimation and Computation
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Week of September 26
*Tests this week: Spelling, Vocabulary and Michelle Kwan Comprehension test
Friday.
* No school Thursay, Sept. 29th
Reading- Log 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 2.5, Spelling packet- PB pgs. 69-72 due Friday,
Contract #1 : finish vocabulary
Tuesday: SL 2.6, work on spelling packet, Contact #2: Think About the
Selection - Choose 4 to answer
Wednesday: SL 2.7, contract- choice due Friday, spelling packet due Friday,
Study for spelling, comprehension and vocabulary test Friday, No school
tomorrow!
Thursday: No homework- Holiday
Friday: Get your reading log signed
Spelling words: basketball, wheelchair, cheerleader, newscast, weekend,
everybody,up-to-date,grandparent, first aid,wildlife,highway,daytime,
whoever, test tube, turnpike, shipyard, homemade, household, salesperson,
brother-in-law,extraordinary, self-assured, quick-witted, limelight, junior
high school.
Vocabulary: compete, audience,presentation, judges, artistic,technical,
pressure, required, elements, amateur
Language Arts: New Theme: Give it All You've Got
1st Selection : "Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion"
Writing: Finish Tall Tales, Summary/ Responses
Math: Unit 2- Estimation and Computation
Social Studies: Unit 2- Estimation and Computation
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Week of September 19-23:
Tests this week: Theme Test all week. Spelling and Vocabulary tests on
Friday!
Reading Log - 20 minutes each day
Monday: SL 2.1, finish vocabulary, Spelling packet- PB pgs.55-57 due
Thursday
Tuesday: SL 2.2, spelling packet, work on tall tale outline
Wednesday: SL 2.3, spelling packet- due, work on tall tale
Thursday: SL 2.4, take a practice spelling test and
get it signed, study for spelling and vocabulary tests tomorrow.
Friday: Get your reading log signed!
Spelling words: Theme 1 Review List: fond, swift, beast, slept, fleet,
staff, flute, grasp, thigh, dew, bunk, fade, dwell, strike, praise, slight,
split, claim, sway, mild, clue, slope, boast, stole, stroll, cruise, mood,
crush, youth, thrown
Vocabulary words: forage, dismal, navigated, varmint, instinct, rustle,
skinflint, extract, maul, tiller, shaker, pioneers
Language Arts- Theme 1: Theme Test this week, Focus on Tall Tales
Writing- We will be writing our own tall tales this week.
Math- Unit 2- Estimation and Computation
Social Studies- Unit 2- Age of Exploration