Reading 5B

We started reading the novel Hatchet this week.  Vocabulary and Comprehension Tests will be Friday.

Reminder

School pictures will be made tomorrow(October 1, 2014) for grades 3-7.

We are so close to reaching our goals in AR!  Please encourage your child to read their AR book daily.

Language/Spelling 6 A & B

Spelling words for this week - previous, tremendous, hazardous, humorous, vigorous, mountainous, poisonous, adventurous, continuous, dangerous, vicious, enormous, jealous, ridiculous, nervous, courageous, victorious, various, courteous, momentous  page 56

Test Friday

Language - Unit Test on  2 and 3 Tuesday.  Students were given a study guide last week.
Wednesday we begin Unit 4 - Punctuation in sentences - apostrophe, quotation marks, and colons.

Language/Spelling 5 A & B

Spelling Words for the week - width, glimpse, twist, blizzard, lyrics, simple, built, system, igloo, mystery, limit, visit, imitate, whistle, thrift, mistake, giggled, quilt, begin, division   page 16

Test Friday

Language - We will begin diagramming sentences  (subjects and verbs).

School Pictures

School Day pictures will be made Wednesday, October 1, 2014, for grades 3 - 7.

Homeroom News

Check folders today for information about the candy fundraiser that begins today.

Varsity Cheerleaders are selling chances to "Cheer for a Quarter" at the Chambers Ballgame on Oct. 3.  Chances cost $1 each.

Thanks to all the Parents and Grandparents for helping to make our Grandparent's Day a Great Success!

Reading 5B

This week we will be reading the "Heavenly Zoo" pages 136 - 141.  We will discuss genre, vocabulary and meaning, inferences, and predictions.

The comprehension and vocabulary test will be Friday.

Please encourage your child to continue to read their AR books.  We still have a few students that have not met their goals yet.

Language/Spelling 6 A & B

Spelling words for the week are - allergy, energy, liberty, property, equality, slippery, majority, nationality, popularity, humidity, ability, capacity, eternity, maturity, hostility, lengthy, history, lobby, continuity, accompany

Spelling Test this Friday

We have completed Unit 2 in Language.  This was a very short unit.  We should complete Unit 3 this week.  It is also short.  We plan to combine Units 2 and 3 together and test next Tuesday, September 30.  I will send a study guide home later in the week.

Language/Spelling 5 A & B

Spelling  words this week are- brief, grieve, nasty, receive, memory, scary, gasoline, piece, ceiling, ski, chief, belief, monkey, field, every, shield, journey, seized, story, safety

Spelling Test will be Friday

Unit 2 Language Test will be Tuesday.  Half of the test will be a review of Unit 1.  I will send a study guide home.

Language/Spelling 6A & 6B

We are reviewing the 5 rules of capitalization along with common and proper nouns.

There will be no Spelling Test this week.

Language/Spelling 5A & 5B

We are nearing the end of Unit 2 in Language.  We are reviewing common and proper nouns, capitalization, and singular and plural nouns.  I will give the students a study guide days before the test.

There will be no Spelling Test this week.

Reading 5B

Due to the Grandparent's Day Program, we will not have a reading story this week.  We will be working on reading skills- main idea, context clues, and drawing conclusions.

Reminder

Remember to visit the Bookfair in the Library after the Grandparent's Day Program.


Please encourage your child to read in order to reach their AR goal.

Announcements

Grandparent's Day Program will be Friday, September 19.  K-4 through 4th grade program begins at 10:00.  5th/6th grade program begins at 11:00 in the Cafetorium.

Dress for the program-  Boys khaki pants; red, white, or blue polo type shirt.
Girls- Dress -Patriotic colors (theme of program)


Monday, October 6, Professional Development Day for Teacher - Students are out of school.

Friday, October 10- End of 1st nine weeks

Observance of 9/11

The Excel Club is asking everyone to wear red, white, and blue tomorrow in observance of 9/11.

Reminders

Muffins with Mom will be Friday, September 12 in the lunchroom.  The cost is $5 per family.

Grandparent's Day Program will be Friday, September 19 at 10:00 in the lunchroom.

Reading 5B

We are still reading  S.O.R. Losers this week.  (pages 66-81)  Our Spelling words are from this story.  Skills covered will be context clues, sequence of events, vocabulary, and comprehension questions.

Test will be Friday.

6 A & B Language and Spelling

Spelling Words - illogical, impartial, indigestion, nonstandard, illegible, imperfect, inactive, nonskid, nonliving, incorrect

Spelling Test on Friday

Language - We will begin Unit 2 on capitalization.

5 A & B Language and Spelling

Spelling Words - novelty, terminal, defeat, cringe, defect, dribble, treason, aced, disown, rally, loser, rejected, ashamed, attitude, prediction, record, interview, unusual, information, claim

The Spelling words for the week are not in the Spelling book.  These are from our story in Reading.  I sent the list home yesterday.

The test will be Friday.

Language - We begin Unit 2 on Nouns

Pep Rally

The theme for the Pep Rally this week will be "Muddy Up Monroe".  Dress for Friday denim jeans or shorts, plaid shirt, and boots. The football game starts at 7:00 pm at school.


(Also, all Language classes have their study guides for the Unit 1 Test next Tuesday.)

Reminders

Grandparent's Day Program will be September 19.  More information on this later.

Field Trip T-Shirts are on sale.  If you have not ordered one, you need to as soon as possible.  Let me know if you need another order form.

Encourage your child to read their AR book daily.

Reading 5B

Begin reading S. O. R. Losers pages 66-81.  This story is longer than our last two stories.  This is also a short week, so we will not test this Friday.  I will give out vocabulary and a study guide later this week.  We will test next Friday.

Language and Spelling 6 A & B

Spelling words - irregular, illegal, illiterate, impatient, impossible, insecure, independent, nonprofit, nonviolent, irrational, illogical, impartial, indigestion, nonstandard, illegible, imperfect, inactive, nonskid, nonliving, and incorrect

Test on Friday

Language - We will complete Unit 1 and review for the  Unit Test.  I will send a study guide home on Thursday and the test will be Tuesday, September 9.

Language and Spelling 5 A & B

Spelling words for 5th Grade - study, clumsy, money, trouble, trumpet, country, honey, chuckle, hunger, none, struggle, bulb, thunder, bundle, mutter, support, hundred, done, supposed, and something
Test Friday

Language - We will review Unit 1 for a test.  I will send a study guide home on Thursday.  This is not a study guide to answer.  It will have notes and page numbers to review.  The test will be Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Also, study verb lists on page 10 and rules on pages 16 -19  in Language book.