October 10

Spelling Word List: (yes, only 6 words)

evacuation

ferocious

jolt

mandatory

rickety

wailing



*Be able to describe how an event affects a character and distinguish fact from opinion.



Social Studies:

We are finishing our unit on North America. Students should be able to label all the states and capitals on a US map. There are several websites and ipad/ipod apps out there that have practice activities for states and capitals.

September 30

Field Trip to the Quilt Museum Friday. Have a nice fall break!

Spelling and Vocabulary Words for September 26-30

TEST THURSDAY, September 29

absolute
regions
hemisphere
projection
meridian
grid
longitude
Robinson
hurricane
equator
coordinates
location
latitude
Geography
Mercator
relative

Students will also learn about the Southeastern States and Capitals. From Kentucky, over to Virginia, Washington, DC, and North Carolina, all the way south from Louisana to Florida. We will test Thursday over these states and capitals, and have a final states and capitals test the week we get back from Fall Break.

September 19-23

This week, we will be finalizing our novel unit with Where the Red Fern Grows. Students will be answering "constructed responses" and reading stories that have connections with the novel. Spelling words are:

contrast
attorney
architect
culprit
ancestor
client
peasants
personification
descendant
comrade
foreshadowing
climax
miser
conflict
resolution
compare
theme
personnel
realtor
population

In Social Studies, students are learning about the Robinson Projection Map and they will finish the Northeastern states, by learning the states and capitals of the Mid-Atlantic States:

Albany, New York
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Trenton, New Jersey
Annapolis, Maryland
Dover, Delaware

States and Capitals for this week

Augusta, Maine
Concord, New Hampshire
Montpelier, Vermont
Boston, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
Hartford, Connecticut

TEST THURSDAY!
No school Friday!

September 12-16

There will be NO SPELLING words this week! We are finishing Where the Red Fern Grows, and working on open/constructive responses about the book.
In Social Studies we are learning the Northeastern States and capitals. I will post exact states Monday. We will also be learning about exact and absolute location.
No school Friday!

September 6-9

Social Studies:
States and Capitals for The Great Lake States

Madison, Wisconsin
Springfield, Illinois
Indianapolis, Indiana
Columbus, Ohio
Lansing, Michigan

Map Skills: Climate Zones of the United States

Reading:
We will begin the last four chapters of Where the Red Fern Grows
Spelling Words:
wound
fatal
wonderful
petrified
sleet
legend
prayer
campground
challenge
beautiful
proud
unconscious
championship
receive
blizzard
miracle
peaceful
sacred
sprain
loyalty