Feb. 21-25

Vocabulary/Spelling Words:
folktales
tone
point-of-view
author's purpose
troublesome
shuffle
burrow
custom
elders
twisted-mind

Monday: Introduction of Folktales
Reading "The Boy Who Lived with the Bears"

Tuesday: Tour GCMS

Wednesday/Thursday: Continuous Assessment in Reading

Friday: Review/Correct Continuous Assessments

In Class Feb. 7-11

There will be no vocabulary words this week. We are working on designing and painting our clay pots as an art activity related to the book we just finished, A Single Shard.

We will create an advertisment using the persuasive techniques we learned about at the beginning of this nine weeks.

Progress Reports need to be signed and sent back to school.

Field Trip to Carson Center on the 15th to see "We the People." Lunch at Fazoli's.

Coming up for the rest of this nine weeks: Continuous Assessments in Reading and Math, IOWA Test of Basic Skills PRACTICE, and reading folktales.

January 24-28 in Reading Class

We are continuing to read A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park. Students have study guide questions to complete each day after reading.

We are also working on grammar skills, such as correct usage of subjects, verb, quotation marks, and contractions.

We received pen pal letters from a class in New York. We will write back to them ASAP!

Vocabulary Words:
A Single Shard Voc. Chapters 7-10

haranguing:
exulted:
plaintive:
intricate:
noxious:
remiss:
serenity:
frenetically:
decreed
endeavor
foraging
grimacing
impeccable
meager
progressively
trepidation
conflict
climax
resolution
theme

Please send a clay pot to school by Feb. 1!!!

January 10-14

We are starting the novel, A Single Shard this week. Students will complete vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities about the book.

This week's spelling and vocabulary words:
A Single Shard Ch 1-2 vocabulary Novel-ties


1. arid
2. momentum
3. complied
4. oblivious
5. cowered
6. perusal
7. derision
8. precariously
9. impudence
10. prosperity

Literary terms:
11. Simile
12. Metaphor
13. Personification
14. Internal conflict
15. External conflict

What's the latest?

Christmas Program Friday, Dec. 17 9:30 and 1:00.
Christmas Party Monday, Dec. 20 at 1:15pm.

Have a wonderful break, and a Happy New Year!
Words for Jan. 3-7
capable
defiant
deliberate
hasty
hesitant
hostile
indifferent
jubilant
meek
unbearable
synonyms
antonyms

What's Happening December 6-10

• We are reading Voyage of the Dawn Treader aloud in class. We should have about half of it read by Friday, the day we go see the movie! (Parents are welcome to come. You will just pay for your movie as you come in. Lunch is across the parking lot at Los Amigos.)
• Students are starting a writing piece these last few weeks before Christmas Break. It will be a work in progress. I believe they are excited about this writing piece because they came up with the writing prompt! The topics range from Human Decency to Bullying. Types of writing to choose from are: letters, speeches, or articles.
• We are studying about Verbs this week in Grammar. Being, Linking, Verb Tenses, and Irregular Verbs.
• Last day to earn AR points for this nine weeks is Dec. 16. The second nine weeks party will be a movie, donut, and hot chocolate party on the morning of Dec. 17.

Words for Dec. 6-10:
achieve
achievement
command
commandment
enroll
enrollment
harass
harassment
nourish
nourishment
require
requirement

Next Week's Words:

forehand
freehand
high-handed
longhand
openhanded
shorthand
shorthanded
stouthearted
underhanded

We watched the documentary, "Paper Clips," about a school group in Whitwell, TN who started a Holocaust Memorial at their school. Paul Schamburg will come to our class as a guest speaker to talk about tolerance and differences in people. We watched "High School Musical" at GCHS Monday. Please send your $1 for admission if you haven't paid already.

Can Drive is underway! Bring in those canned goods for families in need over the holidays. The class with the largest percentage of cans brought in will receive an ice cream party!

Words for Nov. 29-Dec. 3:
accessories
barrier
brunch
capsule
infomercial
mural
parasites
pesticides
pulley
textiles
Words for Dec. 6-10:
achieve
achievement
command
commandment
enroll
enrollment
harass
harassment
nourish
nourishment
require
requirement