April- June 2008

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Assigned

  Due
                                     SPELLING TESTS  
3/31/08  

Book Float or Main Idea Bag Projects

for BOOK TALKS

*We will focus on writing summaries for this entire week.

4/14/08

Spelling List 14

5/8/08  

My Side of the Mountain and

Julie of the Wolves

pages 1-40

Character Catcher

5/13/08

Spelling List 15

I am starting to give out the lists on Mondays so that the girls can get ready for the shorter time frame for assignments in grade 6.

similar, doesn't experience, forward, exactly, partner, drawer, expensive, develop, familiar, pigeon, tickling, penalty, frustrated, athletic, celebration, circling, helicopter, trembling, sparkling, exquisite, mischievous, refrigerator, pastime, and anxious

5/13/08  

My Side of the Mountain and

Julie of the Wolves

pages 41-70

Summarizer

5/15/08

Spelling List 16

scarves, staffs, shelves, wolves, ourselves, solos, stereos, volcanoes, quizzes, pants, sheriffs, reefs, chiefs, knives, thieves, studios, dominoes, buffaloes, scissors, measles, bailiffs, wharves, flamingos, mosquitoes, and desperadoes.

5/15/08  

My Side of the Mountain and

Julie of the Wolves

pages 71-105

Illustrator

5/20/08

Spelling List 17

human, humane, clean, cleanse, nature, natural, major, majority, poem, poetic, equal, equation, unite, unity, bomb, bombard, muscle, muscular, resign, resignation, haste, heir, harmony, hasten, inherit, and harmonious.

 

5/20/08  

My Side of the Mountain and

Julie of the Wolves

pages 106-135

No job

5/22/08

Spelling List 18 UNIT TEST

cautious, commercial, especially, exhaustion, gracious, population, position, precious, question, social, suggestion, accept, access, beside, choose, chose, except, excess, finally, later, personnel, recent, sense, since, athletic, celebration, exactly, expensive, experience, frustrated, similar, tickling, trembling, dominoes, knives, ourselves, quizzes, reefs, scissors, shelves, thieves, volcanoes, wolves, clean, human, humane, major, natural, nature, and poem.

5/22/08  

My Side of the Mountain and

Julie of the Wolves

pages 136-end

Summarizer

5/27/08

Spelling List  19

different, register, carnival, variety, atmosphere, favorite, pattern, understand, sentence, instance, elegant, aquarium, communicate, gasoline, factory, definite, Chicago, heavily, garage, illustrate, pessimism, prominent, controversy, suspicious, and porpoise.

         
       
       
       
               
    
   

                                                                                                                                                        

       SPELLING QUICK-WRITES             

 

ASSIGNED


 

DUE

 

NOTES- See the NEW length and word requirement

If more than 4 high-frequency words are spelled incorrectly, you will be asked to redo your Quick-Write.

3/31/08   4/4/08   See prompt- 5 paragraphs 10 spelling words
ALSO COMPLETE THE BACK OF THE SPELLING LIST
4/7/08   4/11/08  

Please pick any state or country and write a 5-paragraph essay.

5 paragraphs 10 spelling words
ALSO COMPLETE THE BACK OF THE SPELLING LIST

4/14/08   4/18/08   complex or compound sentence for each word
4/18/08   4/25/08   NO Quick-Write
4/25/08   5/2/08   Carousel animal description and drawing 1-2 paragraphs
     5/2/08
  5/9/08   Little Miss Book
     
 

          SOCIAL STUDIES                     LEARN THE MAP OF EUROPE!

                                                           Interactive Map of Europe

                                                           Europe Puzzle

                                                           Interactive Map of Europe

Assigned
"Time for Kids"
Due
WEB PAGE (Main page)
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/0,27955,,00.html
3/31/08     4/4/08
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/printout/0,28257,1724809,00.html
4/7/08      
NO TFK
4/14/08     4/18/08
TFK- extras in class
4/18/08     4/25/08
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/printout/0,28257,1730211,00.html
4/25/08     5/2/08

pick your own article and 1 paragraph summary

5/2/08     5/5/08 TFK summary
4/30/08   MAP TEST 5/16/08  
4/30/08   GREECE TEST 5/21/08 Study guides will be handed out on Wednesday, May 7