Spelling Week 19

Spelling words for week 19:

1. confident
2. confidence
3. fragrant*
4. fragrance
5. excellent
6. excellence
7. decent
8. decency
9. truant
10. truancy*
11. brilliant
12. brilliance
13. obedient
14. obedience
15. evident*
16. evidence
17. occupant
18. occupancy
19. reluctant*
20. reluctance

Review

21. distant
22. distance
23. frequent
24. frequency

Challenge

25.inconvenient

26.inconvenience

27.buoyant

28.buoyancy*

*Indicates a vocabulary word

Friday, Jan. 28

**Don't forget that your Reading Days calendar for January is due on Tuesday, Feb. 1st!!!**

**For the month of February, students signed up for a day to share something they love with the class--this could be a treat, a book, a pet, a stuffed animal, a person, a picture, etc. Please ask your student when their day is!**

Spelling/Vocabulary: We spent a lot of time in class this week reviewing our vocabulary words for our test today. We played some fun games and I'm anxious to finish grading the tests!

Reading: We completed some comprehension lessons using questioning as our focus strategy. We learned exciting facts about the moon--Mrs. Hansen is now teaching the moon for science so we were extra prepared. Ask your student about strategies to answer questions while reading. We are up to chapter 5 in Lighting Thief. We are all enjoying this wonderful book! We've done several activities this week including trying to decide if Percy had ADHD, seeing how Greek Mythology influences U.S. architecture and applying our strategies for answering questions while reading about Percy's adventures.

Writing: We've finished up our personification unit. We did journal responses with the Lightning Thief and will continue to do extensive writing with each chapter. This next week we'll be learning about the RAFT method of writing.

Math: This week the students learned about ratios, rates, and unit rates. They were wonderful helpers in figuring out what would be the better buy on food items for a Super Bowl party. We even took a mini test on Friday and they all did wonderful! Next week we will move on to proportions and scales.

Social Studies: We have begun to learn about Ancient Rome. We looked at their land area and learned about their Republic Government. Ask your student to explain the similarities with Rome's government and ours today.

Science: The students now have Mrs. Hansen for science. She is teaching about moon phases. They learned about the different Apollo missions and learned all the different phases of the moon.

Friday, Jan. 21

We had a wonderful time at Sports Hero Day! Many of the students were able to get autographs from different athletes. The biggest highlight for most students was seeing Jimmer Fredette and getting his autograph :)

Reading: We're into chapter 2 in the Lightning Thief. Students are enjoying reading this novel in class and the different activities we're doing along with it. We've also been talking about the three areas of reading that we are focusing on. Ask your student to tell you the three areas (comprehension, fluency, and accuracy).

Writing: We are going to be writing extensively with the Lightning Thief. This week we also spent some more time on Personifications.

Spelling/Vocabulary: We had a test today. Vocabulary test is Jan. 28th and Vocabulary Logs are due that Friday as well. Please study the words at home! If you've lost your list, see the blog post about it below.

Math: The students have been working really hard on dividing fractions and understanding why the algorithm (keep, change, flip) works. Many students took their work home to explain to their parents about the connections. They will be tested on Monday.

Science: Our class has finished Microorganisms. They took a test on Wednesday with Miss Lewis and we look forward to seeing the scores. Next Mrs. Hansen will be in our classroom to teach about the moon phases.

Social Studies: We studied the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Spartans. The war greatly "crippled" the Greeks as so many died and the region became ununited. This abled other areas to come in and conquer including Alexander the Great who conquered a huge area. He brought Greek culture into the surrounding areas. This time period was called Hellinism. After his death the region was split into 3 parts. Next we will study Roman Culture.

Vocabulary Test

The following is the list of words on the unit vocabulary test. It will be on January 28. Please study the definitions, know antonyms and synonyms, and be able to use the word in a sentence.

admiration
alteration
separation
substitute
coordinate
instruction
fascinate
exception
procrastinate
possess
incurable
irresistible
inquire
irrational
infer
continent
commute
conquer
combustion
conference
percentage
aggressive
primitive
criticize
utilize

Spelling Week 17

I'm posting early so I don't forget :)

Basic

1. revise

2. advantage

3. memorize

4. active

5. organize

6. criticize*

7. shortage

8. advertise

9. attractive

10. college

11. primitive*

12. exercise

13. encourage

14. summarize

15. wreckage

16. recognize

17. positive

18. percentage*

19. sensitive

20.heritage

Review

21. storage

22.relative

23.average

24.language

25.televise

Challenge

26.utilize*

27.mortgage

28.merchandise

29.aggressive*

30.compromise

*Indicates a vocabulary word

Spelling Week 16

Oops! I'm sorry I forgot to post these on Monday!
Here's week 16 Spelling Words:

Basic

1. contrast

2. contact

3. compound

4. conquer*

5. combine

6. comment

7. conference*

8. compete

9. community

10. concert

11. conversation

12. commute*

13. constitution

14. conduct

15. consumer

16. continent*

17. composition

18. communicate

19. compliment

20. condition

Review

21. combat

22. commotion

23. complex

24. contain

25. connect

Challenge

26. confidential

27. commission

28. compatible

29. combustion*

30. comprehensive

*Indicates a vocabulary word

Student of the Week: Haydon Cooper

Haydon's wordle based on his pyramid. He was our student of the week this week, 1/10-1/13.