Homework

Newspaper

Last week we wrote persuasive papers on whether or not being a pioneer would be a good idea. Here is one student's paragraph. I used the link at the left and showed the students how to put their stories into the newspaper.

Homework

Homework

Homework

Language Lessons

Reading Skill:
Conflict and Resolution
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Grammar Skill:
Simple and Compound Sentences
Writing Skill:
Response to Literature
Spelling Skill: Words with VCCV: Same Medial Consonants

Vocabulary

reluctant – If someone is reluctant to do something, he or she does not want to
do it.
rumpled – Something is rumpled if it is wrinkled or messy.
surge – If you feel a surge of a particular feeling, you feel it suddenly and very
strongly.
inspecting – Someone who is inspecting something is looking at it very
carefully.
taut – Something that is taut has been stretched or pulled very tightly.
untangled – If you untangled something, you untied knots in it or straightened it
if it was twisted.
resounded – If a place resounded, then it became filled with sound.
lurked – If something lurked somewhere, it waited there quietly hidden, usually
before doing something bad.

Spelling

letter, ladder, appear, lesson, soccer, classic, hollow, supper, accent, pizza, officer, lettuce, better, slipper, bottom, ribbon, summer, college, occur, rabbit
Challenge Words: lullaby, hurriedly, happiness, scattered, issue

Homework

Homework

Read 30 minutes
Spelling--ABC order

Homework

Spelling 3 x"s each--
Read On the Banks of Plum Creek---
Estimate (like we did in class)
23,487 + 72,372 =
42,869 + 45,437 =
2486 - 1834 = (think)
32,861 - 18,365 =

Vocabulary

responsible – If someone is responsible, that person can be trusted to do a job on
their own.
darted – An animal that darted moved suddenly and quickly in a particular
direction.
jostling – If the people in a crowd push or knock against you, they are jostling
you.
swerved – If a car swerved, it turned suddenly to avoid hitting something.
attentive – If someone is attentive, that person is carefully listening to or
watching something.
pounced – A person or animal that pounced on something jumped on it eagerly
in order to take it.
contradicting – contradicting someone is saying that what the person has said is
wrong.

Spelling Words

circle, angle, cradle, ladle, castle, ruffle, juggle, ankle, battle, candle, fable, riddle, icicle, sparkle, jungle, tangle, marble, sizzle, paddle, handle
Challenge Words: meddle, drizzle, speckle, vehicle, hurtle

Reading This Week

Reading Skill:
Conflict and Resolution
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Grammar Skill:
Compound Subjects and Predicates
Writing Skill:
persuasive writing
Spelling Skill: Words with Consonant -le

Tests Tomorrow

Math Chapter 2
Reading Story--Pedro Puts on a Play (story, vocabulary, language arts review and spelling review)

No Homework

We did not have homework today. I have told the students to continue with their spelling, but I have been giving them time in class to do some of it. We will have a math test covering the material in Chapter 2 Friday. We reviewed that today. Thanks.

Fall Festival 2

Mrs. Luker's and Mrs. Tyree's class are sponsoring the Cake Walk. If you are willing to send or bring a cake, please get it to the school between 2:30 and 5:00 on Friday, Oct. 8. A form went home today about this. Thanks.

Fall Festival

We need volunteers to run a game. There is a sign up sheet outside my door. You can come by or just leave a comment here. Thanks.

Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts came today to tell about a meeting they will be having at the school tomorrow at 6:30pm. All the boys were invited.

Journal Writing

Most people have had to make a presentation in front of a group, like classmates or family. Think about a time when you had to present something in front of a group. Now, write a story about that occasion. Be sure to describe what you were presenting and who your audience was.

Problem of the Day

There were 3,760 visitors at an art exhibition. There were 1,565 men and 1,005 women. The rest were children. How many children went to the exhibition?

Math Homework

Practice book lesson 2.6

Grammar Skills--Review

Declarative and Interrogative Sentences; Imperative and Exclamatory
Sentences: Interjections; Subjects and Predicates; Complete and Simple
Subjects and Predicates

Vocabulary--Next Week

culinary - Culinary skills or tools are related to cooking.
downcast – Someone who is downcast is feeling sad and has no hope.
consternation – Someone who feels consternation is upset or worried about what
is happening.
vivid – Something that is vivid has very bright colors.
extensive – Something extensive includes a large amount of things.
serenely – If something is done serenely, it is done in a calm and quiet way.
reminiscent – If something is reminiscent of something else, it brings back
memories of that other time or place.
pensive – Someone who is pensive is thinking deeply about something.
recruit – When you recruit someone, you get him or her to join a group for a
special purpose.
commenced – Something that has commenced has begun.

Spelling Words for Next Week--Review

tread, broad, split, chief, season, brain, throw,
goal, scrape, choice, allow, auction, flaw, daughter, destroy, renew, boyhood,
returned, chopped, counting

A New Beginning

As of today we are back up and running!! I will post important information pertaining to our class here. For instance--Space Posters are due tomorrow!!