2/28

Spelling in ABC order in agenda
Finish vocab. definitions.
Start on IRA (see sp/voc. sheet or earlier post).

Work on your CPA for in-class presentations on Friday.

*The 5th grade writing test will be Wednesday. Please get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, and be sure to bring at least two #2 pencils (no mechanical pencils please).

CPA Update

CPA in-class presentations (posters, note cards, etc.) will be Friday. This is for practice, like a dress rehearsal, for the presentation for the judges.

The real CPA presentations will be 3/8.

Week 23, IRA: Imagery

This week's Independent Reading Activity (due Friday) is to identify imagery. As you read, find an excellent example of imagery. Draw what you "see" when you read this passage. Copy the passage as a caption to your drawing. Include the page number and title of your book. If your book has illustrations, please do not copy one of the book's illustrations. Make up your own.

Spelling and Vocabulary Week 23

This week's story is The Catch of the Day.
Spelling
1. distance
2. importance
3. balance
4. attendance
5. absence
6. performance
7. dependence
8. substance
9. disturbance
10. appearance
11. assistance
12. ignorance
13. brilliance
14. ambulance
15. residence
16. radiance
17. resistance
18. persistence
19. hesitance
20. reluctance

Vocabulary
1. riverbank
2. merchandise
3. wares
4. appreciation
5. burdens
6. unfortunate
7. educate
8. treasurer

This Month's Genre Project DUE MONDAY!

Don't forget that this month's genre project (book report form about your favorite genre and the book you read) is due on MONDAY!!!

2/23

Finish sp. WS.
Finish voc. sent.
Finish voc. WS.

Genre project due Monday!

Math p. 382 (1-23): due Friday!

2/21

Happy President's Day!

Write spelling in ABC order in your agenda.
Define this week's vocabulary words (including parts of speech). Please use your glossary for this!

Study for math ch. 6 test (Tues.)!

Finish CPA report. Read it aloud to someone and time yourself. Write your time at the end of your speech.

This Week's Spelling, Vocabulary, & IRA: 2/21-25

Spelling & Vocabulary Wk. 22 Unit 4, Week 3: Extreme Weather Hurricanes

Spelling: Words with /ch r/ and /zh r/

*Monday: Write spelling words correctly in your agenda in ABC order (due Tues.).

*Tuesday (due Wed.): Categorize your words into four groups: two groups that end with the

/ch r/ sound and two groups that end in the /zh r/ sound.

*Study spelling words (Mon.-Thurs.) for Friday’s test.

*Spelling worksheet is due Thursday.

1. future

2. creature

3. searcher

4. feature

5. fracture

6. gesture

7. legislature

8. pressure

9. measure

10. mixture

11. moisture

12. nature

13. pasture

14. pleasure

15. azure

16. stretcher

17. treasure

18. rancher

19. butcher

20. lecture

Vocabulary:

*Monday: Use the glossary or a dictionary to find and write each part of speech and definition on your own paper.

*Mon.-Wed. (due Thurs.): Write fabulous fifth grade sentences using each vocabulary word in context. Underline the vocabulary word in each sentence. Circle the verb(s).

*Study vocabulary words and definitions Mon.-Thurs. for Friday’s test.

1. damages: (__________)

2. property: (__________)

3. available: (__________)

4. contact: (__________)

5. atmosphere: (__________)

6. destruction: (__________)

7. hurricanes: (__________)

8. surge: (__________)

IRA: This week’s Independent Reading Activity (due Friday) is to identify transition words and phrases. As you read, write down at least 10 different transition words or phrases that your author uses. Label the page number where you found each word or phrase. Be sure to include your book’s title in your heading.

CPA Update

CPA report is due Tuesday!

2/17

PARENT NIGHT TONIGHT!
6:00-6:30 Brag Night in the classroom
6:30 Recorder Concert in the gym
7:00 CRCT Sessions by grade level

Study for sp. & voc. tests!
Finish reading worksheet (parts of a book and homographs) if not finished in class.

Study for Ch. 8 SS test (Fri.)!

2/16

Finish identifying nouns with your vocabulary (It was actually due today but since we didn't write it on the agenda board or blog, you can turn it in Thurs.)

Sp. & voc. WS due Thurs.

Study for Ch. 8 SS test Friday!!!!! (Today's review game didn't go very well.)

Don't forget about Thurs.' Parent Night! Brag Night begins at 6:00 in the room (drop in). The recorder concert is at 6:30 and then CRCT sessions will begin. Children will be supervised in the gym during the CRCT sessions.

2/15

Finish WOW.

Work on sp. & voc. WS due Thurs.

AME (if you have one); work on AM if you have not yet met your goal.

SS WB p. 45 & 46 if not finished in class

Sign and return progress reports and communication folders!

*Candy/field trip $ due by Friday

*Please don't forget about Parent Night (see letter in orange folder).

2/14

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our Valentine festivities!

Sp. in agenda in ABC order

Begin IRA: four subject pronouns and four object pronouns (see sp/voc sheet for more info)

AM

Math geometry vocab test Wednesday!

CPA intro due Tues.

Study for ch. 4 sci. test (Tues.)!

CPA Update

CPA introduction is due Tuesday!

2/8

Finish WOW, spelling categories, and vocabulary definitions (underline all nouns).

Work on IRA.

Study for ch. 5 math test!

SS WB p. 43 (ALL) and p. 44 (5-9).

2/7

Spelling in agenda in ABC order
IRA: 5 pronouns & antecedents due Friday (see earlier post for complete instructions)

Study for Ch. 5 math test Wednesday!
The Great Graph Project is due Friday. Time will be given in computer lab on Wednesday to create the graphs. See earlier post for student handout.

Finish CPA outline (3 main points with 3 details each) to turn in Tues.

Complete sci. WB p. 88-91 if you did not finish in class.

This Week's Spelling, Vocabulary, & IRA

Spelling, Vocabulary, & IRA Wk. 20 Unit 4, Week 2: Animal Defenses Carlos and the Skunk

Spelling: More Accented Syllables

*Monday: Write spelling words correctly in your agenda in ABC order (due Tues.).

*Tuesday (due Wed.): Categorize your words into two groups: first syllable is stressed and second syllable is stressed. HINT: There are only 5 words in the second group.

*Study spelling words (Mon.-Thurs.) for Friday’s test.

*Spelling worksheet is due Thursday.

1. grownup

2. power

3. shower

4. bestow

5. August

6. allow

7. encounter

8. grouchy

9. rowdy

10. laundry

11. flawless

12. coward

13. lawyer

14. applause

15. doubting

16. arousing

17. faucet

18. trousers

19. caution

20. boundary

Vocabulary: *Use the glossary or a dictionary to find and write each part of speech. Read the definition and compare to the definition given here.

*Rewrite your vocabulary words, definitions, and part of speech on your own paper, underlining all the NOUNS, whether they are a vocabulary word or a word in the definition (due Wed.).

*Study vocabulary words and definitions Mon.-Thurs. for Friday’s test.

*Vocabulary worksheet is due Thursday.

1. arousing: (__________) stimulating to action, awakening

2. behavior: (__________) the way a person or animal acts

3. glimpse: (__________) a brief look

4. stunned: (__________) overcome with astonishment or disbelief

5. nestled: (__________) settled snugly or comfortably

6. unpleasant: (__________) not agreeable, displeasing

7. secluded: (__________) screened or hidden from view

8. arroyo: (__________) water-carved gully or channel

IRA: This week’s Independent Reading Activity is to copy five sentences from your independent reading book. Underline each pronoun and draw an arrow to its antecedent (due Friday). You need to find at least five different pronouns and you must have at least five sentences.

The Great Graph Project

DUE: February 11, 2011

You are going to choose a topic that interests you, collect data, and present your information on a graph. You might conduct a survey or record scientific evidence. For your final project, you will create a poster (or mini poster) that includes your graph and interpretations of your data (see below).

1. What is your topic? _______________________________________________________

2. How will you gather you data? (You will turn in a neat copy of your data, but this does not have to be presented on your final project.)

_________________________________________________________________________

3. What type of graph will best display your data?

_________________________________________________________________________

For your final project, you will create a graph of your data. Be sure to follow correct graphing procedures (title, labels, appropriate scale and intervals, etc.) and make your graph legible. Write a summary sentence of your data and any trends you found. For example, if your graph is a survey of favorite music, your summary sentence might be, “Most students in our class prefer country music.”

Also include the range of your data, the mean (average), the median, and the mode labeled on your final project. Remember to turn in a neat copy of the data you collected.

If you’d like to make a graph on a computer and print it out, search for instructions to use Excel to make a graph, or consider using the following website to make your graph:

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

CPA Time Line

Each student has received a copy of this time line, but here it is in electronic format.

4-H CPA TIMELINE Dyer/Martin 2011

Your job is to become the expert on your topic. You will be writing a report and then giving a speech to teach the class what you’ve learned. This project will count as a test grade in English and either science or social studies (depending on your topic).

2/3 Topic due! You must get your topic approved before you begin.

1/31 – 2/8 Begin research and learn all that you can about your topic. Find some interesting facts that very few people already know. Taking notes about what you learn will be very helpful. Remember to take notes in your OWN words. Do not copy directly from books and/or the Internet. Organize your information as you go. What are the three (or more) main ideas you will teach us? What would you include in the beginning of your report/speech, in the middle, or at the end? Remember to use at least three different sources for your information (encyclopedias, books, internet sites, interviews with experts, etc.).

2/8 Turn in a copy of your outline of the three main ideas you will teach us with at least three supporting details for each main idea. Continue to work on your research and your report.

2/15 Your written introduction is due. (The body of your speech is not due at this time.)

INTRODUCTION:

1. Hook your audience!

*Ask a question, state an interesting or amazing fact, or share an anecdote (personal short story).

2. Introduce yourself and your topic.

3. Share your three main ideas or most important things.

2/22 Your entire written rough draft is due. Rewrite your introduction with the revisions. Use your outline to write the body of your report. You will write more than one paragraph about each of your three main points because your report will be the basis of your five-minute speech. Make sure you have transitions between each of your three main points. Include at least one simile in the writing. Then wrap it up with your conclusion.

CONCLUSION:

1. Use a wrap-up word or phrase (Finally, In conclusion, To summarize, Remember…).

2. Restate your main ideas from your introduction in a slightly different way.

3. Tie your report back into your hook.

4. Thank your audience. (Do NOT say that’s all I have, or the end…)

2/22 – 3/3 Work on your two (or more) posters. Write your speech on numbered note cards. Be certain they are neat. Also, they need to be legible from the back of the room. Stay away from light colors because they are harder to read from a distance. Make your note cards and practice your speech. Practice referring to your posters during your speech. Do not wait to share them at the end.

3/4 In-class presentations (Be sure to bring your completed posters!)

You will receive a score for the mock presentation using the rubric Mr. Jennings provided. Please review it to make sure you know what is expected.

3/5 – 7 Make any corrections to your cards, practice at home, feel confident, and be ready for the judges!!! You’ll feel more confident if you practice at home. Good luck.

3/8 CPA presentations for 4-H judges

CPA Update

Your outline (3 main points) is due Tuesday.

2/3

Study sp. & vocab!

Be sure you have all 12 vocab. cards for sci. ch. 4. Your text will be next week.

Read AR and work on AM if you need to catch up.

New Features!

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2/2

Happy Groundhog Day! You should have received our February newsletter and CPA time line in yesterday's communication folder.

Complete sp. & voc. WS.

Choose your CPA topic if you haven't already because we are going to the library to begin research on Thursday.

Study science- test next week!

*Atlanta field trip money is due no later than 2/18.

This Month's Genre Project

This month's genre project is free choice. Choose a book from your favorite genre! You will be given a short genre report to complete before the end of the month. Be sure to quiz on your book and complete your form no later than 2/28.

This Week's Spelling & Vocab

Monday: Write spelling words correctly in your agenda in ABC order (due Tues.).

Tuesday: Categorize your words by final ending sound/spelling into 7 groups (due Wed.).

Study spelling words (Mon.-Thurs.) for Friday’s test.

Spelling worksheet is due Thursday.

1. angle

2. heron

3. lengthen

4. marvel

5. woolen

6. listen

7. bushel

8. signal

9. nozzle

10. practical

11. barrel

12. captain

13. frighten

14. slogan

15. mountain

16. pretzel

17. fable

18. global

19. sandal

20. chuckle

Vocabulary: Use the glossary to complete each definition.

Study vocabulary words and definitions Mon.-Thurs. for Friday’s test.

Vocabulary worksheet is due Thursday.

1. scald: (v.) To heat to a temperature just below the __________________ point

2. permission: (n.) Consent or __________________ from someone in authority

3. autograph: (n.) A person’s __________________ written in that person’s own handwriting

4. fare: (n.) The __________________ of a ride on a bus, train, airplane, ship, or taxi

5. blurted: (v.) Said suddenly or without __________________

6. clenched: (v.) __________________ or closed tightly

7. chiseled: (v.) Cut or shaped with a sharp __________________ tool called a chisel

spectacular: (adj.) Very __________________