Week 20: Jan. 16-19

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🏈  ject and ✎ scrib/script 🖊

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and
be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your combined spelling/vocabulary test
expects you to know what each word means AND be able to spell it correctly.

Tuesday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.
Tuesday-Thursday: Work on your cursive practice.  Spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit
if completing are due by Thursday.
Thursday: Study this week’s words and review previous weeks’ words!  Finish cursive practice
(on the back of the language review sheet).  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary
test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

eject project reject injection interjection

descriptive manuscript prescription scribble transcribe

1. ________________________________________: (n) a spoken word, phrase, or sound that expresses sudden
or strong feeling; a spoken word, phrase, or sound “thrown into” a sentence

2. ________________________________________: (n) the act or process of forcing (“throwing”) a liquid into
something; the act or process of forcing a liquid medicine or drug into someone by using a special
needle

3.  ________________________________________: (v) to push something out; to force someone to leave

4.  ________________________________________: (v) to refuse to believe, accept, or consider something

5.  ________________________________________: (v) 1. to cause light, a picture, or a movie to appear on a
surface; 2. to plan, calculate, or estimate something for a time in the future.

6. ________________________________________: (adj) giving information about how something or someone
looks, sounds, etc.; describing with words what

7. ________________________________________: (v) to write something quickly and in a way that makes it
difficult to read; to draw lines and shapes that have no particular meaning in a quick and
careless way

8. ________________________________________: (n) the original copy of a play, book, or piece of music
before it has been printed/published

9._________________________________________: (v) to make a written copy; to write down something that
is spoken

10. _______________________________________:  (n) a written message from a doctor that officially
authorizes someone to use a medicine treatment; a medicine or drug that a doctor has authorized
someone to use

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs; adverbs;
relative adverbs and adjectives; order of adjectives; interjections; punctuating dialogue

Reading Skills: fantasy

Social Studies: A New Nation and Government

Science: Light

Math:

Equivalent Fractions, Simplest Form, Finding Common Denominators

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily.

REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

(Keep practicing Multi-digit Multiplication

And Division.)   

Upcoming Events:

1/15  MLK HOLIDAY

1/17 Chick-fil-A All Pro Dads (7:30 AM)

1/30  100th day of school!

*Weekly language/cursive reviews and weekly math reviews are due every Friday!

Extra Practice at IXL:

LA D3-5; M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A; J; K; X3-9

Math P5-P10 (Equivalent Fractions)

SS K3-4; A4-12; B1-8

Week 19: Jan. 8-12

Week 19, Jan. 8-12, 2018

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🌎  geo and grad/gres

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your combined spelling/vocabulary test expects you to know what each word means AND be able to spell it correctly.

Wednesday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.

Thursday-Wednesday: Work on your cursive practice.  Spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing are due by Thursday, 1/11.

Thursday: Study this week’s words and review previous weeks’ words!  Finish cursive practice (on the back of the language review sheet).  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

geoponics geography geothermal geographic geologist

gradual regress degrade graduate progressive

1. ________________________________________: (n) a person who studies rocks and soil in order to learn about the history of the Earth

2. ________________________________________: (n) the art or science of agriculture

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) of, or relating to the natural features, population, industries, etc., of a region

4.  ________________________________________: (n) the natural features, population, industries, etc., of a region

5.  ________________________________________: (adj) of, relating to, or using the natural heat produced inside the Earth

6. ________________________________________: (adj) moving or changing in small amounts; happening in a slow way over a long period of time

7. ________________________________________: (v) to earn a degree or diploma from a school, college, or university; to move from one level to a higher level

8. ________________________________________: (adj) moving forward; using or interested in new or modern ideas

9._________________________________________: (v) (1) to treat something or someone poorly and without respect. (2) to make the quality of something worse.

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to return to an earlier and usually worse or less-developed condition or state

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, modal auxiliary verbs; order of adjectives; punctuating dialogue

Reading Skills: fantasy

Social Studies: A New Nation and Government

Science: Light

Math:

Equivalent Fractions

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily.

REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

(Keep practicing Multi-digit Multiplication

And Division.)

Upcoming Events:

1/8  Georgia Bulldog Spirit Day

1/9  Sign & return report cards; keep

benchmark letters

1/10 Chick-fil-A All Pro Dads (7:30)

1/12  Sp/Voc tests: geo & grad/gres

1/15  MLK HOLIDAY

*Weekly language/cursive reviews and weekly math reviews are due every Friday!

Extra Practice at IXL:

LA M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A; J; K; X3-9

Math P5-P10 (Equivalent Fractions)

SS A4-12; B1-8

Happy 2018!

Welcome back and happy 2018!  We've had a great first day back!  Please dress very warmly tomorrow in layers with coats, hats, and gloves is possible. 

This week's spelling & vocabulary (geo and grad/gres words) are already loaded into SpellingCity.com and the weekly info sheet will be coming soon.  Students will test on this set of words NEXT Friday, 1/12.

The New Year's ELA Review sheet is due THIS FRIDAY.

ALL MAKE UP/LATE WORK must be turned in Thursday.  Thank you for your help and understanding with this!

Week 17 (early)

Because I had the spelling & vocabulary words for this week and next (Week 17) mixed up a bit, we agreed to work on all 20 words for this week and next and to test on them on THURSDAY, 12/14.  Thanks for your understanding!  BOTH sets of words are in Spelling City.

geothermal hypothermia thermal thermos thermostat

contradict dictation dictator predict verdict

1. ________________________________________: (n) a container that keeps liquids hot or cold for long periods of time

2. ________________________________________: (n) a condition in which the temperature of the body is very low

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) of, relating to, or caused by heat; designed to keep you warm by preventing heat from leaving your body

4.  ________________________________________: (n) a device that automatically adjusts the temperature in a room to a desired level

5.  ________________________________________: (adj) or, relating to, or using the natural heat produced inside the Earth

6. ________________________________________: (n) a person who rules a country with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal way

7. ________________________________________: (n) the decision made by a jury in a trial; a judgment or opinion about something

8. ________________________________________: (n) the act of speaking words that someone writes down or that a machine records; the act of dictating words

9._________________________________________: (v) to say what will or might happen in the future

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to say the opposite of something someone else has said; to deny the truth of something

Week 16: Dec. 4-8

Spelling AND Vocabulary: Greek Roots 🌋  rupt and meter/metr 📏

Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday.  Your combined spelling/vocabulary test expects you to know what each word means AND be able to spell it correctly.

Monday: Write spelling words in agenda and complete vocabulary match.

Tuesday-Wednesday: Work on your spelling and/or vocabulary choice extra credit if completing (due Thursday).

Thursday: Study this week’s words and review previous weeks’ words!  Finish cursive practice (on the back of the language review sheet).  If possible, take a practice spelling and vocabulary test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)

corrupt disruptive erupt interrupt rupture

barometer diameter optometry perimeter symmetry

1. ________________________________________: (n) a crack or break in something; a break or tear in a part of the body

2. ________________________________________: (v) to cause (someone or something) to become dishonest or immoral; to cause a change for the worse

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) causing something to be unable to continue in the normal way; interrupting the normal progress or activity of something

4.  ________________________________________: (v) to cause something to stop happening for a time; to ask questions or say things while another person is speaking

5.  ________________________________________: (v) to send out rocks, ash, lava in a sudden explosion; to happen or begin suddenly and violently

6. ________________________________________: (n) the quality of something that has two sides or halves that are the same or very close in size, shape, and position

7. ________________________________________: (n) the distance through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other

8. ________________________________________: (n) the outside edge of an area or surface; the total length of lines that form a shape

9._________________________________________: (n) the profession of examining people’s eyes to find out if they need eyeglasses or medical treatment

10. _______________________________________:  (n) an instrument that is used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather

Grammar: parts of speech: verbs, progressive verbs, order of adjectives

Punctuating dialogue

Reading Skills: nonfiction/biography

Social Studies: The 13 Colonies/British Colonial America/American Revolution

Science

Math:

Multiplication & Division of

Whole Numbers

MATH HOMEWORK:  Students have one column of math problems daily.

2 digit by 2 Digit Multiplication and

Partial Quotient Division

Extra Practice on these skills- in Little G Math Book- pages 43-50, 57-64 (not required.)     REFLEX.com for Fact Practice!

Upcoming Events:

12/1 Language/cursive & math reviews due

12/6 Wonder movie trip ($6)

12/8 Language/cursive & math reviews due

12/12 Parent Involvement Writing @ 1:30/class party @ 2:00

12/13 Chick-Fil-A All Pro Dads (7:30; RSVP)

12/14 Box Top Rewards Party

12/15 Language/cursive & math reviews due;

Early Release- Begin Christmas Break

Extra Practice at IXL:

LA M6; D22-23; F4;  B.1-10;  A.1-7; J; K; X3-9

Math E1-E10 (Division)

SS A4-12; B1-8

Science C2-C3