Figurative language practice pages

Baseball
Jeopardy
Time for kids
Lots of games

3-18-14

The students who achieved their gold, silver, and bronze medal awards for the reading olympics got their prizes today. Each student got a certificate, a bag of candy, and a free book.  Way to go Olympic READERS!

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Worksheet 10: personification
Final draft pen pal letter

3-17-14

Pretest tomorrow over new words for spelling!
Vocabulary test on Wednesday.

Homework:
Thrills and Chills worksheet
Read 20 minutes
Vocabulary fill in the blank
Pen pal rough draft
2 pages of capitalization practice for tomorrow's test

3-12-14

Homework tonight....

* Skip school for the next 4 days!  Have a great 4 day weekend!
* Rough draft pen pal letter
* Alliteration
* Late work
* Read

Spelling words for 3-17

Spelling 3-17            Test Friday 3-21

Unicorn

Universe

Unicycle

Bicep

Bifocal

Binoculars

Microscope

Microfilm

Decay

Decide

Preamble

Prefix

Diagnose

Dialogue

Recall

Retract

Microphone

Debate

Deceive

Deform

Challenge words:

Extraordinary

Extrasensory

Extracurricular

Extraterrestrial

3-11-14

The students took a spelling test today, and will not be getting new words until next week!  They did get new vocabulary this week.  The test over those words will be next Wednesday. The students have their words in their binders!

Homework for tonight: Onomatopoeia final draft with illustration, bully paragraph final, Fun with Food worksheet, read 20 minutes

Conferences tonight were GREAT!  I had 35 parents stop in for a visit.  I'm hoping to see the rest of you tomorrow.

3-10-14

Due to the ball game tonight, I have decided to NOT give homework.  Please enjoy your afternoon/evening!

Remember that we have conferences from 2-6 on both Tuesday and Wednesday.  You can stop by any or all of the fifth grade rooms when you come for conferences.