Homework:
Nonessential information worksheet, front and back
Read 20 minutes
Comprehension practice sheet
Today is the last day in March. That means that 2 March RC quizzes are due. Tomorrow, anyone who didn't get their two quizzes will have to stay in for recess and read until they are completed. They will also be bringing a note home to parents, to have signed.
Coming up:
Thursday:
Vocab test
Friday:
Spelling test
Comma test
Book order due
April 7: Iowa Assessments (ITBS) begins
April 14: 9-11:15, NIACC here to teach about entrepreneurship
April 15: Field trip to NIACC, bring your own lunch
April 18: No school
April 24: Ms. Deutsch last day
Monday, March 31, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Pioneer Girl spelling and vocabulary
Pioneer Girl Vocabulary Definitions
1. claim - a piece of land that someone reserves for ownership.
2. convinced - persuaded or certain.
3. discouraged - not hopeful or enthusiastic.
4. fertile - rich in material needed to grow healthy plants.
5. heifer - a young cow that has not yet had a calf.
6. homestead - a piece of land given to settlers for farming and building a home.
7. immigrants - persons who move to a new country.
8. prairie - a large area of flat or rolling grassland.
9. sod - a chunk of grass and soil held together by matted roots.
10. memoir - an account of experiences that the author has lived through.
11. discharge - to shoot or fire.
12. firebreaks - grassless ditches fires could not cross.
Pioneer Girl Spelling Words
dozen voyage forbid native adapt
language destroy notice distance discourage
carrot knowledge captive spinach cooperative
solid justice ashamed program apprentice
message respond service relative somber
1. claim - a piece of land that someone reserves for ownership.
2. convinced - persuaded or certain.
3. discouraged - not hopeful or enthusiastic.
4. fertile - rich in material needed to grow healthy plants.
5. heifer - a young cow that has not yet had a calf.
6. homestead - a piece of land given to settlers for farming and building a home.
7. immigrants - persons who move to a new country.
8. prairie - a large area of flat or rolling grassland.
9. sod - a chunk of grass and soil held together by matted roots.
10. memoir - an account of experiences that the author has lived through.
11. discharge - to shoot or fire.
12. firebreaks - grassless ditches fires could not cross.
Pioneer Girl Spelling Words
dozen voyage forbid native adapt
language destroy notice distance discourage
carrot knowledge captive spinach cooperative
solid justice ashamed program apprentice
message respond service relative somber
Thursday:vocab test
Friday: spelling test
Friday is also a comma test!!
3-28-14
Monday is the end of the month, please remember that you have to have 2 quizzes passed this month in order to avoid the dreaded....in for recess!
Homework for the weekend...read!
Homework for the weekend...read!
Thursday, March 27, 2014
3-27-14: Magazine ideas
Read 20 minutes tonight
Study your spelling words for tomorrow's test
Magazines: Some students have been talking about subscribing to magazines. I thought that maybe some of our parents out there would be interested in a list of magazines that are written at a fifth grade level.
Science/Nature related
Owl
National Geographic Kids
Ranger Rick
Click
Ask
Kids Discover
Dig
Odyssey
Sports
Sports illustrated for kids
Current events
Time for Kids
Scholastic News
Weekly Reader
Social studies
Faces
Footsteps
Skipping Stones
Study your spelling words for tomorrow's test
Magazines: Some students have been talking about subscribing to magazines. I thought that maybe some of our parents out there would be interested in a list of magazines that are written at a fifth grade level.
Science/Nature related
Owl
National Geographic Kids
Ranger Rick
Click
Ask
Kids Discover
Dig
Odyssey
Sports
Sports illustrated for kids
Current events
Time for Kids
Scholastic News
Weekly Reader
Social studies
Faces
Footsteps
Skipping Stones
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
3-26-14
Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Comma worksheet
Spelling for some students!
Vocabulary test tomorrow!
Read 20 minutes
Comma worksheet
Spelling for some students!
Vocabulary test tomorrow!
