History/Literature Week of January 4th-8th

 I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

Dionysus - god of the grape harvest

 This week in history we will be finishing up our project of "the Prophets of God",We will create a Greek coin for Sparta, explore some of the great thinkers of Ancient Greece, and complete some research on the Roman Republic.

                      Literature:                                            

We will be reading and discussing chapter 5 & 6.

ELA - Week of January 4th-8th

 I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will hit 2016 running--- full sped ahead.
This week we will review the sentences we have done in the Practice Island book. There will be a test  over the first 10 sentences on Thursday the seventh.
Note: They will receive a Spelling Tic Tac Toe paper for their spelling activities this week.

Spelling Words :    
              1)      hoax - trick

                    2 )      batty – crazy

                    3)      spiteful – mean and hateful

                    4)      rapped – knocked

                    5)      sulking – pouting

                    6)      sledge – sleigh

                    7)      Shetland ponies – very small but strong horses

                    8)      “pray” – tell me

                    9)      hereafter – from now on

                  10)  rug – a blanket used to cover one’s leg

                  11)  groping – feeling about in the dark

                  12)  dominions – land under the rule of a king or queen

                  13)  Turkish Delight – a kind of candy that is similar to gummy bears  

                  14)  Son of Adam – human boy

                  15)  nobles – officials of lower rank beneath a king or queen

                  16)  flushed – red and uneasy or upset

                  17)  mantel – a large cloak

                  18)  snappishly – in an impatient, bad-tempered way

                  19)  spectacles – eyeglasses

                  20)  trippers - tourists

S Spelling Tic Tac Toe

                                   

                      Name:____________________             Due: January 8,2016

Spelling Tic –Tac- Toe  Week 18

Complete three activities following the rules of tic-tac-toe (three in a row.) Make an “X” on each box that you complete. All activities are due on Friday. Staple all three activities to this sheet.

Spelling Words: hoax, batty, spiteful, rapped, sulking, sledge, Shetland ponies, pray, hereafter, rug, groping, dominions, Turkish Delight, Son of Adam, nobles, flushed,  mantel, snappishly, spectacles, trippers

Write the words across the page and then down the page. Bear e a r	Make a table sorting each spelling word according to parts of speech. Example: Dog – noun Run - verb	Draw and color a picture. Hide the spelling words inside your picture.
Create fractions to represent the number of vowels and consonants in each word. Example: friend Vowels =2/6 Consonants = 4/6	Write the words in reverse ABC order	Make an acrostic poem with each spelling word. Example: read Red Elephant Ant Dog
Write the words and then write at least 2 words made from each.      Example: friend                 dine                 end	Write the spelling words in the form of shapes. You can use more than one word to make a shape.	Write a question for each of the spelling words. Underline or highlight the spelling words.

Math for Week of December 14-18, 2015

This week in Math we will review our skills by playing math games and problem-solving games.


                                               
                                           
                       Read My Mind!

ELA - Week of 12/14/2015

This week we will start Practice Island.
Spelling words must be written in cursive. Students can make up their own 3 spelling activities. They must be 3 different activities using all the words. (There are only 7 words this week)

Spelling and Vocabulary
 1 .     agora – market place
2.     democracy – government that receives its power from the people.
3.     assembly -  a lawmaking body of a country made up of citizens
4.     citizen  -  legal member of a country. 
5.      tea – an English custom – a light meal in the late afternoon  
6.     sardines – small fish
7.     merely - simply

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History / Literature Week of 12/14/2015

It is hard to believe that the Christmas Holidays are upon us. I pray that you enjoy your Christmas Holidays with your family and friends. May God bless your time with them!

Eros  - god of love

This week we will start working on History pocket 6 - School and Work, discover why Israel and Judah Fall and lean about the Prophets of God

Literature

We will be reading and discussing chapters 3 & 4

ELA - Week of December 7th

Looking forward to the Christmas Program on the 10th.


This week we will label sentences in four different ways. We will finish our "Grammar Island" book and start "Practice Island".  " Practice Island " is just labeling sentences.

After Christmas, all the spelling test will be in cursive.

Spelling words for the week. Words must be written 3 times each night in cursive.This week the spelling activity is to write four words a night in "fa different style." Examples are bubble letters, dot letters, paint the words,  or make one big letter and put all four words in that letter. They can be creative. Two nights they will need to do the activity with 5 words.

  1.     air raids- attacks by aircraft, especially on non- military targets

  2.     blue-bottle - a type of flying insect with a blue body

  3.     enormous – huge

  4.     faun – half man- half goat with horns, ears, legs, and a tail like a goat

  5.      inquisitive - eager for knowledge; curious

  6.     looking-glass- a mirror

  7.     lamppost – street light

  8.      mothballs - small, Styrofoam-like balls containing chemicals to keep moths away from clothing in storage

  9.      muffler - a scarf worn around the neck for warmth

 10.  parcels - packages queer strange or unusual row a disturbance or quarrel

 11. queer – strange or unusual

 12. row – disturbance or quarrel

 13. wardrobe - a large, cabinet-like piece of furniture which serves as a closet

 14. wireless - a radio without wires or cords

History/ Literature Week of 12/7/15

Heracles - strongest of all mortals and the last mortal son of Zeus

As we finish History Pocket 5, we will have fun writing our  own mix-up myth.  We will discover why Israel and Judah Fall, and learn about the Prophets of God.

LITERATURE

       

                                              We will be reading and discussing Chapters 1-2

Math For Week of December 7-11, 2015

In Math this week we will still be working on fractions.  On

Monday we will be using fraction circles

Tuesday we will be using Base 10 Blocks

Wednesday we will be writing decimals from fractions

Thursday we will explore decimals of a meter

Friday we will play Fraction Top-It