Walk-A-Thon

Our Walk-A-Thon is TOMORROW!!!  I cannot wait!  Thank you to all of the families who have brought in their pledges, as of Wednesday, March 28th just the fifth grade class raised $2036!!!  We are really looking forward to outdoor school and I know a little time outside walking, is just the thing to get the kids excited!

Thank you so much to all the people who have volunteered time and donations to this event.  We couldn't have done it without you.  A special thanks to Josie Jung who has been amazing during the planning of this event!


Be sure to look for banana slugs around the lake tomorrow!

Open Mic: Poetry

Students are going to begin a short unit on poetry.  They will be creating poems that they can share at our open mic on Thursday before Spring Break.  The open mic will be held after the awards ceremony on Thursday and all are welcome!

I look forward to hearing all the wonderful poets perform!

Spelling Words for test on April 4th

Pre-Test:

1. report
2. order
3. explore
4. ignore
5. expert
6. service
7. research
8. worth
9. worst
10. disturb
11. sword
12. forty
13. enormous
14. therefore
15. determine
16. permanent
17. earning
18. thorough
19. attorney
20. purchase

Words to add to your My List:

1. algebra
2. especially
3. drowning
4. truly
5. escape
6. tragedy
7. explode
8. appreciate
9. Washington
10. fulfill
11. privilege
12. lantern
13. icicles
14. souvenir
15. nuclear
16. escort
17. arthritis
18. sherbet
19. remnants
20. argumentative

Homework

Math: Workbook pages 185-186
Reading: Read for 20min. from your book club book or book challenge book
Vocabulary: Create a 3-column chart with self-selected vocabulary words.  Remember that you need to have 10 words from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and that you need to write the page number you found the word on.  They can be from any chapter in the book.
Spanish: Make a family tree and be creative!

Walk-A-Thon and Outdoor Education

Thank you to all those families who have already brought in pledge sheets for this years Walk-A-Thon!  The money that you raise will go towards your individual bill for the trip, so keep those pledges coming!!!

This Tuesday, March 20th at 6:30pm there is a meeting here for the parents about Outdoor Education.  The students will have a meeting during the day with the same director who can answer their questions and she will be here to answer your questions later that night!

Sandwiches for the Needy

This Friday it is the 5th and 6th grade responsibility to take the lead on Sandwiches for the needy, so let's bring them in!!!

Spelling Words for test on March 21st

Pre-Test Words:

1. propeller
2. collector
3. encounter
4. conquer
5. appetizer
6. dishonor
7. tractor
8. level
9. tunnel
10. double
11. single
12. example
13. easel
14. recycle
15. slogan
16. citizen
17. forgotten
18. urban
19. orphan
20. kindergarten

Words to add to your My List:

1. chimpanzee
2. bagel
3. coffee
4. tornado
5. mosquito
6. iceberg
7. hurricane
8. cocoa
9. volcano
10. lagoon
11. pretzel
12. caribou
13. bayou
14. yogurt
15. opossum
16. reservoir
17. monsoon
18. jaguar
19. tundra
20. typhoon
21. gazelle
22. orangutan
23. terrapin
24. ptarmigan
25. wildebeest

Spelling Words

Pre-Test Words:

1. different
2. register
3. carnival
4. variety
5. elegant
6. aquarium
7. communicate
8. pattern
9. understand
10. sentence
11. definite
12. Chicago
13. heavily
14. garage
15. instance
16. illustrate
17. atmosphere
18. favorite
19. gasoline
20. factory

Words to add to your My List:

1. mathematics
2. really
3. audience
4. usually
5. diamond
6. favorite
7. memory
8. restaurant
9. recognize
10. disgusted
11. secretary
12. miniature
13. tournament
14. vacuum
15. Delaware
16. gratitude
17. elementary
18. juvenile
19. victim
20. category
21. pessimism 
22. prominent
23. controversy
24. suspicious
25. porpoise

Reminders!!!

Please get those pledges!!!!

Also, the 7th graders are still collecting Project Night Night donations so keep the donations coming in!

Homework for March 6th

Math: Workbook Pages 173-174  Test on Friday!!!!
Spelling: Write the other 25 words three times each
Reading: Reading for 20min from your book club or book challenge book
Writing: Final draft of persuasive essay due on Friday!
Science: Study for test on Thursday

Homework for March 5th

Math: Workbook pages 171-172  TEST on FRIDAY!!!
Spelling: Write half (25 words) three times each
Reading: Read for 20min. for your book club book or book challenge book
Writing: Final draft of persuasive essay due on Friday
Vocabulary: Create a three column chart

Vocabulary Words for test on March 8th

1. detain
2. courtesy
3. merely
4. tends
5. oddity
6. adjoining
7. fowl
8. transparent
9. feud
10. despise

Bonus Math Questions!

1.  Kurt bought two items that cost a total of $100.  One item cost $10 more than the other.  What was the cost of each item?  Explain your reasoning.


2.  Ben's mom wants to buy new carpet for the family room that measures 12 feet by 11 feet.  She can purchase the carpet for $6 per square foot including installation.  How much will Ben's mom spend to put new carpet in the family room?


3.  Helen wants to cover her garden for the winter.  To get the right material, she must find the area of the space.  Helen's garden is 12ft long and 18ft wide.  What is it's area?


4.  A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide.  Its perimeter is 42cm.  Find the length and width of the rectangle.


5.  Henry drew a square where the area and perimeter have the same number of units.  What are the dimensions of the square?

Homework

Math: Workbook pages 169 + 170
Spelling: Correct your pre-test on the blog and create your My List
Reading: Finish Chapter 1 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and fill out your free response sheet
Spanish: Draw a boy and girl with seven items/clothes with un/unos/una/unas 10 questions, 10 answers, 5 male and 5 female, 5 singular, 5 plural


Remember to keep working on your Lenten Promise!

Project Night Night

The 7th graders here are preparing for their upcoming Confirmation into the Church with a service project during the Lenten Season.  They are helping an organization called Project Night Night.  It would be a great idea for all families to participate in their service by donating some of the following items:

-new blankets for kids
-stuffed animals, gently used or new (at least 18in.)
-toiletry items, such as toothpaste and toothbrushes
-books

Thank you in advance for the help with this project!

Walk-A-Thon

Yesterday in the Wednesday envelope the students brought home information about the 5th and 6th grade Walk-A-Thon happening on March 30th!  Our goal is for each family to raise $50 for this event.

I know that some of you have already been contacted about volunteering time and snacks for the event.  Stay posted for more information about the event.

We are also looking for adults that want to jog/walk with the students!!!  If you are willing to put your sneakers on and get out there please let me know asap so that I can make sure we have enough pace groups for the students!

Pledge sheets and collected donations are due on March 27th, so start getting those pledges!!!

Spelling Review Words

Pre-Test Review Words:

1. cautious
2. commercial
3. especially
4. exhaustion
5. gracious
6. population
7. position
8. precious
9. question
10. social
11. suggestion
12. accept
13. access
14. beside
15. choose
16. chase
17. except
18. excess
19. finally
20. later
21. personnel
22. recent
23. sense
24. since
25. athletic
26. celebration
27. exactly
28. expensive
29. experience
30. frustrated
31. similar
32. ticketing
33. trembling
34. dominoes
35. knives
36. ourselves
37. quizzes
38. reefs
39. scissors
40. shelves
41. thieves
42. volcanoes
43. wolves
44. clean
45. human
46. humane
47. major
48. natural
49. nature
50. poem

Words to add to your My List:

1. indicate
2. indicative
3. deprive 
4. deprivation
5. implicate
6. implication
7. dynamos
8. innuendoes
9. curricula
10. nuclei
11. fungi
12. bilingual
13. nonchalant 
14. exhilaration
15. exasperate
16. whimsically
17. guerrilla
18. gorilla
19. adolescents
20. adolescence
21. oral
22. aural
23. straightedge
24. cross-examination
25. wash-and-wear
26. chain reaction
27. blood pressure
28. shouldn't
29. couldn't
30. wouldn't
31. would've
32. should've
33. could've
34. might've
35. must've
36. you've
37. interrogative
38. dilemma
39. compassionately
40. accompaniment
41. unnecessarily
42. recommend
43. different
44. graffiti
45. successfully
46. embarrass
47. necessary
48. parallel
49. approximately
50. possession