The Stranger Vocabulary

1. timid-easily frightened, shy

2. autumn-the season after summer
3. thermometer-an instrument that measures temperature
4. draft-a flow of air
5. peculiar-unusual, strange or odd
6. mercury-silvery, white metal used on thermometers
7. etched-made a design by cutting lines
8. frost-very thin covering of ice
9. apologize-say “sorry”
10. slimy-thick and slippery
11. fault-a mistake
12. genuine-honest, sincere
13. local-in a small area
14. proof-showing truth
15. borrow-used for a while
16. fainted-passed out
17. reference-used for information
18. insisted-demanded
19. jammed-to push suddenly or hard
20. fascinated-greatly interested

Sorry this is late in the week but we are MUTA testing this week so there is no spelling. All spelling words are review from the last four weeks. If your student had trouble with certain words, those are what you should be studying.

Next week we will be starting Theme 3 in Language Arts.

Hi parents!

This is going to be a fast week, it is the last week before fall break and remember Friday October 12th is a minimum day. We will get out of school at 12:10 so please plan accordingly. 

Please make sure your student is completing and turning in their homework. There are a large number of missing assignments and we are trying to go for 100% homework return. There are also a lot of papers without names so if your student is missing assignments they are welcome to go through the no name papers during recess. 

I moved their Chapter 8 test to Tuesday because variables are a tough concept and wanted to make sure the class had a firm grasp on the concepts. 

Math Homework this week will be:

Monday: Ch. 8 Lesson 4 page 73-74

Tuesday: Mixed review page

Wednesday: Ch 9 Lesson 1

Thursday: Ch 9 Lesson 2

Language Arts Story is called A Very Important Day  

Vocab:

Allegiance: loyalty to one's country or a person

Chamber: a meeting room used by lawmakers

Citizens: official members of a country

Citizenship: the status of a citizen with accompanying rights, duties, and privileges

Enrich: to improve the quality of

Examiner: an official who inspects or asks questions

Oath: a pledge or promise to act a certain way

Petitioners: people who ask for something in writing

Let's have a great week before break! 

Miss Smiley

Week of October 1, 2012

Good Morning!
Thank you for being patient while I try to get everything set and taking over for Mrs. Day. There are some announcements: We will be having Heart Lab come to school on Thursday from 830-11:00 in the cafeteria, please make sure the students are dressed in clothing appropriate for crawling, jumping, etc.

Homework:
Tuesday:
Read for 15 minutes, do a 5 sentence summary and a 1 min fluency, called Bones, Bones, Bones
Math page 69-70, working on Variables
Spelling: 3 times each

Spelling Words


1. gear
2. spear
3. sharp
4. stare
5. alarm
6. cheer
7. square
8. hairy
9. heart
10. weird
11. starve
12. charm
13. beard
14. hardly
15. spare
16. stairs
17. year
18. charge
19. dairy
20. scarce
Challenge Words
21. pioneer
22. awareness
23. startle
24. marvel
25. weary

Story this week is Boss of the Plains

Boss of the Plains Vocabulary


1. adventurers-travelers in search of unusual or exciting experiences
2. angles-ways of looking at things
3. determined-sticking to a purpose
4. target-a goal
5. critics-judges of art, movies
6. frontier-unexplored land
7. focus-concentrated on one thing
8. pelts-the skins of animals with hair or fur still on it
9. generated-produced
10. gear-equipment used for a specific activity
11. entertaining-enjoyable
12. wranglers-cowboys
13. promote-help to grow, improve
14. opportunity-a good chance
15. jolts-shakes
16. tanned-changed animal hide into leather by soaking in chemicals
17. advertise-give information to sell something
18. pioneers-people who travel to a little known area and make it home
19. thrilling-exciting
20. settlers-people who are the first to settle in a region