Grade 5-6 News

This Week in Class:

The kids have had a fantastic time pulling “April Fools” pranks today…be careful!

Spelling:

Unit 19 Spelling: adding “ion” or “ation”. The suffix –ion or –ation can change verbs into nouns. A great spelling strategy is: if the verb ends with e, drop the e before adding –ion or –ation. We will work on this unit Wednesday and Thursday of this week and then Monday-Wednesday of next week. Our Unit 19 Spelling Test will be Thursday, April 9^th.

History:

We are continuing with Chapter 17: The Beginning of the Industrial Age. This chapter examines how industrialization changed the way people lived and worked. Discuss with your child what kind of economy the United States has: traditional economy, command economy or market economy?

Science:

On Tuesday, April 7^th we will have another Science Posse lesson! Trevor LeValley, a chemical engineer at UW, will teach a chemistry lesson on that date.

Our school- wide reading incentive is underway!. Your child will travel 100 miles for every 20 minutes they read. Your child can use these minutes for Book It as well. I will send home another reading log today. Please sign your child’s reading log—they must record the book, page numbers and time spent reading first. I will highlight in yellow the minutes I record so we can keep using the reading log until it is filled up.

Reminder

No School on Friday, April 3^rd or Monday, April 6th

No Class Supplies Needed!!!

NO CLASS SUPPLIES NEEDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

This Week’s Spelling List

Test 04/09/15 Retest 04/10/15

Unit 19 Vocabulary

1. construct
2. construction
3. connect
4. connection
5. combine
6. combination
7. cooperate
8. cooperation
9. attract
10. attraction
11. admire
12. admiration
13. situate
14. situation
15. examine
16. examination
17. contribute
18. contribution
19. explore
20. exploration
21. inspect
22. inspection
23. locate
24. location
25. excavate
26. excavation
27. insulate
28. insulation

*25-28 are extra credit words

Next Week’s Spelling List

Test 04/09/15 Retest 04/10/15

Unit 19 Vocabulary

1. construct
2. construction
3. connect
4. connection
5. combine
6. combination
7. cooperate
8. cooperation
9. attract
10. attraction
11. admire
12. admiration
13. situate
14. situation
15. examine
16. examination
17. contribute
18. contribution
19. explore
20. exploration
21. inspect
22. inspection
23. locate
24. location
25. excavate
26. excavation
27. insulate
28. insulation

*25-28 are extra credit words

Reading Group Updates:

The Giver: we finished our novel, answered questions and discussed each chapter. Today we will begin watching the movie version of “The Giver”.

Dragon of the Lost Sea: we have read the first sixteen chapters, answered questions, and will be discussing them.

Dragon Rider: we finished the novel and will begin a final project.