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Friday, January 24, 2014

Week of January 27th

Language Arts
Monday-Study for Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt test Chapters 5-end facts from your notebooks.
15 multiple choice and one essay question
Tuesday-Practice Book pg.184
Wednesday-Practice Book pg. 186
Thursday-Study for spelling and reading tests- "Lunch Money"


Spelling Words: Word with -ed and -ing  Sometimes you double the consonant, and sometimes you don't!
wandered, ordered, totaled, answered, deposited, canceled
listening, carpeting, gathering, bothering, suffering, threatening
scrubbed, stunned, skimmed, shrugged, whipped, quizzed, scanned, occurred
knitting, beginning, chatting, upsetting, compelling,

Social Studies-5L
Current Event due Friday

Week of January 20th

Wow! Crazy week.

Language Arts
Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt Chapter 5-end next Tuesday (1/28/14)
Study those facts in your notebooks.

Social Studies-5L
No current event this week.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Week of January 13th

Language Arts

Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt Chapters 1-4  test on Tuesday. Study the 32 facts about Teddy that you wrote in your notebooks.


50 word spelling test on Friday:
aware,aboard,pardon,barely,soar,perform,former,former,adore,ordeal,warn
earth, peer, pier, appear, worthwhile, weary, thirsty, research interpret, dreary
aloud, allowed, lesson, lessen, who's overdo, overdue, site, sight, cite
home run, headache, up-to-date, post office, uproar, motorcycle, stomachache, bulletin board, wildlife, teammate, cellar, chapter, anger, popular, calendar, quarter, proper, their, there, they're


My Access "Asking for a Pet" persuasive writing is due Wednesday.
If you are not happy with your score, upgrade it at home. (Remember: use vivid verbs!)

Social Studies-5L
Current Events due Friday


Monday, January 6, 2014

Week of January 6th

Language Arts
Monday- read pgs. 39-45 in Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt
Tuesday- Persuasion is All Around You sheet
*No Bruin Bucks for this assignment*
Wednesday-Read Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt pgs.
Thursday- Work on MyAccess prompt at home- Due next Tuesday
"Asking for a Pet"
No spelling test this week.

"Persuasion is All Around You" questions.
Attach a description of what you used.
1. Where did you find your persuasive example?
2. Who is trying to persuade you?
3. What are they trying to persuade you to do?
4. Do you think their argument is convincing? Why or why not?

Social Studies- 5L
Current Event due Friday

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Week of January 2nd

Happy New Year!!

Language Arts
Thursday- Read Chapter 2 Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt
Answer all questions-due Monday
*No homework passes*

Social Studies
No current events this week.