5th grade
Most Holy Trinity 5th-grade teacher
 
Fifth-grade:

Core Knowledge: "Procrastination is the thief of time." Procrastination means putting things off. If you put off doing something, then you may not have enough time left to do it once you finally get started. Thus, procrastination "steals" your time.

Spelling words:

beautiful
Sparta
Odysseus
decade
Achilles
elated
detested
exposed
gesture
fathom
bestow
plagued
mulled
brilliant
appease
deity
imposing
suspicious
ambassadors
violent


Monday, May 18, 2009

Reading: Read your story. Read 30 minutes.
Spelling: Words--look up defintions/parts of speech
Social Studies: Make your own map! Using the map of the US on page 449 as a guide (you may either trace it or copy off a blank map from the internet of the US), separate the regions shown on this map as of 1989. Example: Show where the Louisiana Purchase was. Colors are a great way to show separate regions. There are at least 11 specific areas (regions) shown in this map. Draw and color those regions.
Grammar: No homework.


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Project time (ONE LAST TIME!) On a large-sized posterboard, divide the poster into four equal spaces. In each of the four spaces you are going to include the name of a Greek mythological character or god. You will tell us in each section what this character/god did. You need to write or type 1-2 paragraphs about each of the four Greek characters/gods. You need to include four hand-drawn illustrations, one for each character/god.

THIS PROJECT IS DUE TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009! Don't turn in late work--will not be accepted.

Tuesday night: Reading: Read 30 minutes. Start working on project.
Spelling: Use all words in sentences.
Grammar: Circle all adjectives in your spelling sentences.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009:
Reading: Read 30 minutes, work on project.
Spelling: Write words five times each.

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Reading: Read 30 minutes, work on project.
Spelling: Make a puzzle using ten of your spelling words.

*****************

Sixth-Grade:

Core Knowledge: "Nose out of joint." Someone's nose is out of joint (that is, not in a normal position) if he or she is annoyed. Ian and Chung were playing checkers. "Hold on, you can't take that piece," said Chung irritably. "Don't get your nose out of joint," Ian said. "I can take that piece because of my move."

Spelling words:

metamorphosis
malice
conquest
meddle
quiver
oracles
abhorred
malady
eternal
deity
misguided
Narcissus
languished
frivolous
homage
invisible
melodious
accustomed
perilous
cascading
ambrosia

Reading: Read your new story.
Spelling: Definitions/parts of speech of spelling words
Grammar: No homework

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Project time (ONE LAST TIME!) On a large-sized posterboard, divide the poster into four equal spaces. In each of the four spaces you are going to include the name of a Greek mythological character or god. You will tell us in each section what this character/god did. You need to write or type 1-2 paragraphs about each of the four Greek characters/gods. You need to include four hand-drawn illustrations, one for each character/god.

THIS PROJECT IS DUE TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009! Don't turn in late work--will not be accepted.

Tuesday night: Reading: Read 30 minutes. Start working on project.
Spelling: Use all words in sentences.
Grammar: Circle all adjectives in your spelling sentences.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009:
Reading: Read 30 minutes, work on project.
Spelling: Write words five times each.

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Reading: Read 30 minutes, work on project.
Spelling: Make a puzzle using ten of your spelling words.

My Quia activities and quizzes
Rattler!
https://www.quia.com/rr/365993.html
Virgil, the Laid-Back Dog
https://www.quia.com/rr/366038.html
Aztec, Maya, Inca Civilizations
https://www.quia.com/jg/1449112.html
United States Presidents
https://www.quia.com/hm/455866.html
Bud, Not Buddy
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1642548.html
Vocabulary Review - Island of the Blue Dolphins
https://www.quia.com/cb/414079.html
Last updated  2009/05/19 13:28:39 PDTHits  4739