5/9-5/13

Monday:
LA: Read pg 372-373
HW - pg 373 B & C

Reading: Dodecahedron model

Spelling: Write the spelling words in alphabetical order. All spelling homework must be done in cursive!

prescription
appointment
flattest
athletically
signature
failure
acquiring
textured
destruction
befriended
reversal
quote
whether
youthfulness
preferred
persisted
adequate
discouragement
globe
habitual
monkeys
prospective
respectfully
worthiness
usually

Tuesday:
LA: Read pg 375-377

Reading: Read chapter 16 of The Phantom Tollbooth.
HW: Reading Contract vocabulary activities are due Wednesday!

Spelling: Choose 10 of the spelling words. Find each word in a dictionary. Write a definition, the page of the dictionary on which it is found, and the part of speech the word is. Online dictionaries may NOT be used!

Wednesday:
LA: Read pg 380-381
HW- pg 381: 2-4

Reading: Finish reading chapter 16. Vocabulary for The Phantom Tollbooth is due Friday.

Spelling: Choose 10 of the spelling words. Use each word in a detailed sentence that demonstrates meaning.

Thursday:
LA: Read pg 382-383
HW- pg 383: 1-4

Reading: Comprehension questions. These are due on Friday. A test over chapters 13-16 will be on Friday. Study vocabulary and questions!

Spelling: Review. Spelling test on Friday.

Friday:
LA: pg 384-385
HW- pg 385: 1-4

Reading: Test over chapters 13-16.

Spelling: Test 26

Week of 5/2-5/6

Friday:
Reading Contract Vocabulary activities are due Wednesday, May, 11.

Thursday:
LA: HW - Finish 2 diamante poems
Reading: Work on Vocabulary for Phantom Tollbooth. Select book and activities for the Reading Contract (due Friday).
Spelling: Test 25 is tomorrow!


Wednesday:
LA: HW -Worksheet
Reading: Finish Chapter 15. Work on Vocabulary for Phantom Tollbooth. Select book and activities for the Reading Contract (due Friday).
Spelling: Pick 10 of the spelling words. In cursive, use each word in a detailed sentence. The sentences MUST demonstrate meaning.

Tuesday:
LA: Read pgs 368-369.
HW- pg 369: 1-15
Reading: Read chapter 15. Work on vocabulary.
Spelling: Pick 10 of the spelling words. In cursive, write the word, the page number of the dictionary entry, part of speech, and a definition.

Monday:
LA: Read pgs 364-367
Reading: Finish reading chapter 14. Work on vocabulary.
Spelling: Write the spelling words in alphabetical order. Spelling MUST be in cursive.

Spelling List 25
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distressing
transferred
inventive
unhurried
precise
educator
gripped
tractor
dissect
attain
reactor
unstoppable
addictive
thoroughly
commissioner
knives
perceive
incision
snappy
decisions
visor
friendship
critically
unintended

New Reading Contract

Attached is the new Reading Contract. Students are to choose a historical novel about the Civil War. See the attached contract for assignments and due dates.

Unit 5 and Phantom Tollbooth

Tuesday:
LA: We are reviewing grammar this week to prepare for a unit test on Friday.
HW - pg 358-359: 1-25 all
Reading: We are starting chapters 13-16 in Phantom Tollbooth. Our new vocabulary words are: beret, billow, cauldron, famine, furrow, infinity, melancholy, nuisance, pungent, strenuous.

Wednesday:
LA: Read pgs 518-521
HW - pg 519: 1-10 and pg 521: 1-10
Reading: Read chapter 13 in The Phantom Tollbooth.
New Speak-Up due Monday
Pretend you are a weather reporter. Give a 1 1/2 to 2 minute weather report. Use the worksheet to help gather information. You may use the newspaper, online, or the radio. You can use a visual aid (map, etc) to help you give your broadcast. Your worksheet and report is due on Monday, 5/2. Be creative and have fun!

Thursday:
LA: Test tomorrow!
HW- Review packet. Study.
Reading: Read chapter 14.

Friday:
LA: Unit 5 grammar test
Reading: Read chapter 15.
Spelling: Test 24

LA: Read pgs 346-347.
HW - pg 347:B
We will have a quiz tomorrow over pronouns, colons, and hyphens.

Reading: We presented Reading Contract Art Projects. Outstanding job everyone!!

Pronouns

Monday: LA - read pgs 338-341. Do practices. Reading - read chapter 6 of The Phantom Tollbooth. Work on vocabulary.

More persuasive writing

LA- In class: Read pg 130-131. Do practice 1-4.

Reading - Read The Phantom Tollbooth through chapter 3. Work on definitions and sentences of words we have found in context.